SEC Weekly Standings and National Rankings

NCAA National Rankings 4/3/2023
(Last number is previous week ranking)

1 LSU 24-4 1
2 Wake Forest 26-3 2
3 Florida 24-5 3
4 Vanderbilt 23-5 4
5 Arkansas 23-5 6
6 South Carolina 26-3 9
7 Virginia 24-4 5
8 Stanford 18-7 7
9 Boston College 20-6 14
10 Kentucky 25-3 18
11 Tennessee 21-8 10
12 East Carolina 20-8 8
13 North Carolina 20-8 13
14 Campbell 22-4 15
15 Florida Gulf Coast 23-5 16
16 Oklahoma State 22-7 17
17 Coastal Carolina 18-7 19
18 Louisville 21-6 11
19 Connecticut 20-6 20
20 Miami 19-9 23
21 Texas 20-9 21
22 Texas Tech 20-9 22
23 UCLA 16-8 12
24 West Virginia 21-7 24
25 Oregon 18-7 NR

Something tells me Campbell, Coastal Carolina or Florida Gulf Coast will be battling down the stretch for the final Regional host. With so many SE teams from 1-7 I expect the NCAA to make sure Stanford stays high so they can "claim" a Super Regional for the west coast. Lots of baseball to go but it will be interesting to see how Stanford holds up with less wins. Its about to get interesting with LSU going to South Carolina for the weekend.

 

Well the SEC is going to start eating their young here soon, hello Kentucky, the world is coming for you. But Vanderbilt, Florida, and South Carolina can't all be Top 6. So a change is gonna come.

 

SEC Standings after Week 4

Vanderbilt----------- 11-1 .917 26-6
South Carolina------- 9-2 .818 28-4
Kentucky------------- 9-3 .750 27-5
Florida---------------- 9-3 .750 27-6
Arkansas------------- 8-4 .667 25-6
LSU------------------- 7-4 .636 26-5
Tennessee------------ 5-7 .417 22-10
Texas A&M----------- 5-7 .417 20-12
Alabama-------------- 4-8 .333 23-10
Missouri-------------- 4-8 .333 20-11
Auburn--------------- 4-8 .333 19-12-1
Mississippi State----- 3-9 .250 19-14
Georgia--------------- 3-9 .250 18-14
Ole Miss------------- 2-10 .167 18-13

So far their seems to be a top tier and a bottom tier developing. Wouldn't be something if Ole Miss, last year's NC, not only doesn't make the NCAA tournament but doesn't make the SECT. Doubtful but it will be interesting to watch. At the same time if Ole Miss doesn't make it then it will probably be the 2021 NC that misses out, Miss State or possibly both. Big opportunity week for Florida coming up with Georgia coming to Gainesville. South Carolina goes to Vanderbilt and Kentucky is at LSU, while Arkansas gets Tennessee at home. That why a Florida sweep this weekend, if possible, is bigger than ever.

 

NCAA National Rankings 4/10/2023
(Last number is previous week ranking)

1 LSU 26-5 1
2 Wake Forest 28-4 2
3 Florida 27-6 3
4 Vanderbilt 26-6 4
5 Arkansas 25-6 5
6 South Carolina 28-4 6
7 Virginia 28-4 7
8 Stanford 21-7 8
9 East Carolina 24-8 12
10 Louisville 24-7 18
11 Boston College 21-9 9
12 Kentucky 27-5 10
13 North Carolina 22-10 13
14 Campbell 24-6 14
15 Florida Gulf Coast 26-6 15
16 Tennessee 22-10 11
17 Coastal Carolina 20-9 17
18 Oklahoma State 23-10 16
19 Texas 23-10 21
20 Connecticut 22-8 19
21 Texas Tech 22-10 22
22 UCLA 19-8-1 23
23 Southern California 20-10-1 NR
24 Arizona State 23-9 NR
25 TCU 20-12 NR

Campbell and FGCU are still hanging in there at 14 and 15. Even if both of them don't get a regional, they should still send FGCU to Campbell to face off. Louisville's big week bumps them up to 10. I don't have much belief that Tennessee will end up as a regional host in the end, unless their big season last year still rings in the ears of the powers to be. Okie State, Texas, or T Tech will probably get a regional some how to help cut down on travel for some other teams.

 

SEC Standings after Week 5

Vanderbilt 13-2 .867 29-7
Florida 11-4 .733 30-7
Arkansas 11-4 .733 29-7
South Carolina 10-4 .714 30-6
Kentucky 10-5 .667 28-7
LSU 9-5 .643 29-6
Texas A&M 7-8 .467 22-14
Alabama 6-9 .400 26-11
Tennessee 5-10 .333 23-13
Missouri 5-10 .333 22-13
Mississippi State 5-10 .333 22-15
Auburn 5-10 .333 20-15-1
Georgia 4-11 .267 19-17
Ole Miss 3-12 .200 20-16

Florida finishes at South Carolina, Missouri, at Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, and at Kentucky. (45-29)
Vanderbilt finishes at Tennessee, Kentucky, at Alabama, at Florida, and Arkansas. (43-22)
Arkansas finishes at Georgia, Texas A&M, at Miss State, South Carolina, and at Vanderbilt. (39-35)
South Carolina finishes with Florida, Auburn, at Kentucky, at Arkansas, and Tennessee. (42-33)
Kentucky finishes with Texas A&M, at Vanderbilt, South Carolina, at Tennessee, and Florida. (46-28)
LSU finishes at Ole Miss, Alabama, at Auburn, Miss State, and at Georgia. It doesn't get any easier than that. (23-52)

I've been saying it, LSU finishes with the easiest schedule in the SEC. Look for them to make a big run. Before you get bent out of shape. they have already faced Texas A&M, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina and Kentucky. All of them are top 20 teams although some are over rated. (43-31)

 

NCAA National Rankings 4/3/2023
(Last number is previous week ranking)

1 LSU 29-6 1
2 Wake Forest 31-5 2
3 Florida 30-7 3
4 Vanderbilt 29-7 4
5 Arkansas 29-7 5
6 South Carolina 30-6 6
7 East Carolina 28-8 9
8 Virginia 31-6 7
9 Stanford 23-10 8
10 Coastal Carolina 23-11 17
11 Campbell 27-8 14
12 Louisville 26-9 10
13 Kentucky 28-7 12
14 Texas 26-12 19
15 Connecticut 26-9 20
16 Texas Tech 25-12 21
17 Miami 22-13 NR
18 North Carolina 24-12 13
19 Arizona State 25-10 24
20 Boston College 24-11 11
21 Oregon State 24-11 NR
22 UCLA 21-10-1 22
23 Oregon 24-10 NR
24 Southern Miss 22-12 NR
25 UTSA 28-8 NR

Dang Florida Gulf Coast must have been found out, they gone. And 13 loss Miami jumps in all the way to 17. Its like someone knows its quite a bit cheaper on travel costs if there's two teams from Florida hosting a regional. With 4 Carolina teams ahead of them it will be tough for North Carolina to get a regional if they stay where they are at. Plenty of western teams hoping to work their way up to get in the regional host discussion. I'm sure the NCAA wants to have more than one hosting sight west of Texas.

 

Nah I mean state of Texas. Making me wonder if ASU or one of the Oregon schools are on their hopeful radar.

 

SEC Standings after Week 6

South Carolina 13-4 .765 34-6
Vanderbilt 13-5 .722 29-11
LSU 12-5 .706 32-8
Florida 11-7 .611 32-10
Kentucky 11-7 .611 30-10
Arkansas 11-7 .611 30-11
Alabama 9-9 .500 30-12
Texas A&M 9-9 .500 25-16
Tennessee 8-10 .444 27-14
Auburn 7-11 .389 23-17-1
Georgia 7-11 .389 23-18
Mississippi State 6-12 .333 24-17
Missouri 5-13 .278 23-16
Ole Miss 3-15 .167 21-20

 

NCAA National Rankings 4/24/2023
(Last number is previous week ranking)

1 LSU 32-7 1
2 Wake Forest 34-6 2
3 South Carolina 34-6 6
4 Florida 31-10 3
5 Vanderbilt 29-11 4
6 Coastal Carolina 26-12 10
7 Arkansas 30-10 5
8 Stanford 25-12 9
9 Campbell 31-8 11
10 Connecticut 29-11 15
11 Boston College 27-12 20
12 East Carolina 29-11 7
13 Virginia 32-9 8
14 Texas Tech 29-13 16
15 Kentucky 30-9 13
16 Miami 25-15 17
17 Arizona State 27-12 19
18 West Virginia 29-11 NR
19 Dallas Baptist 31-9 NR
20 Duke 27-12 NR
21 Louisville 26-13 12
22 Oregon State 26-13 21
23 Oregon 26-12 23
24 Tennessee 26-14 NR
25 UTSA 30-10 25

 

SEC Standings after Week 7

Vanderbilt 16-5 .762 32-11
LSU 15-5 .750 35-8
South Carolina 14-6 .700 34-8
Florida 14-7 .667 35-10
Arkansas 14-7 .667 33-11
Kentucky 11-10 .524 30-13
Tennessee 11-10 .524 30-14
Alabama 9-12 .429 30-15
Auburn 9-12 .429 25-17-1
Texas A&M 9-12 .429 25-19
Georgia 8-13 .381 24-20
Mississippi State 6-15 .286 24-20
Missouri 5-16 .238 24-19
Ole Miss 5-16 .238 23-21

Special thanks to Auburn for winning the series at SC.

This coming weekend all the top 5 teams are on the road against lessor teams. LSU at Auburn might be interesting if Auburn plays like they have been. South Carolina at Kentucky is the only match up of two ranked teams. Vanderbilt is at Alabama who has not been swept at home this year. But since the top 5 are on the road you never know who will struggle.

2 weeks from now will be a very interesting weekend. Here's some of the battles setting up that will have great impact on the standings.
(5) Vanderbilt at (4) Florida
(15) Kentucky at (24) Tennessee
(3) South Carolina at (7) Arkansas

 

Very good point how the home teams have more to play for than the ranked teams. That can be a big motivator for any team trying to impress the committee.