May 1 softball rpi rankings

[lcitsh]

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

Through Games of April 30, 2017
Generated: Monday 05/01/17 10:05 AM
------- Division I Only --------
Rank Name Conf W-L Road Neut Home Non-Div I
1 Florida Southeastern 46-4-0 12-2-0 13-0-0 21-2-0 0-0-0
2 Washington Pac-12 37-10-0 12-4-0 13-3-0 12-3-0 0-0-0
3 Arizona Pac-12 47-5-0 12-2-0 9-1-0 26-2-0 0-0-0
4 Auburn Southeastern 43-8-0 8-3-0 7-1-0 28-4-0 0-0-0
5 UCLA Pac-12 37-12-0 10-3-0 13-4-0 14-5-0 0-0-0
6 Florida St. Atlantic Coast 47-3-1 18-2-0 5-1-1 24-0-0 0-0-0
7 Oregon Pac-12 41-6-0 8-4-0 15-0-0 18-2-0 0-0-0
8 Texas A&M Southeastern 41-7-0 9-3-0 5-0-0 27-4-0 0-0-0
9 Tennessee Southeastern 42-8-0 8-3-0 11-2-0 23-3-0 0-0-0
10 Baylor Big 12 39-10-0 9-8-0 7-1-0 23-1-0 0-0-0
11 Minnesota Big Ten 48-3-0 17-3-0 15-0-0 16-0-0 0-0-0
12 LSU Southeastern 37-15-0 5-7-0 5-3-0 27-5-0 0-0-0
13 Oklahoma Big 12 44-8-0 14-0-0 11-7-0 19-1-0 0-0-0
14 Kentucky Southeastern 34-14-0 14-5-0 9-3-0 11-6-0 0-0-0
15 James Madison Colonial 44-6-0 16-2-0 18-2-0 10-2-0 0-0-0
16 Alabama Southeastern 39-12-0 9-8-0 4-0-0 26-4-0 0-0-0
17 Utah Pac-12 30-9-0 10-2-0 16-4-0 4-3-0 0-0-0
18 BYU West Coast 36-10-0 9-4-0 14-6-0 13-0-0 0-0-0
19 Louisiana Sun Belt 39-6-0 9-1-0 0-0-0 30-5-0 0-0-0
20 Ole Miss Southeastern 33-17-0 4-9-0 10-2-0 19-6-0 0-0-0
21 Arizona St. Pac-12 28-16-0 5-8-0 5-4-0 18-4-0 0-0-0
22 Illinois Big Ten 35-12-0 11-4-0 13-5-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
23 Michigan Big Ten 37-10-1 10-5-0 11-5-1 16-0-0 0-0-0
24 South Carolina Southeastern 30-21-0 6-9-0 4-4-0 20-8-0 0-0-0
25 California Pac-12 27-19-0 3-9-0 14-3-0 10-7-0 0-0-0
26 Marshall Conference USA 38-7-0 12-6-0 13-1-0 13-0-0 0-0-0
27 Georgia Southeastern 31-20-0 1-9-0 6-3-0 24-8-0 0-0-0
28 Tulsa AAC 36-13-0 14-5-0 12-6-0 10-2-0 0-0-0
29 Arkansas Southeastern 30-19-0 9-13-0 9-0-0 12-6-0 0-0-0
30 Texas St. Sun Belt 38-11-0 12-4-0 9-2-0 17-5-0 0-0-0
31 Missouri Southeastern 28-23-0 5-8-0 10-6-0 13-9-0 0-0-0
32 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 36-18-0 7-9-0 6-3-0 23-6-0 0-0-0
33 Mississippi St. Southeastern 34-18-0 7-11-0 5-1-0 22-6-0 0-0-0
34 Texas Big 12 28-20-0 10-9-0 4-2-0 14-9-0 0-0-0
35 Wisconsin Big Ten 29-13-0 11-3-0 15-2-0 3-8-0 0-0-0
36 Oklahoma St. Big 12 33-19-0 4-9-0 11-6-0 18-4-0 0-0-0
37 Notre Dame Atlantic Coast 29-19-0 8-8-0 10-6-0 11-5-0 0-0-0
38 Jacksonville St. OVC 36-10-0 11-4-0 12-2-0 13-4-0 0-0-0
39 Lipscomb ASUN 34-16-0 10-4-0 7-7-0 17-5-0 0-0-0
40 Fla. Atlantic Conference USA 33-18-0 6-7-0 0-3-0 27-8-0 0-0-0
41 SIUE OVC 37-10-0 7-7-0 18-0-0 12-3-0 0-0-0
42 Fordham Atlantic 10 39-13-0 9-7-0 17-3-0 13-3-0 0-0-0
43 Ohio St. Big Ten 30-14-0 10-5-0 11-5-0 9-4-0 0-0-0
44 Kennesaw St. ASUN 35-16-0 9-5-0 4-0-0 22-11-0 0-0-0
45 San Diego St. Mountain West 26-17-0 4-7-0 9-3-0 13-7-0 0-0-0
46 South Fla. AAC 31-21-0 4-4-0 6-7-0 21-10-0 0-0-0
47 Illinois St. Missouri Valley 30-17-0 11-8-0 10-6-0 9-3-0 0-0-0
48 Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 23-21-0 5-11-0 10-3-0 8-7-0 0-0-0
49 Oregon St. Pac-12 24-22-0 5-9-0 12-5-0 7-8-0 0-0-0
50 FIU Conference USA 40-12-0 7-6-0 12-4-0 21-2-0 0-0-0
50 USC Upstate ASUN 38-11-0 12-5-0 4-3-0 22-3-0 0-0-0
52 Fresno St. Mountain West 29-20-0 6-6-0 9-6-0 14-8-0 0-0-0
53 Cal St. Fullerton Big West 29-19-0 14-2-0 4-5-0 11-12-0 0-0-0
54 McNeese Southland 36-16-0 11-8-0 8-4-0 17-4-0 0-0-0
55 Central Mich. Mid-American 34-13-0 8-3-0 14-6-0 12-4-0 0-0-0
56 Ohio Mid-American 33-14-0 7-9-0 16-2-0 10-3-0 0-0-0
57 South Ala. Sun Belt 31-18-0 7-10-0 4-1-0 20-7-0 0-0-0
58 Louisville Atlantic Coast 28-18-0 4-3-0 9-5-0 15-10-0 0-0-0
59 Saint Francis (PA) Northeast 45-9-0 22-4-0 15-4-0 8-1-0 0-0-0
60 CSUN Big West 29-18-0 7-5-0 7-8-0 15-5-0 0-0-0
61 Georgia St. Sun Belt 30-21-0 8-13-0 9-1-0 13-7-0 0-0-0
62 Utah St. Mountain West 32-12-0 10-3-0 13-5-0 9-4-0 0-0-0
63 San Jose St. Mountain West 32-15-0 11-5-0 15-8-0 6-2-0 0-0-0
64 Cal Poly Big West 31-16-0 7-5-0 15-6-0 9-5-0 0-0-0
65 Nebraska Big Ten 24-25-0 7-9-0 4-10-0 13-6-0 0-0-0
66 Northwestern Big Ten 20-27-0 4-12-0 8-11-0 8-4-0 0-0-0
67 UCF AAC 25-21-0 5-6-0 4-1-0 16-14-0 0-0-0
68 Hofstra Colonial 23-20-0 9-9-0 6-6-0 8-5-0 0-0-0
69 Lehigh Patriot 30-16-0 11-6-0 6-9-0 13-1-0 0-0-0
70 Boston College Atlantic Coast 29-19-0 7-10-0 11-6-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
71 Syracuse Atlantic Coast 30-18-0 12-8-0 11-5-0 7-5-0 0-0-0
72 Murray St. OVC 34-14-0 7-8-0 13-4-0 14-2-0 0-0-0
73 Long Beach St. Big West 20-25-1 4-0-0 5-8-0 11-17-1 0-0-0
74 Grand Canyon Western Athletic 36-15-0 7-5-0 6-5-0 23-5-0 0-0-0
75 Col. of Charleston Colonial 31-19-0 8-7-0 5-2-0 18-10-0 0-0-0
76 Wichita St. Missouri Valley 28-19-0 10-8-0 8-6-0 10-5-0 0-0-0
77 Hawaii Big West 27-19-0 0-6-0 2-2-0 25-11-0 0-0-0
78 St. John's (NY) Big East 27-15-0 10-5-0 8-6-0 9-4-0 0-0-0
79 UT Martin OVC 35-15-0 11-7-0 15-2-0 8-6-0 1-0-0
80 North Florida ASUN 29-22-0 5-12-0 7-4-0 17-6-0 0-0-0
81 UNCW Colonial 31-13-1 7-5-1 4-1-0 20-7-0 0-0-0
82 Liberty Big South 35-20-0 12-6-0 9-8-0 14-6-0 0-0-0
83 Memphis AAC 26-25-0 4-11-0 3-4-0 19-10-0 0-0-0
84 Houston AAC 25-22-0 5-9-0 1-3-0 19-10-0 0-0-0
85 Nevada Mountain West 26-19-0 6-8-0 12-6-0 8-5-0 0-0-0
86 UNI Missouri Valley 29-18-0 7-10-0 7-5-0 15-3-0 0-0-0
87 Stanford Pac-12 18-27-0 2-9-0 9-6-0 7-12-0 0-0-0
88 Western Ky. Conference USA 26-26-0 8-13-0 4-3-0 14-10-0 0-0-0
89 Weber St. Big Sky 30-14-1 9-6-1 12-7-0 9-1-0 0-0-0
90 Northern Ill. Mid-American 27-18-0 6-10-0 10-6-0 11-2-0 0-0-0
91 UC Santa Barbara Big West 28-23-0 6-10-0 9-9-0 13-4-0 0-0-0
92 UT Arlington Sun Belt 26-22-0 4-9-0 5-3-0 17-10-0 0-0-0
93 Colorado St. Mountain West 23-20-0 6-10-0 5-2-0 12-8-0 0-0-0
94 Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 29-22-0 1-13-0 0-0-0 28-9-0 0-0-0
95 North Texas Conference USA 24-27-0 4-18-0 7-2-0 13-7-0 0-0-0
96 Louisiana Tech Conference USA 33-18-0 7-9-0 5-4-0 21-5-0 0-0-0
97 FGCU ASUN 24-27-0 4-9-0 3-5-0 17-13-0 0-0-0
98 Stetson ASUN 26-18-0 1-5-0 5-0-0 20-13-0 0-0-0
99 Southern Ill. Missouri Valley 27-22-0 9-9-0 9-8-0 9-5-0 0-0-0
100 Michigan St. Big Ten 27-20-0 7-13-0 10-2-0 10-5-0 0-0-0

Sun Belt:
19 Louisiana Sun Belt 39-6-0 9-1-0 0-0-0 30-5-0 0-0-0
30 Texas St. Sun Belt 38-11-0 12-4-0 9-2-0 17-5-0 0-0-0
57 South Ala. Sun Belt 31-18-0 7-10-0 4-1-0 20-7-0 0-0-0
61 Georgia St. Sun Belt 30-21-0 8-13-0 9-1-0 13-7-0 0-0-0
92 UT Arlington Sun Belt 26-22-0 4-9-0 5-3-0 17-10-0 0-0-0
94 Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 29-22-0 1-13-0 0-0-0 28-9-0 0-0-0
103 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 24-25-0 6-11-0 4-3-0 14-11-0 0-0-0
107 Troy Sun Belt 20-32-0 2-15-0 4-5-0 14-12-0 0-0-0
110 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 29-23-0 9-13-0 6-3-0 14-7-0 0-0-0
220 Appalachian St. Sun Belt 14-31-0 4-16-0 7-5-0 3-10-0 0-0-0

Cajun opponents:
8 Texas A&M Southeastern 41-7-0 9-3-0 5-0-0 27-4-0 0-0-0
10 Baylor Big 12 39-10-0 9-8-0 7-1-0 23-1-0 0-0-0
16 Alabama Southeastern 39-12-0 9-8-0 4-0-0 26-4-0 0-0-0
105 Southern Miss. Conference USA 26-26-0 11-11-0 2-1-0 13-14-0 0-0-0
109 Ball St. Mid-American 29-24-0 7-9-0 12-13-0 10-2-0 0-0-0
122 DePaul Big East 24-21-0 11-12-0 9-7-0 4-2-0 0-0-0
125 Bradley Missouri Valley 20-30-0 7-16-0 11-6-0 2-8-0 0-0-0
130 Drake Missouri Valley 25-25-0 5-13-0 16-4-0 4-8-0 0-0-0
140 North Dakota St. Summit League 23-28-0 9-12-0 9-12-0 5-4-0 0-0-0
152 Southeastern La. Southland 26-25-0 7-14-0 1-6-0 18-5-0 0-0-0
153 Iowa St. Big 12 20-32-0 7-17-0 9-10-0 4-5-0 0-0-0
178 Maryland Big Ten 10-35-1 4-11-0 1-15-1 5-9-0 0-0-0
194 Bowling Green Mid-American 24-29-0 4-18-0 12-8-0 8-3-0 0-0-0
255 A&M-Corpus Christi Southland 11-33-0 5-16-0 3-8-0 3-9-0 0-0-0
269 Alcorn Southwestern 16-29-0 6-13-0 1-5-0 7-9-0 2-2-0
271 Mississippi Val. Southwestern 13-31-0 5-11-0 4-11-0 3-7-0 1-2-0

[BeauCajun]

No movement for us from last week. I expect us to stay in that position up until regional selections. Maybe move up a spot or 2.

Anyone ahead of us that would possibly not be able to host a regional? All look like normal host sites.

[lcitsh]

No movement for us from last week. I expect us to stay in that position up until regional selections. Maybe move up a spot or 2.

Anyone ahead of us that would possibly not be able to host a regional? All look like normal host sites.

I did not expect James Madison to move up in the rankings despite defeating North Carolina twice during the week. I'm not going to say they have solidified their position to host (committee will have to show me they are fair to G5 programs), but they are definitely in a good position.

Alabama has 4 critical games this week (@ Ole Miss tonight, 3 @ home this weekend with Auburn), they are in very real danger of not hosting.

Utah should move back into the top 16 with 3 @ Oregon State and 3 @ home against Washington.

Brigham Young, I think, is in a very interesting position. I'm sure the committee would love to have another West Coast team that is not PAC 12 to host a regional and prevent sending PAC 12 teams from traveling so far.

Right now, I see 2 primary factors working against the Cajuns hosting a regional:
1. The committee has always underseeded the Cajuns except the year they were top 8 rpi ranked.
2. The Cajuns have played 35 home games (to 10 road games + 3 @ ULM). The only teams with more home games are Coastal Carolina (37) and Hawaii (36). The committee will not reward that.

[lcitsh]

Team sheets: https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi...04_30_2017.pdf

Nitty Gritty: https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi...04_30_2017.pdf

[wcd35]

Cancelling the App State series ended up working out pretty well for us. Didn't cost us anything in the conference title race and saved us 3 bad RPI games

[saucepiquant]

It appears that our 3 losses to Southern Miss and Bradley, all at home, are killing us.

[wcd35]

It appears that our 3 losses to Southern Miss and Bradley, all at home, are killing us.

Those aren't good losses obviously because they were against teams we should beat. But they don't hurt us any more than any other losses. Home/Away doesnt matter in softball RPI and they aren't low enough to warrant an RPI penalty

It hurts not having many Top 50 opponents in general when you are trying to get in position to host.

By comparison, last year we had 21 games vs top 50 at selection time. This year, we're at 8 (though it will go up a few with conf tournament). For bonus purposes, you exclude conference games but that's still 14 non-conf vs top 50 last year vs 5 this year

Last year we had the #5 non-conf SOS. This year its #159

[31Ragin97]

I did not expect James Madison to move up in the rankings despite defeating North Carolina twice during the week. I'm not going to say they have solidified their position to host (committee will have to show me they are fair to G5 programs), but they are definitely in a good position.

Alabama has 4 critical games this week (@ Ole Miss tonight, 3 @ home this weekend with Auburn), they are in very real danger of not hosting.

Utah should move back into the top 16 with 3 @ Oregon State and 3 @ home against Washington.

Brigham Young, I think, is in a very interesting position. I'm sure the committee would love to have another West Coast team that is not PAC 12 to host a regional and prevent sending PAC 12 teams from traveling so far.

Right now, I see 2 primary factors working against the Cajuns hosting a regional:
1. The committee has always underseeded the Cajuns except the year they were top 8 rpi ranked.
2. The Cajuns have played 35 home games (to 10 road games + 3 @ ULM). The only teams with more home games are Coastal Carolina (37) and Hawaii (36). The committee will not reward that.

Ironic you need to play on road and play well on road to proove you can host

[Cajun90]

Those aren't good losses obviously because they were against teams we should beat. But they don't hurt us any more than any other losses. Home/Away doesnt matter in softball RPI and they aren't low enough to warrant an RPI penalty

It hurts not having many Top 50 opponents in general when you are trying to get in position to host.

By comparison, last year we had 21 games vs top 50 at selection time. This year, we're at 8 (though it will go up a few with conf tournament). For bonus purposes, you exclude conference games but that's still 14 non-conf vs top 50 last year vs 5 this year

Last year we had the #5 non-conf SOS. This year its #159

Let me say i know nothing but I am suspect the schedule could have been made so Mike didn't have to travel as much.

[CajunDreDog]

We will be a #2 seed in BR...book it.

[BeauCajun]

We will be a #2 seed in BR...book it.

Have we ever lost there? It will suck having to sit out on that berm. Not a great place to catch a softball game.

[Cajun90]

We will be a #2 seed in BR...book it.

You may be right....

If it does happen I would love to have a video camera on Beth Torina when that announcement is made. Better yet a camera of her later that night curled up in a little ball screaming WHY ME!!!