I found this on another site: Team records against RPI Top 25 teams: Texas 30-5 Oklahoma 28-6 Duke 16-5 (see how few games) Tennessee 23-9 Oklahoma State 20-7 Florida 24-11 Missouri 24-14 LSU 24-15 Texas A&M 21-12 Georgia 21-16 Stanford 19-11 UCLA 18-9 Arkansas 18-14 Texas State 12-7 Mississippi State 17-15 Baylor 17-18 Alabama 16-17 South Carolina 16-20 Clemson 12-12 Louisiana 12-15 Florida State 9-9 (the fewest of all!)
I would actually think they would wanna put us at 6 and punish us a spot for our noncon, but no one really deserves it ahead of us.
Our SOS is now up to #12. Nothing to be ashamed of, IMO. Oklahoma State's SOS is #35, FSU #20, Tennessee #17, Texas A&M #34, Oklahoma #24
Our noncon SOS was like 81 though. That’s what they frown on. As far as LSU, they have a great SOS which boosted their RPI. But the rest of their metrics just aren’t good. 6th in league. 5-5 in their last 10 KPI of 10 ELO of 12 Only won 2 SEC series Lost the head to head series with Mizzou and lost to Mizzou this week And, only played five noncon games away from home. By far the lowest number among the top schools. so you never know what the committee will do, but they don’t deserve it.
All of the games have been played. The most current Warren Nolan RPI which is updated as games are completed: RPI (Live) 2024 College Softball | WarrenNolan.com I cannot be okay with LSU being a top 8 seed. So, they played the #1 overall schedule, so what? Look at what they did with that schedule, finished 8th in the SEC with a .500 record and then confirmed that record in the SEC tourney. Letting LSU be a top 8 seed would be the equivalent of letting a college football team with a 7-5 record be in the playoff because they happened to play the #1 overall schedule in the nation. I don't think it is fair that Oklahoma State fell 4 spots for doing the same exact thing as Tennessee when the vols only fell 1 spot. My hope is the selection committee gives greater weight to the KPI over the RPI. The Cowgirls deserve to be in the top 8, not LSU.
Michelle Smith, to me, is THE expert on college softball and yesterday when she was talking about how the committee does the seedings, she said they don't take into coonsideration how a team finished in their conference, nor their conference record. They look at RPI and now this year they might also consider KPI, SOS, total body of work, wins against Top 25 teams, how many of those big game wins and losses were at home and on the road, bad losses, head to head match-ups against other teams under consideration and how they played down the stretch. It will be interesting to see what happens tonight and where the Gators end up, plus who they pair us up with for a potential Super Regional. You were right about predicting a great finish for Florida, as they have certainly earned the right to be in the Top 8 - I'm thinking 6th, maybe even 5th. DSR has us at #4. We'll see. I still think Oklahoma is the team to beat. They'll have the swagger of being the 3X defending champs, plus home court advantage all the way through. Just hope somebody, especially the Gators, can rise up and knock 'em off.
It should be based on the entire body of work. Getting things done in our conference schedule is pretty much always going to put you where you want to be come tourney time though. That’s why we should be able to overcome the relatively weak non conference schedule, because we got it done during sec time. If you have a tough non conference schedule and some big wins there, you can afford a few more losses during conference play. If you have a weak non conference schedule and even some bad losses, but dominate the sec schedule, you’re still going to be in good shape. You can’t afford many missteps during conference play if you start the season with an easy slate though. This is not relevant to all conferences. The sec being what it is, is what makes it work.
That’s a hell of a swing. A week ago, we weren’t even sure if we’d get into the top 8. Hopeful of course, but it was far from a sure thing.
