Florida up 8-2

[SoxFan343]

Kendall Rogers said this morning that if both of those teams don't win anymore games, Ole Miss still has a shot.

I don't see it though. We'd be the highest RPI team to ever have a national seed. Although, at least in baseball, in recent years, the committee has shyed away from weighing the RPI as heavily as the have in the past based on feedback from coaches. Coaches were tired of seeing third place teams in certain conferences (SEC, ACC, and Big 12) get national seeds while the conference champ only got a first round host spot. That logic is the only thing that gives us a shot. Rice and Florida didn't win their conference and we did. The team that won C-USA over Rice (East Carolina) probably isn't even going to host. Logically you would think that if Rice can't win a conference won by a non-host team, they should not deserve a national seed, despite what their RPI is.

I agree with you, I think Florida gets it. </p>

 

[SoxFan343]

In recent years, the NCAA has gotten a ton of feedback from coaches who were tired of seeing teams that did not win their conference get national seeds over teams that did win their conference (same conference, I'm not talking about the MEAC champ getting a national seed over the SEC #2). That is really the only thing we have going for us. Three years ago, we would have no shot at a national seed. Now, we still have a glimmer of hope.

 

[8dog]

I quit reading anything he wrote b/c when he first started doing this, it was awful. Has he gotten better?

I usually just stick with Etheridge.

 

[SoxFan343]

The last couple of seasons, he has been spot on with his projections. Etheridge is good too though. They work pretty closely together now.

Rivals has given Kendall a lot more to work with due to the rising popularity of college baseball.