Shocker SB in the Polls

[flyingMoose]

In the March 13 Release of the NFCA Poll, the Shockers are RV29 with fourteen votes, up from one vote last week.

Arkansas are RV30T with eleven votes, and Nebraska are RV32T with nine votes.

Among other teams the Shockers have played are Washington at #1, Auburn at #14, Ohio State at #17 and Michigan at #19.


In the ESPN.com poll, the ranked teams listed above are #1, #14, #18 and #19 respectively. Only Arkansas are in the RV list.


The NCAA has yet to release RPI for this year, but it should start within a week or two.

[wsunet]

The shockers as of March 13th would probably fall about 23rd in the RPI numbers. The first RPI rankings will be out probably next week or the week after.

[wsunet]

Week one RPI from the NCAA

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2018WSBrpi1.html

[flyingMoose]

And the list of the AAC teams:

26 - Shockers
45 - Houston
54 - South Florida
58 - Tulsa
68 - Memphis
76 - Central Florida
135 - East Carolina
148 - UConn

I have never paid any attention to RPIs for softball, so I have no idea of their predictive value.

[Cdizzle]

Why does softball have a mercy rule but basketball does not? Seems unfair. UConn needs to be learnt some things.

[1972Shocker]

Women's basketball does have a mercy rule. Usually when folks check the scores of UConn's game it is not uncommon to hear them say, Oh my, Mericy me! Although it is a little different rule than the mercy rule in softball.

[flyingMoose]

In the March 20 Release of the NFCA Poll, the Shockers are RV31 with ten votes, down from fourteen votes last week.

Arkansas are RV27 with 29 votes, Nebraska are RV32 with eight votes and Tulsa are RV37 with three votes.

Among other teams the Shockers have played are Washington at #1, Auburn at #11, Michigan at #17 and Ohio State at #18. Future opponents are #3 Oklahoma and #24 Oklahoma State.


In the ESPN.com poll, the ranked teams named above are #1, #13, #17, #19, #5 and #23 respectively. Arkansas and Nebraska are in the RV list.

[WuDrWu]

I know you can't win them all, but I wonder how it would look without the 2 walkoff disasters against THE Ohio State and Furman?

[flyingMoose]

The RPI list of the AAC teams for March 25 with last week's RPI in parentheses followed by the conference record:

31 - Shockers (26) 1-2
46 - Houston (45) 2-1
53 - South Florida (54) 3-0
55 - Memphis (68) 2-1
65 - Central Florida (76) 3-0
68 - Tulsa (58) 0-3 A bit of a "shocker"
105 - East Carolina (135) 1-2
152 - UConn (148) 0-3

[flyingMoose]

The polls released yesterday (changing browsers finally got me in) have the Shockers down to just one vote in the Coaches' Poll giving them RV T38. They are RV36 in the ESPN Poll although no vote totals are given.

[flyingMoose]

The RPI list of the AAC teams through games of April 1 with last week's RPI in parentheses followed by the conference record:

31 - Shockers (31) 4-2
45 - South Florida (53) 5-1
49 - Houston (46) 3-3
58 - Central Florida (65) 5-1
60 - Tulsa (68) 3-3
64 - Memphis (55) 3-3
126 - East Carolina (105) 1-5
155 - UConn (152) 0-6

[flyingMoose]

For games through April 1, the Shockers are RV T29 with Nebraska and Ole Miss with 13 votes in the Coaches' Poll, up from just one. They are RV33 in the ESPN poll where no vote totals are given. Last week, they were RV T38 and RV36 respectively in the two polls.

[flyingMoose]

The RPI list of the AAC teams through games of April 8 with last week's RPI in parentheses followed by the conference record:

29 - Shockers (31) 5-4
39 - South Florida (45) 7-2
50 - Houston (49) 4-5
51 - Tulsa (60) 5-4
60 - Central Florida (58) 6-3
66 - Memphis (64) 5-4
113 - East Carolina (126) 2-7
134 - UConn (155) 2-7

[flyingMoose]

The Shockers are the last of the RV in the 34th spot with two votes in this week's Coaches' Poll. Tulsa is just in front of them with three votes.

[flyingMoose]

The RPI list of the AAC teams through games of April 15 with last week's RPI in parentheses followed by the conference record:

34 - Shockers (29) 6-6
37 - South Florida (39) 9-3
45 - Houston (50) 6-6
49 - Tulsa (51) 6-6
56 - Central Florida (60) 8-4
74 - Memphis (66) 6-6
106 - East Carolina (113) 5-7
150 - UConn (134) 2-10

[flyingMoose]

The RPI list of the AAC teams through games of April 22 with last week's RPI in parentheses followed by the conference record:

28 - Shockers (34) 9-6
40 - South Florida (37) 10-5
42 - Houston (45) 8-7
50 - Tulsa (49) 7-8
61 - Central Florida (56) 8-7
75 - Memphis (74) 8-7
91 - East Carolina (106) 7-8
142 - UConn (150) 3-12


In this week's Coaches Poll, the Shocks are RV T31 with six votes, the only AAC team receiving votes. In the ESPN Poll, they are RV32 of 33 teams, again the only AAC team receiving votes.

[flyingMoose]

The RPI list of the AAC teams through games of April 29 with last week's RPI in parentheses followed by the conference record:

31 - Shockers (29) 11-7
43 - South Florida (40) 12-8
44 - Houston (42) 10-8
52 - Tulsa (50) 8-10
61 - Central Florida (61) 9-9
74 - Memphis (75) 10-8
85 - East Carolina (91) 8-10
136 - UConn (142) 4-14


In this week's Coaches Poll, the Shocks are RV T34 with five votes, being tied with USF. In the ESPN Poll, they are RV29 of 38 teams, the only AAC team receiving votes.