Cajun Softball RPI ...

The below is a point in time (now) summary of the RPI rankings around the Cajuns. Arizona and UCLA are still playing ... with Arizona trying to make a run at a national seed and host regional. UCLA leads Arizona 6-4 B5th. But again, Arizona getting a regional will not be at the expense of the Cajuns. Arizona beating UCLA will also keep the Cajuns in front of the Bruins (RPI ranking). A Cajun win tomorrow could see the Cajuns finish as high as #7, if the right things fell into place. But this would mean Missouri beating Florida ... and possibly UCLA losing to either Arizona or Utah. If UCLA wins both and the Cajuns win, it will be close between the two.

Bolded teams are still playing games in their respective conference tournaments. The others are waiting for Selection Monday.

#1 Texas .7053
#2 Oklahoma .6925
#3 LSU .6770
#4 Duke .6756
#5 Missouri .6674
#6 Stanford .6670
#7 Tennessee .6636
#8 Florida .6628
#9 Georgia .6627
#10 Louisiana .6595
#11 Oklahoma State .6585
#12 UCLA .6575
#13 Florida State .6514
#14 Arkansas ..6461
#15 Alabama .6429
#16 Texas A&M .6427
#17 Texas State .6354
#18 Baylor .6349
#19 Clemson .6320
#20 Arizona .6317

Brian

UCLA comes back and defeats Arizona, 6-5.

Update after Arizona vs. UCLA game ...

Bolded teams are still playing games in their respective conference tournaments. The others are waiting for Selection Monday.

#1 Texas .7053
#2 Oklahoma .6925
#3 LSU .6770
#4 Duke .6756
#5 Missouri .6674
#6 Stanford .6670
#7 Tennessee .6636
#8 Florida .6628
#9 Georgia .6627
#10 UCLA .6600
#11 Louisiana .6595
#12 Oklahoma State .6585
#13 Florida State .6514
#14 Arkansas ..6461
#15 Alabama .6429
#16 Texas A&M .6427
#17 Texas State .6354
#18 Baylor .6349
#19 Clemson .6320
#20 Virginia Tech .6312
#21 Arizona .6302
#22 California .6301

Brian

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Originally Posted by GoneGolfin

Update after Arizona vs. UCLA game ...

Bolded teams are still playing games in their respective conference tournaments. The others are waiting for Selection Monday.

#1 Texas .7053
#2 Oklahoma .6925
#3 LSU .6770
#4 Duke .6756
#5 Missouri .6674
#6 Stanford .6670
#7 Tennessee .6636
#8 Florida .6628
#9 Georgia .6627
#10 UCLA .6600
#11 Louisiana .6595
#12 Oklahoma State .6585
#13 Florida State .6514
#14 Arkansas ..6461
#15 Alabama .6429
#16 Texas A&M .6427
#17 Texas State .6354
#18 Baylor .6349
#19 Clemson .6320
#20 Virginia Tech .6312
#21 Arizona .6302
#22 California .6301

Brian

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Baseball is on the Monday. Softball is tomorrow night at 6:00.

Go Utah!

The Cajuns are at #11 in the official RPI, just .0001 ahead of #12 Oklahoma State. But ... Oklahoma State has both UCLA and Florida as opponents (single games each) on their schedule. So, it is even more important that Utah defeats UCLA and Missouri defeats Florida this evening.

The Cajuns can also possibly pass UCLA to get to the #10 spot if UCLA loses to Utah.

#10 UCLA .6596
#11 Louisiana .6581
#12 Oklahoma State .6580
#13 Florida State .6507
#14 Arkansas .6454
#15 Texas A&M .6426
#16 Alabama .6422
#17 Texas State .6380

Brian

Top 5th FLA up 4-1 on Mizzou

Florida wins 6-1

Bolded teams are still playing games in their respective conference tournaments. The others are waiting for Selection Monday.

#1 Texas .7051
#2 Oklahoma .6922
#3 Duke .6771
#4 LSU .6764
#5 Stanford .6667
#6 Missouri .6655
#7 Florida .6649
#8 Tennessee .6626
#9 Georgia .6621
#10 UCLA .6595
#11 Louisiana .6581
#12 Oklahoma State .6578
#13 Florida State .6507
#14 Arkansas ..6448
#15 Texas A&M .6428
#16 Alabama .6423
#17 Texas State .6379
#18 Baylor .6350
#19 Clemson .6319
#20 Virginia Tech .6311
#21 Arizona .6299
#22 California .6295
#23 Mississippi State .6274
#24 Auburn .6215
#25 Charlotte .6188

The Cajuns at #11 are nursing a .0003 lead over #12 Oklahoma State. Still a possibility the Cajuns move to #10 with a Utah win over UCLA. They will be 10, 11, or 12. #13 is too far away.

Brian

Bolded teams are still playing games in their respective conference tournaments. The others are waiting for Selection Monday.

#1 Texas .7051
#2 Oklahoma .6922
#3 Duke .6771
#4 LSU .6764
#5 Stanford .6667
#6 Missouri .6655
#7 Florida .6649
#8 Tennessee .6626
#9 Georgia .6621
#10 UCLA .6595
#11 Louisiana .6581
#12 Oklahoma State .6578
#13 Florida State .6507
#14 Arkansas ..6448
#15 Texas A&M .6428
#16 Alabama .6423
#17 Texas State .6379
#18 Baylor .6350
#19 Clemson .6319
#20 Virginia Tech .6311
#21 Arizona .6299
#22 California .6295
#23 Mississippi State .6274
#24 Auburn .6215
#25 Charlotte .6188

The Cajuns at #11 are nursing a .0003 lead over #12 Oklahoma State. Still a possibility the Cajuns move to #10 with a Utah win over UCLA. They will be 10, 11, or 12. #13 is too far away.

As for being a national seed, the committee would need to come up with someone outside of the RPI Top 16 (worst case scenario) to supplant the Cajuns.

#17 Texas State? No. The Cajuns ran away with the Sun Belt title. One Sun Belt Tournament game does not change this. Head-to-head they split four games ... all in San Marcos. Texas State also has no RPI Top 10 wins. Cajuns have the #5 SOS and the #1 NC SOS. This is going to be noticed by the committee. Texas State has a #41 SOS and #30 NC SOS.

#18 Baylor? Possibly, due to head-to-head series win over the Cajuns (early in the season). But that requires closing an RPI ranking gap of 7 spots. Baylor was 15-14 in conference with #4 SOS and #6 NC SOS.

I think #23 Mississippi State is too far back.

I also think the Cajuns will be seeded ahead of Texas A&M and probably Alabama. So there are others in the RPI Top 16 that I do not think will eclipse the Cajuns.

This was an eval 5 days ago for more insight into the metrics.

Brian

Thanks for all the great information Brian. Makes me more confident Cajuns will host.

Wouldn't be surprised to see the Cajuns get a #13 seed matched up w/ #4 TSAB. When they lose their regional again, we'll have Supers in Lafayette!