NCAA Baseball RPI 04/22/2015

[CajunDreDog]

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

Louisiana at #36

[CajunDreDog]

RANK	PREVIOUS	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE	RECORD	ROAD	NEUTUAL	HOME	NON-DI
1	2	UCLA	Pac-12	29-8-0	8-1-0	2-2-0	19-5-0	0-0-0
2	1	Dallas Baptist	Missouri Valley	29-9-0	13-7-0	0-0-0	16-2-0	0-0-0
3	3	Miami (FL)	Atlantic Coast	30-11-0	8-9-0	0-0-0	21-2-0	1-0-0
4	4	Florida	Southeastern	32-10-0	7-6-0	1-1-0	24-3-0	0-0-0
5	5	Texas A&M	Southeastern	36-5-0	5-1-0	3-0-0	28-4-0	0-0-0
6	8	LSU	Southeastern	35-6-0	9-1-0	4-0-0	22-5-0	0-0-0
7	6	Florida St.	Atlantic Coast	31-12-0	5-9-0	1-0-0	25-3-0	0-0-0
8	7	Louisville	Atlantic Coast	31-9-0	9-3-0	3-3-0	19-3-0	0-0-0
9	9	TCU	Big 12	31-8-0	9-6-0	1-0-0	21-2-0	0-0-0
10	10	Fla. Atlantic	Conference USA	31-9-0	10-3-0	0-1-0	21-5-0	0-0-0
11	11	Southern California	Pac-12	29-10-0	10-4-0	1-0-0	18-6-0	0-0-0
12	12	Missouri St.	Missouri Valley	28-9-0	12-3-0	7-3-0	9-3-0	0-0-0
13	14	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	29-9-0	9-3-0	0-0-0	20-6-0	0-0-0
14	18	Ohio St.	Big Ten	27-10-0	8-6-0	3-0-0	16-4-0	0-0-0
15	13	Bradley	Missouri Valley	26-10-0	11-6-0	6-1-0	5-3-0	4-0-0
16	16	Arizona St.	Pac-12	25-11-0	6-4-0	0-0-0	19-7-0	0-0-0
17	24	Vanderbilt	Southeastern	30-12-0	8-4-0	2-2-0	20-6-0	0-0-0
18	21	Nebraska	Big Ten	30-13-0	6-6-0	4-3-0	20-4-0	0-0-0
19	19	Radford	Big South	26-13-0	13-9-0	3-0-0	10-4-0	0-0-0
20	26	Oklahoma St.	Big 12	27-13-0	4-7-0	5-1-0	18-5-0	0-0-0
21	17	Illinois	Big Ten	33-6-1	10-2-1	6-2-0	16-2-0	1-0-0
22	20	South Fla.	AAC	26-14-1	6-9-0	2-1-0	18-4-1	0-0-0
23	22	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	25-15-0	7-7-0	3-3-0	15-5-0	0-0-0
24	25	Auburn	Southeastern	26-16-0	5-8-0	1-0-0	20-8-0	0-0-0
25	23	UNCW	Colonial	28-8-0	6-4-0	0-0-0	22-4-0	0-0-0
26	15	Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast	24-16-0	8-10-0	2-0-0	14-6-0	0-0-0
27	30	Ole Miss	Southeastern	21-20-0	8-11-0	0-1-0	13-8-0	0-0-0
28	31	Houston	AAC	27-14-0	8-7-0	1-2-0	18-5-0	0-0-0
29	34	Col. of Charleston	Colonial	28-9-0	12-3-0	0-0-0	16-6-0	0-0-0
30	29	Maryland	Big Ten	27-12-0	6-6-0	7-2-0	14-4-0	0-0-0
31	27	Notre Dame	Atlantic Coast	26-13-0	10-4-0	7-1-0	9-8-0	0-0-0
32	28	Alabama	Southeastern	22-18-0	7-8-0	0-1-0	15-9-0	0-0-0
33	33	UConn	AAC	26-15-0	15-10-0	7-1-0	4-4-0	0-0-0
34	35	Cal St. Fullerton	Big West	20-18-0	8-11-0	1-2-0	11-5-0	0-0-0
35	32	Iowa	Big Ten	26-11-0	11-7-0	7-1-0	5-3-0	3-0-0
36	44	Louisiana	Sun Belt	24-15-0	11-7-0	0-1-0	13-7-0	0-0-0
37	38	Coastal Caro.	Big South	27-12-0	8-1-0	0-0-0	19-11-0	0-0-0
38	40	Michigan St.	Big Ten	23-16-0	8-8-0	8-5-0	7-3-0	0-0-0
39	36	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	25-15-0	9-5-0	9-1-0	7-9-0	0-0-0
40	39	Liberty	Big South	25-15-0	10-7-0	0-2-0	15-6-0	0-0-0
41	43	Tulane	AAC	24-16-0	9-9-0	0-0-0	15-7-0	0-0-0
42	37	Missouri	Southeastern	26-15-0	7-4-0	9-1-0	9-10-0	1-0-0
43	41	Kentucky	Southeastern	23-16-0	5-10-0	6-0-0	12-6-0	0-0-0
44	48	Oregon St.	Pac-12	25-12-0	4-6-0	5-3-0	16-3-0	0-0-0
45	45	Oral Roberts	Summit	28-11-0	12-5-0	0-0-0	16-6-0	0-0-0
46	42	Nevada	Mountain West	31-10-0	14-8-0	0-0-0	17-2-0	0-0-0
47	49	Rice	Conference USA	26-16-0	8-9-0	0-0-0	18-7-0	0-0-0
48	51	Arkansas	Southeastern	24-17-0	6-5-0	0-3-0	18-9-0	0-0-0
49	47	UCF	AAC	26-16-0	5-9-0	2-0-0	19-7-0	0-0-0
50	50	Boston College	Atlantic Coast	21-18-0	4-12-0	8-3-0	9-3-0	0-0-0

[jllanclos]

Wish we could tell from the projections what folks think our chances are if we don't win the tournament.

Everyone projects us to win it, which gets us in automatically.

What do our chances look like without the auto bid?

[BirdofParadise]

Depends on the last 15 games and the conference tournament. Eight of our last 15 games (including tonight) are against opponents with a sub-200 RPI. Winning a big majority of our games is, in my opinion, critical.

I think 12-3 would put us in pretty good shape. Brian?

[CajunDreDog]

Remaining schedule...FYI

4/22/2015	Southern	Lafayette, LA	6:00 PM
4/24/2015	UT Arlington	Lafayette, LA	6:00 PM
4/25/2015	UT Arlington	Lafayette, LA	6:00 PM
4/26/2015	UT Arlington	Lafayette, LA	1:00 PM
4/28/2015	Nicholls State	Thibodaux, LA	6:00 PM
4/29/2015	New Orleans	Lafayette, LA	6:00 PM
5/1/2015	Appalachian State	Boone, NC	5:30 PM
5/2/2015	Appalachian State	Boone, NC	1:00 PM
5/3/2015	Appalachian State	Boone, NC	12:00 PM
5/8/2015	South Alabama	Lafayette, LA	6:00 PM
5/9/2015	South Alabama	Lafayette, LA	6:00 PM
5/10/2015	South Alabama	Lafayette, LA	1:00 PM
5/14/2015	ULM	Monroe, LA	6:00 PM
5/15/2015	ULM	Monroe, LA	6:00 PM
5/16/2015	ULM	Monroe, LA	1:00 PM

[Bankruptcyman]

In looking at the RPI chart I noticed that "big time" baseball teams (just like football) do not play any games away from home unless they have to. Texas A & M has played only 6 road games and 32 home games. Our friends to the east have only played 10 road games and 28 home games. On the other hand we have played 18 road games and 20 home games.
I know there is a bonus for winning road games but it seems like the teams that are not afraid to travel should be rewarded.

[GoneGolfin]

In looking at the RPI chart I noticed that "big time" baseball teams (just like football) do not play any games away from home unless they have to. Texas A & M has played only 6 road games and 32 home games. Our friends to the east have only played 10 road games and 28 home games. On the other hand we have played 18 road games and 20 home games.

I know there is a bonus for winning road games but it seems like the teams that are not afraid to travel should be rewarded.

Don't be so hard on LSU. They have played two road games against non-conference foes this season. That is a 100% improvement over some past seasons. Making progress. :-)

And the teams that choose to travel are amply rewarded. With the way the RPI now works, you are more than rewarded for going on the road and it is to the benefit of teams that do. I strongly feel that the RPI is too strongly weighted against home games and in favor of road games. The Cajuns should have scheduled even more road games. Their WP contribution at home is a mere .50000 and is damaging their RPI. Meanwhile, their WP contribution from road games is a salty .74479! This is despite the fact that the Cajuns have a better home record (13-7) than road record (11-7). If the Cajuns Road WP represented their actual WP (all road games winning at an 11-7 clip … winning 11 of every 18 games), the Cajuns would have the #9 RPI ranking in the country, pushing hard for the #8 spot.

The Cajuns should schedule more games on the road … and in particular, more games on the road vs. weaker opponents that are likely to have decent winning percentages, regardless of where their RPI rank is likely to be. And … eliminate the games vs. UNO until they get their grounding. It is bad enough that the Cajuns' RPI must stomach Appalachian State.

Brian

[The Antiwac]

Don't be so hard on LSU. They have played two road games against non-conference foes this season. That is a 100% improvement over some past seasons. Making progress. :-)

And the teams that choose to travel are amply rewarded. With the way the RPI now works, you are more than rewarded for going on the road and it is to the benefit of teams that do. I strongly feel that the RPI is too strongly weighted against home games and in favor of road games. The Cajuns should have scheduled even more road games. Their WP contribution at home is a mere .50000 and is damaging their RPI. Meanwhile, their WP contribution from road games is a salty .74479! This is despite the fact that the Cajuns have a better home record (13-7) than road record (11-7). If the Cajuns Road WP represented their actual WP (all road games winning at an 11-7 clip … winning 11 of every 18 games), the Cajuns would have the #9 RPI ranking in the country, pushing hard for the #8 spot.

The Cajuns should schedule more games on the road … and in particular, more games on the road vs. weaker opponents that are likely to have decent winning percentages, regardless of where their RPI rank is likely to be. And … eliminate the games vs. UNO until they get their grounding. It is bad enough that the Cajuns' RPI must stomach Appalachian State.

Brian

I asked Tony on a radio call in if the realigned Sun Belt Conference would alter how he schedules going forward. He was very quick to reply "Yes". Perhaps they will do what you have pointed out. It appears the "realignment gods" have been much kinder to softball than baseball here.

[wcd35]

I asked Tony on a radio call in if the realigned Sun Belt Conference would alter how he schedules going forward. He was very quick to reply "Yes". Perhaps they will do what you have pointed out. It appears the "realignment gods" have been much kinder to softball than baseball here.

Fewer conference teams in softball makes for more open weekends OOC