Cajuns' Softball RPI

[GoneGolfin]

Here is a crack at the latest RPIs of teams around the Cajuns battling for the last national seed spots.

Some caveats ...
1) I do not have the latest OOWP calculations. I am using OOWP from the 5/7 NCAA report. However, I do not expect a significant change at this point in time. If a pair of teams are very close, it would make a difference.

2) To calculate the RPI bonuses, you need to calculate the full Base RPI (all 295 teams). The only thing that can change with the RPI bonuses after the 5/7 report is if teams happen to slide tiers and those teams happen to be opponents of the below. Even if there are some changes, sometimes multiple changes cancel each other out. But it is certainly possible this could make a difference. As a reminder ...

.0028 RPI bonus points for each win vs. Base RPI 1->25
.0021 RPI bonus points for each win vs. Base RPI 26->50
.0014 RPI bonus points for each win vs. Base RPI 51->75

Thus, you are talking about .0007 (one way or another) for each team sliding a bonus tier ... except for the 51->75 tier, which would be .0014 on the downside.

RPI penalties do not come into play for these teams.

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#13 James Madison .64643
#14 LSU .64493
#15 Alabama .63750
#16 Louisiana .63564
#17 Kentucky .63375
#18 BYU .63207
#19 Utah .63061
#20 Ole Miss .62903

Note: I expect BYU's RPI to fall as they have two remaining games against a weak opponent (#243 Saint Mary's 16-29).

There is still much remaining action that can affect this, most notably ...

Washington at Utah
LSU vs. Ole Miss

LSU can catch James Madison, which would be good for the Cajuns ... as it would bring James Madison's RPI rank closer to that of the Cajuns.

An Ole Miss win over LSU projects Ole Miss to .63140.

Might the Cajuns get the nod over Alabama due to their series win over the Crimson Tide? Might the committee go with Kentucky?

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

Note that Utah (home team) leads Washington 12-11 T7th with a runner at 1st base and 1 out.

Brian

[ragincajun97]

Washington takes a 13-12 lead T8th after being down 12-1

[GoneGolfin]

Washington takes a 13-12 lead T8th after being down 12-1

After a big 3-2 count, two out error by the Utah second baseman in the T7th to tie the game and keep the Huskies alive.

If you are on the national seed bubble and get swept at home the final weekend after blowing a 12-1 lead ... you should not be hosting.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

North Dakota State now three outs away from defeating IUPUI, leading 5-3 in the B6th.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

Washington sweeps Utah ... winning 13-12 today in 8 innings (after trailing 12-1).

Utah has lost five of their last six games (lost 2/3 at Oregon State last weekend) ... and just melted down today.

Brian

[31Ragin97]

Am i mistaken or does cajuns currently have better record than last three times hosted? Seems if you do better than a time u hosted, why would hosting be in doubt?

[VObserver]

Am i mistaken or does cajuns currently have better record than last three times hosted? Seems if you do better than a time u hosted, why would hosting be in doubt?

We did not play as good an OOC schedule as usual, and the SBC slipped slightly as a conference. Playing so many home games did not help us, either.

[31Ragin97]

We did not play as good an OOC schedule as usual, and the SBC slipped slightly as a conference. Playing so many home games did not help us, either.

Thanks. Ironic need to play on road to proove u can host?

[RaginScotsman]

So Ole Miss up on Baton Rouge 4-0. Are we tiger fans (gross) tonight?

[31Ragin97]

Wow, didnt think they would resign themselves to have another game today, thought for sure the four letter would have a good time slot for them tomorrow

[Fais do-do]

Does Aliceshoe's loss help our chances to host?