March 25th Baseball Rankings

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24. Georgia (NR)

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Back in the rankings for the first time since 2022

Baseball rankings are like shooting on a dart board.

If you dont believe me, then explain shite like this

14. Dallas Baptist
Previous ranking: 20
Last week: 3-1
Overall: 19-4, 2-1 in C-USA (2-2 vs. Top 25)
Weekend record: 6-0

18. ECU
Previous ranking: No. 12
Last week: 2-2
Overall: 16-6, 1-2 in American (2-1 vs. Top 25)
Weekend record: 5-1

24. Georgia
Previous ranking: NR
Last week: 4-0
Overall: 21-4, 3-3 in SEC (3-0 vs. Top 25)
Weekend record: 5-1

ECU lost 2 of 3 this weekend.

Team A - Unranked in D1Baseball and PG
21-4, 3-3
RPI: 8
SOS: 37

Team B - Ranked #15, #16, #16
18-6, 2-4
RPI: 30
SOS: 71

This shite is so laughably bad

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Tennessee jumps Florida by beating unranked Ole Miss and loses to Bama but Florida beats two top 10 teams and remains the same?

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I think an accumulation of losses midweek and lack of series sweeps limits UF's ranking ceiling.

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Tennessee jumps Florida by beating unranked Ole Miss and loses to Bama but Florida beats two top 10 teams and remains the same?

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Good for Florida for finally doing something this season, but they also didnt get penalized for a pretty rough start to the season.

SC loses a series to Clemson, and then Ole miss and drops completely out. UF has several bad losses to start the season and sticks inside the top 10. If any team isnt getting slighted after a big series win, its UF.

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Good for Florida for finally doing something this season

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I guess beating A&M last weekend was nothing?

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Baseball rankings are mostly about where you start.. it takes a lot going wrong to fall out.. it takes a lot going right to move up..

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This is 100% correct, and I’m not even talking about UGA in this case. Getting swept handily by Kentucky is a definite red flag at this point.

D1 comes up with preseason rankings, and that ranking kind of serves like the baseline for teams for the first half of the season.

For example, Wake Forest. They were preseason #1, and have had an unimpressive year to say the least at 16-9

They were ranked #16 going into this week, with a 2-5 record vs Top 25 and 0-2 in ACC series.

They go on to win 2 of 3 this weekend against a Louisville team that is mediocre at best (#68 ELO), and they move up 4 spots in the rankings.

Like I said, each team has a baseline, and it does seem like D1 tries to keep teams as close to their preseason rank as possible.

We all know that if a team who was unranked in the preseason had Wake Forest’s résumé, they would not even be in the conversation today.

Think of it like this. Is UGA was preseason #1 but started the year 4-2 with losses to Bama & Lsu. Where would they be ranked?