RPI

[GoneGolfin]

The Cajuns had an RPI of .5663 heading into today's action ... good for an ordinal rank of 45. The Cajuns have a Base RPI of .5651 (43).

Heading into today ...
(RPI and RPI ordinal rank below is the Adjusted RPI and Adjusted RPI ordinal rank)

35 The Citadel .5748
36 Texas State .5746
37 College of Charleston .5736
38 San Diego .5735
39 New Mexico .5730
40 Pittsburgh .5709
41 Appalachian State .5704
42 Western Carolina .5688
43 Washington State .5678
44 UC Irvine .5666
45 Louisiana .5663
46 Boston College .5651
47 Tennessee .5638
48 Mississippi State .5637
49 Baylor .5635
50 Texas Tech .5629
51 Liberty .5622
52 Washington .5615
53 Long Beach State .5611
54 Kansas State .5608
55 Georgia Southern .5607

From the Sun Belt ... (records are through today)
24 Western Kentucky .5880 (31-15, 12-8)
34 Florida Atlantic .5759 (28-15, 16-7)
45 Louisiana .5663 (28-16, 13-8)
61 South Alabama .5519 (28-18, 15-6)
65 Florida International .5468 (25-17, 12-8) (assumes a win today vs. ULM)
67 Middle Tennessee .5450 (26-18, 14-10)
81 Troy .5361 (22-20, 9-11)
86 Arkansas State .5335 (23-19, 12-8)

More later ...

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

_ The Cajuns had an RPI of .5663 heading into today's action ... good for an ordinal rank of 45. The Cajuns have a Base RPI of .5651 (43).

Heading into today ...
(RPI and RPI ordinal rank below is the Adjusted RPI and Adjusted RPI ordinal rank)

Results from today ...

35 The Citadel .5748 (W vs. #72 Samford)
36 Texas State .5746 (W vs. #159 UT-San Antonio)
37 College of Charleston .5736 (W vs. #209 Davidson)
38 San Diego .5735 (W vs. #122 San Francisco)
39 New Mexico .5730 (W vs. #80 San Diego State)
40 Pittsburgh .5709 (L,W vs. #28 Connecticut)
41 Appalachian State .5704 (DNP)
42 Western Carolina .5688 (L vs. #205 UNC-Greensboro)
43 Washington State .5678 (L vs. #25 Oregon)
44 UC Irvine .5666 (W vs. #163 UC Bakersfield)
45 Louisiana .5663 (W,W vs. #67 Middle Tennessee)
46 Boston College .5651 (L vs. #27 Virginia Tech)
47 Tennessee .5638 (W vs. #22 Kentucky)
48 Mississippi State .5637 (L vs. #20 Mississippi)
49 Baylor .5635 (L vs. #6 Texas)
50 Texas Tech .5629 (W vs. #83 Missouri)
51 Liberty .5622 (W vs. #150 Gardner-Webb)
52 Washington .5615 (W vs. #29 Stanford)
53 Long Beach State .5611 (L vs. #204 Cal Poly)
54 Kansas State .5608 (W vs. #23 Oklahoma)
55 Georgia Southern .5607 (W vs. #244 Furman)

From the Sun Belt ... (records are through today)
24 Western Kentucky .5880 (31-15, 12-8) (L vs. #81 Troy)
34 Florida Atlantic .5759 (28-15, 16-7) (W vs. #86 Arkansas State)
45 Louisiana .5663 (28-16, 13-8) (W,W vs. #67 Middle Tennessee)
61 South Alabama .5519 (28-18, 15-6) (DNP)
65 Florida International .5468 (25-17, 12-8) (W vs. #161 UL-Monroe)
67 Middle Tennessee .5450 (26-18, 14-10) (L,L vs. #45 Louisiana)
81 Troy .5361 (22-20, 9-11) (W vs. #24 Western Kentucky)
86 Arkansas State .5335 (23-19, 12-8) (L vs. #34 Florida Atlantic)

My best guess (without knowing exactly how the Cajuns' opponents performance today will affect the calculation) is that the Cajuns move up to #40 or #41 (give or take a spot), depending on whether or not they pass Pittsburgh. They will also move in much closer to the teams in the #35 -> #39 range.

Brian

[raginsaints]

This is so exciting. Great sweep for the Cajuns.

[UL_Cajuns]

http://www.boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/currentrpi.html

Cajuns coming in at 41

30 0.581 27 17 27 17 North Carolina
31 0.579 25 16 25 16 Texas A&M
32 0.577 25 16 25 16 San Diego
33 0.577 29 16 29 16 The Citadel
34 0.577 27 15 28 15 Florida Atlantic
35 0.577 21 16 21 16 Stanford
36 0.575 27 14 27 14 Texas State
37 0.575 31 11 31 11 Pittsburgh
38 0.574 21 16 21 16 Oregon State
39 0.574 32 12 32 12 College of Charleston
40 0.574 29 15 29 15 New Mexico
41 0.574 28 16 28 16 Louisiana-Lafayette


We are tied w/ 38,38,40. Only .001 back of 36,37. Only .002 back of 32,33,34,35. Well you can see how close we are to cracking the 30's.

[GoneGolfin]

My best guess (without knowing exactly how the Cajuns' opponents performance today will affect the calculation) is that the Cajuns move up to #40 or #41 (give or take a spot), depending on whether or not they pass Pittsburgh. They will also move in much closer to the teams in the #35 -> #39 range.

Brian _

As I suspected, the Cajuns came in at #41 (they did not pass Pittsburgh, but are close) and are tightly bunched with the teams above them through #36. Later I will have a slightly more accurate version of the RPI (more accurate than Boyd's) that will also have precision to four decimal places. That will show us exactly how tight it is.

Brian

[J-Town Cajun]

_ As I suspected, the Cajuns came in at #41 (they did not pass Pittsburgh, but are close) and are tightly bunched with the teams above them through #36. Later I will have a slightly more accurate version of the RPI (more accurate than Boyd's) that will also have precision to four decimal places. That will show us exactly how tight it is.

Brian _

Looking forward to it Brian. I love this time of year and I get into all the different teams we are pulling for and against. I stayed up late watching Texas/Baylor game. Texas can really pitch I I would think they may be the early favorites to win it all.

Brain, who do you like right now? Maybe give me the top few teams who you can win it all. Thanks.

[RaginDave]

_ Looking forward to it Brian. I love this time of year and I get into all the different teams we are pulling for and against. I stayed up late watching Texas/Baylor game. Texas can really pitch I I would think they may be the early favorites to win it all.

Brain, who do you like right now? Maybe give me the top few teams who you can win it all. Thanks. _

UL!

[J-Town Cajun]

_ UL! _

If we had Osborne pitching every game with Robichaux and Satriano in the pen we have a chance against anybody.

[RaginDave]

_ If we had Osborne pitching every game with Robichaux and Satriano in the pen we have a chance against anybody. _

Obviously that was somewhat a joke, but I like the way we are playing and I think that with the pitching we have we have a chance to make some noise in a regional.

I am just enjoying it right now.

[Zeebart21]

As I suspected, the Cajuns came in at #41 (they did not pass Pittsburgh, but are close) and are tightly bunched with the teams above them through #36. Later I will have a slightly more accurate version of the RPI (more accurate than Boyd's) that will also have precision to four decimal places. That will show us exactly how tight it is.

Brian

In that, there is NO doubt.

Z

ps any chance you'll be in foe WKY?

[GoneGolfin]

In that, there is NO doubt.

Z

ps any chance you'll be in foe WKY? _

No, the credit goes to Paul at SEBaseball.com. He just sent me the updated version. I will post here shortly. But UL is tied with New Mexico at #40 with a .5736 Adjusted RPI.

No, I will not be in for WKU. I have a newborn (Preston Michael) ... born last Saturday morning. We will be watching and listening to the broadcast. However, if the Cajuns were to make a regional, we may be making a family trip.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

_ As I suspected, the Cajuns came in at #41 (they did not pass Pittsburgh, but are close) and are tightly bunched with the teams above them through #36. Later I will have a slightly more accurate version of the RPI (more accurate than Boyd's) that will also have precision to four decimal places. That will show us exactly how tight it is.

Adjusted RPI through games of Saturday 5/1 ...

30 0.5808 North Carolina
31 0.5781 Texas A&M
32 0.5773 San Diego
33 0.5772 Florida Atlantic
34 0.5771 Stanford
35 0.5769 The Citadel
36 0.5752 Texas State
37 0.5752 Pittsburgh
38 0.5745 Oregon State
39 0.5739 College of Charleston
40 0.5736 New Mexico
41 0.5736 Louisiana-Lafayette
42 0.5710 Appalachian State
43 0.5674 UC Irvine
44 0.5650 Kansas State
45 0.5647 Texas Tech
46 0.5640 Western Carolina
47 0.5640 Tennessee
48 0.5633 Boston College
49 0.5632 Liberty
50 0.5631 Washington
51 0.5629 Washington State
52 0.5622 Baylor
53 0.5620 Southeastern Louisiana
54 0.5608 Mississippi State
55 0.5596 Rutgers

As you can see, the Cajuns are tied with New Mexico at .5736. There is not much at all that separates the teams through #36. And even teams like San Diego, Florida Atlantic, Stanford, and The Citadel are potentially a loss away (depending on whom that loss is to) from falling below the Cajuns. Let the scoreboard watching commence.

Brian