April 10 softball rpi rankings

[lcitsh]

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weekly...17WSBrpi1.html

Through Games of April 9, 2017
Generated: Monday 04/10/17 10:04 AM
------- Division I Only --------
Rank Name Conf W-L Road Neut Home Non-Div I
1 Arizona Pac-12 40-1-0 9-0-0 9-1-0 22-0-0 0-0-0
2 Auburn Southeastern 33-6-0 5-2-0 7-1-0 21-3-0 0-0-0
3 Florida Southeastern 36-2-0 8-0-0 13-0-0 15-2-0 0-0-0
4 Texas A&M Southeastern 35-3-0 6-0-0 5-0-0 24-3-0 0-0-0
5 UCLA Pac-12 28-10-0 5-1-0 13-4-0 10-5-0 0-0-0
6 Florida St. Atlantic Coast 38-1-1 12-0-0 5-1-1 21-0-0 0-0-0
7 Washington Pac-12 29-9-0 4-3-0 13-3-0 12-3-0 0-0-0
8 Oregon Pac-12 36-2-0 7-2-0 15-0-0 14-0-0 0-0-0
9 Baylor Big 12 35-6-0 7-4-0 7-1-0 21-1-0 0-0-0
10 LSU Southeastern 32-9-0 5-4-0 5-3-0 22-2-0 0-0-0
11 Tennessee Southeastern 35-5-0 6-2-0 11-2-0 18-1-0 0-0-0
12 Alabama Southeastern 35-7-0 7-5-0 4-0-0 24-2-0 0-0-0
13 Minnesota Big Ten 35-3-0 15-3-0 15-0-0 5-0-0 0-0-0
14 Oklahoma Big 12 35-7-0 8-0-0 11-7-0 16-0-0 0-0-0
15 Michigan Big Ten 28-8-1 6-3-0 11-5-1 11-0-0 0-0-0
16 BYU West Coast 27-10-0 8-4-0 14-6-0 5-0-0 0-0-0
17 California Pac-12 22-13-0 1-6-0 14-3-0 7-4-0 0-0-0
18 Utah Pac-12 26-7-0 8-1-0 16-4-0 2-2-0 0-0-0
19 Kentucky Southeastern 24-11-0 7-5-0 9-3-0 8-3-0 0-0-0
20 James Madison Colonial 34-6-0 11-2-0 18-2-0 5-2-0 0-0-0
21 Georgia Southeastern 27-12-0 1-5-0 6-3-0 20-4-0 0-0-0
22 South Carolina Southeastern 23-16-0 4-7-0 4-4-0 15-5-0 0-0-0
23 Arizona St. Pac-12 23-12-0 1-6-0 5-4-0 17-2-0 0-0-0
24 Marshall Conference USA 32-5-0 7-4-0 13-1-0 12-0-0 0-0-0
25 Illinois Big Ten 27-10-0 6-3-0 13-5-0 8-2-0 0-0-0
26 Missouri Southeastern 21-16-0 3-4-0 10-6-0 8-6-0 0-0-0
27 Arkansas Southeastern 24-14-0 6-10-0 9-0-0 9-4-0 0-0-0
28 Texas St. Sun Belt 29-8-0 10-3-0 9-2-0 10-3-0 0-0-0
29 Ohio St. Big Ten 23-9-0 7-2-0 11-5-0 5-2-0 0-0-0
30 Tulsa AAC 26-12-0 8-4-0 12-6-0 6-2-0 0-0-0
31 Louisiana Sun Belt 29-5-0 6-0-0 0-0-0 23-5-0 0-0-0
32 Texas Big 12 20-18-0 5-9-0 4-2-0 11-7-0 0-0-0
33 Mississippi St. Southeastern 29-13-0 4-7-0 5-1-0 20-5-0 0-0-0
34 Notre Dame Atlantic Coast 21-15-0 4-8-0 10-6-0 7-1-0 0-0-0
35 Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 21-16-0 5-11-0 10-3-0 6-2-0 0-0-0
36 Ole Miss Southeastern 26-13-0 3-6-0 10-2-0 13-5-0 0-0-0
37 Fla. Atlantic Conference USA 25-15-0 3-5-0 0-3-0 22-7-0 0-0-0
38 Lipscomb ASUN 29-12-0 8-4-0 7-7-0 14-1-0 0-0-0
39 Oklahoma St. Big 12 25-15-0 2-5-0 11-6-0 12-4-0 0-0-0
40 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 31-11-0 6-5-0 6-3-0 19-3-0 0-0-0
41 SIUE OVC 32-7-0 6-4-0 18-0-0 8-3-0 0-0-0
42 Fresno St. Mountain West 24-15-0 2-3-0 9-6-0 13-6-0 0-0-0
43 Kennesaw St. ASUN 28-12-0 6-4-0 4-0-0 18-8-0 0-0-0
44 Cal Poly Big West 28-10-0 4-2-0 15-6-0 9-2-0 0-0-0
45 Oregon St. Pac-12 19-17-0 5-6-0 12-5-0 2-6-0 0-0-0
46 Louisville Atlantic Coast 22-12-0 1-3-0 9-5-0 12-4-0 0-0-0
47 Jacksonville St. OVC 30-9-0 9-3-0 12-2-0 9-4-0 0-0-0
48 USC Upstate ASUN 33-9-0 10-3-0 4-3-0 19-3-0 0-0-0
49 Wisconsin Big Ten 25-7-0 8-1-0 15-2-0 2-4-0 0-0-0
50 Northwestern Big Ten 15-20-0 3-6-0 8-11-0 4-3-0 0-0-0
51 Fordham Atlantic 10 29-9-0 5-4-0 17-3-0 7-2-0 0-0-0
52 Boston College Atlantic Coast 23-13-0 7-6-0 11-6-0 5-1-0 0-0-0
53 Nebraska Big Ten 16-20-0 6-7-0 4-10-0 6-3-0 0-0-0
54 FIU Conference USA 32-10-0 6-5-0 12-4-0 14-1-0 0-0-0
55 UCF AAC 21-18-0 5-5-0 4-1-0 12-12-0 0-0-0
56 South Fla. AAC 24-19-0 2-2-0 6-7-0 16-10-0 0-0-0
57 CSUN Big West 24-13-0 6-3-0 7-8-0 11-2-0 0-0-0
58 Ohio Mid-American 26-10-0 6-6-0 16-2-0 4-2-0 0-0-0
59 Illinois St. Missouri Valley 19-16-0 5-8-0 10-6-0 4-2-0 0-0-0
60 San Diego St. Mountain West 20-14-0 1-4-0 9-3-0 10-7-0 0-0-0
61 Georgia St. Sun Belt 26-13-0 6-6-0 9-1-0 11-6-0 0-0-0
62 South Ala. Sun Belt 24-15-0 3-7-0 4-1-0 17-7-0 0-0-0
63 McNeese Southland 28-13-0 9-6-0 8-4-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
64 Saint Francis (PA) Northeast 27-9-0 12-4-0 15-4-0 0-1-0 0-0-0
65 Wichita St. Missouri Valley 22-14-0 8-4-0 8-6-0 6-4-0 0-0-0
66 Utah St. Mountain West 25-9-0 7-2-0 13-5-0 5-2-0 0-0-0
67 Hawaii Big West 23-14-0 0-3-0 2-2-0 21-9-0 0-0-0
68 Cal St. Fullerton Big West 20-18-0 8-1-0 4-5-0 8-12-0 0-0-0
69 Grand Canyon Western Athletic 28-14-0 5-4-0 6-5-0 17-5-0 0-0-0
70 North Texas Conference USA 21-17-0 3-9-0 7-2-0 11-6-0 0-0-0
71 Syracuse Atlantic Coast 19-15-0 6-7-0 11-5-0 2-3-0 0-0-0
72 Memphis AAC 23-18-0 4-6-0 3-4-0 16-8-0 0-0-0
73 Central Mich. Mid-American 23-11-0 4-2-0 14-6-0 5-3-0 0-0-0
74 UNCW Colonial 28-7-1 6-3-1 4-1-0 18-3-0 0-0-0
75 Stanford Pac-12 16-19-0 1-7-0 9-6-0 6-6-0 0-0-0
76 Col. of Charleston Colonial 20-17-0 3-6-0 5-2-0 12-9-0 0-0-0
77 Murray St. OVC 28-13-0 6-8-0 13-4-0 9-1-0 0-0-0
78 Long Beach St. Big West 16-20-1 1-0-0 5-8-0 10-12-1 0-0-0
79 North Florida ASUN 23-17-0 1-8-0 7-4-0 15-5-0 0-0-0
80 Liberty Big South 26-16-0 6-5-0 9-8-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
81 Colorado St. Mountain West 18-13-0 5-7-0 5-2-0 8-4-0 0-0-0
82 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 18-19-0 3-7-0 4-3-0 11-9-0 0-0-0
83 Boise St. Mountain West 24-12-0 8-5-0 12-1-0 4-6-0 0-0-0
84 UNI Missouri Valley 20-14-0 4-7-0 7-5-0 9-2-0 0-0-0
85 Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 27-13-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 26-7-0 0-0-0
86 Belmont OVC 28-12-0 5-3-0 12-2-0 11-7-0 0-0-0
87 St. John's (NY) Big East 19-12-0 6-4-0 8-6-0 5-2-0 0-0-0
88 Weber St. Big Sky 21-13-1 6-6-1 12-7-0 3-0-0 0-0-0
89 San Jose St. Mountain West 24-14-0 6-4-0 15-8-0 3-2-0 0-0-0
90 Hofstra Colonial 14-16-0 4-5-0 6-6-0 4-5-0 0-0-0
91 Stetson ASUN 24-11-0 1-2-0 5-0-0 18-9-0 0-0-0
92 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 24-15-0 6-8-0 6-3-0 12-4-0 0-0-0
93 Houston AAC 20-17-0 3-4-0 1-3-0 16-10-0 0-0-0
94 Bradley Missouri Valley 19-20-0 6-10-0 11-6-0 2-4-0 0-0-0
95 Ball St. Mid-American 25-18-0 7-5-0 12-13-0 6-0-0 0-0-0
96 Louisiana Tech Conference USA 26-14-0 6-6-0 5-4-0 15-4-0 0-0-0
97 UT Martin OVC 28-12-0 5-6-0 15-2-0 7-4-0 1-0-0
98 Southern Miss. Conference USA 20-21-0 11-8-0 2-1-0 7-12-0 0-0-0
99 Missouri St. Missouri Valley 20-13-0 7-5-0 9-6-0 4-2-0 0-0-0
100 Elon Colonial 26-13-0 10-4-0 0-4-0 16-5-0 0-0-0

Sun Belt:
28 Texas St. Sun Belt 29-8-0 10-3-0 9-2-0 10-3-0 0-0-0
31 Louisiana Sun Belt 29-5-0 6-0-0 0-0-0 23-5-0 0-0-0
61 Georgia St. Sun Belt 26-13-0 6-6-0 9-1-0 11-6-0 0-0-0
62 South Ala. Sun Belt 24-15-0 3-7-0 4-1-0 17-7-0 0-0-0
82 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 18-19-0 3-7-0 4-3-0 11-9-0 0-0-0
85 Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 27-13-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 26-7-0 0-0-0
92 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 24-15-0 6-8-0 6-3-0 12-4-0 0-0-0
104 UT Arlington Sun Belt 20-19-0 3-7-0 5-3-0 12-9-0 0-0-0
112 Troy Sun Belt 16-25-0 2-12-0 4-5-0 10-8-0 0-0-0
196 Appalachian St. Sun Belt 12-24-0 4-13-0 7-5-0 1-6-0 0-0-0

Cajun opponents:
4 Texas A&M Southeastern 35-3-0 6-0-0 5-0-0 24-3-0 0-0-0
9 Baylor Big 12 35-6-0 7-4-0 7-1-0 21-1-0 0-0-0
12 Alabama Southeastern 35-7-0 7-5-0 4-0-0 24-2-0 0-0-0
94 Bradley Missouri Valley 19-20-0 6-10-0 11-6-0 2-4-0 0-0-0
95 Ball St. Mid-American 25-18-0 7-5-0 12-13-0 6-0-0 0-0-0
98 Southern Miss. Conference USA 20-21-0 11-8-0 2-1-0 7-12-0 0-0-0
124 Drake Missouri Valley 19-19-0 0-12-0 16-4-0 3-3-0 0-0-0
127 DePaul Big East 18-16-0 8-7-0 9-7-0 1-2-0 0-0-0
135 Southeastern La. Southland 19-19-0 6-10-0 1-6-0 12-3-0 0-0-0
147 North Dakota St. Summit League 16-23-0 6-9-0 9-12-0 1-2-0 0-0-0
163 Iowa St. Big 12 15-27-0 5-14-0 9-10-0 1-3-0 0-0-0
164 Maryland Big Ten 8-28-1 4-8-0 1-15-1 3-5-0 0-0-0
178 Bowling Green Mid-American 20-22-0 4-13-0 12-8-0 4-1-0 0-0-0
233 Dartmouth Ivy League 6-21-1 2-9-0 0-12-1 4-0-0 0-0-0
255 A&M-Corpus Christi Southland 6-26-0 2-11-0 3-8-0 1-7-0 0-0-0
264 Mississippi Val. Southwestern 9-25-0 2-8-0 4-11-0 2-4-0 1-2-0
272 Alcorn Southwestern 13-23-0 4-10-0 1-5-0 6-6-0 2-2-0

[lcitsh]

Nitty Gritty: https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi...204_9_2017.pdf

Team sheets: https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi...204_9_2017.pdf

[GoneGolfin]

The Cajuns currently have the following RPI breakdown ...

WP -> .85294
OWP -> .50616
OOWP -> .52914
--
Base RPI -> .59860
RPI Bonus -> .0056
--
Adjusted RPI -> .60420 (#31 ranking)

Doing a little projection ...

The Cajuns finishing 14-0 would yield an Adjusted RPI (using results as of today) of .64156 ... good for an RPI ranking of #15 against the 4/10 RPI rankings ... very close to #14.

The Cajuns finishing 13-1 with the loss being to Texas A&M (no RPI bonus) yields a #15 ranking.

12-2 finish (losses to Texas A&M and say ... Texas State) ... #16 ranking.

11-3 finish (losses to Texas A&M and twice to Texas State) ... #19 ranking.

Brian

[Cajun90]

The Cajuns currently have the following RPI breakdown ...

WP -> .85294
OWP -> .50616
OOWP -> .52914
--
Base RPI -> .59860
RPI Bonus -> .0056
--
Adjusted RPI -> .60420 (#31 ranking)

Doing a little projection ...

The Cajuns finishing 14-0 would yield an Adjusted RPI (using results as of today) of .64156 ... good for an RPI ranking of #15 against the 4/10 RPI rankings ... very close to #14.

The Cajuns finishing 13-1 with the loss being to Texas A&M (no RPI bonus) yields a #15 ranking.

12-2 finish (losses to Texas A&M and say ... Texas State) ... #16 ranking.

11-3 finish (losses to Texas A&M and twice to Texas State) ... #19 ranking.

Brian

Two things of interest. It looks like the Cajuns are one of only about three teams in the country to play zero neutral site games. Obviously this is because we hosted so many of our own tournaments. Just wonder how much the numbers would have shifted if those had been neutral site games vs. home games. I also wonder how much Coach Mike's health played into any decision to limit the travel this season. Never a bad thing to get more home games except for how it might effect your RPI.

There are a number of teams ahead of us who's records aren't great against the top RPI teams (i.e. Georgia). That could play in our favor come selection time.

[GoneGolfin]

Two things of interest. It looks like the Cajuns are one of only about three teams in the country to play zero neutral site games. Obviously this is because we hosted so many of our own tournaments. Just wonder how much the numbers would have shifted if those had been neutral site games vs. home games. I also wonder how much Coach Mike's health played into any decision to limit the travel this season. Never a bad thing to get more home games except for how it might effect your RPI.

This has no effect on the RPI.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

Two things of interest. It looks like the Cajuns are one of only about three teams in the country to play zero neutral site games. Obviously this is because we hosted so many of our own tournaments. Just wonder how much the numbers would have shifted if those had been neutral site games vs. home games. I also wonder how much Coach Mike's health played into any decision to limit the travel this season. Never a bad thing to get more home games except for how it might effect your RPI.

There are a number of teams ahead of us who's records aren't great against the top RPI teams (i.e. Georgia). That could play in our favor come selection time.

This has no effect on the RPI.

Brian

Now something that does have an effect on the Cajuns' RPI ...

Not playing the two games vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi would have the Cajuns at #26. Toss the (2) vs. Alcorn State, (1) vs. MVSU, (1) vs. Maryland and (1) vs. Dartmouth and you are right in the thick of it at #18.

Brian

[Cajun90]

Now something that does have an effect on the Cajuns' RPI ...

Not playing the two games vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi would have the Cajuns at #26. Toss the (2) vs. Alcorn State, (1) vs. MVSU, (1) vs. Maryland and (1) vs. Dartmouth and you are right in the thick of it at #18.

Brian

So we are inviting a bunch of fairly mediocre Southern teams in with a few poor Northern teams while the PAC-12 is out West playing each other with a few Mountain West and other mid to high caliber teams.

It certainly doesn't take much to change the landscape. Would be nice to get back to where we play two home tournaments and a premier tournament at a neutral site to balance things out.

[GoneGolfin]

So we are inviting a bunch of fairly mediocre Southern teams in with a few poor Northern teams while the PAC-12 is out West playing each other with a few Mountain West and other mid to high caliber teams.

It certainly doesn't take much to change the landscape. Would be nice to get back to where we play two home tournaments and a premier tournament at a neutral site to balance things out.

Yup.

Brian

[Fais do-do]

Pardon my ignorance, but i have looked at the RPI's on this board for years and what do they use these numbers for in the softball world. I can only assume for post season site scheduling or something along those lines? Please, oh guru (Brian), enlighted me!

[Cajun90]

Pardon my ignorance, but i have looked at the RPI's on this board for years and what do they use these numbers for in the softball world. I can only assume for post season site scheduling or something along those lines? Please, oh guru (Brian), enlighted me!

It is no different than basketball or baseball. It is one of the tools used to help determine which teams are given at large selections for the post season. It also plays a part in how teams are seeded for post season.

[Fais do-do]

Cajun90,

What is the ranking magic number you have to be under to be considered safe in postseason?

[Cajun90]

Cajun90,

What is the ranking magic number you have to be under to be considered safe in postseason?

There isnt one. Depends on your body of work. It is poossible to have a decent RPI and a not so great record for example.