Moved from #17 to #15 in PG. Texas at #16 and SHSU at #23.
http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View...ticle=9566

35 RPI, 21 ISR, 10 SOS, according to Boyd.

BA moves Rice from #18 to #15. Texas at #10 and SHSU at #18.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/c...-march-10/

Up to #15 in Baseball America, as well (from #18)...

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/c...-march-10/

...UT all the way up at #10 and SHS at #18, but TCU dropped out of the Top 25.

Polls make me angry. I'm glad they have little impact on regional selection. I'm not sure what more UH could have done to get into the top 25, 1/4 through its season. What does UCLA or Indiana have to do to drop out of the polls?

(03-10-2014 11:47 AM)Mademen Wrote:  Polls make me angry. I'm glad they have little impact on regional selection. I'm not sure what more UH could have done to get into the top 25, 1/4 through its season. What does UCLA or Indiana have to do to drop out of the polls?

Boyd agrees with you. ISR has UH as the #6 team while Indiana and UCLA are down at 45 and 60.

(03-10-2014 11:47 AM)Mademen Wrote:  Polls make me angry. I'm glad they have little impact on regional selection. I'm not sure what more UH could have done to get into the top 25, 1/4 through its season. What does UCLA or Indiana have to do to drop out of the polls?

Won more than one game at the MMC?

Agree re: UCLA/Indiana. UCLA benefits from the preseason expectations and polls not wanting to move teams too much week-to-week to remain credible, while Indiana gets that northern handicap.

(03-10-2014 12:38 PM)At Ease Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 11:47 AM)Mademen Wrote:  Polls make me angry. I'm glad they have little impact on regional selection. I'm not sure what more UH could have done to get into the top 25, 1/4 through its season. What does UCLA or Indiana have to do to drop out of the polls?

Won more than one game at the MMC?

Agree re: UCLA/Indiana. UCLA benefits from the preseason expectations and polls not wanting to move teams too much week-to-week to remain credible, while Indiana gets that northern handicap.

Indiana was ranked higher than UCLA in most preseason polls.

(03-10-2014 12:38 PM)At Ease Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 11:47 AM)Mademen Wrote:  Polls make me angry. I'm glad they have little impact on regional selection. I'm not sure what more UH could have done to get into the top 25, 1/4 through its season. What does UCLA or Indiana have to do to drop out of the polls?

Won more than one game at the MMC?

Agree re: UCLA/Indiana. UCLA benefits from the preseason expectations and polls not wanting to move teams too much week-to-week to remain credible, while Indiana gets that northern handicap.

Yes, I agree that winning more than 1 at MMP would have helped, but for comparison's sake, Rice won 1 game at MMP also and UH beat Rice head to head at Rice. By pretty much any measure, UH has been better than Rice at the quarter pole this season. The polls should deal with each season in a vacuum and not on past seasons' results.

(03-10-2014 02:05 PM)Mademen Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 12:38 PM)At Ease Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 11:47 AM)Mademen Wrote:  Polls make me angry. I'm glad they have little impact on regional selection. I'm not sure what more UH could have done to get into the top 25, 1/4 through its season. What does UCLA or Indiana have to do to drop out of the polls?

Won more than one game at the MMC?

Agree re: UCLA/Indiana. UCLA benefits from the preseason expectations and polls not wanting to move teams too much week-to-week to remain credible, while Indiana gets that northern handicap.

Yes, I agree that winning more than 1 at MMP would have helped, but for comparison's sake, Rice won 1 game at MMP also and UH beat Rice head to head at Rice. By pretty much any measure, UH has been better than Rice at the quarter pole this season. The polls should deal with each season in a vacuum and not on past seasons' results.

Keep in mind what the polls represent (at least Perfect Game and Baseball America)-- not only how they're playing YTD, but how the pundits believe they'll be playing at year end. And, yes, as with almost any non-computer, subjective polling, there is an inertia or "tar baby" effect; whereby teams ranked high early take awhile before they drop out of the polls. Let the games take care of the themselves. So long as UH continues it's winning way, you will eventually find your way into the national rankings.

Stayed at #19 in the Coach's poll (but actually moved up to #18 since they went superstitious this week and left out a #13 ranked team!)...

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1...aches-poll

And the Writers kept us steady at #18 (though it's hard to rationalize how UCLA is ranked ahead of us)...

http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/...40310.html

...#16 UT, #23 A&M, #24 SHSU, #25 Texas Tech, #27 TCU, #29 FIU and #30 UH.

(03-10-2014 04:00 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Stayed at #19 in the Coach's poll (but actually moved up to #18 since they went superstitious this week and left out a #13 ranked team!)...

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1...aches-poll

#13 is North Carolina
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/col...l/5030501/

(03-10-2014 04:24 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 04:00 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Stayed at #19 in the Coach's poll (but actually moved up to #18 since they went superstitious this week and left out a #13 ranked team!)...

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1...aches-poll

#13 is North Carolina
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/col...l/5030501/

??? Do the Writers even follow what's going on? UNC may be 8-4, but they've played 11 of thier 14 games at home, and have yet to play anyone ranked anywhere near the Top 50.

(03-10-2014 02:10 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 02:05 PM)Mademen Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 12:38 PM)At Ease Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 11:47 AM)Mademen Wrote:  Polls make me angry. I'm glad they have little impact on regional selection. I'm not sure what more UH could have done to get into the top 25, 1/4 through its season. What does UCLA or Indiana have to do to drop out of the polls?

Won more than one game at the MMC?

Agree re: UCLA/Indiana. UCLA benefits from the preseason expectations and polls not wanting to move teams too much week-to-week to remain credible, while Indiana gets that northern handicap.

Yes, I agree that winning more than 1 at MMP would have helped, but for comparison's sake, Rice won 1 game at MMP also and UH beat Rice head to head at Rice. By pretty much any measure, UH has been better than Rice at the quarter pole this season. The polls should deal with each season in a vacuum and not on past seasons' results.

Keep in mind what the polls represent (at least Perfect Game and Baseball America)-- not only how they're playing YTD, but how the pundits believe they'll be playing at year end. And, yes, as with almost any non-computer, subjective polling, there is an inertia or "tar baby" effect; whereby teams ranked high early take awhile before they drop out of the polls. Let the games take care of the themselves. So long as UH continues it's winning way, you will eventually find your way into the national rankings.

I was about to say the same thing last night. Finish the season with a good showing in a SR at minimum, and you won't face the same problem next year.

(03-11-2014 10:28 AM)I45owl Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 02:10 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 02:05 PM)Mademen Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 12:38 PM)At Ease Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 11:47 AM)Mademen Wrote:  Polls make me angry. I'm glad they have little impact on regional selection. I'm not sure what more UH could have done to get into the top 25, 1/4 through its season. What does UCLA or Indiana have to do to drop out of the polls?

Won more than one game at the MMC?

Agree re: UCLA/Indiana. UCLA benefits from the preseason expectations and polls not wanting to move teams too much week-to-week to remain credible, while Indiana gets that northern handicap.

Yes, I agree that winning more than 1 at MMP would have helped, but for comparison's sake, Rice won 1 game at MMP also and UH beat Rice head to head at Rice. By pretty much any measure, UH has been better than Rice at the quarter pole this season. The polls should deal with each season in a vacuum and not on past seasons' results.

Keep in mind what the polls represent (at least Perfect Game and Baseball America)-- not only how they're playing YTD, but how the pundits believe they'll be playing at year end. And, yes, as with almost any non-computer, subjective polling, there is an inertia or "tar baby" effect; whereby teams ranked high early take awhile before they drop out of the polls. Let the games take care of the themselves. So long as UH continues it's winning way, you will eventually find your way into the national rankings.

I was about to say the same thing last night. Finish the season with a good showing in a SR at minimum, and you won't face the same problem next year.

UH is currently #2 in ERA(NCAA stats), behind a team with only one game played. That should start to get them some recognition.

Yikes! I just looked up Boyd's latest team leaderboard...FIU is currently in the Top 10 in virtually every single offensive category, and ranked in the Top 5 in pitching ERA.

I hope the team is up for a very tough challenge this weekend, and on the road.

(03-11-2014 11:18 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Yikes! I just looked up Boyd's latest team leaderboard...FIU is currently in the Top 10 in virtually every single offensive category, and ranked in the Top 5 in pitching ERA.

I hope the team is up for a very tough challenge this weekend, and on the road.

From yesterday's BA chat with Aaron Fitt:

Quote:Christian (Miami): What do you think of FIU so far?

Aaron Fitt: I like that club—got some real physicality in the middle of the lineup with Aramis Garcia, Josh Anderson, Edwin Rios, J.C. Escarra and Zach Sweety. I saw those guys for a game a couple of weeks ago, and they physicality really stood out. I think they are going to score a lot of runs, and the pitching sounds pretty solid—it has been very good through four weeks. FIU is another team that has moved up from outside my preseason top 50 to the 26-32 range, very much on the Top 25 radar. Feels like a regional team to me.

You'd think that the Panthers would be going all out to win this series to get into the Top 25 ... which, of course, makes it a VERY important series for Rice to win.

Go Owls!!