One thing I decided to do with the Martin RPI Rankings was to see which conferences as a whole were the toughest this season. I will go into them a little bit and see how some of them might fare in the future and/or this tournament season. Below are the teams that were top 100 in their division and where they are ranked in their region (R1= Region 1) and district (NE1 = Northeast 1, E = East). If the conference doesn’t have anyone in the top 100, the next closest (or next two closest if they’re near each other in division ranking) will be put under that conference below.

#33 – Northeastern Athletic Conference – Stripes = 0.6009
– Chalker #77 DIV…#14 R13…#3 NE2
– Bristol #98 DIV…#21 R13…#6 NE1

#32 – Akron City Series = 0.6080
– Ellet = #79 DI…#21 R1…#5 NE1

#31 – Inter-Valley Conference – North = 0.6338
– Strasburg-Franklin = #28 DIV…#10 R15…#4 E
– Tuscarawas CC = #32 DIV…#11 R15…#5 E
– Malvern = #75 DIV…#24 R15…#10 E

#30 – Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference = 0.6513
– United = #42 DIII…#12 R9…#3 NE1
– Southern = #48 DIV…#9 R13…#2 NE1
– East Palestine = #90 DIV…#19 R13…#5 NE1

#29 – Cleveland Senate Athletic League – Erie = 0.6574
– Garrett Morgan = #103 DII…#28 R5…#5 NE5
– Cleveland JFK = #102 DI…#26 R2…#8 NE5

#28 – Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference – Scarlet = 0.6832
– Springfield = #10 DIV…#3 R13…#1 NE1
– Western Reserve = #38 DIV…#7 R13…#2 NE2
– Waterloo = #45 DIV…#8 R13…#2 NE3
– Mineral Ridge = #85 DIV…#17 R13…#4 NE1

#27 – Cleveland Senate Athletic League – Lake = 0.6838
– John Hay = #89 DI…#21 R2…#6 NE5

#26 – Northeastern Athletic Conference – Stars = 0.6891
– Pymatuning Valley = #84 DIII…#25 R9…#6 NE2
– Badger = #25 DIV…#4 R13…#1 NE1
– Mathews = #78 DIV…#15 R13…#4 NE2
– Fairport Harding = #87 DIV…#18 R13…#5 NE1

#25 – Steel Valley Conference = 0.6894
– Ursuline = #52 DII…#14 R5…#5 NE2
– Youngstown East = #98 DII…#27 R5…#10 NE2

#24 – Portage Trail Conference = 0.6899
– Rootstown = #43 DIII…#13 R9…#4 NE1
– Southeast = #89 DIII…#27 R9…#7 NE1
– Mogadore = #72 DIV…#13 R13…#5 NE3

#23 – Chagrin Valley Conference – Valley = 0.6906
– Berkshire = #86 DII…#23 R5…#7 NE1
– Kirtland = #77 DIII…#22 R9…#4 NE1

#22 – Lake Erie League = 0.6936
– Cleveland Heights = #75 DI…#19 R1…#4 NE1
– Shaker Heights = #76 DI…#20 R1…#6 NE2
– Warrensville Heights = #14 DIII…#6 R9…#2 NE4

#21 – Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference – Grey = 0.6939
– Newton Falls = #99 DIV…#22 R13…#6 NE2
– Liberty = #83 DIII…#24 R9…#5 NE2
– Brookfield = #51 DIII…#15 R9…#2 NE2
– Garfield = #23 DIII…#8 R9…#2 NE2
– Crestview = #15 DIII…#7 R9…#2 NE1

#20 – Lorain County League = 0.6961
– Columbia = #27 DIII…#9 R9…#3 NE3
– Firelands = #78 DII…#15 R6…#3 NE4
– Keystone = #30 DIII…#10 R9…#4 NE3

#19 – Chagrin Valley Conference – Lake = 0.6966
– Edgewood = #40 DII…#10 R5…#3 NE1
– Perry = #42 DII…#12 R5…#4 NE2

#18 – Metro Athletic Conference = 0.0.6996
– Norton = #35 DII…#10 R6…#2 NE2
– Streetsboro = #34 DII…#9 R5…#2 NE2
– Woodridge = #56 DII…#15 R5…#4 NE5
– Field = #97 DII…#26 R5…#5 NE3

#17 – Northeast 8 Conference = 0.7099
– Poland = #12 DIII…#5 R9…#1 NE2
– Struthers = #61 DII…#17 R5…#4 NE1
– South Range = #85 DIII…#26 R9…#6 NE1
– Girard = #60 DII…#16 R5…#6 NE2

#16 – Great Lakes Conference – East = 0.7134
– Normandy = #58 DI…#14 R1…#4 NE4
– Lakewood = #61 DI…#14 R2…#4 NE5
– Parma = #95 DI…#24 R2…#7 NE5

#15 – Chagrin Valley Conference – Chagrin = 0.7256
– Chagrin Falls = #41 DII…#11 R5…#3 NE2
– Hawken = #70 DII…#19 R5…#4 NE3
– West Geauga = #63 DII…#18 R5…#7 NE2

#14 – Crown Conference = 0.7267
– Walsh Jesuit = #37 DI…#10 R1…#3 NE1
– Lake Catholic = #78 DIII…#23 R9…#5 NE1

#13 – Inter-Valley Conference – South = 0.7271
– Hiland = #9 DIV…#3 R15…#2 E
– Tuscarawas Valley = #22 DIII…#6 R11…#2 E
– Claymont = #100 DIII…#24 R11…#8 E
– Garaway = #39 DIV…#15 R15…#8 E

#12 – Suburban League – National = 0.7352
– Stow = #27 DI…#6 R1…#2 NE2
– Wadsworth = #52 DI…#11 R2…#4 NE6

#11 – Principals Athletic Conference = 0.7434
– CVCA = #15 DII…#6 R5…#2 NE5
– Northwest = #19 DII…#7 R5…#2 NE3
– Triway = #53 DIII…#16 R9…#5 NE4
– Canton South = #65 DIII…#20 R9…#6 NE4

#10 – Great Lakes Conference – West = 0.7441
– Elyria Catholic = #21 DII…#8 R5…#3 NE5
– Rocky River = #45 DI…#9 R2…#2 NE6
– Westlake = #85 DI…#19 R2…#5 NE5

#9 – Chagrin Valley Conference – Metro = 0.7455
– Brooklyn = #62 DIII…#19 R9…#6 NE3
– Cuyahoga Heights = #35 DIII…#11 R9…#3 NE4
– Independence = #71 DIII…#21 R9…#7 NE3
– Richmond Heights = #6 DIV…#1 R13…#1 NE3

#8 – Wayne County Athletic League = 0.7456
– Dalton = #60 DIV…#11 R13…#3 NE3
– Chippewa = #7 DIII…#3 R9…#1 NE3
– Smithville = #6 DIII…#2 R9…#1 NE4
– Waynedale = #8 DIII…#4 R9…#2 NE3
– Norwayne = #57 DIII…#18 R9…#5 NE3

#7 – Western Reserve Conference = 0.7491
– Riverside = #28 DI…#7 R1…#2 NE1
– Madison = #83 DI…#22 R1…#6 NE1
– Eastlake North = #67 DI…#17 R1…#4 NE3
– Kenston = #85 DII…#22 R5…#8 NE2

#6 – Suburban League – American = 0.7595
– Copley = #6 DII…#3 R5…#1 NE3
– Highland = #29 DI…#8 R1…#3 NE4
– Tallmadge = #48 DII…#13 R5…#3 NE3
– Aurora = #90 DII…#24 R5…#9 NE2

#5 – Eastern Buckeye Conference = 0.7818
– Marlington = #5 DII…#2 R5… #1 NE2
– Salem = #7 DII…#4 R5…#2 NE1
– West Branch = #74 DII…#20 R5…#5 NE1
– Carrollton = #57 DII…#14 R7…#3 E
– Alliance = #94 DII…#25 R5…#8 NE1

#4 – All-American Conference = 0.7863
– Austintown Fitch = #93 DI…#24 R1…#7 NE2
– Boardman = #57 DI…#13 R1…#5 NE2
– Canfield = #1 DII…#1 R5…#1 NE1
– Howland = #79 DII…#21 R5… #6 NE1

#3 – Federal League = 0.7892
– Canton McKinley = #13 DI…#3 R1…#1 NE1
– Green = #34 DI…#9 R1…#3 NE2
– Lake = #49 DI…#12 R1…#2 NE3
– Jackson = #65 DI…#15 R1…#3 NE3

#2 – Southwestern Conference = 0.7921
– Olmsted Falls = #3 DI…#1 R2…#1 NE5
– Midview = #9 DI…#1 R1…#1 NE4
– Avon Lake = #56 DI…#13 R2… #3 NE5
– North Ridgeville = #53 DI…#12 R2… #5 NE6
– Avon = #51 DI…#10 R2…#3 NE6

#1 – Greater Cleveland Conference = 0.7965
– Solon = #11 DI…#2 R1… #1 NE3
– Medina = #44 DI…#8 R2… #2 NE5
– Brunswick = #19 DI…#4 R1…#2 NE4
– Strongsville = #81 DI…#17 R2… #6 NE6