they have 5 top 50 wins and no bad losses. if you look at the bottom of the bubble, the teams there have 2-3 top 50 wins plus multiple bad losses. missouri has ONE top 50 win. byu has three, but they also have four 100+ losses. also, i see Iowa's rpi at 36? they'd be sweating it if they lost out, but i think there is a pretty slim chance they lose to purdue AND illinois at home. they do have quite the knack for losing close games. my concern about iowa st is they have miraculously won ALL of their close/lucky games. they could have easily lost to byu, iowa, uni and okie st. all games that came down to a final possession that iowa st won.