HBP, Shelton HR and that home team is down 2-0 after 5 pitches

Whoo, States SS is a defensive player.

2-2 after 3.

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Finally stacking a few wins but nothing close to matching the level of comp we have played.

0-3 at Tenn
0-3 vs UGA
1-2 at Ole Miss
0-3 vs Vandy
3-0 vs Mizzou (who is 0-18)
2-0 at Clanga

That's good for 6-11 with one left tomorrow. They finish vs Ark, @ SC, at tu, and vs Bama. They have 13 games to find 7 wins.

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They have a Top 20 RPI (18 for the nonce) and with that sked it shouldn't fall too much. I hope they only pick up 5 more conference wins (and the two early week games) because I think they'd get in at 11-19 and it's a good precedent for the SEC.

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Auburn has come back to Earth

now 9-9 in the league

only 1 game better than the Ags in the standings

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Getting swept by Texas bumped Auburn to No. 4 in RPI which is a little funny.

Faustus said:

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W said:

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Auburn has come back to Earth

now 9-9 in the league

only 1 game better than the Ags in the standings

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Getting swept by Texas bumped Auburn to No. 4 in RPI which is a little funny.

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That's only a 1 spot increase and it's due to us knocking Arkansas from #1 to #5 and UT falling from 4 to 7 after yesterday's lost to Kain'tuck. Florida State has jumped 5 spots after their series this weekend was postponed due to the campus shooting.

Faustus said:

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RED AG 98 said:

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Finally stacking a few wins but nothing close to matching the level of comp we have played.

0-3 at Tenn
0-3 vs UGA
1-2 at Ole Miss
0-3 vs Vandy
3-0 vs Mizzou (who is 0-18)
2-0 at Clanga

That's good for 6-11 with one left tomorrow. They finish vs Ark, @ SC, at tu, and vs Bama. They have 13 games to find 7 wins.

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They have a Top 20 RPI (18 for the nonce) and with that sked it shouldn't fall too much. I hope they only pick up 5 more conference wins (and the two early week games) because I think they'd get in at 11-19 and it's a good precedent for the SEC.

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Yeah they are a strange team and resume right now. Currently sitting at #2 in non-conf RPI, compared to ~100 for us. They got a ~13 spot bump this weekend by winning 2 (so far) at Miss St, who were RPI 37.

That's pretty similar to what we got for winning 2 of 3 at #2 Arkansas. Our non-conference is just really weak this year.

State pitcher with one hopper HPB on a 50' spiked curve. Don't see that everyday. Florida is trying to make this interesting, cut the lead to 1 T8.

so Florida at 6-12 and State at 6-12

SEC still alive for 14 bids

Other Sunday Top 25 Scores
#10 UCLA 6 - #16 Oregon 9
#12 North Carolina 7 - Virginia Tech 4
#14 Georgia Tech 2 - Miami 10


How the D1Baseball Top 25 fared: Week 10

Sean98 said:

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RED AG 98 said:

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Our non-conference is just really weak this year.

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Well, we chose to make it that way by losing a few of them at home.

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Our non-conference isn't all that weak after all. It wasn't great...but it certainly wasn't really week. According to Warren Nolan, our non-conference Strength of Schedule was #162. Nothing to get excited about for sure, but we're pretty much par for the course compared to other SEC teams.

46 - Florida
83 - Vanderbilt
88 - Auburn
118 - Ole Miss
125 - Georgia
127 - Arkansas
146 - South Carolina
161 - Alabama
162 - Texas A&M
191 - Oklahoma
201 - Texas
210 - Tennessee
227 - Kentucky
232 - Mississippi State
237 - LSU
245 - Missouri

Our only terrible non-conference loss was to New Mexico State (RPI #164). Our other non-conference losses were to:

Cal-Poly - RPI 19
Texas State - RPI 87
Arizona - RPI 17
Oklahoma State - RPI 68
UTSA - RPI 28

Yes...we could have/should have won those games, but with the exception of the one NMSU game, the other losses aren't necessarily killers.

We certainly cannot afford to drop any of the remaining non-conference games vs. Sam Houston (RPI 229), Lamar (RPI 70), or at Houston (RPI 108). All are must-wins.

Luke The Drifter said:

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Sean98 said:

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RED AG 98 said:

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Our non-conference is just really weak this year.

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Well, we chose to make it that way by losing a few of them at home.

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Our non-conference isn't all that weak after all. It wasn't great...but it certainly wasn't really week. According to Warren Nolan, our non-conference Strength of Schedule was #162. Nothing to get excited about for sure, but we're pretty much par for the course compared to other SEC teams.

46 - Florida
83 - Vanderbilt
88 - Auburn
118 - Ole Miss
125 - Georgia
127 - Arkansas
146 - South Carolina
161 - Alabama
162 - Texas A&M
191 - Oklahoma
201 - Texas
210 - Tennessee
227 - Kentucky
232 - Mississippi State
237 - LSU
245 - Missouri

Our only terrible non-conference loss was to New Mexico State (RPI #164). Our other non-conference losses were to:

Cal-Poly - RPI 19
Texas State - RPI 87
Arizona - RPI 17
Oklahoma State - RPI 68
UTSA - RPI 28

Yes...we could have/should have won those games, but with the exception of the one NMSU game, the other losses aren't necessarily killers.

We certainly cannot afford to drop any of the remaining non-conference games vs. Sam Houston (RPI 229), Lamar (RPI 70), or at Houston (RPI 108). All are must-wins.

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I specifically meant non-conference RPI, as I stated in the follow-up post... I was comparing our results with Florida, who has a much higher RPI. I was suggesting their non-conference RPI at #1 is a huge part of why they are rated so much above us given our SEC record and resume are quite a bit better.

The Gators do have several good non con games that jump out. 3 vs Miami, 2 vs FSU, Stetson, UCF, Ga Southern... All significantly better than our non con slate. Those 5 ACC tilts are what is driving their SOS.

I truly would like to see us do something like that going forward. Mid-week home and home vs a Big 12 team. A better weekend series pre-conference, although our tourney strategy makes up for some of that.

UCLA loses the finale and muddles the hosting picture

slightly reducing the chances of an SEC team going to Corvallis

as Oregon, Cal Poly, Irvine, and UCLA would be candidates to fill out Oregon State's regional

If Irvine wins the Big West, looking more likely after the UCSB win vs Poly this week, they'll likely host, dontcha think?

the committee would be happy with that -- a second west coast regional

not sure Arizona counts as "west coast"

Close enough

agreed, these days I think anything west of El Paso is getting an extra look from the committee

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Captn_Ag05 said:

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Kentucky taking 2/3 at Tennessee is a bit of a surprise.

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Does the 1 win vs UK look better now or do the 2 wins vs UT look worse, or both can be true?

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We did hit their pitchers more than Tenn did.

Same time zone at least.