2018 BASEBALL POLLS

[hawg1221]

Please never mention that damn rodant again.

But I'm from Possum Grape, Arkansas.

[Fan1958]

Please never mention that damn rodant again.

A possum is not a rodant (rodent).  A possum is a marsupial.

[SPAL]

A possum is not a rodant (rodent).  A possum is a marsupial.

If we are going to split hair in a baseball forum over this, it's opossum.

A possum is native to Australia. An opossum is native to North America.

[pigture perfect]

https://d1baseball.com/rankings/d1baseball-top-25-rankings-march-12/

Hogs stay at #5 in the D1 poll, with Stanford and UK jumping us, and Texas Tech and FSU dropping below. I'd normally complain about UK jumping us, but we can knock their butts back down below us after this weekend.

Done and  done and done again. Jbell prophetizing again. I bow in the presence of greatness.

[BroyledNutts]

If we are going to split hair in a baseball forum over this, it's opossum.

A possum is native to Australia. An opossum is native to North America.

Noted ... and corrected ...

KILL. THE. OPOSSUM.

[Fan1958]

If we are going to split hair in a baseball forum over this, it's opossum.

A possum is native to Australia. An opossum is native to North America.

Well while you are correct if you're gonna call a possum opossum you ain't from around here.

[Wisco Pig]

2018 Week 6 rankings  (March 26)
The Week 6 rankings have been posted.  Most polls dropped Arkansas only a spot or two from last week; the exception is the Collegiate Baseball poll, which seems overly reactive this season.  The Hogs' next SEC opponent, Ole Miss, is 4th in most of this week's polls.

D1 Baseball:  5th  (4th last week)
https://d1baseball.com/rankings/d1baseball-top-25-rankings-march-26/

Baseball America:  6th  (4th last week)
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/

Perfect Game:  5th  (3rd last week)
https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=15036

USA Today coaches:  6th  (4th last week)
http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/baseball/polls/coaches-poll/

NCBWA:  6th  (4th last week)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/ncbwa

Collegiate Baseball:  14th  (7th last week)
http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-1-poll-3-26-18/

College Baseball Central:  5th  (3rd last week)
https://collegebaseballcentral.com/college-baseball-central-top-25-3-26-2018/17505/

RPI (NCAA.com and Warren Nolan):  18th  (11th last Monday morning)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

[FraggleHog]

Sheesh... Talk about overreacting from game to game/ week to week!

Collegiate Baseball... 18th 2 weeks ago. 7th last week. Back to 14th this week. This is more like a power ranking more than a legit poll

[Letsgohoggin]

But I'm from Possum Grape, Arkansas.

I'm from that neck of the woods as well. Olyphant

[seasonhog]

But I'm from Possum Grape, Arkansas.

I have a possum on my deck...sleeping in the cat house..... think he is a cat.....

Does anyone need a cat?

[Wisco Pig]

2018 Week 7 rankings  (April 2)

After a 2-2 week, the Hogs maintained their places in the RPI and the D1 Baseball poll, and lost a bit of ground in several of the other rankings.  This weekend's SEC opponent, Auburn, is ranked anywhere from 13th to 19th in the major polls.

D1 Baseball:  5th  (5th last week)
https://d1baseball.com/rankings/d1baseball-top-25-rankings-april-2/

Perfect Game:  8th  (5th last week)
https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=15064

Baseball America:  9th  (6th last week)
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/

USA Today coaches:  8th  (6th last week)
http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/baseball/polls/coaches-poll/

NCBWA:  8th  (6th last week)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/ncbwa

Collegiate Baseball:  14th  (same as last week)
http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-1-poll-4-2-18/

College Baseball Central:  7th  (5th last week)
https://collegebaseballcentral.com/college-baseball-central-top-25-4-2-2018/17542/

RPI (NCAA.com and Warren Nolan):  11th  (11th last Monday morning)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

[Wisco Pig]

Today's polls are linked and summarized in the post above.  This post summarizes the SEC's place in the major polls.  In today's Perfect Game and USA Today rankings, 10 SEC teams are included in the Top 25.  In the D1 Baseball and Baseball America polls, nine SEC teams are ranked.

The rankings below are ordered as follows: D1 Baseball, Perfect Game, Baseball America, and USA Today.

Florida         1, 1, 1, 1
Ole Miss       3, 3, 3, 3
Arkansas      5, 8, 9, 8
Kentucky      9, 10, 13, 10
Vanderbilt   15, 15, 14, 16
Georgia      16, 25, 21, 17
LSU            17, 18, 17, 20
Missouri      18, 20, NR, 22
Auburn       19, 13, 15, 15
Texas A&M  NR, 19, 23, 19

[Wisco Pig]

From the SEC Network Twitter account:
"The SEC is the first conference in the history of the USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll to have 10 teams ranked in the Top 25."

[Wisco Pig]

2018 Week 8 rankings  (April 9)

All Week 8 rankings have been posted, finally.  I don't know what the hold-up was with NCBWA, although their poll was worth waiting for: Arkansas is 2nd in it.  The Hogs moved as high as 3rd in other polls after a 5-0 week and a sweep of Auburn. 

D1 Baseball:              3rd   (5th last week)
https://d1baseball.com/rankings/d1baseball-top-25-rankings-april-9/

Baseball America:     4th   (9th last week)
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/

Perfect Game:           6th   (8th last week)
https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=15085

USA Today coaches:  3rd  (8th last week)
http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/baseball/polls/coaches-poll/

NCBWA:                    2nd  (8th last week)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/ncbwa

Collegiate Baseball:  7th   (14th last week)
http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-1-poll-4-9-18/

College BB Central:   4th  (7th last week)
https://collegebaseballcentral.com/college-baseball-central-top-25-4-9-2018/17583/

RPI (NCAA.com and Warren Nolan):  4th  (11th last Monday morning)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

Strength of schedule (SOS):  4th
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2018/rpi-live

[PintailKiller]

https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2018-04-09/college-baseball-honors-floridas-breakout-star-deacon-liput-named

Hogs were team of the week.

[TebowHater]

Not bad to have the NCAA Baseball account tweeting us out as the #3 team in the land. 1 more hit or 1 fewer error against UF and we are #1.

https://twitter.com/NCAACWS/status/983349045635813376

[snoblind]

Not bad to have the NCAA Baseball account tweeting us out as the #3 team in the land. 1 more hit or 1 fewer error against UF and we are #1.

https://twitter.com/NCAACWS/status/983349045635813376

Also gave us team of the week.

[TebowHater]

Also gave us team of the week.

Ah yes! https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2018-04-09/college-baseball-honors-floridas-breakout-star-deacon-liput-named

https://twitter.com/NCAACWS/status/983387148371091457

[Wisco Pig]

2018 Week 9 rankings  (April 16)

The Week 9 rankings have been posted.  The highest-ranked teams held serve last week, including Arkansas, so the Hogs' status in the polls didn't change much. The Hogs did move up a bit in the Perfect Game poll, passing Ole Miss, which lost a doubleheader yesterday at Vanderbilt.  Arkansas dropped a spot in the NCBWA poll.

D1 Baseball:             3rd         (same as last week)
https://d1baseball.com/rankings/d1baseball-top-25-rankings-april-16/

Baseball America:     4th         (same as last week)
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/

Perfect Game:           5th         (6th last week)
https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=15096

USA Today coaches:  3rd         (same as last week)
http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/baseball/polls/coaches-poll/

NCBWA:                     3rd        (2nd last week)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/ncbwa

Collegiate Baseball:   6th        (7th last week)
http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-1-poll-4-16-18/

College BB Central:    4th        (same as last week)
https://collegebaseballcentral.com/college-baseball-central-top-25-4-16-2018/17622/

RPI (NCAA, W. Nolan):  4th  (same as last Monday)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

Strength of schedule (SOS):  4th   (same as last Monday)
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2018/rpi-live

[GuvHog]

It's good to see the Hogs ranked high in the polls.

[Tejano Jawg]

Nice work with the poll updates, Wisco!

[Bobby Bobo]

woo pig!

[JHicks3636]

Man we just suck don't we. As low as 6th in some polls, no higher than 3rd in any. Fire DVH, run off the players, give up baseball as a sport. Did I miss any for the critical fans?

[PORKULATOR]

Naw Hicks, you covered it.
Might've added how 10 losses is unacceptable with our schedule or called 3rd the 2nd loser. 🤣🤣 But you're on.

[Wisco Pig]

I've updated today's rankings at reply #68 above.  In every poll, Arkansas has either kept its ranking from last week or improved by one slot.  The only missing poll is NCBWA, which is always the last to post.

Nice work with the poll updates, Wisco!

Thanks, appreciate it.

Man we just suck don't we. As low as 6th in some polls, no higher than 3rd in any. Fire DVH, run off the players, give up baseball as a sport. Did I miss any for the critical fans?

Ha.  Yep, 12th in the nation with a .308 team batting average, still 2nd in home runs, 7th in the nation in OBP, and 6th in slugging.  The pitching staff is 13th in the country with a 3.09 ERA, and 14th in WHIP.   Pretty solid numbers for a team that I don't think has played its best baseball yet.

[HogFansReunited]

What I love most is that this team is so balanced. We are one of the best hitting teams 1-9 and our pitching is starting to solidify. Our fielding has started to look like what we all expected as well. This team is the total package and I guarantee no one wants to be matched up with us in our regional.

[PintailKiller]

Ha.  Yep, 12th in the nation with a .308 team batting average, still 2nd in home runs, 7th in the nation in OBP, and 6th in slugging.  The pitching staff is 13th in the country with a 3.09 ERA, and 14th in WHIP.   Pretty solid numbers for a team that I don't think has played its best baseball yet.

I agree - don't think they've played their best baseball yet.

[rljjr]

Man we just suck don't we. As low as 6th in some polls, no higher than 3rd in any. Fire DVH, run off the players, give up baseball as a sport. Did I miss any for the critical fans?

You forgot how we play down to the level of our competition and we let inferior teams take us to the wire and have no killer instinct.

[southarkhog06]

You forgot how we play down to the level of our competition and we let inferior teams take us to the wire and have no killer instinct.

not sure if serious...

[Baconomics]

Did anyone catch Rally Cap on the SEC Network Sunday?  When asked who was the second-best SEC team behind Florida, they selected Ole Miss because of "how they're playing right now".  Maybe I was catching a signal from a parallel universe because I could have sworn the Hogs have won 8 of their last 9 and the Rebels have lost 4 of their last 7. 

They also talked about how good Ole Miss was in mid-week games, which in my opinion is one of the least important measures of most any top NCAA baseball team.

[Dirty]

National Seed here we come!!!

[howie76]

National Seed here we come!!!

sure do hope so!

[tennesseehogwild]

This past weekend might have been the best so far for the pitching staff as a whole. The bullpen looks like it is finally making strides. Did Reindl not pitch at all last week? If so that is odd.

[onebadrubi]

This past weekend might have been the best so far for the pitching staff as a whole. The bullpen looks like it is finally making strides. Did Reindl not pitch at all last week? If so that is odd.

he pitched mid week when he dominated.

[BigBrandonAllenFan]

These polls are a bunch of kulak propaganda voted on by a bunch of kulaks.   The Great Red Army is #1. Long live General Secretary Van Horn.

[AugustaHog]

Did anyone catch Rally Cap on the SEC Network Sunday?  When asked who was the second-best SEC team behind Florida, they selected Ole Miss because of "how they're playing right now".  Maybe I was catching a signal from a parallel universe because I could have sworn the Hogs have won 8 of their last 9 and the Rebels have lost 4 of their last 7. 

They also talked about how good Ole Miss was in mid-week games, which in my opinion is one of the least important measures of most any top NCAA baseball team.

I think there is an argument to be made between us and OM, but as you noted the reasoning was flawed.  OM might have the better pen, but our offense and top 3 starters (if Campbell is healthy), are clearly better.  OM is a good team and the only thing they have on us currently is a razor thin series win on their turf.  Played at Baum, that's a very different result.  We do need to get up a little better vs. the mid-week scrubs.  It will be important come regional time, but is definitely not indicative of anything.

[BroyledNutts]

Did anyone catch Rally Cap on the SEC Network Sunday?  When asked who was the second-best SEC team behind Florida, they selected Ole Miss because of "how they're playing right now".  Maybe I was catching a signal from a parallel universe because I could have sworn the Hogs have won 8 of their last 9 and the Rebels have lost 4 of their last 7. 

They also talked about how good Ole Miss was in mid-week games, which in my opinion is one of the least important measures of most any top NCAA baseball team.

Yeah, I heard that parp. They also showed highlights of the Hogs weekend series win against SUCe - the Thursday night game we lost. Punks. I don't think a whole lot of Rooney's opinions ... I really thought Rally Cap was going to be an interesting new show; but alas, it's yet another Florida/LSU/Softball pimp show ...

[BigBrandonAllenFan]

The Rally Cap hosts are a bunch of kulaks.

Long live Stalin.

[Wisco Pig]

2018 Week 10 rankings  (April 23)

The Week 10 rankings have been posted.  After a bad weekend in Starkville, Arkansas dropped in all the rankings, usually by 4 spots.  The Hogs remain in the top 10 across the board.

D1 Baseball:               7th         (3rd last week)
https://d1baseball.com/rankings/d1baseball-top-25-rankings-april-23/

Baseball America:      8th         (4th last week)
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/

Perfect Game:            9th         (5th last week)
https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=15120

USA Today coaches:   7th         (3rd last week)
http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/baseball/polls/coaches-poll/

NCBWA:                      7th         (3rd last week)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/ncbwa

Collegiate Baseball:    10th       (6th last week)
http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-1-poll-4-23-18/

College BB Central:     10th       (4th last week)
https://collegebaseballcentral.com/college-baseball-central-top-25-4-23-2018/17655/

RPI (NCAA, W. Nolan):  8th      (4th last Monday)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

Strength of schedule (SOS):  7th   (4th last Monday)
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2018/rpi-live

[HogFansReunited]

Knew we would drop down. Figured 10 was about right after the disaster of a weekend that we experienced.

[311Hog]

and it doesn't get any easier from here.

[Mike Irwin]

Yeah, I heard that parp. They also showed highlights of the Hogs weekend series win against SUCe - the Thursday night game we lost. Punks. I don't think a whole lot of Rooney's opinions ... I really thought Rally Cap was going to be an interesting new show; but alas, it's yet another Florida/LSU/Softball pimp show ...

Agree 100%. The midweek game comment was ridiculous.

[BigSexyHog]

Time to move on from what happened over the weekend.  New week

[311Hog]

Agree 100%. The midweek game comment was ridiculous.

maybe i missed it, but it also seemed like they left out Knight when discussing the SEC's top pitchers.

[DiamondHogFan]

Our chance to climb back up starts tomorrow.  We need to at least split with TT.  A 2 game sweep would be big momentum and RPI wise.

Need a 4-1 or 5-0 week to stay firmly in the national seed discussion.

[Wisco Pig]

2018 Week 11 rankings  (April 30)

All Week 11 rankings have been posted today.  Arkansas is up to 4th in the Baseball America, USA Today, and NCBWA polls.  The Hogs are 5th in the new D1 Baseball poll and in the latest RPI.  Arkansas was 4-0 last week, including a win Tuesday over Texas Tech and a series sweep of Alabama at Baum.

D1 Baseball:               5th         (7th last week)
https://d1baseball.com/rankings/d1baseball-top-25-rankings-may-1/

Baseball America:      4th         (8th last week)
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/college-baseball-top-25/

Perfect Game:            7th         (9th last week)
https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=15151

USA Today coaches:   4th         (7th last week)
http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/baseball/polls/coaches-poll/

NCBWA:                      4th         (7th last week)
http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2018/poll180430.html

Collegiate Baseball:    6th         (10th last week)
http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-1-poll-4-30-18/

College BB Central:     10th       (10th last week)
https://collegebaseballcentral.com/college-baseball-central-top-25-4-30-2018/17697/

RPI (NCAA, W. Nolan):  5th      (8th last Monday)
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

Strength of schedule (SOS):  5th   (7th last Monday)
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2018/rpi-live

[PonderinHog]

We'd be ranked higher if we could bunt!   

[WBOBO]

We'd be ranked higher if we could bunt!   

You are so spot on.  I'm tired of throwing my Hog cap down the hallway
after every missed time we can't execute a bunt.

[SPAL]

We'd be ranked higher if we could bunt!   

That you, bill?

[ricepig]

That you, bill?

Just a rabble rouser, put him on a 3 year "read more, post less" bant.