Polls 3/14/2022

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fryeguy93

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I know we are more interested in Tennessee's rankings but the increasingly useless Baseball America poll has now entered the Twilight Zone as they are now living the dreams. Notre Dame is officially the best team in the nation.

Not a single !#$%!#$%%$!#!#$% in this nation believes Notre Dame is even a Top-10 team. Even the Notre Dame players- if they were honest with themselves.

Baseball America Smokin' Crack on Sunday Night Poll 3/14/2022
(Crack that is supplied in bulk by Notre Dame and the rest of the ACC)
1. Notre Dame
2. Mississippi
3. Oregon State
4. Texas
5. Virginia
6. Vanderbilt
7. Arkansas
8. Florida State
9. Tennessee (this one must hurt them?)
10. Stanford
11. Oklahoma State
12. Liberty
13. Florida
14. Georgia Tech (up 5 spots despite losing game to Mercer)
15. Clemson (Up 6 spots wq mediocre win over Mich State and even a loss to Northeastern)
16. LSU (Down 8 spots after going 4-0)
17. Arizona
18. Georgia (Down 4 spots after going 4-1)
19. North Carolina
20. Gonzaga
21. Maryland
22. Texas State
23. Texas Tech
24. Old Dominion
25. Southern California
 
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D1 Poll

The two worst polls are the ones that come out first because the voters spend about 34 seconds apiece on their ballot. But D1 voters are not up Notre Dame's buttocks quite as much

1. Mississippi
2. Texas
3. Arkansas
4. Vanderbilt
5. Oregon State
6. Notre Dame
7. Tennessee
8. Florida State
9. Florida
10. Georgia Tech
11. Oklahoma State
12. Stanford
13. LSU
14. Liberty
15. North Carolina
16. Arizona
17. Texas Tech
18. Clemson
19. Virginia (14 spots lower than BA)
20. Georgia
21. TCU
22. Texas State
23. Mississippi State (D1 guys are really holding out hope that MSU can right an already sunk ship)
24. Maryland
25. Gonzaga
 
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Vols were #3 in the last Collegiate Baseball Poll and #4 in Coaches Poll.
I don't think they'll fall in either poll and I think it would be unfair to Texas to drop them too far for playing an out-of-conference road series at a hostile place like Columbia, SC.

But, they may have received a shipment of crack cocaine in their offices from South Bend as well.
 
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Collegiate Baseball
The Volunteer State Poll

1. Vanderbilt
2. Tennessee (WOW!)
3. Oregon State
4. LSU
5. Virginia
6. Texas
7. Notre Dame
8. Georgia Tech
9. Mississippi
10. Georgia
11. North Carolina
12. Liberty
13. Florida
14. Stanford
15. Texas State
16. Arizona
17. Texas Tech
18. Arkansas
19. Purdue
20. Clemson
21. Old Dominion
22. Florida State
23. Miami
24. Gonzaga
25. Southern California
26. Oklahoma State
27. Connecticut
28. TCU
29. Maryland
30. UCSB

The thing I like about Collegiate Baseball is they are not afraid to make drastic changes early in the season if warranted. However; dropping Texas all the way to #6 seems a bit extreme. BUT they do have more losses than any of the teams ahead of them.
 
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USA Today Coaches Poll

1. Mississippi
2. Texas
3. Vanderbilt
4. Arkansas
5. Tennessee
6. Oregon State
7. Notre Dame
8. LSU
9. Florida
10. Georgia Tech
11. Stanford
12. Florida State
13. Texas Tech
14. Liberty
15. Oklahoma State
16. Arizona
17. Virginia
North Carolina
19. Clemson
20. Georgia
21. TCU
22. Maryland
23. Texas State
24. Mississippi State
25. Gonzaga
 
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fryeguy93 said:
USA Today Coaches Poll

1. Mississippi
2. Texas
3. Vanderbilt
4. Arkansas
5. Tennessee
6. Oregon State
7. Notre Dame
8. LSU
9. Florida
10. Georgia Tech
11. Stanford
12. Florida State
13. Texas Tech
14. Liberty
15. Oklahoma State
16. Arizona
17. Virginia
North Carolina
19. Clemson
20. Georgia
21. TCU
22. Maryland
23. Texas State
24. Mississippi State
25. Gonzaga
Click to expand...

That looks about right. Not sure our body of work justifies being over 5.
 
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as an FYI.
The RPI

After some really low ranked opponents the last 2 weeks; the SOS has really plummeted to 176.0 with 9-0 against Q4


1. Georgia Tech 13-3
2. Dallas Baptist 9-6
3. Georgia 13-3
4. Texas 13-4
5. Oregon State 11-2
6. Maryland 12-2
7. Arizona 12.4
8. Notre Dame 11-1
9. North Carolina 14-2
10. Gonzaga 11-4
11. Liberty 12.2
12. Mercer 15-1
13. Georgia Southern 10-6
14. Columbia 4-6
15. Florida State 10-5
16. Texas State 14-3
17. Mississippi 13-2
18. Connecticut 11-2
19. SE Missouri 13-1
20. Florida 13-4
21. Nevada 7-5
22. Clemson 14-1
23. Texas Tech 14-3
24. Oklahoma State 9-6
25. UCSB 10-4
26. Oklahoma 9-5
27. CS-Northridge 9-6
28. Grand Canyon 9-7
29. Rutgers 12-3
30. Tennessee 15-1


REST OF THE SEC
33. Missouri
41. Alabama
43. Arkansas (not on schedule)
57. South Carolina
72. LSU (not on schedule)
73. Vanderbilt
102. Auburn
108. Kentucky
140. Texas A&M (not on schedule)
182. Mississippi State

OOC OPPONENTS
26. Oklahoma
36. Baylor
45. Xavier
68. Belmont
90. Eastern Kentucky (this week)
111. Tennessee Tech
138. ETSU
139. Butler (new week)
165. James Madison
190. Lipscomb
200. Bellarmine
228. UNC Asheville
229. Iona
246. Rhode Island
267. Alabama A&M
281. Western Carolina

Played
Yet to Play
 
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NCBWA

The writers have 9 SEC schools ranked. I don't think MSU and Kentucky are Top-30 teams though,

1. Vanderbilt
2. Mississippi
3. Texas
4. Arkansas
5. Oregon State
& Notre Dame
7. Tennessee
8. Georgia Tech
9. LSU
10. Florida
11. Stanford
12. Texas Tech
13. Florida State
14. Arizona
15. North Carolina
16. Virginia
17. Liberty
18. Oklahoma State
19. Georgia
20. Clemson
21. TCU
22. Maryland
23. Mississippi State
24. Gonzaga
25. Old Dominion
26. Texas State
27. Miami
28. Kentucky
29. NC State
30. Connecticut
 
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Vanderbilt has done nothing to earn a climb to #1.

They lost a series at home to the only team they've played this year that know which end of a bat to hold.
 
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You know that most of those “polls” don’t even have voters, right? It’s just 1-3 guys at each entity putting the rankings together.
 
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Titan05 said:
You know that most of those “polls” don’t even have voters, right? It’s just 1-3 guys at each entity putting the rankings together.
Click to expand...
The coaches poll is the one to watch… at least they are immersed in the sport.
 
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fryeguy93 said:
I know we are more interested in Tennessee's rankings but the increasingly useless Baseball America poll has now entered the Twilight Zone as they are now living the dreams. Notre Dame is officially the best team in the nation.

Not a single !#$%!#$%%$!#!#$% in this nation believes Notre Dame is even a Top-10 team. Even the Notre Dame players- if they were honest with themselves.

Baseball America Smokin' Crack on Sunday Night Poll 3/14/2022
(Crack that is supplied in bulk by Notre Dame and the rest of the ACC)
1. Notre Dame
2. Mississippi
3. Oregon State
4. Texas
5. Virginia
6. Vanderbilt
7. Arkansas
8. Florida State
9. Tennessee (this one must hurt them?)
10. Stanford
11. Oklahoma State
12. Liberty
13. Florida
14. Georgia Tech (up 5 spots despite losing game to Mercer)
15. Clemson (Up 6 spots wq mediocre win over Mich State and even a loss to Northeastern)
16. LSU (Down 8 spots after going 4-0)
17. Arizona
18. Georgia (Down 4 spots after going 4-1)
19. North Carolina
20. Gonzaga
21. Maryland
22. Texas State
23. Texas Tech
24. Old Dominion
25. Southern California
Click to expand...


I really don't understand the ranking system in baseball. I understand in baseball sometimes the better team doesn't always win, more so than in sports like football and basketball....but how on earth can a team with 5 losses be ahead of a team with 1 loss.
 
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