March 23rd rankings

[fryeguy93]

I was traveling last week and couldn’t post



I about 2 weeks the RPI will match up far better to rankings.






RED are SEC teams
Blue are OOC teams that Tennessee has played as Virginia Tech and Arizona State are moving up in the rankings.

Not a lot of movement last week, at least at the top of the polls.

I'm not sure why Ole Miss got so much love with home wins over Kentucky.

I added a RPI column to the "human polls" to show how they may differ from numbers. Clearly Arkansas and NC State are getting some attention they may not deserve yet. NC State was shelled after an opening win at Florida State and go to Georgia Tech this weekend. Arkansas's schedule as been notoriously soft. Arkansas State (28) is higher RPI than Arkansas with a NC SOS of 189. They have played only 3 Q1 games (at home vs/ Miss State) and went 2-1. and have three Q4 losses and three Q2 losses. And they host a reeling Florida team this weekend.

 

[TheDirector]

I was traveling last week and couldn’t post



I about 2 weeks the RPI will match up far better to rankings.

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RED are SEC teams
Blue are OOC teams that Tennessee has played as Virginia Tech and Arizona State are moving up in the rankings.

Not a lot of movement last week, at least at the top of the polls.

I'm not sure why Ole Miss got so much love with home wins over Kentucky.

I added a RPI column to the "human polls" to show how they may differ from numbers. Clearly Arkansas and NC State are getting some attention they may not deserve yet. NC State was shelled after an opening win at Florida State and go to Georgia Tech this weekend. Arkansas's schedule as been notoriously soft. Arkansas State (28) is higher RPI than Arkansas with a NC SOS of 189. They have played only 3 Q1 games (at home vs/ Miss State) and went 2-1. and have three Q4 losses and three Q2 losses. And they host a reeling Florida team this weekend.

Weird that Arkansas record is wrong in all 3 polls unless Im missing something(18-7)? Seems Arkansas is not getting penalized for bad losses like other teams. Other teams drop when they have too many bad losses and are forced to work their way back up the rankings. Luckily it will all work out and RPI matters more for post season purposes but it is something that stuck out to me.

 

[fryeguy93]

Weird that Arkansas record is wrong in all 3 polls unless Im missing something(18-7)? Seems Arkansas is not getting penalized for bad losses like other teams. Other teams drop when they have too many bad losses and are forced to work their way back up the rankings. Luckily it will all work out and RPI matters more for post season purposes but it is something that stuck out to me.

I agree, early polls are based on potential but that is normally gone by this point. Especially if you have 7 losses against a #189 NC SOS and 89 overall SOS

The RPI sheet looks like this for Arkansas


1-2 against Q1 (home series against MSU)
5-3 against Q2 (losses to Ark State, TCU, and SC)
1-0 against Q3 (Neutral extra inning game against Texas Tech)
10-3 against Q4 (losses to UT-Arlington, 2 losses to Stetson - all at home)

So, not only do they have 7 losses, six of them are bad losses.

South Caroline is a borderline Q2/Q3 teams

And their only quality wins were 2 at home against Miss. State.

 

[txbo]

I agree, early polls are based on potential but that is normally gone by this point. Especially if you have 7 losses against a #189 NC SOS and 89 overall SOS

The RPI sheet looks like this for Arkansas


1-2 against Q1 (home series against MSU)
5-3 against Q2 (losses to Ark State, TCU, and SC)
1-0 against Q3 (Neutral extra inning game against Texas Tech)
10-3 against Q4 (losses to UT-Arlington, 2 losses to Stetson - all at home)

So, not only do they have 7 losses, six of them are bad losses.

South Caroline is a borderline Q2/Q3 teams

And their only quality wins were 2 at home against Miss. State.

Most committees value weekend series more than midweek games. Two SEC series wins hold a lot of weight. #6 MSU series adds value. Road series win at SC adds value. Winning 2 out of 3 at Arlington adds value.

Those midweek losses don't mean much.