Louisiana 9
Ark. St. 54
Texas St. 80
WKU 93
Texas Arlington 110
South Ala 139
UALR 154
ULM 168
Ga. State 171
Troy 182

By the way: Ga. Southern is 104 and App. St. is 183.

At this point the Sun Belt is probably just a 1 bid league this year unless someone other than Louisiana wins the tourney.

Louisiana at #9 is probably going to drop a bit finishing this weekend with ULM. I still believe they should be a top 8 seed, but don't be surprised if they get jobbed out of it and only host the regionals, not Super Regionals.

Troy, what happened this year?

(05-12-2014 09:16 PM)Complacent Cajun Wrote:  Troy, what happened this year?

They lost an absolute ton last year. Were left with an offense that struggles to hit the long ball and doesn't do the little things well enough to make up for it. Pitching wise, they look like one of those USA teams from the past, when the Jags had maybe four guys they would pitch all year long, and would run starters for 130 plus pitches and relievers for 5 innings one day and 4 innings the next.

Game 1 against ASU, Troy got a gem out of McCain to win. But the problem is...they had only their closer left that they have any confidence in. Game 2's starter was getting torched but was left out there for inning after inning to avoid using the Pen...and After taking a 1 run lead in the 3rd inning Sunday, they attempted to bring in their closer for a 7 inning save.

You just can't do that in D1 baseball and expect to have a ton of success without having an unbelievable offense.

(05-12-2014 09:16 PM)Complacent Cajun Wrote:  Troy, what happened this year?

We rarely got the pitching and hitting on the same days...

(05-12-2014 09:14 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  Louisiana 9
Ark. St. 54
Texas St. 80
WKU 93
Texas Arlington 110
South Ala 139
UALR 154
ULM 168
Ga. State 171
Troy 182

By the way: Ga. Southern is 104 and App. St. is 183.

At this point the Sun Belt is probably just a 1 bid league this year unless someone other than Louisiana wins the tourney.

Louisiana at #9 is probably going to drop a bit finishing this weekend with ULM. I still believe they should be a top 8 seed, but don't be surprised if they get jobbed out of it and only host the regionals, not Super Regionals.

when I look at these RPI's , it makes me sick. When you sweep a series and your RPI goes down, we all have a problem. What happened to the The Sunbelt? Recently, our Conference RPI was #5, now it's in the tank. Our bottom 4 or 5 teams need to re-commit to getting this fixed or we all suffer. The Sunbelt baseball history is a proud one, and we can't let this thing keep going down. Don't settle for middle of the pack, get new coaches and fire up your fan base. this is no joke. Good Luck !

(05-13-2014 10:00 AM)Zulu Cajun Wrote:  

(05-12-2014 09:14 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  Louisiana 9
Ark. St. 54
Texas St. 80
WKU 93
Texas Arlington 110
South Ala 139
UALR 154
ULM 168
Ga. State 171
Troy 182

By the way: Ga. Southern is 104 and App. St. is 183.

At this point the Sun Belt is probably just a 1 bid league this year unless someone other than Louisiana wins the tourney.

Louisiana at #9 is probably going to drop a bit finishing this weekend with ULM. I still believe they should be a top 8 seed, but don't be surprised if they get jobbed out of it and only host the regionals, not Super Regionals.

when I look at these RPI's , it makes me sick. When you sweep a series and your RPI goes down, we all have a problem. What happened to the The Sunbelt? Recently, our Conference RPI was #5, now it's in the tank. Our bottom 4 or 5 teams need to re-commit to getting this fixed or we all suffer. The Sunbelt baseball history is a proud one, and we can't let this thing keep going down. Don't settle for middle of the pack, get new coaches and fire up your fan base. this is no joke. Good Luck !

I think its more of a down year than teams needing to recommit. No one honestly thought Troy and USA would be as poor as they have, while ASU has been the only real surprise team based on preseason predictions.

When that happens, you end up with RPI issues. Ours went down with a 2-1 series win against Troy.

https://rpiarchive.ncaa.org/Stats%20Library/NG-0511.pdf

2014 NCAA Men's Baseball RPI
Through Games of May 11, 2014
Generated: Monday 05/12/14 10:05 AM
------- Division I Only --------
Rank Prev Rank Name Conf W-L-T Road Neut Home Non-Div I
1 1 Virginia Atlantic Coast 41-9-0 12-5-0 1-1-0 28-3-0 0-0-0
2 3 Florida St. Atlantic Coast 39-12-0 16-6-0 0-1-0 23-5-0 0-0-0
3 2 Florida Southeastern 34-18-0 10-7-0 2-0-0 22-11-0 0-0-0
4 9 Oregon St. Pac-12 38-8-0 13-3-0 6-2-0 19-3-0 0-0-0
5 4 Indiana Big Ten 35-12-0 17-8-0 2-2-0 16-2-0 0-0-0
6 6 Rice Conference USA 34-16-0 16-7-0 1-2-0 17-7-0 0-0-0
7 5 Vanderbilt Southeastern 38-14-0 13-7-0 1-0-0 24-7-0 0-0-0
8 8 Houston AAC 39-13-0 13-3-0 1-2-0 25-8-0 0-0-0
9 7 Louisiana Sun Belt 46-7-0 22-2-0 0-0-0 24-5-0 0-0-0
10 18 Miami (FL) Atlantic Coast 38-14-0 17-5-0 0-0-0 21-9-0 0-0-0
11 13 Texas Big 12 34-15-0 10-5-0 3-0-0 21-10-0 0-0-0
12 11 South Carolina Southeastern 39-13-0 7-8-0 1-0-0 31-5-0 0-0-0
13 10 TCU Big 12 36-14-0 10-5-0 4-2-0 22-7-0 0-0-0
14 16 Texas Tech Big 12 37-16-0 7-9-0 2-3-0 28-4-0 0-0-0
15 12 Ole Miss Southeastern 37-15-0 12-6-0 0-2-0 25-7-0 0-0-0
16 19 Cal Poly Big West 41-10-0 14-7-0 0-0-0 27-3-0 0-0-0
17 20 Indiana St. Missouri Valley 33-13-0 15-9-0 3-1-0 15-3-0 0-0-0
18 14 Louisville AAC 40-12-0 12-6-0 2-0-0 26-6-0 0-0-0
19 15 Kentucky Southeastern 30-20-0 8-9-0 3-1-0 19-10-0 0-0-0
20 17 LSU Southeastern 36-14-1 7-9-0 1-0-0 28-5-1 0-0-0
21 25 Alabama Southeastern 32-19-0 10-10-0 2-0-0 20-9-0 0-0-0
22 22 Liberty Big South 38-11-0 13-5-0 3-2-0 22-4-0 0-0-0
23 26 Washington Pac-12 36-11-1 14-3-0 3-4-1 19-4-0 0-0-0
24 27 Oklahoma St. Big 12 38-13-0 13-4-0 4-1-0 21-8-0 0-0-0
25 23 Oregon Pac-12 36-16-0 15-10-0 0-0-0 21-6-0 0-0-0
26 33 UC Irvine Big West 34-16-0 14-7-0 0-0-0 20-9-0 0-0-0
27 21 Mercer Atlantic Sun 36-13-0 13-9-0 0-0-0 23-4-0 0-0-0
28 29 Old Dominion Conference USA 31-20-0 13-8-0 1-1-0 17-11-0 0-0-0
29 24 West Virginia Big 12 27-20-0 12-14-0 4-2-0 11-4-0 0-0-0
30 28 UNLV Mountain West 30-20-0 11-17-0 1-1-0 18-2-0 0-0-0
31 47 Maryland Atlantic Coast 33-19-0 11-12-0 2-0-0 20-7-0 0-0-0
32 31 Stanford Pac-12 24-21-0 11-12-0 0-0-0 13-9-0 0-0-0
33 46 Sam Houston St. Southland 37-14-0 14-7-0 2-1-0 21-6-0 0-0-0
34 34 Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 29-23-0 6-13-0 0-0-0 23-10-0 0-0-0
35 32 Texas A&M Southeastern 31-21-0 9-11-0 0-0-0 22-10-0 0-0-0
36 35 Bryant Northeast 37-12-0 26-8-0 1-1-0 10-3-0 0-0-0
37 37 Dallas Baptist Missouri Valley 33-18-0 16-10-0 0-0-0 17-8-0 0-0-0
38 36 Kansas Big 12 33-21-0 10-12-0 11-1-0 12-8-0 0-0-0
39 44 Nebraska Big Ten 34-17-0 13-7-0 4-3-0 17-7-0 0-0-0
40 38 Pepperdine West Coast 34-14-0 13-7-0 0-0-0 21-7-0 0-0-0
41 42 Arizona St. Pac-12 26-21-0 7-10-0 4-0-0 15-11-0 0-0-0
42 39 Mississippi St. Southeastern 33-19-0 9-5-0 2-2-0 22-12-0 0-0-0
43 48 Columbia Ivy 27-17-0 16-14-0 2-0-0 9-3-0 0-0-0
44 30 Tennessee Southeastern 29-20-0 9-12-0 0-0-0 20-8-0 0-0-0
45 45 Georgia Southeastern 25-25-1 4-14-1 0-1-0 21-10-0 0-0-0
46 43 Clemson Atlantic Coast 31-21-0 10-9-0 1-1-0 20-11-0 0-0-0
47 58 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 30-21-0 7-10-0 0-0-0 23-11-0 0-0-0
48 40 UCF AAC 32-20-0 9-9-0 0-0-0 23-11-0 0-0-0
49 51 San Diego St. Mountain West 35-17-0 11-12-0 0-0-0 24-5-0 0-0-0
50 54 Arkansas Southeastern 32-21-0 5-10-0 2-1-0 25-10-0 0-0-0
51 49 High Point Big South 28-19-0 12-10-0 1-1-0 15-8-0 0-0-0
52 56 Long Beach St. Big West 26-23-0 11-12-0 0-0-0 15-11-0 0-0-0
53 50 New Mexico Mountain West 35-17-1 15-9-0 0-1-0 20-7-1 0-0-0
54 66 Illinois Big Ten 30-17-0 14-8-0 2-3-0 14-6-0 0-0-0
55 60 Ball St. Mid-American 35-16-0 13-11-0 9-3-0 11-2-0 2-0-0
56 61 Evansville Missouri Valley 33-17-0 12-9-0 2-2-0 18-5-0 1-1-0
57 53 Western Caro. Southern 33-16-0 13-11-0 1-2-0 19-3-0 0-0-0
58 57 Illinois St. Missouri Valley 30-18-0 10-12-0 8-3-0 8-3-0 4-0-0
59 59 North Carolina St. Atlantic Coast 29-20-0 7-10-0 0-1-0 22-9-0 0-0-0
60 55 Arkansas St. Sun Belt 29-22-0 9-12-0 0-0-0 20-9-0 0-1-0
61 41 FIU Conference USA 35-15-0 12-4-0 0-0-0 21-11-0 2-0-0
62 72 UAB Conference USA 34-16-0 13-8-0 0-0-0 21-8-0 0-0-0
63 52 UC Santa Barbara Big West 29-15-1 8-9-0 2-0-0 19-6-1 0-0-0
64 79 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 32-12-0 14-6-0 6-3-0 12-3-0 0-0-0
65 64 San Diego West Coast 34-19-0 14-9-0 0-0-0 19-10-0 1-0-0
66 81 California Pac-12 21-25-0 8-12-0 4-0-0 9-13-0 0-0-0
67 63 Southern Miss. Conference USA 30-22-0 13-8-0 2-4-0 15-10-0 0-0-0
68 67 Auburn Southeastern 27-25-0 7-10-0 2-2-0 18-13-0 0-0-0
69 77 UC Riverside Big West 22-24-0 7-15-0 0-0-0 15-9-0 0-0-0
70 82 Campbell Big South 34-16-0 10-8-0 2-0-0 22-8-0 0-0-0
71 70 East Carolina Conference USA 29-23-0 11-11-0 0-1-0 18-11-0 0-0-0
72 83 Kennesaw St. Atlantic Sun 30-20-0 13-9-0 1-0-0 16-11-0 0-0-0
73 75 Col. of Charleston Colonial 35-16-0 10-10-0 0-0-0 25-6-0 0-0-0
74 84 FGCU Atlantic Sun 35-18-0 16-7-0 0-2-0 19-9-0 0-0-0
75 97 Southeast Mo. St. OVC 33-17-0 18-12-0 0-0-0 14-5-0 1-0-0
76 85 Canisius Metro Atlantic 34-14-0 22-9-0 0-1-0 12-4-0 0-0-0
77 103 Creighton Big East 27-15-1 9-7-1 2-1-0 16-7-0 0-0-0
78 75 Oral Roberts Southland 29-23-0 13-13-0 0-0-0 16-10-0 0-0-0
79 87 Rutgers AAC 27-22-0 6-18-0 2-0-0 19-4-0 0-0-0
80 65 Southern California Pac-12 26-22-0 9-10-0 0-0-0 17-12-0 0-0-0
81 67 Texas St. Sun Belt 28-23-0 6-15-0 0-0-0 22-8-0 0-0-0
82 71 Samford Southern 31-22-0 11-11-0 0-0-0 20-11-0 0-0-0
83 69 VCU Atlantic 10 33-15-0 13-8-0 2-0-0 18-7-0 0-0-0
84 74 Duke Atlantic Coast 30-21-0 8-9-0 1-1-0 21-11-0 0-0-0
85 62 William & Mary Colonial 30-18-0 9-11-0 0-0-0 21-7-0 0-0-0
86 73 Cal St. Fullerton Big West 25-22-0 8-14-0 0-0-0 17-8-0 0-0-0
87 102 Seton Hall Big East 36-11-0 19-10-0 0-0-0 17-1-0 0-0-0
88 115 Middle Tenn. Conference USA 26-25-0 8-14-0 0-0-0 18-11-0 0-0-0
89 110 Oklahoma Big 12 27-25-0 5-8-0 3-2-0 19-15-0 0-0-0
90 89 Davidson Southern 28-14-0 7-8-0 0-0-0 21-6-0 0-0-0
91 91 Radford Big South 30-19-0 13-10-0 1-3-0 16-6-0 0-0-0
92 78 Western Ky. Sun Belt 27-25-0 8-17-0 1-1-0 18-7-0 0-0-0
93 101 Fla. Atlantic Conference USA 25-24-0 10-11-0 0-0-0 15-13-0 0-0-0
94 90 Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 26-24-0 9-11-0 1-1-0 16-12-0 0-0-0
95 94 Baylor Big 12 22-27-0 4-16-0 0-3-0 18-8-0 0-0-0
96 130 Miami (OH) Mid-American 26-25-0 13-16-0 1-0-0 12-9-0 0-0-0
97 80 UNC Wilmington Colonial 25-24-0 6-12-0 1-0-0 18-12-0 0-0-0
98 96 Kansas St. Big 12 24-28-0 6-19-0 3-2-0 15-7-0 0-0-0
99 88 Fresno St. Mountain West 25-25-0 7-17-0 0-0-0 18-8-0 0-0-0
100 86 Ohio St. Big Ten 28-24-0 7-13-0 6-2-0 15-9-0 0-0-0

We continue to hold steady at #22. We continue to hear buzz about us possibly hosting a regional in Lynchburg.

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(05-12-2014 09:14 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  Louisiana 9
Ark. St. 54
Texas St. 80
WKU 93
Texas Arlington 110
South Ala 139
UALR 154
ULM 168
Ga. State 171
Troy 182

By the way: Ga. Southern is 104 and App. St. is 183.

At this point the Sun Belt is probably just a 1 bid league this year unless someone other than Louisiana wins the tourney.

Louisiana at #9 is probably going to drop a bit finishing this weekend with ULM. I still believe they should be a top 8 seed, but don't be surprised if they get jobbed out of it and only host the regionals, not Super Regionals.

those rankings must be from before uta swept a 3 game series from wku

(05-13-2014 02:05 PM)runamuck Wrote:  

(05-12-2014 09:14 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  Louisiana 9
Ark. St. 54
Texas St. 80
WKU 93
Texas Arlington 110
South Ala 139
UALR 154
ULM 168
Ga. State 171
Troy 182

By the way: Ga. Southern is 104 and App. St. is 183.

At this point the Sun Belt is probably just a 1 bid league this year unless someone other than Louisiana wins the tourney.

Louisiana at #9 is probably going to drop a bit finishing this weekend with ULM. I still believe they should be a top 8 seed, but don't be surprised if they get jobbed out of it and only host the regionals, not Super Regionals.

those rankings must be from before uta swept a 3 game series from wku

Nope, those are after. UTA is still getting eaten alive by its poor nonconference results.

I'm surprised Southern is still top 5 in the belt in RPI after the disappointing season we had.

ASU still trying its darndest to get its home game with Ole Miss in tonight. Rebels have no desire to play, but they are welcome to forfeit if they wish.

(05-13-2014 02:08 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(05-13-2014 02:05 PM)runamuck Wrote:  

(05-12-2014 09:14 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  Louisiana 9
Ark. St. 54
Texas St. 80
WKU 93
Texas Arlington 110
South Ala 139
UALR 154
ULM 168
Ga. State 171
Troy 182

By the way: Ga. Southern is 104 and App. St. is 183.

At this point the Sun Belt is probably just a 1 bid league this year unless someone other than Louisiana wins the tourney.

Louisiana at #9 is probably going to drop a bit finishing this weekend with ULM. I still believe they should be a top 8 seed, but don't be surprised if they get jobbed out of it and only host the regionals, not Super Regionals.

those rankings must be from before uta swept a 3 game series from wku

Nope, those are after. UTA is still getting eaten alive by its poor nonconference results.

we certainly thought we would do better this year..looks like our game with tcu tonight is cancelled due to weather in the area..

TXST/UT cancelled in T5, tied 1-1, due to lightening in the area. Stats will be wiped clean. No game happened.

(05-13-2014 02:08 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(05-13-2014 02:05 PM)runamuck Wrote:  

(05-12-2014 09:14 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote:  Louisiana 9
Ark. St. 54
Texas St. 80
WKU 93
Texas Arlington 110
South Ala 139
UALR 154
ULM 168
Ga. State 171
Troy 182

By the way: Ga. Southern is 104 and App. St. is 183.

At this point the Sun Belt is probably just a 1 bid league this year unless someone other than Louisiana wins the tourney.

Louisiana at #9 is probably going to drop a bit finishing this weekend with ULM. I still believe they should be a top 8 seed, but don't be surprised if they get jobbed out of it and only host the regionals, not Super Regionals.

those rankings must be from before uta swept a 3 game series from wku

Nope, those are after. UTA is still getting eaten alive by its poor nonconference results.

Yup, it is a shame too. We had three top 25 wins this year, but that can't make up for the pitiful losses to teams like SFA, Incarnate Word or Abilene Christian.

We have a better record against the Big 12 tahn we do against the Southland.