New Mexico will be a high RPI team because of how well they'll do in their conference. So a win like this, against a top 60 or so RPI team away from home will be beneficial for Rutgers' RPI.
That game was brutal in terms of the physicality of it. It's just not a way that Rutgers likes to play and it takes the team completely out of their element, which may have been the intention. Thankfully Meg was in control the whole time and frankly made me feel better about weathering New Mexico's attacks. I think another thing to take note of is the altitude at UNM, which a quick Google search showed as 5100 feet, over 5000 feet more than Piscataway. Even with a few days to get used to it, I'm sure it was rough running up and down that field. So I'll definitely take a sloppy win here.