The nice thing is that there are still solid teams in that field so you shouldn't end up with any RPI drags. Monmouth being the possible exception with their conference, but they have this tournament and games at Georgetown and Rutgers left to help their OOC.
And the Shockers still have a very good schedule to pick up quality wins in December especially if Fred gets back sooner rather than later.
Everyone else in the conference may just have to pull a little more of their own weight in the non-con rather than mooching off of WSU's RPI. And I say that as a UNI fan.