The issue with the non-conf schedule (and specifically for RPI purposes) isn't even the higher end games, it's the lower end ones. Replace Coppin State with Hampton or Colgate. Replace Columbia with Penn or Yale. Replace FDU with St Francis. You've just raised your SOS while not adding in more top teams.I don't understand people that blame our OOC schedule. It doesn't help to play better teams if we don't beat them (Rider, NC State, A&M).