Baseball Rankings - 4/21

[cajunhawk]

Could care less is we 1st or 10th. We need to continue to focus on being a better baseball team.

36-5...

[Cajunjeb]

36-5...

That's a .923 winning percentage. Well, it's not perfect...

[wcd35]

NCBWA updated

[cajunhawk]

NCBWA updated

We dropped one game...and lost little to no ground in the polls. The sky remains intact...

[CajunDreDog]

#Louisiana @CajunsBaseball #3 in @NCBWA poll this week. http://t.co/4nMoZvJRpU #WeAreLouisiana #WeAreUL #Grinders #Omaha2014

— CajunDreDog (@CajunDreDog) April 21, 2014

[Duggie35]

I think it is safe to assume the sun will come up in the morning!

[cajunhawk]

I think it is safe to assume the sun will come up in the morning!

We don't know for sure if that will happen...check back tomorrow for confirmation.

[CajunRed]

Nice to be ranked. VERY nice to be ranked so high.

If this team's ultimate goal is Omaha...RPI is what is important.

[TuffGuy84]

Nice to be ranked. VERY nice to be ranked so high.

If this team's ultimate goal is Omaha...RPI is what is important.

The biggest problem we have down the stretch is not who we're playing, but rather the fact that we are everyone's world series. Everyone will throw every last thing they have at us just to say they knocked us off. This has been proven with both UNO and UTA, these teams will continue treating us like this is the biggest game of their season because for the most part, it is because the majority, if not all the teams down the stretch won't be playing in regionals.

[jllanclos]

The biggest problem we have down the stretch is not who we're playing, but rather the fact that we are everyone's world series. Everyone will throw every last thing they have at us just to say they knocked us off. This has been proven with both UNO and UTA, these teams will continue treating us like this is the biggest game of their season because for the most part, it is because the majority, if not all the teams down the stretch won't be playing in regionals.

That's the best part of all of this. Let's see all the regional-type arms, reginal-type atmospheres, and regional-type effort we're going to face for the rest of the season.

If that means losing a few games to get tougher, so be it.

I want to be the king of the hill. BRING IT.

[CajunRed]

The biggest problem we have down the stretch is not who we're playing, but rather the fact that we are everyone's world series. Everyone will throw every last thing they have at us just to say they knocked us off. This has been proven with both UNO and UTA, these teams will continue treating us like this is the biggest game of their season because for the most part, it is because the majority, if not all the teams down the stretch won't be playing in regionals.

Good point.

But if we're super regional or Omaha quality, we'll step up our game and pass that test. If not...well then it mattered less than we all thought.

I don't mean that as a negative. Heck...we've lost only 5 games. I just mean as far as returning to he CWS, we either meet the test you've laid out...OR...we weren't quite good enough.

Either way, it's been great to watch so far.

[CajunRage]

Nice to be ranked. VERY nice to be ranked so high.

If this team's ultimate goal is Omaha...RPI is what is important.

I see it differently. What can we do to improve our chances at hosting as a national seed? Play better competition - can't change that. Hope our opponents play well - can't control that. We can, though, go on a tear and convince every voter that we are one of the best teams in the country and make the committee convince themselves otherwise. I know Brian will come and tell me that polls don't matter. Our RPI will not improve even if we win, so why not make some noise and hopefully give cause for a change in the formula. This season is all that is important right now. But it would be nice to get the RPI formula changed for our future teams. We've seen first hand that it is nearly impossible for a mid major to finish with top 8 RPI and that is a major flaw.