#1 in softball rpi

[lcitsh]

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Through Games Mar. 08 2020
1 Louisiana Sun Belt 16-6 6-4 3-1 7-1 0-0
2 UCLA Pac-12 25-1 2-0 11-0 12-1 0-0
3 Texas Big 12 24-3 1-0 7-1 16-2 0-0
4 Washington Pac-12 23-2 5-0 18-2 0-0 0-0
5 Florida SEC 21-4 1-0 7-2 13-2 0-0
6 Arizona Pac-12 21-3 2-0 12-2 7-1 0-0
7 UCF AAC 19-5 1-1 8-1 10-3 0-0
8 Oklahoma St. Big 12 18-5 1-2 7-3 10-0 0-0
9 Virginia Tech ACC 19-4 6-1 12-3 1-0 0-0
10 Oregon Pac-12 21-2 3-1 14-1 4-0 0-0
11 Duke ACC 22-4 3-1 6-1 13-2 0-0
12 Fresno St. Mountain West 21-4 2-1 4-3 15-0 0-0
13 Alabama SEC 14-8 0-2 4-3 10-3 0-0
14 Oklahoma Big 12 20-4 1-0 10-3 9-1 0-0
15 South Carolina SEC 15-6 1-2 1-3 13-1 0-0
16 Missouri SEC 19-6 0-0 12-5 7-1 0-0
17 Cal St. Fullerton Big West 14-9 0-1 5-5 9-3 0-0
18 Michigan Big Ten 15-8 3-2 12-6 0-0 0-0
19 LSU SEC 20-3 0-1 3-2 17-0 0-0
20 Mississippi St. SEC 24-3 0-0 7-2 17-1 0-0
21 Tennessee SEC 14-8 2-3 6-4 6-1 0-0
22 Minnesota Big Ten 14-9 2-3 12-6 0-0 0-0
23 Notre Dame ACC 12-9 2-4 10-5 0-0 0-0
24 Arkansas SEC 17-6 3-2 5-1 9-3 0-0
25 Utah Pac-12 14-4 2-2 12-2 0-0 0-0
26 Troy Sun Belt 15-6 3-3 5-1 7-2 0-0
27 Kentucky SEC 18-4 2-2 15-1 1-1 0-0
28 Arizona St. Pac-12 21-7 0-0 3-3 18-4 0-0
29 Florida St. ACC 17-6 2-0 8-6 7-0 0-0
30 NC State ACC 17-6 0-0 3-3 14-3 0-0
31 Western Ky. C-USA 20-4 2-0 6-2 12-2 0-0
32 North Texas C-USA 18-5 6-4 5-1 7-0 0-0
33 Georgia SEC 22-5 1-1 2-3 19-1 0-0
34 Houston AAC 16-5 1-0 3-1 12-4 0-0
35 Baylor Big 12 17-5 1-0 4-4 12-1 0-0
36 McNeese Southland 18-7 2-2 7-4 9-1 0-0
37 San Diego St. Mountain West 17-11 1-3 8-5 8-3 0-0
38 Iowa Big Ten 17-5 4-1 13-4 0-0 0-0
39 South Fla. AAC 15-9 0-0 2-3 13-6 0-0
40 Northwestern Big Ten 11-12 0-4 11-8 0-0 0-0
41 UNLV Mountain West 21-5 3-0 7-0 11-5 0-0
42 BYU WCC 14-9 1-2 13-7 0-0 0-0
43 Lipscomb ASUN 11-10 0-4 7-3 4-3 0-0
44 Oregon St. Pac-12 17-9 5-1 12-8 0-0 0-0
45 North Florida ASUN 11-6 1-2 3-2 7-2 0-0
46 Auburn SEC 14-11 0-3 4-6 10-2 0-0
47 Boston U. Patriot 13-7 2-3 11-4 0-0 0-0
48 Eastern Ky. OVC 20-2 5-0 12-2 3-0 0-0
49 Texas A&M SEC 16-8 1-1 3-2 12-5 0-0
50 Kansas Big 12 13-11 3-3 5-7 5-1 0-0
51 UConn AAC 15-5 3-1 12-4 0-0 0-0
52 Indiana Big Ten 9-9 0-5 9-4 0-0 0-0
53 James Madison CAA 13-6 3-2 7-2 3-2 0-0
54 Kennesaw St. ASUN 21-4 3-2 5-1 13-1 0-0
55 New Mexico St. WAC 14-8 1-2 8-3 5-3 0-0
56 Liberty ASUN 10-13 0-2 6-11 4-0 0-0
57 UT Arlington Sun Belt 11-13 3-5 2-3 6-5 0-0
58 Hartford America East 6-4 4-2 2-1 0-1 0-0
59 Long Beach St. Big West 12-11 1-2 10-7 1-2 0-0
60 UAB C-USA 15-11 4-2 6-4 5-5 0-0
61 Stanford Pac-12 22-4 3-1 6-1 13-2 0-0
62 Louisville ACC 10-13 1-4 6-8 3-1 0-0
63 Ohio St. Big Ten 8-9 0-4 8-5 0-0 0-0
64 Jacksonville ASUN 15-10 1-2 5-3 9-5 0-0
65 SFA Southland 18-4 8-1 10-3 0-0 0-0
66 Seattle U WAC 9-15 4-5 5-10 0-0 0-0
67 Illinois St. MVC 11-11 1-5 10-6 0-0 0-0
68 Illinois Big Ten 10-11 2-5 8-6 0-0 0-0
69 Tulsa AAC 13-11 2-2 8-7 3-2 0-0
70 FGCU ASUN 18-7 0-1 7-2 11-4 0-0
71 San Jose St. Mountain West 21-5 0-2 11-2 10-1 0-0
72 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 14-6 0-0 0-0 14-6 0-0
73 Middle Tenn. C-USA 13-13 0-4 13-8 0-1 0-0
74 Delaware CAA 19-4 6-1 13-3 0-0 0-0
75 Clemson ACC 18-8 0-2 5-4 13-2 0-0
76 Texas St. Sun Belt 15-8 4-3 5-5 6-0 0-0
77 Texas Tech Big 12 16-9 0-2 10-7 6-0 0-0
78 LMU (CA) WCC 12-10 0-3 9-6 3-1 0-0
79 Radford Big South 11-3 2-1 9-2 0-0 0-0
80 South Dakota St. Summit League 13-7 0-1 13-6 0-0 0-0
81 Ole Miss SEC 12-13 2-3 2-10 8-0 0-0
82 UC Davis Big West 15-12 0-2 6-7 9-3 0-0
83 SIUE OVC 13-5 2-2 10-3 1-0 0-0
84 UNC Greensboro SoCon 13-7 2-1 4-3 7-3 0-0
85 Georgia Tech ACC 11-11 1-1 1-2 9-8 0-0
86 East Carolina AAC 14-9 0-3 8-4 6-2 0-0
87 Wisconsin Big Ten 14-10 4-3 8-7 2-0 0-0
88 Boise St. Mountain West 14-11 2-4 12-7 0-0 0-0
89 UTSA C-USA 14-10 4-5 8-3 2-2 0-0
90 Utah Valley WAC 12-7 4-3 8-4 0-0 0-0
91 Pacific WCC 15-9 2-2 10-5 3-2 0-0
92 Ball St. MAC 18-9 5-5 13-4 0-0 0-0
93 Weber St. Big Sky 10-14 3-5 7-9 0-0 0-0
94 UIC Horizon 9-11 0-6 9-5 0-0 0-0
95 Villanova Big East 14-13 3-7 10-5 1-1 0-0
96 Gardner-Webb Big South 23-5 2-2 3-0 18-3 0-0
97 Iowa St. Big 12 11-13 4-9 7-4 0-0 0-0
98 Hampton Big South 15-4 1-1 4-0 10-3 0-0
99 Boston College ACC 9-12 1-6 8-6 0-0 0-0
100 Marshall C-USA 18-6 4-3 9-2 5-1 0-0
101 Stony Brook America East 10-4 0-3 10-1 0-0 0-0
102 Nevada Mountain West 10-14 3-4 4-8 3-2 0-0
103 Nebraska Big Ten 9-14 2-4 7-10 0-0 0-0
104 Purdue Big Ten 15-10 4-4 10-6 1-0 0-0
105 Maryland Big Ten 12-11 2-5 10-6 0-0 0-0
106 Memphis AAC 14-9 4-1 3-7 7-1 0-0
107 Sacramento St. Big Sky 14-11 2-3 5-6 7-2 0-0
108 Miami (OH) MAC 12-7 3-1 6-5 3-1 0-0
109 FIU C-USA 8-9 0-2 2-5 6-2 0-0
110 Jacksonville St. OVC 11-9 1-5 6-4 4-0 0-0
111 Colorado St. Mountain West 11-12 0-1 9-8 2-3 0-0
112 Bowling Green MAC 11-6 2-1 8-3 1-2 0-0
113 CSUN Big West 16-7 3-4 12-3 1-0 0-0
114 Dayton Atlantic 10 6-12 1-4 5-8 0-0 0-0
115 California Pac-12 13-11 1-4 12-7 0-0 0-0
116 LIU NEC 11-12 0-3 11-8 0-1 0-0
117 Southern Ill. MVC 15-6 0-1 6-5 9-0 0-0
118 Lehigh Patriot 7-7 0-3 7-4 0-0 0-0
119 Butler Big East 14-7 0-1 14-6 0-0 0-0
120 Colgate Patriot 12-8 3-2 9-6 0-0 0-0
121 North Ala. ASUN 15-7 1-3 10-3 4-1 0-0
122 Wichita St. AAC 11-15 0-10 11-5 0-0 0-0
123 Cal Poly Big West 10-13 2-4 8-9 0-0 0-0
124 Missouri St. MVC 7-12 0-5 7-7 0-0 0-0
125 Bradley MVC 14-9 2-3 12-6 0-0 0-0
126 Tennessee Tech OVC 10-9 4-4 6-5 0-0 0-0
127 North Dakota St. Summit League 7-16 1-7 6-9 0-0 0-0
128 Rutgers Big Ten 9-14 0-7 9-6 0-1 0-0
129 Eastern Ill. OVC 11-10 2-6 9-4 0-0 0-0
130 George Washington Atlantic 10 8-13 1-2 2-9 5-2 0-0
131 Virginia ACC 8-12 2-5 6-3 0-4 0-0
132 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 13-10 0-3 5-3 8-4 0-0
133 Indiana St. MVC 11-12 3-4 8-7 0-1 0-0
134 Toledo MAC 9-9 2-3 7-6 0-0 0-0
135 Army West Point Patriot 11-9 4-1 6-8 1-0 0-0
136 Central Ark. Southland 15-9 0-3 7-3 8-3 1-0
136 Montana Big Sky 12-12 4-3 8-9 0-0 0-0
138 Northwestern St. Southland 15-7 1-2 9-3 5-2 0-0
138 Longwood Big South 8-11 0-6 8-5 0-0 0-0
140 South Alabama Sun Belt 8-16 0-2 2-8 6-6 0-0
141 Southeastern La. Southland 15-7 4-3 6-3 5-1 0-0
142 Youngstown St. Horizon 8-5 1-2 7-3 0-0 0-0
143 ETSU SoCon 9-13 1-6 5-7 3-0 0-0
144 Elon CAA 11-10 2-3 2-4 7-3 0-0
145 Loyola Chicago MVC 12-9 2-0 10-7 0-2 0-0
146 Syracuse ACC 10-10 3-4 7-6 0-0 0-0
147 Southeast Mo. St. OVC 12-5 2-2 9-1 1-2 0-0
148 San Diego WCC 15-12 0-1 6-5 9-6 0-0
149 Utah St. Mountain West 13-11 2-3 11-8 0-0 0-0
150 Charlotte C-USA 13-13 0-4 0-2 13-7 0-0
151 UC Riverside Big West 13-12 0-0 2-8 11-4 0-0
152 Nicholls St. Southland 12-14 3-3 6-10 3-1 0-0
153 Columbia Ivy League 5-5 0-0 4-5 1-0 0-0
154 Samford SoCon 9-15 0-6 4-4 5-5 0-0
155 Kent St. MAC 9-10 1-5 7-5 1-0 0-0
156 UNI MVC 7-14 0-3 4-9 3-2 0-0
157 USC Upstate Big South 16-6 1-3 2-2 13-1 0-0
158 Canisius MAAC 8-9 1-6 6-3 1-0 0-0
158 Murray St. OVC 12-10 3-4 8-6 1-0 0-0
160 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 10-13 2-3 5-8 3-2 0-0
161 Ohio MAC 9-15 1-3 7-11 1-1 0-0
162 Kansas City WAC 6-13 3-6 3-6 0-1 0-0
163 Mercer SoCon 10-16 1-4 5-7 4-5 0-0
164 Saint Mary's (CA) WCC 7-17 0-5 6-8 1-4 0-0
165 Presbyterian Big South 16-7 1-2 8-3 7-2 0-0
166 Monmouth MAAC 11-9 1-3 10-6 0-0 0-0
167 A&M-Corpus Christi Southland 6-16 0-6 4-7 2-3 0-0
168 Hawaii Big West 9-13 0-1 2-3 7-9 0-0
169 Sam Houston St. Southland 9-15 1-8 4-2 4-5 0-0
170 Valparaiso MVC 9-10 2-3 7-6 0-1 0-0
171 Col. of Charleston CAA 10-9 0-1 2-5 8-3 0-0
172 Pittsburgh ACC 7-11 2-7 5-4 0-0 0-0
173 Lamar University Southland 8-12 0-4 4-2 4-6 0-0
174 Evansville MVC 11-11 1-3 10-8 0-0 0-0
175 Omaha Summit League 12-12 4-6 8-6 0-0 0-0
176 Furman SoCon 7-17 2-8 5-9 0-0 0-0
177 Dartmouth Ivy League 4-6 1-0 3-6 0-0 0-0
178 Southern Miss. C-USA 14-7 3-1 4-4 7-2 0-0
179 St. John's (NY) Big East 7-15 0-7 7-8 0-0 0-0
180 Towson CAA 8-7 2-1 3-5 3-1 0-0
181 North Carolina ACC 9-13 0-2 3-3 6-8 0-0
182 Wright St. Horizon 7-11 2-4 5-7 0-0 0-0
183 Penn St. Big Ten 11-14 4-4 7-10 0-0 0-0
184 Princeton Ivy League 4-4 0-2 4-2 0-0 0-0
185 Creighton Big East 11-10 2-2 9-8 0-0 0-0
186 UC Santa Barbara Big West 12-15 4-3 4-10 4-2 0-0
187 UT Martin OVC 12-10 0-5 7-4 5-1 0-0
188 Appalachian St. Sun Belt 12-9 4-4 8-5 0-0 0-0
189 DePaul Big East 8-12 3-3 5-9 0-0 0-0
190 Portland St. Big Sky 6-17 1-5 5-11 0-1 0-0
191 Central Mich. MAC 4-11 1-2 3-9 0-0 0-0
192 Idaho St. Big Sky 7-14 2-4 5-10 0-0 0-0
193 Bucknell Patriot 8-10 2-5 6-5 0-0 0-0
194 Stetson ASUN 11-14 0-0 3-6 8-8 0-0
195 California Baptist WAC 10-14 0-6 6-8 4-0 0-0
196 Northern Ky. Horizon 9-9 2-4 7-5 0-0 0-0
197 Marist MAAC 10-9 2-3 8-6 0-0 0-0
198 Abilene Christian Southland 7-17 0-8 5-9 2-0 0-0
199 Southern Utah Big Sky 5-14 0-7 5-7 0-0 0-0
200 Western Caro. SoCon 3-11 1-4 1-6 1-1 0-0
201 Campbell Big South 10-14 1-8 5-6 4-0 0-0
202 Fla. Atlantic C-USA 7-13 1-3 4-5 2-5 0-0
203 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 4-10 0-3 4-7 0-0 0-0
204 Seton Hall Big East 10-13 1-3 9-10 0-0 0-0
205 Houston Baptist Southland 12-10 0-1 11-7 1-2 0-0
206 Oakland Horizon 7-11 2-2 3-9 2-0 0-0
207 Massachusetts Atlantic 10 4-7 2-5 1-2 1-0 0-0
208 New Mexico Mountain West 11-14 1-2 3-9 7-3 0-0
209 Georgia St. Sun Belt 7-15 0-1 3-9 4-5 0-0
210 Georgetown Big East 8-15 1-3 7-12 0-0 0-0
211 Robert Morris NEC 8-11 2-4 6-6 0-1 0-0
212 Santa Clara WCC 8-16 1-5 4-4 3-7 0-0
213 Sacred Heart NEC 8-8 4-1 4-7 0-0 0-0
214 Belmont OVC 5-13 0-5 3-5 2-3 0-0
215 Fordham Atlantic 10 7-13 1-5 6-6 0-2 0-0
216 Austin Peay OVC 9-12 1-5 5-5 3-2 0-0
217 South Dakota Summit League 11-15 1-4 10-11 0-0 0-0
218 UMass Lowell America East 6-9 2-3 4-6 0-0 0-0
219 Siena MAAC 1-8 0-2 1-6 0-0 0-0
220 Albany (NY) America East 6-5 0-0 6-5 0-0 0-0
221 Texas Southern SWAC 6-13 2-5 3-8 1-0 2-0
222 Drake MVC 8-16 1-8 7-8 0-0 0-0
223 Louisiana Tech C-USA 8-16 4-7 4-9 0-0 0-0
224 Green Bay Horizon 4-15 0-6 4-9 0-0 0-0
225 Fairfield MAAC 3-9 0-2 3-7 0-0 0-0
226 Akron MAC 6-19 0-8 6-11 0-0 0-0
227 Bryant NEC 3-10 1-1 2-9 0-0 0-0
228 Charleston So. Big South 10-9 0-0 8-6 2-3 0-0
229 Alabama St. SWAC 10-14 0-5 7-3 3-6 0-0
230 Purdue Fort Wayne Summit League 3-18 0-9 3-9 0-0 0-0
231 Penn Ivy League 7-5 0-1 5-4 2-0 0-0
232 Wagner NEC 3-6 0-3 3-3 0-0 0-0
233 Iona MAAC 2-6 1-2 1-4 0-0 0-0
234 Saint Francis (PA) NEC 5-18 1-6 4-12 0-0 0-0
235 North Dakota Summit League 7-17 2-6 5-11 0-0 0-0
236 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 4-14 1-6 3-8 0-0 0-0
237 Binghamton America East 3-12 1-4 2-8 0-0 0-0
238 Chattanooga SoCon 6-14 0-1 2-6 4-7 0-0
239 Northern Colo. Big Sky 10-15 2-6 4-8 4-1 0-0
240 Cleveland St. Horizon 6-9 1-2 4-7 1-0 0-0
241 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 6-13 2-4 3-8 1-1 0-0
242 Grand Canyon WAC 5-20 0-2 2-6 3-12 0-0
243 Yale Ivy League 5-10 1-1 4-9 0-0 0-0
244 Winthrop Big South 12-10 3-4 6-4 3-2 0-0
245 Manhattan MAAC 6-6 1-1 5-3 0-2 0-0
246 Tennessee St. OVC 7-9 1-5 4-3 2-1 0-0
247 George Mason Atlantic 10 7-11 0-3 1-6 6-2 0-0
248 UNCW CAA 7-16 0-5 1-3 6-8 0-0
249 Southern U. SWAC 3-9 0-5 3-4 0-0 1-0
250 Drexel CAA 4-6 1-1 3-5 0-0 0-0
251 UTEP C-USA 5-17 0-4 2-9 3-4 0-0
252 Providence Big East 6-9 2-3 4-6 0-0 0-0
253 Brown Ivy League 1-9 1-2 0-7 0-0 0-0
254 Northern Ill. MAC 7-13 0-5 7-7 0-1 0-0
255 IUPUI Horizon 5-15 2-4 2-11 1-0 0-0
256 Michigan St. Big Ten 6-16 2-5 4-11 0-0 0-0
257 Norfolk St. MEAC 6-12 0-1 2-1 4-10 0-0
258 Morgan St. MEAC 5-11 0-4 2-6 3-1 0-0
259 Mount St. Mary's NEC 2-17 1-5 1-12 0-0 0-0
260 Florida A&M MEAC 3-16 2-4 1-9 0-3 0-0
261 Prairie View SWAC 4-11 0-5 4-6 0-0 0-0
262 Cornell Ivy League 4-5 0-2 4-3 0-0 0-0
263 Bethune-Cookman MEAC 4-25 2-2 1-18 1-5 0-0
264 UIW Southland 8-15 0-3 4-6 4-6 0-0
265 Lafayette Patriot 1-11 0-5 1-6 0-0 0-0
266 Niagara MAAC 2-3 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-0
267 Detroit Mercy Horizon 2-21 1-4 1-17 0-0 0-0
268 UMBC America East 5-9 1-2 2-6 2-1 0-0
269 Western Ill. Summit League 6-13 0-3 6-9 0-1 0-0
270 CSU Bakersfield WAC 1-13 0-5 1-8 0-0 0-0
271 Hofstra CAA 3-14 1-4 2-10 0-0 0-0
272 N.C. A&T MEAC 4-19 0-6 4-11 0-2 0-0
273 Western Mich. MAC 5-16 3-2 1-14 1-0 0-0
274 Alcorn SWAC 1-18 0-7 1-11 0-0 4-1
275 Holy Cross Patriot 2-9 0-2 2-7 0-0 0-0
276 Quinnipiac MAAC 1-8 0-2 1-3 0-3 0-0
277 Harvard Ivy League 2-8 0-3 2-5 0-0 0-0
278 Central Conn. St. NEC 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0
279 Howard MEAC 2-20 0-4 2-13 0-3 0-0
280 N.C. Central MEAC 1-13 0-8 1-5 0-0 0-0
281 Mississippi Val. SWAC 3-16 0-4 2-8 1-4 0-0
282 Jackson St. SWAC 2-14 0-3 2-11 0-0 4-0
283 UMES MEAC 3-17 0-7 0-9 3-1 0-0
284 Maine America East 2-7 0-2 2-5 0-0 0-0
285 Rider MAAC 1-12 0-7 1-5 0-0 0-0
286 Alabama A&M SWAC 0-10 0-2 0-8 0-0 2-1
287 Ark.-Pine Bluff SWAC 1-15 1-4 0-10 0-1 0-0
288 Grambling SWAC 3-15 1-2 2-11 0-2 0-0
289 Morehead St. OVC 4-8 0-5 4-3 0-0 2-0
290 Delaware St. MEAC 1-20 0-7 1-13 0-0 0-0
291 Fairleigh Dickinson NEC 4-11 0-6 4-5 0-0 0-0
292 South Carolina St. MEAC 0-10 0-5 0-5 0-0 0-0
293 Buffalo MAC 2-11 0-5 2-4 0-2 0-0
294 Merrimack NEC 2-9 1-0 1-8 0-1 0-0
295 La Salle Atlantic 10 0-10 0-4 0-6 0-0 0-0
296 Saint Peter's MAAC 1-9 1-4 0-4 0-1 0-0
297 St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 2-7 0-0 2-7 0-0 0-0
298 Coppin St. MEAC 1-6 1-1 0-5 0-0 0-0

[31Ragin97]

arent we usually higher in polls than in rpi? if so odd now its the reverse?

[BeauCajun]

It’s because of the tougher schedule we’ve played to date. It’ll go down as we get progress into the conference schedule.

[sportsfanatic21]

Looks like Turbine’s theory of the drain of being in the SBC puts on the program will be proven right or wrong over the remainder of the season.

I the ladies take care of business in conference and this RPI drops out of the top 8, he will have a solid argument. If they stay up near the top, he won’t.

I hope he’s wrong

[GeauxLouisiana]

Looks like Turbine’s theory of the drain of being in the SBC puts on the program will be proven right or wrong over the remainder of the season.

I the ladies take care of business in conference and this RPI drops out of the top 8, he will have a solid argument. If they stay up near the top, he won’t.

I hope he’s wrong

There’s also the chance that our ranking drops just because the RPI of other schools improves with a tougher schedule for them over the next few weeks.

[VObserver]

Troy is 26, UTA is 57, Coaxtal is 72 and TxSt is 76 Every SBC team except ULM is in the top 150 RPI, and they are at 160. There are no real RPI killers in the conference this year.

Missed Ap at 188 and GaSt at 201, but my point still holds true.

[RaginScotsman]

That’s funny. A few weeks ago I remember someone commented on the ncaa softball Facebook page that we didn’t deserve a higher ranking than I think Florida because we hadn’t played anyone. Never mind that we beat Florida twice days before. I guess that’s the perception some still get when they look at a name. Sure, we play in the Sunbelt, but successfully navigated the toughest non conference schedule in the country. This is the reward. Now just got to stay near that top spot.

[Cajun90]

Looks like Turbine’s theory of the drain of being in the SBC puts on the program will be proven right or wrong over the remainder of the season.

I the ladies take care of business in conference and this RPI drops out of the top 8, he will have a solid argument. If they stay up near the top, he won’t.

I hope he’s wrong

Unless your in the PAC, SEC or Big12 then your conference is going to be a "drain". ISR index has the SBC as 10th out of thirty two conferences. The rating difference between us and the 4th place conference is about the same distance as the diffeence between the 4th and 3rd place conferences.

[Turbine]

Troy is 26, UTA is 57, Coaxtal is 72 and TxSt is 76 Every SBC team except ULM is in the top 150 RPI, and they are at 160. There are no real RPI killers in the conference this year.

Missed Ap at 188 and GaSt at 201, but my point still holds true.

This is the strongest the REST of the Sunbelt has ever been going into conference play.

By the end of the season Troy, Louisiana, and UTA will take a hit, but the rest of the conference will rise.

[ragin50]

Troy is 26, UTA is 57, Coaxtal is 72 and TxSt is 76 Every SBC team except ULM is in the top 150 RPI, and they are at 160. There are no real RPI killers in the conference this year.

Missed Ap at 188 and GaSt at 201, but my point still holds true.

That being said, I don't think we can afford to lose another conference game the rest of the way.

[VObserver]

This is the strongest the REST of the Sunbelt has ever been going into conference play.

By the end of the season Troy, Louisiana, and UTA will take a hit, but the rest of the conference will rise.

No, it isn't the strongest ever. There have been years with UL, USA and TxSt all in the top 30 or so.

[GeauxLouisiana]

No, it isn't the strongest ever. There have been years with UL, USA and TxSt all in the top 30 or so.

Let Turbine speak without any data to back up his comments.

[Turbine]

No, it isn't the strongest ever. There have been years with UL, USA and TxSt all in the top 30 or so.

3 teams do not a conference make.

The Sun Belt has never had a season where every team entered conference play in the top 200 (201)

[Turbine]

There have been years with UL, USA and TxSt all in the top 30 or so.

Not at the same time.

You may be thinking of 2014 when LOUISIANA, South AL, and Western KY all finished in the top 30.

Louisiana of course fell during conference play.

Even then Middle Tennessee climbed UP to 222 during conference play.

North Texas and FIU climbed into the top-100 during conference play.

Troy and FAU moved way up in the top-200 (they entered conference play in the top 200) to 122 and 123 respectively.

While ULM moved up into the top 200 to 163.

[cajun55]

Hey guys, who cares how strong the Belt is, that is out of our control.

Bottom line is we accomplished what we set out to do when Glasco made this schedule. We are #1 in RPI, now we just need to handle business in conference and put ourselves in position to host for a trip to the WCWS!!!!