SB Polls: Michigan remains #4

Submitted by MGoSoftball on

The SB Team remained #4 this week dispite losing to a horrible Iowa team at Alumni Field.  We are #4 in both polls.  Also the first RPI poll of the season was released and we are #4 there too.  In some years, the RPI is the best predictor of final seedings and in a couple of years, the RPI was exact match to the final top 8 seeds.

If this year is like others, it looks good for us dispite a few bad loses recently.  Remember, the top 8 seeded teams host the Super Regional provided that team win their Regional.  The winner of the 8 Super Regionals advance to the World Series in Oklahoma City starting 28MAY.

The RPI Poll: #1 Florida, #2 LSU, #3 Auburn, #4 Michigan and #5 Florida State.  For the Big Ten, Minny is #19 , NW is #31 and Nebraska is having a terrible year at #53.

The Coaches Poll: #1 Oregon, #2 LSU, #3 Florida, #4 Michigan, and #5 Alabama

The USA Softball Poll: #1 Oregon, #2 LSU, #3 Florida, #4 Michigan and #5 Oklahoma

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March 31st, 2015 at 9:42 PM ^

I must say, I'm a little surprised by these rankings.  I would have thought a loss to someone as bad as Iowa would cost us.  I guess the other top teams are getting beat up a little too?

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April 1st, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^

What hurts Michigan is the weak RPIs of its remaining opponents - other Big 10 schools.

Here is the RPIs for week 2:

http://robocoach.websitetoolbox.com/post/week-2-rpi-7354747

If you search on Southeastern, you'll see that almost all the teams in that conference are better than all but the top 3 in the Big 10.

What saves Michigan is its pre-season schedule.

And note that Kent State, our other home loss, has a decent RPI - relative to other Big 10 schools.

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