Here are the final RPIs for teams in contention to make the NCAA field. http://www.collegerpi.com/women/04/rpi.html
CollegeRPI.com’s bracket projection is also here http://www.collegerpi.com/women/04/ncaaguess.html
A corrected version was posted at 11:39 am Sunday.
The posted bracket has Tech as a Mideast 7 seed playing at 10 seed Montana (host site) in the first round. Houston is the 2 seed in that projected bracket with Tennessee as the #1, LSU as the #3, and Boston College as the #4. Rice is in the bracket as an 11 seed going to LSU, and Rice is not listed as one of the last 4 in.
All 28 teams I listed as probable at-large selections below are in the CollegeRPI.com projected bracket. The other 5 teams picked from the last group for that bracket are Iowa, Richmond, Missouri, Rice, and Arizona State.
17 automatic qualifiers have RPIs outside the Top 50.
AUTOMATIC BIDS (31)
2--Duke (ACC)
4--Purdue (Big Ten)
7--Houston (C-USA)
10--Vanderbilt (SEC)
11--Oklahoma (Big 12)
16--Stanford (Pac 10)
17--Boston College (Big East)
18--Old Dominion (Colonial)
24--Louisiana Tech (WAC)
35--Chattanooga (Southern)
36--Montana (Big Sky)
41--SMS (Missouri Valley)
46--Temple (Atlantic 10)
48--Loyola Marymount (West Coast)
55--UC Santa Barbara (Big West)
56--Maine (America East)
60--Middle Tennessee State (Sun Belt)
65--Liberty (Big South)
66--Eastern Michigan (MAC)
72--New Mexico (MWC)
75--Austin Peay (Ohio Valley)
79--St. Francis (PA) (Northeast)
82--Wisconsin-Green Bay (Horizon)
93--Marist (Metro Atlantic)
100--Northwestern State (Southland)
105--Valparaiso (Mid-Continent)
115--Lipscomb (Atlantic Sun)
118--Penn (Ivy League)
134--Hampton (MEAC)
149--Colgate (Patriot)
161--Southern (SWAC)
Probable at-large bids with RPIs of 39 or better (28 of the 33 available at-large bids)
1--Tennessee
3--Penn State
5--Texas
6--Connecticut
8--Kansas State
9--LSU
12--Texas Tech
13--Florida
14--TCU
15--Georgia
19--Colorado
20--Michigan State
21--North Carolina
22--Rutgers
23--Baylor
25--Villanova
26--Auburn
27--Miami (FL)
28--Virginia Tech
29--DePaul
30--Notre Dame
31--Minnesota
32--Ohio State
33--Arizona
34--George Washington
37--Marquette
38--Utah
39--Louisville
The next 17 RPI teams with at least .500 records (5 bids available if all 28 probables make the field)
40--Iowa (16-12 overall, 10-6 Big Ten, lost in Big Ten quarterfinals to Michigan State)
42--Arkansas (16-12 overall, 5-9 SEC, lost in SEC first round)
43--Memphis (20-9 overall, 9-5 C-USA, won C-USA first round before losing in quarterfinals to Louisville)
44--Richmond (20-9 overall, 11-5 A-10, lost to Temple in A-10 semifinals)
45--Missouri (17-12 overall, 7-9 Big 12, won Big 12 first round before losing in quarterfinals to Kansas State)
47--Maryland (17-12 overall, 8-8 in ACC, won ACC quarterfinal game before losing to Duke in the semifinals)
49--North Carolina State (16-14 overall, 8-8 in ACC, won ACC quarterfinal game before losing to North Carolina in the semifinals)
50--Mississippi (17-13 overall, 7-7 SEC, won SEC first round game before losing to LSU in the quarterfinals)
51--UCLA (17-12 overall, 11-7 Pac 10, won Pac 10 quarterfinal game before losing to Stanford in semifinals)
52--Rice (21-9, 16-2 WAC, won two rounds in WAC Tournament, lost in WAC finals to Louisiana Tech)
53--Washington (17-12 overall, 9-9 Pac 10, won Pac 10 quarterfinal game before losing to Arizona in the semifinals)
54--Arizona State (17-11 overall, 11-7 Pac 10, lost in Pac 10 quarterfinals to UCLA, first/second round host)
57--West Virginia (21-10 overall, 10-6 Big East, won two rounds in Big East Tournament before losing to Rutgers in the semifinals)
58--Nebraska (17-11 overall, 7-9 Big 12, lost in Big 12 first round to Iowa State)
61--Clemson (17-10 overall, 7-9 ACC, lost in ACC quarterfinals to North Carolina State)
62--Southern Cal (15-13 overall, 11-7 Pac 10, lost in Pac 10 quarterfinals to Washington)
63--Florida State (14-14 overall, 7-9 ACC, lost in ACC quarterfinals to Maryland, first/second round host)