Post mid-week games RPI update (4/14/16)

[EminenceBunt]

Well, after going 2-1 against Florida we moved up 14 spots from #28 to #14, only to drop 3 spots to #17 after smashing Memphis. However, we are right where we need to be record wise and RPI wise going into the second half of the SEC season, 20 SEC wins is looking very possible right now. As I said last week, if we can take 2 of 3 from Florida, a national seed will become an expectation and it has. Let's take a look at the RPI movement of other teams of interest on our schedule. The (+) and (-) values are based on the movement of a teams RPI since this time last week.

-Florida (#1)
-Ole Miss (#5): -1
-A&M (#10): +2
-South Alabama (#11): -2
-USM (#13): +3
-Vandy (#14): -4
-MSU (#17): +11
-LSU (#24): +1
-FAU (#35): -20
-UGA (#47): +12
-Bama (#59): +12
-UCLA (#78): -5, (14-16) on the year
-Troy (#79): -19
-Oregon (#85): +26, (14-12) on the year
-Oral Roberts (#89): +7
-USC (#97): -32, (15-16) on the year
-ULM (#107): +22
-Oklahoma (#108): +19, (18-15-1) on the year
-Mizzou (#112): -21
-Arkansas (#116): +15
-Auburn (#141): -7
-UMASS-Lowell (#160)
-Eastern Kentucky (#206): -25
-Memphis (#214): +5
-Nichols State (#235): -7
-SDSU (#239)
-UTM (#279): -3
-Alcorn (#292): -3
-Valley (#300): -1, that's 300 out of 300 teams btw....

Don't look now, but Oregon may be getting it together after taking 2 of 3 from California who was ranked #9 going into the series, go Ducks. UCLA and USC are still struggling, but Oklahoma has gone on a little run in the past two weeks going 6-2 while taking 2 of 3 from both Texas and Baylor as well as two midweek wins from Dallas Baptist and Wichita State. They have a big away series against TCU coming up this weekend, should be something to monitor. Oral Roberts had a nice Mid week win against Oklahoma State on Tuesday, that loss is not looking so bad anymore.

We have yet another series against a top 10 RPI team this weekend in A&M, let's take care of business while breaking a few attendance records. Take 2 of 3 this weekend and we are the top team in the country IMO.

 

[AlCoDog]

Just want to say thanks for doing this. It's my weekly go to.

 

[EminenceBunt]

Thanks. RPI is far from a perfect formula, but it is a good unbiased gauge of a teams performance to date IMO. I have no problem with where we stand right now. There's no doubt we have the best list of good wins in college baseball, but the RPI also does not forget about the bad losses. When people look at where we stand in the RPI rankings, they need to understand that it is looking at a teams full body of work, not the way a team has been playing in the last month. If we continue to take care of business we will finish with a top 10 RPI, and that is all we need to secure a national seed spot.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

So here's my question...we've been on a nice run against high RPI teams. But after next weekend, that changes. We will be looking at road series with 59 and 141 and home series with 112 and 116. Plus single games with 5 (neutral site), 79 and 107 (home). What do we have to do record wise to maintain an RPI that will keep us in the hosting and national seed picture? To be in the national seed picture, is there pressure to sweep Missouri and Arkansas since those are at home? Does 2 of 3 at Bama and Auburn help, or do those have to be a sweeps too?

 

[rugbdawg]

RPI be damned. If we go 3-3 in these next two SEC series and win every SEC

series afterwards, we WILL be a national seed. Anything else wouldn't be logical.

 

[RocketDawg]

We killed Memphis last night and our RPI got worse. Would it have been better to play a high RPI team and lose? Sorta sounds that way.

 

[Dawgg]

As the WBK season was winding down, that's how their math played out...

We killed Memphis last night and our RPI got worse. Would it have been better to play a high RPI team and lose? Sorta sounds that way.

It seems like teams have figured that out and are lining up to get steamrolled by UConn, Texas, Baylor, and South Carolina.

A 30 point loss to Baylor > 30 point win against La Tech.

 

[11thEagleFan]

That does seem odd. I think Strat posted once that beating a bad team helps you unless their RPI is over 175 or so. Memphis is currently a putrid 214. Idk how Memphis has been lately, but they weren't horrible in C-USA. They were usually a borderline top 100 team, so scheduling them in the offseason probably made sense.