Divisions among the D1 teams are arbitrary, but for the sake of argument, let's look at the RPI/Sagarin finishes among the conferences. There are 32 conferences (not counting independents, of which there now are none). So, if we divided the teams into thirds, there would be approximately eleven (actually 10 2/3) teams per third.
So . . . the middle third last season ran from #12 Missouri Valley through #22 Metro Atlantic. The Belt was #20 - still in the middle, but perilously close to the edge of sliding down into low-majors. Incidentally, we slid one spot from 19th to 20th. But we had been 21st in 2012-13 and 24th in 2010-11. The best we have been since I started tracking the rankings was the first year I tracked them, 1998-99, when we were 13th (back in the good old days.)
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