The Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) posts the Rating Percentage Index (RPI) daily on their website for most high school activities. These numbers are then used in the state championship tournaments to seed the teams for the playoffs.
The RPI is a mathematical equation that ranks teams by the strength of their schedule and is based on three different parameters: the teams winning percentage , their opponents winning percentage and their opponents opponents winning percentage. The equation gives each team a percentage and then those numbers are used to rank each team throughout the season. With the playoffs coming up in February teams can get an idea as to whom they may be playing when the time comes.
On the 1A side, the top five from last week stays the same with Panguitch in the top spot at 15-1. Piute. There was a little shake-up 3-4 with Manila going to No.3, Bryce Valley to No.4 and Diamond Ranch Academy landed at No. 5
Pinnacle slid back a couple spots to No.18 after a loss to Whitehorse last Friday. They will be back on the road this Friday in Monument Valley.
Green River climbed back to No.22 from 23 after three losses last week to Wayne, Monument Valley and Whitehorse. They won’t take to the court again until this Saturday when they travel to Moab to face Grand County.
In 3A, the top two places remained the same With Grantsville at No.1 and North Sanpete No.2. The moves happened in spots 3-5 with Layton Christian taking the third spot followed by Morgan and Ben Lomond.
Carbon moved up one spot to 15 this week. The Dinos are riding high coming off wins against Richfield and Emery this week. They won’t get back at it until Friday in Moab against region foe Grand.
The Emery Spartans dropped back one space to No. 16 coming off the loss to Carbon. They will have two opportunities to climb back up this week with two region home games against Grand and Richfield.
Below are links to The 1A and 3A RPI Rankings: