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re: Baseball Power Rankings Guest Vote Thread: Week 6
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:56 pm to ell_13
Posted on 4/21/14 at 5:56 pm to ell_13
So, it doesn't matter who a team plays? Okay.....ignore the fact that Arkansas has played the 2nd most top 50 teams in the league, which is 5 more than Alabama.
Sure Arkansas has lost series to LSU, Florida, and State. Of those 6 losses, 4 were by one run and one of those was a walk off in game two of a series.
There is a three game difference in Alabama and Arkansas. That slim of a margin is the difference in scheduling,,,,While Alabama has played Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Ole Miss.....Arkansas has had to deal with Florida. South Carolina, LSU, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, and a series win over Alabama. Every league team Arkansas has played has been ranked. Five of those in the top 13.
Arkansas being 9-9 at this point is more impressive than Alabama being 12-6, when comparing league competition.
Yes, these are power ranking and trends are considered, but so is your level of competition. Over the last 3 weeks Arkansas has gone 6-5 against teams all ranked inside the top 17 of polls.
Alabama hasn't played a ranked opponent in three weeks, while Arkansas has played South Carolina, UNLV, LSU, and Vanderbilt.
Sure Arkansas has lost series to LSU, Florida, and State. Of those 6 losses, 4 were by one run and one of those was a walk off in game two of a series.
There is a three game difference in Alabama and Arkansas. That slim of a margin is the difference in scheduling,,,,While Alabama has played Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Ole Miss.....Arkansas has had to deal with Florida. South Carolina, LSU, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, and a series win over Alabama. Every league team Arkansas has played has been ranked. Five of those in the top 13.
Arkansas being 9-9 at this point is more impressive than Alabama being 12-6, when comparing league competition.
Yes, these are power ranking and trends are considered, but so is your level of competition. Over the last 3 weeks Arkansas has gone 6-5 against teams all ranked inside the top 17 of polls.
Alabama hasn't played a ranked opponent in three weeks, while Arkansas has played South Carolina, UNLV, LSU, and Vanderbilt.
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Posted on 4/21/14 at 6:04 pm to Hawgeye
I don't care about the 1-run losses. If anything, that just shows you can't win the close ones. And the series win against Bama isn't as significant as you are making it. Should Vanderbilt be ahead of LSU???
Finally, i never said it doesn't matter who you play. My point was that Ark isn't consistently beating good teams in a series. Will Bama? That remains to be seen. But they've handled their business so far and they deserve to be up there above Ark.
Finally, i never said it doesn't matter who you play. My point was that Ark isn't consistently beating good teams in a series. Will Bama? That remains to be seen. But they've handled their business so far and they deserve to be up there above Ark.
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