Overview
- The NCAA adopted the NET for 2018–19 to replace the RPI, and it remains the Selection Committee’s primary tool for at-large evaluations.
- The formula weighs game results, strength of schedule, game location, capped scoring margin up to 10 points, and net offensive/defensive efficiency, and it ignores when games were played.
- Wins and losses are sorted into four quadrants that adjust for venue, giving road results wider thresholds to count as higher-quality outcomes.
- Undefeated Miami (OH) is not viewed as a lock because its schedule yielded zero Quad 1 chances despite a 29–0 record and a No. 18 ranking.
- Auburn still rates as a bubble contender with a NET of 39 after facing 16 Quad 1 opponents and going 5–11 in those games despite 14 losses and just one win over the past month.