Louisville doesn't have a win over a top 115 squad.Marquette's loss to NC State at home was the Golden Eagles' second in a row. 28 Cornell. Big Ten Dancing with a hottie: Purdue (1), Michigan State (3), Wisconsin (3)Dancing with their sister: Ohio State (7)Wallflowers: Northwestern (11), Minnesota (12), Illinois (out), Michigan (out)Nothing helps jump a school six seeds like a win over Duke RPI No. The Gophers' victory over Butler is the only thing keeping them in the field, and they must win their next six to stay there.Michigan's third consecutive lossa home defeat to Boston Collegeknocks the Wolverines from the brackets. Their RPI is a miserable 221, and they haven't beaten a team ahead of them in that index.Illinois got a very important win at Clemson, overcoming a 23-point second-half deficit to avoid dropping its third straight. Still, with an RPI of 143 and bad losses to Utah and Bradley, the Illini remain just outside the field. Big XII Dancing with a hottie: Texas (1), Kansas (1), Texas A&M (4)Dancing with their sister: Kansas State (5), Texas Tech (6), Oklahoma State (7)Wallflowers: Missouri (out)Texas Tech picked up an enormous win over Washington to skyrocket from out of the field to a six seed. 
The Red Raiders are one of 19 undefeated teams in the country and are ranked 18th in the RPI.Oklahoma State dropped a spot after losing at an up-and-coming Tulsa team, and Missouri missed a chance to enter the field with a six-point loss at Vanderbilt. Pac-10 Dancing with their sister: Washington (6)Wallflowers: California (10), Arizona State (out), Washington State (out), USC (out), Arizona (out)The Pac-10 got even weaker this past week with favorites Washington and Cal losing at Texas Tech and New Mexico, respectively. Arizona State also fell to Baylor, Washington State suffered setbacks at Gonzaga and Kansas State, USC lost to Texas and Georgia Tech, and Arizona was beaten by UNLV and Oklahoma.The conference is 0-15 vs the top 50. 62 South Florida. Mid-Majors Dancing with a hottie: UNLV (4)Dancing with their sister: Dayton (5), Missouri State (6), Tulsa (6), Charlotte (7), William & Mary (8), Gonzaga (8)Wallflowers: Temple (9), Northern Iowa (9), Richmond (9), New Mexico (10), Siena (12), Butler (12), Memphis (out), Portland (out), VCU (out), Xavier (out)Undefeated UNLV continued to pad its résumé with a second win over a team from a major conference (Louisville, at Arizona) The Rebels have another big game coming up on Dec 12 vs Kansas State in Vegas.RPI No. 8 Missouri State is 7-0, and its win over Tulsa is looking a lot better after the Hurricane took down Oklahoma State.Charlotte's 22-point win at Louisville reminds us that the No 31 49ers' only loss is at Duke, albeit by 42 points.RPI No.

13 William & Mary has won six straight, including a crucial early season CAA victory over VCU. The Tribe has also beaten Richmond and Wake Forest.Northern Iowa gets some love with wins over BC and Iowa State to go along with a 21 RPI and a 47 strength of schedule UNI has a huge mid-major game against Siena on Dec 12 The Saints are 0-3 vs. 23 New Mexico (8-0) leaps into the field with a win over Cal.The Portland Pilots are in a nose dive. After beating UCLA and Minnesota at the 76 Classic in Anaheim, they've dropped three straight to West Virginia, Portland State, and Idaho. Automatic Bids 13 seeds: Cornell, West Carolina, Coastal Carolina, Pacific14 seeds: Eastern Michigan, IUPUI, Louisiana Tech, Texas-San Antonio15 seeds: Northern Colorado, Murray State, Stony Brook, Western Kentucky16 seeds: Army, Belmont, LIU, Texas Southern, Morgan State Follow me on Twitter at JordanHarrison .Jordan Schwartz is Bleacher Report's New York Yankees Community Leader. His book Memoirs of the Unaccomplished Man is available at amazon , barnesandnoble , and authorhouse . Jordan can be reached at . From the Palladium Times: A SUNY Oswego graduate student and assistant coach for the Oswego State mens ice hockey team was arrested by University Police on Saturday for allegedly possessing a missing wallet Ryan Woodward, 27, of 145 W.