Latest rankings . . . not that it matters, but . . .

[WizardofhOgZ]

Just came across the latest College Baseball top 25 (most quit making the rankings after the tournament starts; The National Collegiate Baseball Writer's poll continues).

We finished the season ranked somewhere around 11-13 in all the polls, and power rankings.  As of today, we are in 13th in the RPI, a hair out of 11th (which I predict is where we will finish, because two teams we played a lot of games against are in Omaha and will continue to positively boost our SOS, even if they lose).  But in the NCBWA poll, after we won3 of 5 games in the Regional we hosted, we dropped down to #22? 

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/ncbwa

It doesn't matter - but that's just ridiculous.  Any other time of the season, those results against competition of that caliber, we might drop a spot or two.  It's obvious that they have ignored the rest of the season and put the Super Regional teams at the top.  Dropping #2 UNC to 16th was ridiculous as well. 

Notice that Texas, with a much worse record and SOS, is ranked ahead of us.  Yes - they showed well in the regional, while we also barely missed out advancing, but their group of teams was much easier than ours.  I still wish they had been sent to Fayetteville.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/ncbwa

[Dr. Starcs]

Texas didn't make the supers

[WhenPigsFly]

Texas won their Regional?

[factchecker]

Notice that Texas, with a much worse record and SOS, is ranked ahead of us.  Yet - they advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" (Super Regionals) while we barely missed out advanicng, but their group of teams was much easier than ours.  I still wish they had been sent to Fayetteville.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/ncbwa

Texas didn't advance to the Supers.  They got beat by Long Beach State.

[WizardofhOgZ]

You are all correct, of course.  I kinda dropped out after we lost to Mo. State, and at that time Texas was 2-0 in their regional.  I had forgotten that they subsequently got beat twice and denied the Super.

My bad.

Still, that makes them being ranked ahead of us all the more ludicrous.

[Dr. Starcs]

Agreed.

You dropped out and apparently so did these voters.

[factchecker]

Still, that makes them being ranked ahead of us all the more ludicrous.

You are correct.  I agree with the whole premise of this thread and the fact that Texas got beat makes it worse.