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The good news is that the Committee still relies predominantly on RPI vs subjective rankings, despite some recent years' over-reliance on conference tourney results.D1 Baseball has UM at #17 while USA Today has Miami at #19 and UNC at #18 which makes no sense after sweeping them.
Some of the ranking are just a head scratcher. ND is still ranked #12-#16 despite losing 4 straight ACC games. They probably would have lost more games if they weren't canceled due to weather.
Meanwhile FSU, is ranked as high as #5 despite losing on Sunday and having a worse conference record as the Canes with 1 more loss and 1 less win overall. Miami is tied for the 2rd best ACC record with Virginia, but are the 5th highest ranked ACC team (6th in USA Today). There really seems to be some bias opinions among coaches as most of the polls are made up of college coaches.
The Canes just need to take care of business and keep winning. They need to sweep Duke and then get 2/3 in a big series against Virginia the following week.
I really dislike the baseball polls. However, this will be the basis for hosting regionals and super regionals. Just keep winning!!!!
The polls have no bearing on post-season seeding. There are only two things to worry about: RPI and conference standings.D1 Baseball has UM at #17 while USA Today has Miami at #19 and UNC at #18 which makes no sense after sweeping them.
Some of the ranking are just a head scratcher. ND is still ranked #12-#16 despite losing 4 straight ACC games. They probably would have lost more games if they weren't canceled due to weather.
Meanwhile FSU, is ranked as high as #5 despite losing on Sunday and having a worse conference record as the Canes with 1 more loss and 1 less win overall. Miami is tied for the 2rd best ACC record with Virginia, but are the 5th highest ranked ACC team (6th in USA Today). There really seems to be some bias opinions among coaches as most of the polls are made up of college coaches.
The Canes just need to take care of business and keep winning. They need to sweep Duke and then get 2/3 in a big series against Virginia the following week.
I really dislike the baseball polls. However, this will be the basis for hosting regionals and super regionals. Just keep winning!!!!
Corrected. Thsnks.The polls have no bearing on post-season seeding. There are only two things to worry about: RPI and conference standings.
I suspect being a northern team, they play a lot of road games in the first half of the season and the formula puts a premium on road wins, if I recall. I've watched some of their games - they are good. They don't beat themselves and their bullpen is deep.Can someone help me understand how Notre Dame's RPI is better than Miami's?
Also, the series next weekend against VT could be interesting given how well they are playing at the moment.
You could add have second longest current win streakCanes have the third fewest losses in the country.
The second fewest team (ND) has played 7 fewer games, with only 1 fewer loss.
I could. But you already did.You could add have second longest current win streak