Rankings 5/16/2022

[fryeguy93]

There are some real big movers this week. Which is rare this late in season.
LSU is already out of the D1 poll and I suspect they will be out of most of the polls.
Texas A&M is still moving up quickly but far slower in RPI
Arkansas was already lagging behind in RPI and have dropped this past week faster than they were rising in weeks before. They have fallen to 20 in RPI but remain at 7 in D1 rankings.
After being swept by Texas Tech, Oklahoma State has fallen from national seed level to hosting level. I'm not sure any Big12 team can get into top8 at this point.

Maryland is set as a possible host but they have to get their stadium situation together. I don't think the NCAA wants to play in a glorified city park

Also, for the first time since conference play has begun, The ACC is now the top ranked conference by RPI

1. ACC
2. SEC
3. Big 12
4. Pac-12
5. C-USA
6. Sun Belt
7. Missouri Valley
8. American Athletic
9. Big Ten
10. West Coast
11. Southern
12. Colonial

This is despite the highest ranked RPI team in ACC being #8 Miami and The Big12's highest is #36

 

[fryeguy93]

 

[MAD]

There are some real big movers this week. Which is rare this late in season.
LSU is already out of the D1 poll and I suspect they will be out of most of the polls.
Texas A&M is still moving up quickly but far slower in RPI
Arkansas was already lagging behind in RPI and have dropped this past week faster than they were rising in weeks before. They have falled to 20 in RPI but remain at 7 in D1 rankings.

Also, for the first time since conference play has begun, The ACC is now the top ranked conference by RPI

1. ACC
2. SEC
3. Big 12
4. Pac-12
5. C-USA
6. Sun Belt
7. Missouri Valley
8. American Athletic
9. Big Ten
10. West Coast
11. Southern
12. Colonial

This is despite the highest ranked RPI team in ACC is #8 Miami and The Big12's highest is #36

Isn’t Virginia Tech in the ACC?

 

[fryeguy93]

Isn’t Virginia Tech in the ACC?

you are correct. I was reading straight from the RPI conference article that has Miami at #8

Conference RPI - 2022 College Baseball | WarrenNolan.com

 

[fryeguy93]

Ironically, our RPI # will take a hit next week win or lose as Mississippi State is outside top #100.
But, Belmont at #64 will slightly make up for it with one game.
Belmont is a good team. Winners of 4 in a row. 7 of last 8. 12 of 15.
The crushed Purdue in 3 games in late April.
They did lost 2of 3 at home to a good SEMO team.
2 Q1 wins against MTSU and Wofford

 

[fryeguy93]

Tennessee's SOS

Teams in Yellow are projected tourney teams
Opponent | Record | RPI

Georgia Southern 34-17 #9
Tennessee Tech 25-23 #149
UNC-Asheville 18-26-1 #196
Iona 5-39 #294
ETSU 28-19 #115
Texas 35-17 #18
Baylor 24-24 #74
Oklahoma 31-18 #35
James Madison 26-23 #109
Rhode Island 19-31 #169
Eastern Kentucky 32-174 #135
South Carolina 26-24 #69
Butler 17-33-1 #230
Mississippi 31-19 #38
Western Carolina 25-25-1 #158
Vanderbilt 34-16 #3
Lipscomb 31-20 #132
Missouri 26-22 #63
Alabama 27-24 #53
Bellarmine 11-39 #267
Florida 32-19 #16
Xavier 27-25 #61
Auburn 35-16 #4
Alabama A&M 11-32 #293
Kentucky 27-23 #60
Georgia 33-18 #7
Belmont 35-17 #64
Mississippi State 25-27 #105

By the way, Iona took 2 of 3 from Sienna Saints (11-33) 5/7-5/8 and 2 of 3 from Quinnipiac (15-29) 4/22-4/24

 

[AllThingsTN]

I’d say I’m shocked at theD1 Vandy ranking but they’ve been low on them most of the season.

 

[AllThingsTN]

Baseball America has us back at #1

 

[SouthKnoxVOL]

Perfect game has us at #1.....and jumped Virginia Tech to #2

 

[fryeguy93]

As noted, Perfect Game and Baseball America have been posted.

Thoughts, Perfect Game hates Vanderbilt as much as we do.

Not to appear to stand up for Vanderbilt here, but it appears the staff at Perfect Game have found a quality source of crack cocaine that must be really good

 

[fryeguy93]

Florida hosts South Carolina next weekend and despite a relative high RPI, remain unranked in any poll thus far.

I suspect this is because they are just under .500 in SEC play. 2 wins will get them .500 and sweep will close their season at 16-14. I ton's see them getting into a host position without winning Hoover.

I'm not sure what PG is looking at ranking LSU and not Vanderbilt and LSU

Mississippi hosts Texas A&M. In the unlikely event the Rebels sweep, they too can get to 16-14. Florida and Miss. would be very strong 2 seeds playing against 13-16 seeded teams.

LSU (14-13) is at Vanderbilt (14-13) In the unlikely event LSU sweeps Vanderbilt, the Tigers could get back into hosting discussion. But they fell to #37 in RPI this weekend from 17. It would take a sweep and only a sweep to make LSU host. Vanderbilt can likely sew up a region host with series win. A team, with 13 SEC losses can't get to national seed

Which gets me to my next point. There are only 3 teams with 10 losses or fewer in SEC. I can possibly see 11 losses being a national seed but 12 and especially 13 is a huge stretch. Arkansas and Texas A&M can't lose their series this weekend and do anything but hope for a national seed. 2 wins leave them both at 11 losses.

In 2021, four SEC teams finished with 10 losses or fewer. All four were national seeds. Three other teams hosted first round. (SC as a #2 seed) SC had 14 loss, FL had 13 and Ole Miss had 12

In other words, it's highly possible -almost probable, that the SEC will have one national seed with teams like Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt hosting first round and going on road for supers. Which likely means, one of them would come to Knoxville.

 

[Halph66]

you are correct. I was reading straight from the RPI conference article that has Miami at #8

Conference RPI - 2022 College Baseball | WarrenNolan.com

But when you click on the ACC to expand it, it shows that Virginia Tech as the #5 RPI. They musta goofed when they compiled the data.

 

[MAD]

Is Tennessee the only team in the country that you can count their total losses with just your fingers and without having to use your toes?

 

[chuckiepoo]

Is Tennessee the only team in the country that you can count their total losses with just your fingers and without having to use your toes?

I’m glad I don’t have to cypher gizintas…

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Ironically, our RPI # will take a hit next week win or lose as Mississippi State is outside top #100.
But, Belmont at #64 will slightly make up for it with one game.
Belmont is a good team. Winners of 4 in a row. 7 of last 8. 12 of 15.
The crushed Purdue in 3 games in late April.
They did lost 2of 3 at home to a good SEMO team.
2 Q1 wins against MTSU and Wofford

I’m seeing where several schools are canceling their midweek games, to preserve their RPI.
Can we cancel the Mississippi st series?

GBO!!

 

[MAD]

I’m glad I don’t have to cypher gizintas…

Thank goodness there is google to translate your fancy words I never heard of.
I can’t keep up with you young people and your slang.


A slang math term that means "goes in to" Made famous be the character Jethro Bodine in the American situation comedy The Beverly Hillbillies. Example: 2 gazinta 4, 2 times, 3 gazinta to 9, 3 times.

 

[Halph66]

Thank goodness there is google to translate your fancy words I never heard of.
I can’t keep up with you young people and your slang.

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A slang math term that means "goes in to" Made famous be the character Jethro Bodine in the American situation comedy The Beverly Hillbillies. Example: 2 gazinta 4, 2 times, 3 gazinta to 9, 3 times.

One of the shows Jethro and Uncle Jed went to the bank to see how much money they had. The bank was closed, and Jethro pulled out a piece of chalk from his shirt pocket and said; "Uncle Jed, should I go ta cipherin on the sidewalk."
I said that one time at work and one my co-workers busted out laughing. He had seen the show too.

 

[MAD]

One of the shows Jethro and Uncle Jed went to the bank to see how much money they had. The bank was closed, and Jethro pulled out a piece of chalk from his shirt pocket and said; "Uncle Jed, should I go ta cipherin on the sidewalk."
I said that one time at work and one my co-workers busted out laughing. He had seen the show too.

That is hilarious. I couldn’t appreciate the humor when I watched it as a kid, should rewatch.

 

[StarRaider]

deleted - mad4vols beat me to the Jethro

 

[VonVol2]

That is hilarious. I couldn’t appreciate the humor when I watched it as a kid, should rewatch.

The one that always made me laugh is when Jethro thought he joined the Marines but really had a job at Marine Land an aquarium. He told Jed they have 8 feedings a day and they already were talking about putting him in a tank.

 

[MAD]

The one that always made me laugh is when Jethro thought he joined the Marines but really had a job at Marine Land an aquarium. He told Jed they have 8 feedings a day and they already were talking about putting him in a tank.

 

[MAD]

Are all Vandy fans so deluded?

 

[Volprofch05]

Are all Vandy fans so deluded?

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Our SOS took a hit cuz we had to play Vandy

 

[JCP201]

Are all Vandy fans so deluded?

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We swept Vandy. The end.

 

[Volprofch05]

We swept Vandy. The end.

Yep and on their field and after giving them a 1-HR mulligan