Official Softball RPI (Selection Time)

[GoneGolfin]

#1 Florida .69033
#2 Georgia .68536
#3 Alabama .68314
#4 UCLA .67951
#5 Oregon .67563
#6 Louisiana .67008 (Chattanooga moved into the RPI Top 75 this past weekend … adding .0014)
#7 Florida State .66584
#8 Oklahoma .66159
#9 Arizona State .65412
#10 Missouri .64967
#11 Arizona .64949
#12 Baylor .64833
#13 Tennessee .64699
#14 Washington .64230
#15 Kentucky .63925
#16 Minnesota .63853
#17 Auburn .63832
#18 South Alabama .63652 (I firmly believe South Alabama would have been hosting had they beaten the Cajuns Saturday)
#19 LSU .63322
#20 Michigan .63165
#21 Nebraska .62859
#22 Texas A&M .62700
#23 James Madison .62363
#24 Tulsa .62029
#25 Notre Dame .61708
#26 Texas .60904
#27 Central Florida .60869
#28 DePaul .60324
#29 USC Upstate .59958
#30 Mississippi State .59542

Brian

[Cajun90]

South Al. situation is interesting because I think there is a good chance we would have remained in the top eight even with a lose.

With that said the committee did no favors to Alabama. I think that is a tough regional for the two seed.

[GoneGolfin]

South Al. situation is interesting because I think there is a good chance we would have remained in the top eight even with a lose.

With that said the committee did no favors to Alabama. I think that is a tough regional for the two seed.

With a loss to South Alabama, the Cajuns would have finished with the #7 RPI ranking … comfortably ahead of Oklahoma … and just a hair behind Florida State.

As I said on Saturday, the Cajuns were not out of a Top 8 National Seed with a loss. In fact, I still think they would have been a Top 8 National Seed … just not #6. Probably #7.

Brian

[cajunfan337]

Oregon #5 RPI, #1 seed overall?

[lcitsh]

#1 Florida .69033
#2 Georgia .68536
#3 Alabama .68314
#4 UCLA .67951
#5 Oregon .67563
#6 Louisiana .67008 (Chattanooga moved into the RPI Top 75 this past weekend … adding .0014)
#7 Florida State .66584
#8 Oklahoma .66159
#9 Arizona State .65412
#10 Missouri .64967
#11 Arizona .64949
#12 Baylor .64833
#13 Tennessee .64699
#14 Washington .64230
#15 Kentucky .63925
#16 Minnesota .63853
#17 Auburn .63832
#18 South Alabama .63652 (I firmly believe South Alabama would have been hosting had they beaten the Cajuns Saturday)
#19 LSU .63322
#20 Michigan .63165
#21 Nebraska .62859
#22 Texas A&M .62700
#23 James Madison .62363
#24 Tulsa .62029
#25 Notre Dame .61708
#26 Texas .60904
#27 Central Florida .60869
#28 DePaul .60324
#29 USC Upstate .59958
#30 Mississippi State .59542

Brian

I'm going to have to differ with you on that. I don't think the committee would supplant Minnesota with South Alabama, even if they did have a higher rpi score.

[Go_UL]

I'm going to have to differ with you on that. I don't think the committee would supplant Minnesota with South Alabama, even if they did have a higher rpi score.

I think it was Kentucky that would have been out.

[lcitsh]

I think it was Kentucky that would have been out.

Not a chance. I'm saying South Alabama's exclusion would be about the name on the shirt than the numbers on the sheet.

[GoneGolfin]

I'm going to have to differ with you on that. I don't think the committee would supplant Minnesota with South Alabama, even if they did have a higher rpi score.

If you look at the last five seasons, the selection committee has granted National Seeds to the entire Top 16 RPI twice (in 2014 and 2013 ... the last two seasons) ... and 15 of the RPI Top 16 the other three years (2010-2012). During this span, the only teams in the RPI Top 16 not to receive a National Seed were all #16 in the RPI ... #16 Florida State (2012) ... and that one was controversial, #16 Nebraska (2011), and #16 Texas A&M (2010).

South Alabama would have finished #15 in the RPI this season (with a win Saturday over Louisiana) ... ahead of both Kentucky and Minnesota. With the way the selection committee has glued itself to the RPI, I simply do not think they would have passed over the #15 RPI team with both Minnesota and Kentucky. And as far as Kentucky is concerned, South Alabama would have had most of the better resume points ... including RPI Top 25 (5-5 vs. 9-11), RPI Top 100 (24-10 vs. 24-15), and Non-Conference RPI (#9 vs. #20).

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

Oregon #5 RPI, #1 seed overall?

#5 RPI Oregon (12-5-1) and #4 RPI UCLA (12-5) had the best records vs. the RPI Top 25 (next was Louisiana and Tennessee at 9-5). Oregon was the conference champion in the #2 RPI Conference, had a Road RPI of #3 (behind only Florida and UCLA ... neither of which were conference champions), and took 2/3 from UCLA. In fact, Florida was tied for #4 in SEC record.

Brian

[lcitsh]

"Yeah because you are smarter than Brain."

I'm not even smarter than Brian, but I don't have to be to believe that the committee, which has acted in a certain way for all the years they have assembled a bracket, will act any differently than they always have. No matter what the makeup of the committee has been, whether filled with representatives of power conferences or the majority from "smaller" conferences, there has always been shown preferential treatment towards power conference teams. Even with this committee beginning to move in what seems to be a more unbiased direction, two years does not sway me to give them the benefit of the doubt yet.

[lcitsh]

"Geez, you're a whiny little _____."

And you're a coward. Deal with it.

[CajunFan3406]

"Geez, you're a whiny little _____."

And you're a coward. Deal with it.

Geez, you're a whiny little _____. Better?