D1 Baseball: 2021 Schedule Options and Survey of Coaches

[AusTexDawg]

Some general info from recent D1 Baseball articles that might be of interest. Nothing earth-shattering, but it’s sports content

ACC and SEC, unsurprisingly, would both prefer a normal, 56-game season. The ACC is also considering 13 conference weekends with 1 non-conference weekend that could be an SEC-ACC challenge. The SEC is “open to playing 13 weeks of conference play with four-game weekends”

Survey w responses from 2/3 of D1 coaches:

46% overall support new baseball model w later start & July CWS
45% of SEC oppose new baseball model
18% of SEC support new baseball model
35% overall support moving start and CWS later for 2021
70% overall oppose splitting D1 into 2 subdivisions
70% of SEC support splitting D1 into 2 divisions



Links to articles are https://d1baseball.com/columns/survey-says-coaches-weigh-in-on-hot-button-issues/ and https://d1baseball.com/columns/coaches-already-preparing-for-various-2021-scheduling-models/, behind paywall.

[AlSwearengen]

Just start a month later and play a regular schedule. Maybe they could shorten it just a little if they are worried about going too far into the summer.

[AusTexDawg]

Just start a month later and play a regular schedule. Maybe they could shorten it just a little if they are worried about going too far into the summer.

I hope they do something like that. As loaded as teams will be with the expanded rosters, a possible 52-game SEC schedule would be brutal.

[Todd4State]

I'd like to see a 60 game regular season and end the season on July 4th. I'd like to see a SEC schedule where you play 10 weekends and then three two game midweek conference games against the rest of the Cross divisional teams that aren't playing on the weekends.

[Offshore Dawg]

People in hell want ice water

[The Federalist Engineer]

If the PAC and others get difficult. How about 13 x 4 = 52 as the regular season.

Play every SEC school in a 4 game series. Plus 2 four game tournaments in preseason. That?s 60 games.

Since everybody has a huge roster. People have pitching to make this happen. It would produce the most legit SEC champ ever.