Three OOC teams to root for

[Todd4State]

1. We need to make like Genespage and pull for Oregon. They've been struggling and seem to be suffering from the MSU curse on PAC 12 teams and now have a RPI of 66. They play a bad Portland team and a loss would kill them. However, they play RPI number one Oregon State and if they can pull off even one win this weekend it will help us out. They also finish with some winnable series at 96 USCw and home against 52 UCLA so they could make a late run.

2. South Alabama's RPI is at 51. They play LSU tomorrow in Baton Rouge and if they pull an upset- or heck even taking the field- might push them back up into the top 50. After that they finish with a bad Appalachain State team and we need them to sweep that series and then they finish with Troy. Since we play both USA and Troy I think it would probably be best to pull for South Alabama to win that series and get into the top 50 and us beat Troy.

3. Memphis has a RPI of 101. They play RPI 202 UT-Martin at a neutral site tomorrow and they need to win that so that their RPI won't take a hit. They do finish up with RPI 86 East Carolina and RPI 83 Tulane so I think that there's a good chance that as long as they beat UT-Martin and Murray State and win a couple of conference games that they end up a top 100 win for us.

4. Indiana and Kentucky is one that could go either way for us- and so I'm not sure who to root- and why the title of this post isn't four teams to root for. If I had to guess, I would probably guess root for Kentucky to win this game and then lose a game to Tennessee this weekend would probably be the most accurate way to look at things.

[Activated Alpha]

Wasn't it discussed that it would be more beneficial to drop the game against Troy? I mean if we compensated them for it would it still be a negative image type move?

[blacklistedbully]

4. Indiana and Kentucky is one that could go either way for us- and so I'm not sure who to root- and why the title of this post isn't four teams to root for. If I had to guess, I would probably guess root for Kentucky to win this game and then lose a game to Tennessee this weekend would probably be the most accurate way to look at things.

We played Indiana State...not Indiana, and ISU does not play UK. We should pull for UK to boost RPI, since we took 2 of 3 from them.

[bulldogcountry1]

The way things are set up, we probably aren't going to get much help from our opponents to close out the season.


-Oregon plays 281 Portland tonight. They finish with a tough schedule and may only win another 2-3 games.

-Bama plays 276 Grambling tomorrow. They close out with UF and Vandy, so any of those wins would help us a lot.

-We need USA to beat LSU tonight.

-We don't need UM to fold up and drop outside the top 50. It's unlikely, but possible. UM plays 203 Ark State next week.

-Non conference opponent Indiana State plays our RPI next door neighbor Mizz State this weekend at their place. If they could get just one win, that would be pretty big. Mizz State won't be a threat in the RPI race though, as they play 279 Illinois State 3 times to end the season.


Like Todd alluded to, our wins against top 50 opponents is what stands out, but it fluctuates a good bit. It will be a good feather in our cap if we can end with 20+ wins in the top 50. We need to be rooting for USA, Oregon, UT, and UM (just a little).

[Jack Lambert]

If we can go 6-1 our RPI could move up to the bubble level of National Seed.

[smootness]

It's pretty simple, IMO. Win the SEC, get a national seed to boot. Don't win the SEC, don't get a national seed. Win both series, at least host a regional. Lose both series, don't host a regional.

I don't think these little things regarding our RPI or top 50 record are going to be all that impactful.

[blacklistedbully]

It's pretty simple, IMO. Win the SEC, get a national seed to boot. Don't win the SEC, don't get a national seed. Win both series, at least host a regional. Lose both series, don't host a regional.

I don't think these little things regarding our RPI or top 50 record are going to be all that impactful.

What about:
1. Take 2 of 3 from UGA, get swept by LSU
2. Sweep UGA, get swept by LSU
3. Take 2 of 3 from LSU, get swept by UGA
4. Take 2 of 3 from LSU, lose 2 of 3 to UGA
5. Sweep LSU, get swept by UGA
6. Sweep UGA, lose 2 of 3 to LSU
7. Take 2 of 3 from UGA, lose 2 of 3 to LSU

[Jack Lambert]

What about:
1. Take 2 of 3 from UGA, get swept by LSU
2. Sweep UGA, get swept by LSU
3. Take 2 of 3 from LSU, get swept by UGA
4. Take 2 of 3 from LSU, lose 2 of 3 to UGA
5. Sweep LSU, get swept by UGA
6. Sweep UGA, lose 2 of 3 to LSU
7. Take 2 of 3 from UGA, lose 2 of 3 to LSU

What if Cat really spelled Dog? :)

[Todd4State]

We played Indiana State...not Indiana, and ISU does not play UK. We should pull for UK to boost RPI, since we took 2 of 3 from them.

Correct. I was more concerned about Kentucky being ahead of us more than anything.

[Todd4State]

Wasn't it discussed that it would be more beneficial to drop the game against Troy? I mean if we compensated them for it would it still be a negative image type move?

I don't think it would be looked down on that much. A big difference is Florida was being beaten by Stetson really badly and then they delayed and cancelled the game. That's why there is the stink.

[blacklistedbully]

What if Cat really spelled Dog? :)

Except that only 3 of those 7 possibilities are what one would call, "far-fetched". 1, 2, 6 & 7 are not crazy.

[smootness]

What about:
1. Take 2 of 3 from UGA, get swept by LSU
2. Sweep UGA, get swept by LSU
3. Take 2 of 3 from LSU, get swept by UGA
4. Take 2 of 3 from LSU, lose 2 of 3 to UGA
5. Sweep LSU, get swept by UGA
6. Sweep UGA, lose 2 of 3 to LSU
7. Take 2 of 3 from UGA, lose 2 of 3 to LSU

1. No host
2. Unlikely to host
3. No host
4. Unlikely to host
5. Unlikely to host
6. On the bubble to host
7. Unlikely to host

[blacklistedbully]

1. No host
2. Unlikely to host
3. No host
4. Unlikely to host
5. Unlikely to host
6. On the bubble to host
7. Unlikely to host

1. 18-12 SEC
2. 19-11 SEC
3. 18-12
4. 19-11
5. 20-10
6. 19-11
7. 19-11

What is the history of SEC team not being a regional host if:
1. 18-12
2. 19-11
3. 20-10

[Todd4State]

1. 18-12 SEC
2. 19-11 SEC
3. 18-12
4. 19-11
5. 20-10
6. 19-11
7. 19-11

What is the history of SEC team not being a regional host if:
1. 18-12
2. 19-11
3. 20-10

Arkansas was 2 with 18 SEC wins in 2013 but their RPI was really bad and they played a ton of SWAC teams and literally had only one quality OOC win. We actually hosted ahead of them with 16 SEC wins that year.

[smootness]

1. 18-12 SEC
2. 19-11 SEC
3. 18-12
4. 19-11
5. 20-10
6. 19-11
7. 19-11

What is the history of SEC team not being a regional host if:
1. 18-12
2. 19-11
3. 20-10

That's just the way I see it.