Many comparisons are being made to last year's Clemson team to this year's Miami team. It is weird that both teams happen to be in the ACC.

2006-07 ratings are from http://kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007
2007-08 ratings are from http://proxy.espn.go.com/ncb/rpi

Here is what I found:

2006-07 Clemson:

• Won Pre-season Tournament (Cox Communication Classic)
• Started out 17-0
• Next 5 games after first loss: 1-4
• Good wins: Old Dominion (neutral, RPI: 39); Appalachian State (RPI: 62); Mississippi State (RPI: 64); Georgia (RPI: 63); Florida State (road, RPI: 41);  Georgia Tech (RPI: 52); North Carolina State (road, RPI: 90); Boston College (RPI: 32); Florida State (RPI: 41); Virginia Tech (road, RPI: 34)
• Bad loss: Wake Forest (road, PRI: 122)
  
• ACC Tournament: lost in first round (Florida State 67-66)
• RPI: 46
• SOS: 50
• Non-Conference RPI: 28
• Non-Conference SOS: 214
• Record against RPI top 50: 5-7
• Last 10: 3-7
• Road/Neutral: 8-6
  
• Finished 21-10 (7-9 ACC), missed NCAA Tournament

2007-08 Miami:

• Won Pre-season Tournament (Puerto Rico Tip-Off)
• Started out 11-0 (the committee only looks at D-I wins)
• Next 5 games after first loss: 2-3
• Good wins: Marist (neutral, RPI: 83); VCU (neutral, RPI: 65); Providence (neutral, RPI: 45); Mississippi State (road, RPI: 73); Georgia Tech (RPI: 70)
  
• Bad losses: none outside top 100
  
• ACC Tournament: N/A
  
• RPI (current): 47
  
• SOS (current): 101
  
• Non-Conference RPI (current): 35
  
• Non-Conference SOS (current): 207
  
• Record against RPI top 50: 1-1
  
• Last 10: 6-4
  
• Road/Neutral: 5-2
  
• Finished: currently 13-4 (1-3 ACC)
  

We'll see how the Hurricanes finish, but they are well on their way. Miami has 6 home games (Clemson, Florida State, Duke, Maryland, Virginia, Boston College), 6 road games (Wake Forest, Duke, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Florida State), and the conference tournament left.

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