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What is Auburn baseball’s RPI ranking following loss to Georgia Tech?

The Tigers will have a chance to improve their ranking this weekend in Tuscaloosa.

Auburn baseball made things interesting on Tuesday night by erasing a 7-2 deficit to force extra innings with Georgia Tech at Ross Chandler Stadium in Atlanta.

However, a walk-off grand slam by Georgia Tech’s Jackson Finley in the 10th inning ended the Tigers’ comeback bid and led the Yellow Jackets to a 12-8 victory.

The loss was Auburn’s sixth over the last eight games, which has caused the Tigers to take a hit in the Ratings Power Index. Auburn, now 19-13-1, checks in at No. 43 in D1Baseball’s RPI rankings.

According to information from D1Baseball, the loss to Georgia Tech was Auburn’s first against teams ranked in the third tier, as they now stand at 3-1-1. The win pushes Georgia Tech to 7-7 overall against tier-two teams and moves them up four spots to No. 60 in the latest RPI.

Following the loss to Georgia Tech, here’s a look at where Auburn ranks in several categories measured by the RPI:

  • Overall: No. 43
  • Strength of Schedule: No. 16
  • One-day RPI change: dropped 4 spots
  • Seven-day RPI change: dropped 12 spots
  • Record vs. top 25 in RPI: 3-6
  • Record vs. 26-50 in RPI: 3-3
  • Record vs. 51-100 in RPI: 3-1-1
  • Record vs. 101-200 in RPI: 8-3
  • Record vs. 200+ in RPI: 2-0

Auburn now awaits a challenge this weekend in Tuscaloosa, as they are set to face bitter rival Alabama for a three-game series. Entering Wednesday, Alabama is No. 19 in D1Baseball’s RPI.

The Crimson Tide has a decent home record of 19-6 but lacks experience against second-tier teams in the RPI as they sit at 2-0.

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Revisiting some of Mike Brey’s local media day comments

Do you think Mike is regretting any of these preseason quotes?

Back in October, Fighting Irish Wire was lucky to attend Notre Dame’s media day for South Bend outlets. [autotag]Mike Brey[/autotag] spoke with the assembled reporters before the players entered the room, and every answer he gave was a clue into the workings of his team. The atmosphere was an optimistic one as the Irish were coming off a couple of NCAA Tournament wins in the spring. Why couldn’t it happen again with all of these older players returning?

Well, the Irish have reached a crossroads much sooner than they would have liked. They are 8-7 and have lost their first four ACC games, tying with Louisville for last in the conference. The fun of last March has given way to frustration and bafflement as to how things have gone so wrong. Even most of the nonconference victories have not been very satisfying, and there is no reason to think this season will last beyond the ACC Tournament.

So how have some of Brey’s preseason words held up? Let’s take a look:

Top 20: Where Tennessee ranks in college baseball’s RPI ahead of Auburn series

Top 20: Where Tennessee ranks in college baseball’s RPI ahead of the Auburn series

No. 1 Tennessee (37-3, 17-1 SEC) will host Xavier (21-20, 5-4 Big East) Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m. EDT and SEC Network+ will televise the nonconference matchup. Andy Brock (PxP) and former Lady Vol softball player Madison Shipman (analyst) will be on the call.

The Vols will host Auburn at Lindsey Nelson Stadium Friday-Sunday.

Tennessee enters the Auburn series with SEC sweeps against South Carolina, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Missouri and Florida.

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Tennessee enters Tuesday’s contest ranked No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll for the fifth consecutive week.

Ahead of the Xavier game and Auburn series, Vols Wire looks at the top 20 in college baseball’s RPI. Rankings are based on games completed through April 25.

Don’t overreact to college basketball’s first NET rankings

The first NET rankings are out. As always, don’t overreact to them, because they’re meaningless this early.

Last year, the NCAA switches ranking systems it uses to help determine which teams make the college basketball tournament. The NCAA switched from the somewhat-flawed RPI to the still-somewhat-flawed NET. Supposedly, the switch to NET was to make things simpler (in terms of breakdowns of value of wins) and to fix some of the RPI’s flaws. Whether it actually does that (in my opinion, it doesn’t) is a post for another time.

Instead, I’m going to point out that the NCAA does itself a huge disservice by releasing the first rankings this early in the season. This is a computer formula and teams have only played about ten games, so things are incredibly volatile. A few wins or losses could move a team from Quadrant 1 to 4 or vice versa.

Now, Ohio State comes in at No. 1 in the initial rankings. Which is well-deserved, so far. But “so far” is only a tiny fraction of the season. That can change, rapidly. It won’t change if the Buckeyes continue to play well (the dud against Minnesota notwithstanding), but the difference between being No. 1 or No. 30 right now is still tiny.

I was going to say to ignore these rankings no matter where the Buckeyes came in. Had they been No. 30, the story would have been exactly the same. It’s fun that Ohio State is No. 1, but it’s still meaningless for now. When the rankings are less volatile in early February, that will be the time to take them seriously.