Teddy Cahill: I think it can, yes. Got into this a bit on the podcast, which should be in your phones soon if you subscribe. But the short version is that Big West teams are actually winning nonconference games this year. UCSB, Beach, Northridge especially have been good and the Big West's nonconference record as a whole is sitting above .500. That's going to pay off all season long for the RPI. As much hand wringing as there was in the past about the Big West's decline - and I did plenty of it myself - winning nonconference games goes a long way to helping things.
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