By: Aaron Kirby
Purdue (28-5) remains at #1 for the 3rd consecutive week. The Boilermakers have won 8 games in row including 4-0 this week with 15-2 win at Ball State Wednesday and sweeping Illinois in Big 10 play.
RISING
Gonzaga (25-9) climbs 5spots to #4 after a perfect 5-0 week. The Bulldogs bounced back from dropping the San Diego series last week and swept two mid week games at Washington by scores of 6-4 and 8-5 before sweeping Santa Clara in West Coast Conference play.
Missouri St (27-10) gets back into the top 10 at #6 with a 3-0 week. The Bears shutout Kansas St Wednesday 3-0 and won both MVC games vs Illinois St on weekend. Sunday’s final game with Illinois St was canceled due to rain.
TCU (20-13) also gets back in the top 10, moving up 5 spots to #7. The Horned Frogs beat UT-Arlington 5-1 Wednesday and swept Air Force for a nice little 6 game win streak.
SE Louisiana (25-11) roller coaster ride continued in week 9. The Lions hosted Texas St and held them to just 3 runs the entire weekend (Winning Friday 10-1, Saturday 8-1, and Sunday 6-1). The Lions move up 4 spots to #17.
FALLING
Louisville (25-11) drops 3 spots to #8. After starting the week with a very impressive 12-0 win at Kentucky Tuesday the Cardinals hosted Seton Hall in Big East play. Seton Hall won the opener 3-2, Louisville won 2nd game 12-7 and Seton Hall won the series with a 9-4 win at Louisville on Sunday.
Stetson (23-12) fall 5 spots to #11. The Hatters went 2-2 on the week, beating South Florida 6-4 Tuesday and losing 2 of 3 at Kennesaw St in A-Sun play.
Texas St (20-15) tumble 10 spots to #12 after getting swept at SE Louisiana. The Bobcats find themselves in big trouble in the Southland and in the At-Large picture after going 0-3 on weekend, dropped them to a tie for 7th place in Southland at 8-10.
Appalachian St (25-9) slides down 9 spots to #16 after a 1-3 week. The Mountaineers week started with a 6-3 loss at Gardner Webb where they gave up 4 runs in 8th to lose. On the weekend the Mountaineers traveled to Georgia Southern in Southern Conference play and lost 2 of 3. They won Friday night 5-1, lost 13-3 Saturday and 7-6 on Sunday.
Belmont (25-13) falls 5 places to #23 with a 2-3 week. The Bruins beat Tennessee Tech 8-1 Tuesday, lost 7-0 at Vanderbilt, and lost 2 of 3 at Mercer in A-Sun play. It took a run in the top of 13th on Sunday for a 7-6 win to salvage one game at Mercer.
DROPPED OUT
#23 Samford (21-15)
#24 Portland (20-10)
#25 Stony Brook (24-10)
IN
Nebraska (25-13) reenters the rankings at #22 after a couple weeks being out. The Cornhuskers went 3-1 on week, beating Creighton 5-3 Tuesday and winning 2 of 3 at Ohio St in Big 10 play.
UT-Arlington (23-14) enters the rankings for first time of year at #24. The Mavericks went 3-2 on the road for week 9 including a 3-2 win at Texas A&M on Tuesday, losing 5-1 at TCU Wednesday, and winning 2 of 3 at Texas San Antonio in SLC play.
Georgia Southern (22-16) gets back in the top 25 at #25 with a 4-1 week. The Eagles beat Kennesaw St 3-2 Tuesday, won 7-6 at Jacksonville Wednesday and won 2 of 3 vs Appalachian St in Southern Conference play. GSU was preseason #6 in Mid-Major Poll but lost 9 of 11 after losing All-American Victor Roache to injury Feb. 25th. On March 27th they won 5-3 at Georgia Tech and since then they have found their stride again winning 11 of 14 including 2 of 3 vs College of Charleston and Appalachian St. Their RPI has dropped 38 spots from #98 to #60 in last 2 weeks according to warrennolan.com
OTHER NOTABLES
Utah Valley (22-11) has the nation’s second longest active win streak at 15 games.
Maine (18-14) has the 3rd longest active win streak at 13.
Wright St (23-11) had a 14 game win streak snapped on Sunday with a 9-7 loss to Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Campbell (30-8) and Liberty (30-9) are both tied for 2nd in nation for most wins behind Kentucky’s 32.
Army (28-9) is 12-0 in Patriot League and 1 of just 6 teams currently still undefeated in conference play in the country. The other 5 are Baylor 15-0 Big 12, Maine 7-0 American East, Utah Valley and Texas Pan-American 8-0 in Great West and San Jose St 3-0 in WAC.
| Mid-Major Top 25- Week 9 | ||||
| RNK | SCHOOL | (REC) | PVS | (WK) |
| Weeks Results 4/9-4/15 | ||||
| #1 | Purdue | (28-5) | #1 | (4-0) |
| 1-0 at Ball St; 3-0 Illinois; | ||||
| #2 | Dallas Baptist | (24-10) | #3 | (3-1) |
| 0-1 at Texas Tech; 3-0 Southern Illinois; | ||||
| #3 | San Diego | (29-8) | #4 | (4-0 |
| 1-0 at San Diego St; 3-0 LaSalle; | ||||
| #4 | Gonzaga | (25-9) | #9 | (5-0) |
| 2-0 at Washington; 3-0 Santa Clara; | ||||
| #5 | New Mexio St | (27-10) | #8 | (2-1) |
| 2-1 at Sacramento St; | ||||
| #6 | Missouri St | (27-10) | #11 | (3-0) |
| 1-0 Kansas St; 2-0 Illinois St; | ||||
| #7 | TCU | (20-13) | #12 | (4-0) |
| 1-0 UT Arlington; 3-0 Air Force; | ||||
| #8 | Louisville | (25-11) | #5 | (2-2) |
| 1-0 at Kentucky; 1-2 Seton Hall; | ||||
| #9 | Sam Houston St | (25-10) | #13 | (2-1) |
| 2-1 at Lamar; | ||||
| #10 | Florida Atlantic | (24-13) | #10 | (2-2) |
| 0-1 FGCU; 2-1 at Louisiana Monroe; | ||||
| #11 | Stetson | (23-12) | #6 | (2-2) |
| 1-0 South Florida; 1-2 at Kennesaw St; | ||||
| #12 | Texas St | (20-15) | #2 | (0-4) |
| 0-1 at Rice; 0-3 at SE Louisiana; | ||||
| #13 | College of Charleston | (25-12) | #14 | (3-1) |
| 1-0 Winthrop; 2-1 Samford; | ||||
| #14 | Pepperdine | (22-14) | #16 | (3-1) |
| 1-0 at UC Riverside; 2-1 Portland; | ||||
| #15 | Liberty | (30-9) | #15 | (3-1) |
| 1-0 James Madison; 2-1 at Winthrop; | ||||
| #16 | Appalachian St | (25-9) | #7 | (1-3) |
| 0-1 at Gardner Webb; 1-2 at Georgia Southern; | ||||
| #17 | SE Louisiana | (25-11) | #21 | (3-0) |
| 3-0 Texas St; | ||||
| #18 | Indiana St | (28-9) | #17 | (2-2) |
| 0-1 at Indiana; 2-1 at Bradley; | ||||
| #19 | Coastal Carolina | (24-11) | #20 | (4-1) |
| 0-1 at UNCW; 1-0 The Citadel; 3-0 VMI; | ||||
| #20 | Western Carolina | (25-11) | #22 | (3-0) |
| 3-0 Furman; | ||||
| #21 | George Mason | (25-12) | #19 | (3-1) |
| 1-0 at Navy; 2-1 at Northeastern; | ||||
| #22 | Nebraska | (25-13) | NR | (3-1) |
| 1-0 Creighton; 2-1 at Ohio St; | ||||
| #23 | Belmont | (25-13) | #18 | (2-3) |
| 1-0 Tenn Tech; 0-1 at Vanderbilt; 1-2 at Mercer; | ||||
| #24 | UT-Arlington | (23-14) | NR | (3-2) |
| 1-0 at Texas A&M; 0-1 at TCU; 2-1 at UTSA; | ||||
| #25 | Georgia Southern | (22-16) | NR | (4-1) |
| 1-0 Kennesaw St; 1-0 at Jacksonville; 2-1 App St; | ||||
| dropped out | ||||
| #23 | Samford | (21-15) | ||
| #24 | Portland | (20-10) | ||
| #25 | Stony Brook | (24-10) | ||
| others receiving votes | ||||
| Florida International | (21-14) | |||
| SC Upstate | (25-12) | |||
| Kennesaw St | (22-16) | |||
| Portland | (20-10) | |||
| Utah Valley | (22-11) | |||
| Mercer | (23-15) | |||
| Campbell | (30-8) | |||
| Stony Brook | (24-10) | |||
| Army | (28-9) | |||
| Wright State | (23-11) | |||
Here is the new piece were we look at RPI changes from week to week. Negative is good and positive is bad.
| Week 9 RPI Results | ||||
| Rank | Team | Start | End | Change |
| #1 | Purdue | 15 | 13 | -2 |
| #2 | Dallas Baptist | 44 | 32 | -12 |
| #3 | San Diego | 29 | 25 | -4 |
| #4 | Gonzaga | 24 | 14 | -10 |
| #5 | New Mexico St | 20 | 21 | +1 |
| #6 | Missouri St | 42 | 30 | -12 |
| #7 | TCU | 56 | 43 | -13 |
| #8 | Louisville | 60 | 52 | -8 |
| #9 | Sam Houston St | 27 | 35 | +8 |
| #10 | Florida Atlantic | 48 | 54 | +6 |
| #11 | Stetson | 61 | 57 | -4 |
| #12 | Texas St | 35 | 44 | +9 |
| #13 | College of Charleston | 50 | 45 | -5 |
| #14 | Pepperdine | 31 | 26 | -5 |
| #15 | Liberty | 65 | 69 | +4 |
| #16 | Appalachian St | 32 | 33 | +1 |
| #17 | SE Louisiana | 57 | 47 | -10 |
| #18 | Indiana St | 51 | 55 | +4 |
| #19 | Coastal Carolina | 54 | 56 | +2 |
| #20 | Western Carolina | 75 | 66 | -9 |
| #21 | George Mason | 49 | 53 | +4 |
| #22 | Nebraska | 72 | 68 | -4 |
| #23 | Belmont | 37 | 46 | +9 |
| #24 | UT-Arlington | 55 | 59 | +4 |
| #25 | Georgia Southern | 83 | 60 | -23 |
*RPI’s from warrennolan.com
11 comments
How close was Mercer to sneaking in this week? I haven’t wrote on here in a while, but the Bears are playing much better of late winning their last two weekend series including a near sweep of Belmont this past weekend.
If they did not lose in the 13th they were in!! I had narrowed it down to Nebraska, UT-Arlington, GSU and Mercer. I had a very hard time bumping Stony Brook because they still winning. But i looked at who they were beating and who those 4 clubs were beating so i bumped them which opened up another spot. It was really down to UT-Arlington and Mercer for last spot. I gave the nod to UTA because of the Texas A&M win and they won 2 of 3 on road and have been more consistent for entire year. But if Mercer swept Belmont id gave them the nod.
Oh no!
I demand you take UT Arlington off this list! It’s a jinx! Just me arguing for them to be on it in the past has lead to losses at Wichita St, Texas St, and SE La.
I feel sick.
hahahaha If they dont take care of NW St at home they will be off the list.
How close is USC Upstate to getting back into your top 25? They are 2nd in the Atlantic Sun Conference and sport a 25-12 record. This week they play North Carolina A&T, Wofford and three games against Jacksonville. If they go 4-1 will that likely get them in?
Gary, They were close no doubt. Sweeping ETSU on the road was very nice and they now are tied for 2nd in A-Sun.
It will all depends on what other teams do. But they do really need to go 4-1 this week and should probably go 5-0 but there is still a good team in Jacksonville somewhere? What the heck happened to them?
Look for Jacksonville to get hot like Belmont did last year. Belmont was last to get into ASUN tournament and came out champions. They also won 1 or 2 in Regional match-ups. They just need to get healthier and continue to play hard. GRINDERS
I dont think anyone wants to play Jacksonville. They are or should be very talented. Walker hitting just .307 and Gulbransen just .304 what the?
How close do you have Kennesaw St from getting in.
Don’t know what happen to my earlier post, but he it is again. How close do you have Kennesaw St. from getting on the list?
Kennesaw St was close probably 4th one out. It would have been hard to keep out if they finished sweep of Stetson. Like i said a week or so ago i like Kennesaw St and have seen them play. They have some good young players too.
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