Semi interesting: Currently our baseball SOS

[57stratdawg]

is #47 nationally. You'd think it would be higher.

 

[tatedog]

All 3 opponents in the L.A. tournament are struggling record wise. Would've been nice if USC had pulled out that 1 run game vs TCU. Even so our SEC schedule is going to more than make up for it and a top 50 OOC schedule is nothing to shrug at.

 

[rugbdawg]

Yea. We need UCLA, USC, and Oklahoma to pick it up. South Dakota State, Nicholls, and Umass-Lowell are gonna be huge RPI drags. It is what it is. Win 17 in the SEC and we will be hosting.

 

[57stratdawg]

I'm not as familiar with the SOS calculation, but I'm guessing the fact we've only had a couple true road games is hurting as much as anything. UCLA (#1 SOS) has played 6 or 7, we've really only played 2.

 

[tatedog]

I'm not as familiar with the SOS calculation, but I'm guessing the fact we've only had a couple true road games is hurting as much as anything. UCLA (#1 SOS) has played 6 or 7, we've really only played 2.

Those 2 home losses to FAU count as about 3 losses according to RPI as well.

 

[8dog]

All it is is your opponents win perc and your opponents opponents win percentage.

 

[57stratdawg]

So, the weighted aspect of game locations isn't a factor in SOS?

 

[8dog]

No. It only factors into a teams own record.

 

[Joe Schmedlap]

Yea. We need UCLA, USC, and Oklahoma to pick it up. South Dakota State, Nicholls, and Umass-Lowell are gonna be huge RPI drags. It is what it is. Win 17 in the SEC and we will be hosting.

Yes, "win the 17".
That could be a true win-win.

 

[tatedog]

If we win 17 SEC games, give Cohen a lifetime contract. (and yes I know we can't actually do this)

 

[bulldogcountry1]

WArren Nolan says 28th. You got a handful of northern teams ranked high right now because they have played a ton of away games. They will shuffle out. Things will start to make more sense after a couple weeks of league play.

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

We are in much better shape non-conference wise than we typically are at this point. I think our RPI was 33 headed into today and will be roughly 30 tomorrow I think. Unless we really screw up our midweek games, I think 16-14 will put us in the conversation to very likely host a regional. 18-12 and National Seed starts getting discussed. 14-16 would put us SAFELY into the NCAA's. We're right where we need to be at this juncture. We just need to go make sure we get 1 in Nashville, and we should be well on our way.

 

[patdog]

Two things. A lot of the highest ranked schedules at this point are bad teams playing a killer schedule. Also, we have several 250+ teams on our schedule keeping it down and we really haven't played any elite teams, just a lot of good ones. By the end of the season, our OOC schedule will be higher than it is now.

 

[ronpolk]

Good thing about playing in the SEC is that the SOS will take care of itself by the end of the season.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

This is something most people forget.

While you have major conference teams with RPIs being dragged down by smaller schools, you have smaller schools that are playing a bunch of major conference teams. This evens back out once conference play begins, for both sides of this fence.