D1Baseball Top 25: Tennessee takes over No. 1, three new teams enter ranks • D1Baseball
Tennessee had another strong weekend and moves atop the latest D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings, while three new teams entered this week.
A few notes:
Seven SEC teams are in the Top 25 including four of the Top 5. Vandy and Alabama dropped out. Clemson came in at #2. As it stands right now, Carolina will play 14 games against top 5 opponents. Right now Carolina is 4-7, three of those losses came by one run.
Carolina has seven games remaining and six are against teams ranked in Top 15.
The Carolinas have seven ranked teams. #2 Clemson, #6 ECU, #9 Duke, #11 UNC, #12 Wake, #13 SC, #23 NC St.
The Gamecocks are #13 in the RPI which would put squarely in as a regional host. 5-2 with series wins over UGA and Tenn would put them in strongly in National Seed discussion. UGA is 5 and Tenn is 8 in the RPI.
It's been an issue across the county of teams cancelling midweek games late in the season for RPI reasons. Carolina's last non-conference opponent, Winthrop is 233. Meanwhile, Wofford is 79, Upstate 91, Campbell 81, App 71, UNC Greensboro 58, Charleston 54, UNCW 41, and Coastal 32. I think it's probably time to drop the home and home with Winthrop and get a game with a more competitive opponent in the Carolinas.
Carolina can gain nothing from Tuesday's game in Rock Hill. A win will likely still drop the RPI and loss would knock it down spots easy maybe more.
