BA final ranking: 10

[Predestined]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/final-college-top-25/#rdlkAgeSUBEKP9vT.97

 

[thekimmer]

That's about right for us...

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/final-college-top-25/#rdlkAgeSUBEKP9vT.97

I gotta wonder about what TAM did to finish ahead of UCSB who actually made it to the CWS.

In any case look at that top 4. Ranked #15, NR, 14 and 17 pre-tourney.

Of the top 10 we took the biggest tumble falling 8 spots from #2 to #10 but then it was just us an TAM in that group that did not go to omaha and the aggies somehow slipped in ahead of the gauchos.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Kinda shows that polls in college baseball are very iffy. When was the last time you saw a nonranked team enter the bowl season or March madness and finish #2. The SEC & ACC dominated the polls throughout the season yet were dominated in the playoffs. Polls are fun for the fans but in baseball not so important.

 

[patdog]

1985, Villanova basketball was unranked at the start of the NCAA tournament. Won the national title as a #8 seed. Long time ago, but it has happened.

 

[tatedog]

Fresno State won the CWS as a 4 seed. I don't recall if they were ranked at any point in the season, but coming in as a 4, I'd find it hard to believe they were. Watching that team in the regionals and CWS, it's hard to believe they lost so many games in the regular season... they had some talent. The most recent bball comparison I can think of would be that VCU team that almost went from the play in game to the championship game in 2011. Most of the pundits said that team didn't deserve an at large bid.