Interesting Baseball RPI

[Sean Miller Fan]

Pitt is 21-16 with an RPI of 91

WVU is 19-18 with an RPI of 32

That's a massive difference given the 2 play in similar leagues but I take it maybe the ACC is down this year?

Dang, I haven’t paid much attention to baseball this year but with their record, I would have thought they'd be near the bubble, but nope

 

[Ronnyp91]

I’d assume it has to do with an awful non conference schedule and a less than impressive record in it.

 

[ThePanthers]

I’d assume it has to do with an awful non conference schedule and a less than impressive record in it.

Aren't they like 11-5 non conference? But yeah, that's probably a lot to do with it. Plus I think the ACC is down this year.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

The difference is that West Virginia has an SOS of 5 (.5800) and a non-conference SOS of 14 (.5713) and we have an SOS of 133 (.5072) and a non-conference SOS of 261 (.4549). That is a HUGE difference.

Based on RPI our toughest non-conference games (top 100) were against West Virginia (RPI-32, 1 home game), Seton Hall (62, 1 neutral game) and Kent State (85, 2 games, 1 home, 1 road). West Virginia has played Jacksonville (16, 3 road games), Coastal Carolina (24, 1 road game), Tennessee Tech (25, 2 road games), UNLV (51, 3 home games), Illinois (55, one neutral game), and us (91, 1 home game).

That's 4 top 100 games, 2 home, 1 road, 1 neutral, versus 11 top 100 games, 4 home, 6 road, 1 neutral. Their average win is against RPI 127 and their average loss is against RPI 59. Our average win is against RPI 164 and our average loss is against RPI 69. They've played 2 games all season against teams with RPIs above 200, and one of them is the nitters. They have no games left on their schedule against RPI 200+ teams. We have already played 9 games against those teams and we still have another 6 more left on the schedule, including the nitters. That's 15 games against 200+ RPI teams for us versus their 2.

 

[JackthePantherFan]

@Joe the Panther Fan

To add to your points... In order to end up with a top 45 RPI--aka be a regional team, we have to win out. Due to our SOS I do not think we can get an at large bid.