SEC WEEKEND THREAD (4/24 to 4/27) Standings and Conference Race Watch

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CAUTION! SCORES FOR RAZORBACK GAMES WILL BE SHOWN IN THIS THREAD!




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For those of you that do not want to know the score until after you have read the "Game Thread" or watched a replay of the game, THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU!





UPDATED SCORES FOR HOG GAMES AND STANDINGS WILL BE SHOWN IN THIS THREAD.

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SEC STANDINGS / UPDATED AFTER SUNDAY's GAMES (4/27)

              RPI / UPDATED SUNDAY 10:30pm (4/27)   

                              WEST 
Nat'l                                                               
Rank    RPI     Team              SEC        GB       Record vs Hogs
#8       20      Alabama         13-8          -        1-2     
#12      4       Ole Miss          13-8         -      At Oxford on 5/2 ,3, 4
#6       15      LSU                12-8-1      .5       2-1
#20     40      Miss St            11-10       2.0     2-1
#24     59      ARKANSAS      10-11       3.0       ---
nr       39      Tex A&M         10-11       3.0      At Baum on 5/9, 10, 11
nr       48      Auburn            9-12        4.0      2-1 


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Nat'l                                                             
Rank    RPI     Team         SEC          GB       Record vs Hogs
#6        3       Florida        15-6          -        2-1 Hogs lost twice by 1 run
#8        6       So. Car       12-9        3.0      1-2 Hogs only loss was by 1 run
#25      8      Vanderbilt   11-10       4.0       1-2,Hogs only loss was by 1 run
#21     16      Kentucky     9-12        6.0      DNP
nr       28      Tennessee   8-13        7.0      DNP
nr       58      Georgia      7-13-1      7.5      DNP
nr      105      Missouri      7-14        8.0     At Mo, final regular season series, 5/15

*Georgia and Vandy completed game 1 on Saturday*
*MSU and Texas A&M completed 2 games on Friday*
*Arkansas and Auburn played 2 on Saturday*
  National ranks for each team are their highest ranking from all polls.

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 SEC/ESPN Thursday Night Game of the Week:

       Texas A&M    1
#20  Miss St         4        T7     PPD

        RAIN / SUSPENDED UNTIL FRIDAY

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       FRIDAY's SEC GAMES

  nr Tenn        7
#6 LSU         8      FINAL

#8 Alabama   3
#8 So Car      9    FINAL         

  nr Missouri    1
#6 Florida      7     FINAL

  nr Georgia     0
#25 Vandy      10    T5/ Delay-Power Outage/ PPD to Saturday

#12 Ole Miss    12
#21 Kentucky   4     FINAL

  nr Texas A&M     1     game 1
#20 Miss State     5     FINAL   (resumed from Thursday)       

  nr Texas A&M     6     game 2
#20 Miss State     3     FINAL

  nr Auburn          2
#24 Arkansas      1      FINAL         CSTV!    ESPN3?                 

 
   

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Fayetteville Weather predictions as of Thursday AM:

Friday's Weather: 78 and sunny

Saturday's Weather: 84 degrees and mostly sunny / 10% chance of rain

Sunday's Weather: 71 degrees / 70% chance of rain with thunderstorms

Hogs and Auburn will play a double header on Saturday beginning at 4:00pm to avoid the chance of bad weather on Sunday.

[OakTreeHawg]

I'm dreaming of a sweep for Ark, a sweep for USCe, and a three way tie for second place a half game behind LSU.  Go Hogs!

[hogman64]

I'm dreaming of a sweep for Ark, a sweep for USCe, and a three way tie for second place a half game behind LSU.  Go Hogs!

I have a feeling Tenn's comeback win over Alabama Sunday may be the start of rougher times for them.......

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I'm dreaming of a sweep for Ark, a sweep for USCe, and a three way tie for second place a half game behind LSU.  Go Hogs!

Sweeps are difficult in the SEC, but we may see more sweeps this weekend than we have any other weekend all season. WPS!

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MSU and Texas A&M will finish their game on Friday in a double header.

A&M   1
MSU   4      T7  Suspended until Friday


   

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The Razorbacks and Tigers will play a double header on Saturday beginning at 4:00pm to avoid the bad weather on Sunday.

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Friday
Ole Miss  12
Kentucky  4  FINAL

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Friday

Bama  3
USCe  9   Final

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Friday
Mizzou  1
Florida  7  final

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Friday
game 2
Texas A&M  6
MSU           3    FINAL

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LSU came back and scored 1 run in each of the last 3 innings to win 8-7 over Tenn. on Friday.

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RPI's have been updated after Friday's games,in the thread above.

Hogs now back to 53.

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      SATURDAY's SEC GAMES

  nr Tenn        6   
#6 LSU          3        FINAL    CSTV / ESPN3       

#8 Alabama    2   
#8 So Car       1     FINAL   ESPN             

  nr Missouri    0
#6 Florida      5       FINAL           

  nr Georgia     9     Game 1
#25 Vandy      12    FINAL / Resumed from Friday

  nr Georgia      0       Game 2
#25 Vandy      11       FINAL  CSS / ESPN3           

#12 Ole Miss    18
#21 Kentucky    5        FINAL       CSS / ESPN3     

  nr Texas A&M    6 
#20 Miss State    4       FINAL     Fox Sports / ESPN3   Series finale     

  nr Auburn         3        GAME 1
#24 Arkansas      4        FINAL   Razorvision video

  nr Auburn         7         GAME 2 
#24 Arkansas      2         FINAL Razorvision video
       

[ucahogfan]

Nola got roughed up by the Vols.  That's a surprise, but from looking at the stats, his control was off and he also committed 2 errors.

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Saturday games
Florida stretches out it's overall conference lead with a record of 14-6 after a 5-0 win over Missouri.

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Saturday's game 1 is final for Georgia and Vandy. Vandy lead 10-0 in the 5th on Friday before a power outage caused the game to be postponed until today. Georgia came back to make it interesting as the final was 12-9 Vandy.

They will play 2 games today.

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Kentucky's powerful offense seems to have practically disappeared against Ole Miss. Ole Miss came prepared to score runs though. 

Friday:
Ole Miss 12
Kent        4  F

Saturday:
Ole Miss   17
Kent          2   T7

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I am updating the standings as games become final today, at the top of the thread.

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Nola got roughed up by the Vols.  That's a surprise, but from looking at the stats, his control was off and he also committed 2 errors.

Tennessee seems to be coming back around also. Somebody was bound to get to Nola sooner or later.

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I'm convinced now that Ole Miss is a real contender.

[ucahogfan]

I'm convinced now that Ole Miss is a real contender.

They have one of the best offenses and pitching staffs in the SEC.  Still don't have to worry about them being in Omaha though.

[jacobp]

Problem with ole miss is their bats can disappear for games at a time. Our bats will decide the series in Oxford.

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Saturday Final:
Ole Miss 18
Kentucky 5  F

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Saturday Final:
Alabama  2
USCe       1  F

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A&M up 6-4 on MSU bot 9th one out.

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Saturday Final:
Game 1
Hogs 4
Auburn 3  10 innings

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Saturday Final:
Texas A&M 6
MSU           4   Final

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Saturday Final score:

Game 2

Georgia   0
Vandy     11    Final

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Texas A&M and Miss ST have completed their series. A&M takes the series 2-1 by winning the last 2 games.

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Saturday Final

Tennessee   6
LSU            3

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Saturday game 2 final:
Auburn  7
Hogs     2

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Sunday final;
Tenn  4
LSU    9

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Sunday final:
Bama   3
USCe    9

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Sunday final:
Missouri  5
Florida    6     f/10

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Sunday final:
Ole Miss 9
Kentucky  6

Ole Miss sweeps Kentucky and moves into a first place tie in the West with Alabama.

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Sunday Final:
Georgia  1
Vandy    6

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Next Weekends SEC Games (5/1 thru 5/4)

Arkansas
Ole Miss

Florida
Alabama

Kentucky
Tennessee   Thursday's ESPN game

LSU
Texas A&M

Miss St
Auburn

So Car
Georgia

Vanderbilt
Missouri

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"On paper", with the way next weekend's schedule is laid out, it is possible for 4 teams including Arkansas to be in a 4 way tie for first in the West division. 3 sweeps would have to take place for this to happen.

Here is the scenario:
Arkansas sweeps Ole Miss
Florida sweeps Alabama
Texas A&M sweeps LSU
Auburn takes 2 of 3 from MSU
Arkansas, Alabama, Ole Miss and A&M would all be tied for 1st.

And, If MSU takes 2 of 3 from Auburn, there would be a 5 way tie for 1st including MSU, all at 13-11. LSU would be a half game back.

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After Sunday's games, Ole Miss moves up to #4 in the RPI. Playing Ole Miss on the road next week will be our best chance of the entire year to improve our RPI in big chunks. Each game and win against the Rebels could cause us to jump in the RPI enough to effect our post season positioning.

After this past weekend's disappointing series loss to Auburn, it is hard to believe that we still have a chance (on paper) to win the SEC West Championship, though not likely.

6 of the 7 SEC West teams could possibly own a share of first place in the West after the games are completed next weekend. Once again, as it seems nearly every year, the WEST is going to be tight from top to bottom through the end of the season, while the EAST is showing more separation from the top 3 and the bottom 4.