nsvltndog
05-01-2016, 12:47 PM
There is an excellent 4 minute video on the SEC website with Ben McDonald, Peter Burns, and Todd Walker outlining the 7 SEC teams that are in the hunt for national seeds and regional hosts.
http://www.secsports.com/video/15438390/examining-potential-national-seeds-regional-hosts
Cliff notes - Florida, Texas A&M, MSU, and South Carolina are discussed as national seeds. Vandy, Mississippi, and LSU are covered as regional hosts. It covers who each team has left on their schedule. Of the 7 listed, we have by far the easiest remaining schedule due to the grind we have already made it through. Ben McDonald thinks our series wins at LSU, Florida, and Vandy more than offset any RPI hit we might take for the lesser SOS in the last 3 series.
Not discussed on the Video, but for RPI and SEC standings reasons, today we should be rooting for the following.
Missouri to beat Tennessee
Auburn to beat Kentucky
Arkansas to beat Texas A&M
Florida to beat South Carolina
Georgia to beat Vandy - not sure this one matters but UGA has 27 RPI and Vandy 12. If UGA wins they likely stay move into Top 25 RPI which gives us another Top 25 series win. Also makes it easier to stay seeded ahead of Vandy if they catch fire and win the A&M and Florida series.
http://www.secsports.com/video/15438390/examining-potential-national-seeds-regional-hosts
Cliff notes - Florida, Texas A&M, MSU, and South Carolina are discussed as national seeds. Vandy, Mississippi, and LSU are covered as regional hosts. It covers who each team has left on their schedule. Of the 7 listed, we have by far the easiest remaining schedule due to the grind we have already made it through. Ben McDonald thinks our series wins at LSU, Florida, and Vandy more than offset any RPI hit we might take for the lesser SOS in the last 3 series.
Not discussed on the Video, but for RPI and SEC standings reasons, today we should be rooting for the following.
Missouri to beat Tennessee
Auburn to beat Kentucky
Arkansas to beat Texas A&M
Florida to beat South Carolina
Georgia to beat Vandy - not sure this one matters but UGA has 27 RPI and Vandy 12. If UGA wins they likely stay move into Top 25 RPI which gives us another Top 25 series win. Also makes it easier to stay seeded ahead of Vandy if they catch fire and win the A&M and Florida series.