A look ahead at the NCAA Softball tournament (story added 5-11, 11 p.m.)

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RPI below. Based on the next to last RPI of the pre-tournament season, here's a guess at the parameters of who gets in.

There are 32 conferences who play Division I softball.
Right now, I'd guess that the Big Ten gets 5. NW, Minn, Michigan, Wiscy, Ohio State.
The SEC gets 12. All but A&M
The ACC gets 5 likely. FSU, VaTech, Notre Dame, North Carolina and the maybe Louisville.
The Pac 10 gets 5. UCLA, Washington, Arizona, Arizona State and Stanford. Oregon State at 41 is definitely on the bubble.
The Big XII gets 4. OU, OSU, Texas, Texas Tech.

That's 31 teams.
There are 27 other conferences. That's 58. So bubble teams would include teams in the 30's RPI who have a competing team in the conference win the CCT.

There are several non P5 teams that are in. James Madison plays almost nobody, but they have one of the top ten players in the country, who is a pitcher who also is a great hitter. They are 14 RPI. It's very unlikely that they lose the Colonial Tournament at home, but if the do, somebody loses a spot.

Louisiana is in at 18 RPI. If they lose their CCT, then another spot is lost. The reg season champ doesn't get to host. The Sun Belt CCT is in San Marcus Texas. There are three other decent teams in the Sun Belt.

Drake is 23 RPI and has a great pitcher. Nobody wants Drake in their regional. They have to be in. If they lose the Missouri Valley tournament, somebody else loses a spot. The MVC tournament is at Bradley.

The real bubble, depending on CCT upsets is likely around 40. Lipscomb is RPI 40. They are in the A-Sun. The ASun tournament is at Florida Gulf Coast. GFCU is the 3rd best team in the conference. Liberty is RPI 52. Gulf Coast is 67. If either of them win the tourney, Lipscomb will be interesting.

And there are non P5 conferences with more than one team under 40 RPI. Tulsa's conference has the GH is 26. South Florida is 31. Houston is a bubble dangerous 39. The CCT is in Houston.

And the Mountain West has two in the top half of the 30's. Boise is 33 and Colorado St is 35. Plus likely last four out would be UNLV at 43.

Anybody who is RPI 35-45 is likely in the severe need of winning their CCT this week. The high 30s are likely in. But upsets elsewhere could cause all kinds of rearrangements. The Mountain West follows the lead of the PAC 12. No Conference tournament. Colorado St ended their season earlier Monday, winning at BYU 2-0. They don't play this weekend. Boise State plays three games at Fresno this weekend. UNLV hosts New Mexico for 3.

Rank Name Conf W-L Road Neut Home Non-Div I
1 Oklahoma ...................... Big 12 ... 48-2-0 20-0-0 15-2-0 13-0-0 0-0-0
2 Washington .................... Pac-12 . 42-7-0 14-1-0 16-3-0 12-3-0 0-0-0
3 UCLA ............................. Pac-12 . 45-3-0 14-1-0 14-1-0 17-1-0 0-0-0
4 Arizona ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Pac-12 . 40-11-0 14-1-0 5-3-0 21-7-0 0-0-0
5 Florida St. ....................... ACC ......48-8-0 14-6-0 9-0-0 25-2-0 0-0-0
6 Texas .............................. Big 12 ... 41-12-0 11-5-0 7-2-0 23-5-0 0-0-0
7 Alabama ......................... SEC ....... 50-6-0 15-3-0 12-0-0 23-3-0 0-0-0
8 Minnesota ....................... Big Ten .. 39-11-0 15-6-0 14-4-0 10-1-0 0-0-0
9 LSU ................................ SEC ....... 40-15-0 11-5-0 3-2-0 26-8-0 0-0-0
10 Florida .......................... SEC ....... 40-15-0 11-5-0 11-2-0 18-8-0 0-0-0
11 Northwestern ................ Big Ten .. 42-9-0 12-6-0 17-2-0 13-1-0 0-0-0
12 Oklahoma St. ................ Big 12 ..... 37-14-0 13-6-0 9-5-0 15-3-0 0-0-0
13 Tennessee .................... SEC ......... 39-13-0 10-6-0 11-2-0 18-5-0 0-0-0
14 James Madison ............. CAA ......... 44-7-0 13-3-0 10-3-0 21-1-0 0-0-0
15 Kentucky ....................... SEC ........ 32-21-0 12-9-0 10-6-0 10-6-0 0-0-0
16 Michigan ........................ Big Ten ... 40-11-0 15-5-0 10-6-0 15-0-0 0-0-0
17 Ole Miss ......................... SEC ......... 36-16-0 8-9-0 7-3-0 21-4-0 0-0-0
18 Louisiana ....................... Sun Belt ... 47-4-0 19-2-0 3-1-0 25-1-0 0-0-0
19 Texas Tech ..................... Big 12 ...... 38-13-0 7-6-0 15-1-0 16-6-0 0-0-0
20 South Carolina ............... SEC ......... 36-16-0 7-7-0 8-2-0 21-7-0 0-0-0
21 Auburn .............................SEC ........... 35-18-0 5-8-0 6-3-0 24-7-0 0-0-0
22 Arkansas ......................... SEC ........... 38-17-0 6-10-0 7-1-0 25-6-0 0-0-0
23 Drake .............................. MVC .......... 40-14-0 13-7-0 11-7-0 16-0-0 0-0-0
24 Virginia Tech ................... ACC ,,,,,,,,,, 45-8-0 19-2-0 11-1-0 15-5-0 0-0-0
25 Georgia ........................... SEC ........... 39-16-0 7-7-0 3-1-0 29-8-0 0-0-0
26 Tulsa ............................... AAC ........... 35-17-0 10-10-0 12-2-0 13-5-0 0-0-0
27 Stanford .......................... Pac-12 ....... 32-15-0 6-3-0 8-1-0 18-11-0 0-0-0
28 Arizona St. ...................... Pac-12 ....... 30-18-0 3-6-0 4-1-0 23-11-0 0-0-0
29 North Carolina ................ ACC ........... 33-17-0 12-4-0 3-6-0 18-7-0 0-0-0
30 Missouri ........................... SEC ............ 32-22-0 7-9-0 12-6-0 13-7-0 0-0-0
31 South Fla. ........................ AAC ........... 39-17-0 11-3-0 4-4-0 24-10-0 0-0-0
32 Mississippi St. .................. SEC ........... 32-20-0 7-9-0 4-3-0 21-8-0 0-0-0
33 Boise St. .......................... MWC ......... 34-11-0 7-7-0 16-1-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
34 Notre Dame ..................... ACC ........... 35-15-0 10-6-0 13-7-0 12-2-0 0-0-0
35 Colorado St. .................... MWC .......... 37-10-0 10-4-0 8-3-0 19-3-0 0-0-0
36 Louisville .......................... ACC .......... 33-20-0 7-10-0 10-5-0 16-5-0 0-0-0
37 Ohio St. ........................... Big Ten ....... 34-15-0 11-7-0 13-5-0 10-3-0 0-0-0
38 Wisconsin ........................ Big Ten ....... 38-11-0 13-6-0 15-2-0 10-3-0 0-0-0
39 Houston ........................... AAC ............ 37-17-0 12-7-0 2-0-0 23-10-0 0-0-0
40 Lipscomb .......................... ASUN ......... 38-13-1 9-7-0 13-2-1 16-4-0 0-0-0
41 Oregon St. ........................ Pac-12 ......... 24-18-0 12-8-0 12-3-0 0-7-0 0-0-0
42 Southern Ill. ...................... MVC ............ 33-12-0 9-3-0 8-2-0 16-7-0 0-0-0
43 UNLV ............................... MWC ........... 33-14-0 10-5-0 6-3-0 17-6-0 0-0-0
44 Illinois ............................... Big Ten ........ 31-22-0 9-8-0 10-7-0 12-7-0 0-0-0
45 Texas A&M ........................ SEC ............. 28-24-0 2-11-0 1-2-0 25-11-0 0-0-0
46 Cal St. Fullerton ................ Big West ...... 35-16-0 9-6-0 6-5-0 20-5-0 0-0-0
47 San Jose St. ..................... MWC ............. 35-15-0 10-4-0 4-7-0 21-4-0 0-0-0
48 Indiana .............................. Big Ten .......... 35-20-0 8-12-0 16-3-0 11-5-0 0-0-0
49 North Dakota St. ................ Summit Leage 38-13-0 12-5-0 19-6-0 7-2-0 0-0-0
50 Louisiana Tech .................. C-USA ........... 41-14-0 14-8-0 9-1-0 18-5-0 0-0-0
51 UCF AAC 34-20-0 8-4-0 6-3-0 20-13-0 0-0-0
52 Liberty ASUN 36-18-0 10-10-0 5-6-0 21-2-0 0-0-0
53 Western Ky. C-USA 37-12-0 11-7-0 8-2-0 18-3-0 0-0-0
54 Oregon Pac-12 22-27-0 5-11-0 13-6-0 4-10-0 0-0-0
55 North Texas C-USA 34-17-0 11-12-0 7-3-0 16-2-0 0-0-0
56 Baylor Big 12 18-31-0 5-8-0 4-3-0 9-20-0 0-0-0
57 Seattle U WAC 36-15-0 7-5-0 13-6-0 16-4-0 0-0-0
58 Troy Sun Belt 37-18-0 9-9-0 11-3-0 17-6-0 0-0-0
59 Iowa St. Big 12 31-22-0 8-8-0 14-6-0 9-8-0 0-0-0
60 UT Arlington Sun Belt 29-24-0 6-13-0 6-5-0 17-6-0 0-0-0
61 Texas St. Sun Belt 28-23-0 13-10-0 6-3-0 9-10-0 0-0-0
62 Wichita St. AAC 31-24-0 9-7-0 11-7-0 11-10-0 0-0-0
63 Grand Canyon WAC 30-22-0 7-6-0 1-5-0 22-11-0 0-0-0
64 California Pac-12 28-27-0 8-11-0 13-5-0 7-11-0 0-0-0
65 Southeast Mo. St. OVC 41-15-0 16-7-0 15-5-0 10-3-0 0-0-0
66 Kent St. MAC 25-22-0 15-11-0 4-6-0 6-5-0 0-0-0
67 FGCU ASUN 28-20-0 10-3-0 5-4-0 13-13-0 0-0-0
68 Miami (OH) MAC 33-14-0 14-5-0 7-5-0 12-4-0 0-0-0
69 UC Davis Big West 37-13-0 10-4-0 7-3-0 20-6-0 0-0-0
70 USC Upstate Big South 40-13-0 9-9-0 4-3-0 27-1-0 0-0-0
71 New Mexico St. WAC 31-20-0 8-7-0 3-6-0 20-7-0 0-0-0
72 LMU (CA) WCC 35-18-0 5-7-0 8-3-0 22-8-0 0-0-0
73 Fresno St. MWC 33-18-0 6-10-0 7-3-0 20-5-0 0-0-0
74 Elon CAA 31-18-1 9-9-0 3-2-1 19-7-0 0-0-0
74 Longwood Big South 34-19-0 11-13-0 8-1-0 15-5-0 0-0-0
76 Missouri St. MVC 30-20-0 12-7-0 10-5-0 8-8-0 0-0-0
77 UNC Greensboro SoCon 30-21-0 12-5-0 5-5-0 13-11-0 0-0-0
78 Duke ACC 25-30-0 8-10-0 3-6-0 14-14-0 0-0-0
79 Long Beach St. Big West 23-24-0 5-5-0 9-7-0 9-12-0 0-0-0
80 San Diego St. MWC 24-24-0 5-9-0 6-6-0 13-9-0 0-0-0
81 Rutgers Big Ten 28-23-0 7-12-0 13-6-0 8-5-0 0-0-0
82 Marshall C-USA 36-18-0 13-7-0 10-5-0 13-6-0 0-0-0
83 Nicholls St. Southland 32-20-0 11-8-0 6-7-0 15-5-0 0-0-0
84 Bradley MVC 28-20-0 13-6-0 8-8-0 7-6-0 0-0-0
85 Sam Houston St. Southland 31-21-0 12-8-0 6-8-0 13-5-0 0-0-0
86 Jacksonville St. OVC 34-13-0 9-5-0 7-5-0 18-3-0 0-0-0
87 NC State ACC 29-26-0 9-9-0 5-3-0 15-14-0 0-0-0
88 McNeese Southland 28-28-0 9-12-0 3-2-0 16-14-0 0-0-0
89 Georgia Tech ACC 30-26-0 9-16-0 3-2-0 18-8-0 0-0-0
90 Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 35-19-0 7-11-0 3-0-0 25-8-0 0-0-0
91 DePaul Big East 32-14-0 11-9-0 16-3-0 5-2-0 0-0-0
92 Nebraska Big Ten 21-30-0 6-14-0 8-7-0 7-9-0 0-0-0
93 Utah Pac-12 18-33-0 3-10-0 10-12-0 5-11-0 0-0-0
94 Eastern Ky. OVC 30-18-0 10-10-0 9-4-0 11-4-0 0-0-0
95 Purdue Big Ten 30-26-0 2-13-0 19-6-0 9-7-0 0-0-0
96 Southern Miss. C-USA 30-21-0 11-12-0 3-2-0 16-7-0 0-0-0
97 BYU WCC 26-22-0 9-9-0 9-11-0 8-2-0 0-0-0
98 Hawaii Big West 32-14-0 5-4-0 3-1-0 24-9-0 0-0-0
99 SFA Southland 34-19-0 14-14-0 9-2-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
100 UNI MVC 26-22-0 13-10-0 2-5-0 11-7-0 0-0-0
101 Austin Peay OVC 31-20-0 14-12-0 8-5-0 9-3-0 0-0-0
102 South Dakota St. Summit League 34-15-0 7-9-0 19-4-0 8-2-0 0-0-0
103 Boston U. Patriot 34-18-0 7-9-0 12-9-0 15-0-0 0-0-0
104 Chattanooga SoCon 33-14-0 8-3-0 13-6-0 12-5-0 0-0-0
104 Ohio MAC 31-19-0 12-11-0 12-4-0 7-4-0 0-0-0
106 Appalachian St. Sun Belt 31-22-0 16-10-0 6-3-0 9-9-0 0-0-0
107 Iowa Big Ten 19-31-0 3-14-0 13-7-0 3-10-0 0-0-0
108 North Ala. ASUN 25-18-0 16-6-0 5-4-0 4-8-0 0-0-0
109 Nevada MWC 26-23-0 9-11-0 10-5-0 7-7-0 0-0-0
110 Virginia ACC 22-30-0 8-16-0 4-5-0 10-9-0 0-0-0
111 Northern Ill. MAC 26-23-0 8-11-0 9-7-0 9-5-0 0-0-0
112 UMass Lowell America East 27-18-0 12-11-0 6-6-0 9-1-0 0-0-0
113 St. John's (NY) Big East 26-21-0 8-6-0 7-10-0 11-5-0 0-0-0
114 Stony Brook America East 29-17-0 11-10-0 3-4-0 15-3-0 0-0-0
115 North Florida ASUN 26-22-0 6-6-0 8-4-0 12-12-0 0-0-0
116 FIU C-USA 26-25-0 4-8-0 8-2-0 14-15-0 0-0-0
117 LIU Brooklyn NEC 33-16-0 11-6-0 11-10-0 11-0-0 0-0-0
118 Weber St. Big Sky 23-19-0 8-9-0 6-8-0 9-2-0 0-0-0
119 Ball St. MAC 34-18-0 10-7-0 18-7-0 6-4-0 0-0-0
120 Towson CAA 27-25-0 7-12-0 7-5-0 13-8-0 0-0-0
121 Belmont OVC 30-21-0 8-7-0 9-5-0 13-9-0 0-0-0
122 Murray St. OVC 26-25-0 10-10-0 5-9-0 11-6-0 0-0-0
123 UIC Horizon 30-21-0 10-7-0 7-10-0 13-4-0 0-0-0
124 Maryland Big Ten 20-31-0 4-15-0 10-5-0 6-11-0 0-0-0
125 Middle Tenn. C-USA 27-26-0 9-8-0 10-9-0 8-9-0 0-0-0
126 Syracuse ACC 21-31-0 6-16-0 7-7-0 8-8-0 0-0-0
127 Albany (NY) America East 26-15-0 10-3-0 4-7-0 12-5-0 0-0-0
128 George Washington Atlantic 10 39-15-0 10-5-0 6-2-0 23-8-0 0-0-0
129 CSUN Big West 25-26-0 8-7-0 3-9-0 14-10-0 0-0-0
130 East Carolina AAC 22-31-0 7-14-0 7-3-0 8-14-0 0-0-0
131 Samford SoCon 22-29-0 7-13-0 3-6-0 12-10-0 0-0-0
131 South Dakota Summit League 31-24-0 7-10-0 13-11-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
133 Campbell Big South 25-26-0 11-10-0 2-7-0 12-9-0 0-0-0
133 Illinois St. MVC 17-32-0 10-11-0 5-15-0 2-6-0 0-0-0
135 Fla. Atlantic C-USA 20-30-0 3-12-0 3-6-0 14-12-0 0-0-0
136 Massachusetts Atlantic 10 25-20-0 7-8-0 10-8-0 8-4-0 0-0-0
137 Southeastern La. Southland 32-21-0 9-9-0 3-2-0 20-10-0 0-0-0
138 Memphis AAC 22-32-0 3-15-0 5-4-0 14-13-0 0-0-0
139 Providence Big East 30-21-0 8-10-0 11-9-0 11-2-0 0-0-0
140 Villanova Big East 28-23-0 9-8-0 12-10-0 7-5-0 0-0-0
141 Northwestern St. Southland 28-25-0 6-15-0 2-7-0 20-3-0 0-0-0
142 Kansas Big 12 15-35-0 2-13-0 4-10-0 9-12-0 0-0-0
143 Toledo MAC 23-25-0 7-8-0 8-12-0 8-5-0 0-0-0
144 Penn St. Big Ten 24-31-0 7-10-0 12-9-0 5-12-0 0-0-0
145 Hofstra CAA 20-27-0 11-11-0 5-7-0 4-9-0 0-0-0
146 UC Riverside Big West 26-22-0 8-6-0 2-7-0 16-9-0 0-0-0
147 South Alabama Sun Belt 18-31-0 5-12-0 2-5-0 11-14-0 0-0-0
148 UConn AAC 21-29-0 9-13-0 7-7-0 5-9-0 0-0-0
149 UAB C-USA 19-31-0 7-12-0 4-5-0 8-14-0 0-0-0
150 Loyola Chicago MVC 25-24-0 6-13-0 7-4-0 12-7-0 0-0-0
151 Monmouth MAAC 33-16-0 11-4-0 9-8-0 13-4-0 0-0-0
152 Col. of Charleston CAA 25-28-0 5-12-0 5-4-0 15-12-0 0-0-0
153 UNCW CAA 26-28-0 4-16-0 6-2-0 16-10-0 0-0-0
154 Boston College ACC 18-35-0 5-16-0 5-7-0 8-12-0 0-0-0
155 Lehigh Patriot 25-26-0 16-9-0 4-7-0 5-10-0 0-0-0
156 Central Mich. MAC 21-26-1 4-8-1 9-11-0 8-7-0 0-0-0
157 Kennesaw St. ASUN 26-27-0 7-11-0 3-3-0 16-13-0 0-0-0
158 Fordham Atlantic 10 26-23-0 8-11-0 6-9-0 12-3-0 0-0-0
159 Winthrop Big South 26-23-0 9-12-0 7-5-0 10-6-0 0-0-0
160 Western Ill. Summit League 20-19-0 10-8-0 6-5-0 4-6-0 0-0-0
161 Michigan St. Big Ten 16-34-0 4-14-0 8-10-0 4-10-0 0-0-0
162 Sacramento St. Big Sky 29-23-0 10-8-0 2-7-0 17-8-0 0-0-0
163 New Mexico MWC 12-38-0 3-15-0 6-10-0 3-13-0 0-0-0
164 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 26-23-0 9-8-0 7-8-0 10-7-0 0-0-0
165 Bucknell Patriot 27-22-0 9-15-0 8-5-0 10-2-0 0-0-0
166 Utah St. MWC 15-28-0 5-15-0 6-8-0 4-5-0 0-0-0
167 Harvard Ivy League 22-17-0 8-8-0 3-7-0 11-2-0 0-0-0
168 UTEP C-USA 17-32-0 4-19-0 4-8-0 9-5-0 0-0-0
169 Delaware CAA 22-29-0 8-11-0 5-9-0 9-9-0 0-0-0
170 UTSA C-USA 20-30-0 5-13-0 6-8-0 9-9-0 0-0-0
171 Creighton Big East 20-24-0 9-13-0 5-5-0 6-6-0 0-0-0
172 Mercer SoCon 25-27-0 8-6-0 5-8-0 12-13-0 0-0-0
173 Lamar University Southland 23-33-0 6-16-0 2-10-0 15-7-0 0-0-0
174 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 23-27-0 3-8-0 2-3-0 18-16-0 0-0-0
175 Radford Big South 23-32-0 5-15-0 5-10-0 13-7-0 0-0-0
176 Seton Hall Big East 24-24-0 5-5-0 7-10-0 12-9-0 0-0-0
177 Gardner-Webb Big South 30-24-0 12-10-0 2-0-0 16-14-0 0-0-0
178 Cal Poly Big West 10-38-0 4-14-0 4-15-0 2-9-0 0-0-0
179 UT Martin OVC 29-26-0 11-10-0 9-5-0 9-11-0 0-0-0
180 Pittsburgh ACC 13-41-0 6-17-0 3-12-0 4-12-0 0-0-0
181 Western Mich. MAC 18-26-0 6-10-0 7-9-0 5-7-0 0-0-0
182 Colgate Patriot 25-25-0 8-13-0 9-8-0 8-4-0 0-0-0
183 Houston Baptist Southland 23-23-0 9-18-0 5-1-0 9-4-0 0-0-0
184 Tennessee Tech OVC 18-27-0 8-11-0 4-4-0 6-12-0 0-0-0
185 SIUE OVC 16-27-0 7-10-0 6-7-0 3-10-0 0-0-0
186 Columbia Ivy League 24-19-0 7-10-0 6-6-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
187 Idaho St. Big Sky 20-25-0 5-12-0 6-11-0 9-2-0 0-0-0
188 ETSU SoCon 20-25-2 9-12-1 7-3-1 4-10-0 0-0-0
189 Charlotte C-USA 15-35-0 3-16-0 1-3-0 11-16-0 0-0-0
190 Saint Francis (PA) NEC 26-28-0 10-10-0 9-13-0 7-5-0 0-0-0
191 Jacksonville ASUN 15-35-0 2-17-0 1-1-0 12-17-0 0-0-0
192 Furman SoCon 13-36-0 6-13-0 5-10-0 2-13-0 0-0-0
193 Dayton Atlantic 10 24-25-0 10-13-0 7-8-0 7-4-0 0-0-0
194 Marist MAAC 33-20-0 20-12-0 4-5-0 9-3-0 0-0-0
195 Florida A&M MEAC 22-25-0 7-8-0 8-15-0 7-2-0 0-0-0
196 Stetson ASUN 16-31-0 3-8-0 2-5-0 11-18-0 0-0-0
197 Central Ark. Southland 26-27-0 9-11-0 6-2-0 11-13-0 0-1-0
198 California Baptist WAC 21-33-0 3-19-0 7-8-0 11-6-0 0-0-0
199 Bowling Green MAC 22-29-0 10-14-0 4-9-0 8-6-0 0-0-0
200 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 18-31-0 6-14-0 1-10-0 11-7-0 0-0-0
201 Binghamton America East 17-27-0 7-13-0 4-6-0 6-8-0 0-0-0
202 Charleston So. Big South 18-35-0 7-11-0 1-4-0 10-20-0 0-0-0
203 Detroit Mercy Horizon 27-25-0 9-8-0 8-13-0 10-4-0 0-0-0
204 UMBC America East 26-22-0 4-12-0 6-4-0 16-6-0 0-0-0
205 UMKC WAC 26-27-0 7-14-0 12-4-0 7-9-0 0-0-0
206 Evansville MVC 19-29-0 6-12-0 7-8-0 6-9-0 0-0-0
207 Portland St. Big Sky 19-29-0 4-11-0 9-11-0 6-7-0 0-0-0
208 Indiana St. MVC 17-34-0 7-20-0 6-4-0 4-10-0 0-0-0
209 George Mason Atlantic 10 22-26-0 4-8-0 3-4-0 15-14-0 0-0-0
210 Bethune-Cookman MEAC 22-28-0 5-7-0 5-17-0 12-4-0 0-0-0
211 Valparaiso MVC 15-30-0 5-15-0 5-6-0 5-9-0 0-0-0
212 Army West Point Patriot 26-30-0 9-11-0 9-12-0 8-7-0 0-0-0
213 Fairfield MAAC 26-22-0 12-11-0 6-5-0 8-6-0 0-0-0
214 Penn Ivy League 22-17-0 8-7-0 5-4-0 9-6-0 0-0-0
215 Drexel CAA 30-25-1 8-10-0 8-9-0 14-6-1 0-0-0
216 Montana Big Sky 24-29-0 4-13-0 4-12-0 12-4-0 4-0-0
217 Utah Valley WAC 15-29-0 5-16-0 4-6-0 6-7-0 0-0-0
218 Eastern Ill. OVC 16-39-0 5-12-0 7-16-0 4-11-0 0-0-0
219 Butler Big East 16-32-0 4-13-0 9-12-0 3-7-0 0-0-0
220 Pacific WCC 17-32-0 1-14-0 3-5-0 13-13-0 0-0-0
221 Sacred Heart NEC 28-25-0 11-12-0 10-3-0 7-10-0 0-0-0
222 Western Caro. SoCon 20-30-0 13-14-0 1-6-0 6-10-0 0-0-0
223 Georgetown Big East 14-35-0 4-10-0 5-15-0 5-10-0 0-0-0
224 Prairie View SWAC 28-15-0 9-7-0 8-4-0 11-4-0 0-0-0
225 North Dakota Summit League 22-33-0 10-20-0 10-9-0 2-4-0 0-0-0
226 Georgia St. Sun Belt 8-46-0 1-23-0 1-9-0 6-14-0 0-0-0
227 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 11-40-0 5-17-0 3-11-0 3-12-0 0-0-0
228 Tennessee St. OVC 13-29-0 3-9-0 4-5-0 6-15-0 0-0-0
229 Youngstown St. Horizon 25-27-0 11-12-0 2-9-0 12-6-0 0-0-0
230 Abilene Christian Southland 13-31-0 1-12-0 4-8-0 8-11-0 0-0-0
231 Siena MAAC 19-23-0 5-7-0 3-9-0 11-7-0 0-0-0
232 San Diego WCC 19-27-0 0-11-0 3-6-0 16-10-0 0-0-0
233 UC Santa Barbara Big West 8-41-0 2-13-0 4-14-0 2-14-0 0-0-0
234 Dartmouth Ivy League 13-27-0 8-13-0 1-9-0 4-5-0 0-0-0
235 Texas Southern SWAC 20-25-0 9-9-0 0-7-0 9-7-0 2-2-0
236 Hampton Big South 23-25-0 4-11-0 1-1-0 18-13-0 0-0-0
237 Northern Ky. Horizon 19-31-0 6-11-0 7-11-0 6-9-0 0-0-0
238 Saint Mary's (CA) WCC 12-36-0 2-15-0 2-9-0 8-12-0 0-0-0
239 Iona MAAC 18-25-0 6-13-0 2-7-0 10-5-0 0-0-0
240 Bryant NEC 13-32-0 5-15-0 3-13-0 5-4-0 0-0-0
241 Northern Colo. Big Sky 11-37-0 3-17-0 4-14-0 3-6-0 1-0-0
242 Hartford America East 20-29-0 10-16-0 0-3-0 10-10-0 0-0-0
243 Manhattan MAAC 21-29-0 7-18-0 5-5-0 9-6-0 0-0-0
244 Princeton Ivy League 14-27-0 6-12-0 2-7-0 6-8-0 0-0-0
245 Santa Clara WCC 15-32-0 5-11-0 4-9-0 6-12-0 0-0-0
246 Norfolk St. MEAC 24-18-0 7-9-0 2-2-0 15-7-0 0-0-0
247 Mt. St. Mary's NEC 25-26-0 9-17-0 3-4-0 13-5-0 0-0-0
248 Wright St. Horizon 22-33-0 7-18-0 8-4-0 7-11-0 0-0-0
249 IUPUI Horizon 17-36-0 7-16-0 5-14-0 5-6-0 0-0-0
250 Maine America East 12-29-0 5-15-0 4-7-0 3-7-0 0-0-0
251 Yale Ivy League 16-27-0 7-9-0 2-5-0 7-13-0 0-0-0
252 Purdue Fort Wayne Summit League 9-37-0 1-15-0 4-12-0 4-10-0 0-0-0
253 A&M-Corpus Christi Southland 8-43-0 2-22-0 1-7-0 5-14-0 0-0-0
254 Oakland Horizon 17-31-0 6-19-0 5-5-0 6-7-0 0-0-0
255 CSU Bakersfield WAC 14-30-0 3-14-0 8-7-0 3-9-0 0-0-0
256 Buffalo MAC 10-32-1 4-14-0 3-13-0 3-5-1 0-0-0
257 Alabama St. SWAC 20-22-0 7-9-0 4-1-0 9-12-0 0-0-0
258 Akron MAC 13-31-2 4-15-1 6-8-1 3-8-0 0-0-0
259 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 17-29-0 1-16-0 10-4-0 6-9-0 0-0-0
260 Robert Morris NEC 14-37-0 5-17-0 4-10-0 5-10-0 0-0-0
261 Canisius MAAC 14-31-0 4-16-0 1-9-0 9-6-0 0-0-0
262 Central Conn. St. NEC 17-24-0 8-11-0 4-3-0 5-10-0 0-0-0
263 Incarnate Word Southland 8-40-0 6-16-0 1-9-0 1-15-0 0-0-0
264 Presbyterian Big South 11-40-2 5-17-0 3-10-0 3-13-2 0-0-0
265 Wagner NEC 15-29-0 4-15-0 4-7-0 7-7-0 0-0-0
266 Alcorn SWAC 13-22-0 4-10-0 0-3-0 5-8-0 4-1-0
267 Alabama A&M SWAC 21-17-0 7-11-0 3-4-0 8-1-0 3-1-0
268 N.C. Central MEAC 21-24-0 7-10-0 3-5-0 11-9-0 0-0-0
269 Holy Cross Patriot 14-35-0 8-13-0 1-11-0 5-11-0 0-0-0
270 Omaha Summit League 4-43-0 1-17-0 2-16-0 1-10-0 0-0-0
271 Niagara MAAC 15-30-0 7-15-0 1-8-0 7-7-0 0-0-0
272 Cleveland St. Horizon 15-34-0 4-17-0 5-11-0 6-6-0 0-0-0
273 Quinnipiac MAAC 17-33-0 5-14-0 4-13-0 8-6-0 0-0-0
274 Morgan St. MEAC 22-24-0 9-10-0 4-10-0 9-4-0 0-0-0
275 Green Bay Horizon 12-29-0 2-16-0 5-6-0 5-7-0 0-0-0
276 Mississippi Val. SWAC 9-30-0 3-16-0 0-9-0 6-5-0 0-0-0
277 Jackson St. SWAC 11-33-0 2-13-0 2-14-0 5-4-0 2-2-0
278 Lafayette Patriot 8-40-1 2-18-1 1-9-0 5-13-0 0-0-0
279 Brown Ivy League 12-27-0 5-12-0 4-6-0 3-9-0 0-0-0
280 Fairleigh Dickinson NEC 14-35-0 6-21-0 4-8-0 4-6-0 0-0-0
281 La Salle Atlantic 10 12-33-0 4-15-0 5-8-0 3-10-0 0-0-0
282 Morehead St. OVC 3-42-0 1-19-0 0-7-0 2-16-0 0-0-0
283 Cornell Ivy League 10-35-0 2-11-0 1-12-0 6-11-0 1-1-0
284 N.C. A&T MEAC 8-29-0 3-16-0 1-5-0 4-8-0 0-0-0
285 Delaware St. MEAC 10-30-0 1-14-0 2-10-0 7-6-0 0-0-0
286 Howard MEAC 16-28-0 7-14-0 1-9-0 7-5-0 1-0-0
287 Rider MAAC 10-44-0 4-26-0 0-8-0 6-10-0 0-0-0
288 Southern Utah Big Sky 6-34-0 1-17-0 2-6-0 3-11-0 0-0-0
289 Coppin St. MEAC 9-30-0 1-18-0 1-3-0 7-9-0 0-0-0
290 St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 9-36-0 5-13-0 2-9-0 2-14-0 0-0-0
291 Savannah St. MEAC 9-27-0 1-6-0 2-9-0 6-12-0 0-0-0
292 Ark.-Pine Bluff SWAC 4-32-0 0-16-0 0-8-0 3-5-0 1-3-0
293 Grambling SWAC 16-23-0 3-10-0 1-4-0 2-9-0 10-0-0
294 UMES MEAC 9-31-0 3-20-0 1-4-0 5-7-0 0-0-0
295 Southern U. SWAC 8-25-0 2-9-0 1-8-0 5-8-0 0-0-0
296 Saint Peter's MAAC 9-45-0 7-25-0 1-9-0 1-11-0 0-0-0
297 South Carolina St. MEAC 0-36-0 0-18-0 0-6-0 0-12-0 0-0-0

 

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RPI below. Based on the next to last RPI of the pre-tournament season, here's a guess at the parameters of who gets in.

There are 32 conferences who play Division I softball.
Right now, I'd guess that the Big Ten gets 5. NW, Minn, Michigan, Wiscy, Ohio State.
The SEC gets 12. All but A&M
The ACC gets 5 likely. FSU, VaTech, Notre Dame, North Carolina and the maybe Louisville.
The Pac 10 gets 5. UCLA, Washington, Arizona, Arizona State and Stanford. Oregon State at 41 is definitely on the bubble.
The Big XII gets 4. OU, OSU, Texas, Texas Tech.

That's 31 teams.
There are 27 other conferences. That's 58. So bubble teams would include teams in the 30's RPI who have a competing team in the conference win the CCT.

There are several non P5 teams that are in. James Madison plays almost nobody, but they have one of the top ten players in the country, who is a pitcher who also is a great hitter. They are 14 RPI. It's very unlikely that they lose the Colonial Tournament at home, but if the do, somebody loses a spot.

Louisiana is in at 18 RPI. If they lose their CCT, then another spot is lost. The reg season champ doesn't get to host. The Sun Belt CCT is in San Marcus Texas. There are three other decent teams in the Sun Belt.

Drake is 23 RPI and has a great pitcher. Nobody wants Drake in their regional. They have to be in. If they lose the Missouri Valley tournament, somebody else loses a spot. The MVC tournament is at Bradley.

The real bubble, depending on CCT upsets is likely around 40. Lipscomb is RPI 40. They are in the A-Sun. The ASun tournament is at Florida Gulf Coast. GFCU is the 3rd best team in the conference. Liberty is RPI 52. Gulf Coast is 67. If either of them win the tourney, Lipscomb will be interesting.

And there are non P5 conferences with more than one team under 40 RPI. Tulsa's conference has the GH is 26. South Florida is 31. Houston is a bubble dangerous 39. The CCT is in Houston.

And the Mountain West has two in the top half of the 30's. Boise is 33 and Colorado St is 35. Plus likely last four out would be UNLV at 43.

Anybody who is RPI 35-45 is likely in the severe need of winning their CCT this week. The high 30s are likely in. But upsets elsewhere could cause all kinds of rearrangements. The Mountain West follows the lead of the PAC 12. No Conference tournament. Colorado St ended their season earlier Monday, winning at BYU 2-0. They don't play this weekend. Boise State plays three games at Fresno this weekend. UNLV hosts New Mexico for 3.

Rank Name Conf W-L Road Neut Home Non-Div I
1 Oklahoma ...................... Big 12 ... 48-2-0 20-0-0 15-2-0 13-0-0 0-0-0
2 Washington .................... Pac-12 . 42-7-0 14-1-0 16-3-0 12-3-0 0-0-0
3 UCLA ............................. Pac-12 . 45-3-0 14-1-0 14-1-0 17-1-0 0-0-0
4 Arizona ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Pac-12 . 40-11-0 14-1-0 5-3-0 21-7-0 0-0-0
5 Florida St. ....................... ACC ......48-8-0 14-6-0 9-0-0 25-2-0 0-0-0
6 Texas .............................. Big 12 ... 41-12-0 11-5-0 7-2-0 23-5-0 0-0-0
7 Alabama ......................... SEC ....... 50-6-0 15-3-0 12-0-0 23-3-0 0-0-0
8 Minnesota ....................... Big Ten .. 39-11-0 15-6-0 14-4-0 10-1-0 0-0-0
9 LSU ................................ SEC ....... 40-15-0 11-5-0 3-2-0 26-8-0 0-0-0
10 Florida .......................... SEC ....... 40-15-0 11-5-0 11-2-0 18-8-0 0-0-0
11 Northwestern ................ Big Ten .. 42-9-0 12-6-0 17-2-0 13-1-0 0-0-0
12 Oklahoma St. ................ Big 12 ..... 37-14-0 13-6-0 9-5-0 15-3-0 0-0-0
13 Tennessee .................... SEC ......... 39-13-0 10-6-0 11-2-0 18-5-0 0-0-0
14 James Madison ............. CAA ......... 44-7-0 13-3-0 10-3-0 21-1-0 0-0-0
15 Kentucky ....................... SEC ........ 32-21-0 12-9-0 10-6-0 10-6-0 0-0-0
16 Michigan ........................ Big Ten ... 40-11-0 15-5-0 10-6-0 15-0-0 0-0-0
17 Ole Miss ......................... SEC ......... 36-16-0 8-9-0 7-3-0 21-4-0 0-0-0
18 Louisiana ....................... Sun Belt ... 47-4-0 19-2-0 3-1-0 25-1-0 0-0-0
19 Texas Tech ..................... Big 12 ...... 38-13-0 7-6-0 15-1-0 16-6-0 0-0-0
20 South Carolina ............... SEC ......... 36-16-0 7-7-0 8-2-0 21-7-0 0-0-0
21 Auburn .............................SEC ........... 35-18-0 5-8-0 6-3-0 24-7-0 0-0-0
22 Arkansas ......................... SEC ........... 38-17-0 6-10-0 7-1-0 25-6-0 0-0-0
23 Drake .............................. MVC .......... 40-14-0 13-7-0 11-7-0 16-0-0 0-0-0
24 Virginia Tech ................... ACC ,,,,,,,,,, 45-8-0 19-2-0 11-1-0 15-5-0 0-0-0
25 Georgia ........................... SEC ........... 39-16-0 7-7-0 3-1-0 29-8-0 0-0-0
26 Tulsa ............................... AAC ........... 35-17-0 10-10-0 12-2-0 13-5-0 0-0-0
27 Stanford .......................... Pac-12 ....... 32-15-0 6-3-0 8-1-0 18-11-0 0-0-0
28 Arizona St. ...................... Pac-12 ....... 30-18-0 3-6-0 4-1-0 23-11-0 0-0-0
29 North Carolina ................ ACC ........... 33-17-0 12-4-0 3-6-0 18-7-0 0-0-0
30 Missouri ........................... SEC ............ 32-22-0 7-9-0 12-6-0 13-7-0 0-0-0
31 South Fla. ........................ AAC ........... 39-17-0 11-3-0 4-4-0 24-10-0 0-0-0
32 Mississippi St. .................. SEC ........... 32-20-0 7-9-0 4-3-0 21-8-0 0-0-0
33 Boise St. .......................... MWC ......... 34-11-0 7-7-0 16-1-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
34 Notre Dame ..................... ACC ........... 35-15-0 10-6-0 13-7-0 12-2-0 0-0-0
35 Colorado St. .................... MWC .......... 37-10-0 10-4-0 8-3-0 19-3-0 0-0-0
36 Louisville .......................... ACC .......... 33-20-0 7-10-0 10-5-0 16-5-0 0-0-0
37 Ohio St. ........................... Big Ten ....... 34-15-0 11-7-0 13-5-0 10-3-0 0-0-0
38 Wisconsin ........................ Big Ten ....... 38-11-0 13-6-0 15-2-0 10-3-0 0-0-0
39 Houston ........................... AAC ............ 37-17-0 12-7-0 2-0-0 23-10-0 0-0-0
40 Lipscomb .......................... ASUN ......... 38-13-1 9-7-0 13-2-1 16-4-0 0-0-0
41 Oregon St. ........................ Pac-12 ......... 24-18-0 12-8-0 12-3-0 0-7-0 0-0-0
42 Southern Ill. ...................... MVC ............ 33-12-0 9-3-0 8-2-0 16-7-0 0-0-0
43 UNLV ............................... MWC ........... 33-14-0 10-5-0 6-3-0 17-6-0 0-0-0
44 Illinois ............................... Big Ten ........ 31-22-0 9-8-0 10-7-0 12-7-0 0-0-0
45 Texas A&M ........................ SEC ............. 28-24-0 2-11-0 1-2-0 25-11-0 0-0-0
46 Cal St. Fullerton ................ Big West ...... 35-16-0 9-6-0 6-5-0 20-5-0 0-0-0
47 San Jose St. ..................... MWC ............. 35-15-0 10-4-0 4-7-0 21-4-0 0-0-0
48 Indiana .............................. Big Ten .......... 35-20-0 8-12-0 16-3-0 11-5-0 0-0-0
49 North Dakota St. ................ Summit Leage 38-13-0 12-5-0 19-6-0 7-2-0 0-0-0
50 Louisiana Tech .................. C-USA ........... 41-14-0 14-8-0 9-1-0 18-5-0 0-0-0
51 UCF AAC 34-20-0 8-4-0 6-3-0 20-13-0 0-0-0
52 Liberty ASUN 36-18-0 10-10-0 5-6-0 21-2-0 0-0-0
53 Western Ky. C-USA 37-12-0 11-7-0 8-2-0 18-3-0 0-0-0
54 Oregon Pac-12 22-27-0 5-11-0 13-6-0 4-10-0 0-0-0
55 North Texas C-USA 34-17-0 11-12-0 7-3-0 16-2-0 0-0-0
56 Baylor Big 12 18-31-0 5-8-0 4-3-0 9-20-0 0-0-0
57 Seattle U WAC 36-15-0 7-5-0 13-6-0 16-4-0 0-0-0
58 Troy Sun Belt 37-18-0 9-9-0 11-3-0 17-6-0 0-0-0
59 Iowa St. Big 12 31-22-0 8-8-0 14-6-0 9-8-0 0-0-0
60 UT Arlington Sun Belt 29-24-0 6-13-0 6-5-0 17-6-0 0-0-0
61 Texas St. Sun Belt 28-23-0 13-10-0 6-3-0 9-10-0 0-0-0
62 Wichita St. AAC 31-24-0 9-7-0 11-7-0 11-10-0 0-0-0
63 Grand Canyon WAC 30-22-0 7-6-0 1-5-0 22-11-0 0-0-0
64 California Pac-12 28-27-0 8-11-0 13-5-0 7-11-0 0-0-0
65 Southeast Mo. St. OVC 41-15-0 16-7-0 15-5-0 10-3-0 0-0-0
66 Kent St. MAC 25-22-0 15-11-0 4-6-0 6-5-0 0-0-0
67 FGCU ASUN 28-20-0 10-3-0 5-4-0 13-13-0 0-0-0
68 Miami (OH) MAC 33-14-0 14-5-0 7-5-0 12-4-0 0-0-0
69 UC Davis Big West 37-13-0 10-4-0 7-3-0 20-6-0 0-0-0
70 USC Upstate Big South 40-13-0 9-9-0 4-3-0 27-1-0 0-0-0
71 New Mexico St. WAC 31-20-0 8-7-0 3-6-0 20-7-0 0-0-0
72 LMU (CA) WCC 35-18-0 5-7-0 8-3-0 22-8-0 0-0-0
73 Fresno St. MWC 33-18-0 6-10-0 7-3-0 20-5-0 0-0-0
74 Elon CAA 31-18-1 9-9-0 3-2-1 19-7-0 0-0-0
74 Longwood Big South 34-19-0 11-13-0 8-1-0 15-5-0 0-0-0
76 Missouri St. MVC 30-20-0 12-7-0 10-5-0 8-8-0 0-0-0
77 UNC Greensboro SoCon 30-21-0 12-5-0 5-5-0 13-11-0 0-0-0
78 Duke ACC 25-30-0 8-10-0 3-6-0 14-14-0 0-0-0
79 Long Beach St. Big West 23-24-0 5-5-0 9-7-0 9-12-0 0-0-0
80 San Diego St. MWC 24-24-0 5-9-0 6-6-0 13-9-0 0-0-0
81 Rutgers Big Ten 28-23-0 7-12-0 13-6-0 8-5-0 0-0-0
82 Marshall C-USA 36-18-0 13-7-0 10-5-0 13-6-0 0-0-0
83 Nicholls St. Southland 32-20-0 11-8-0 6-7-0 15-5-0 0-0-0
84 Bradley MVC 28-20-0 13-6-0 8-8-0 7-6-0 0-0-0
85 Sam Houston St. Southland 31-21-0 12-8-0 6-8-0 13-5-0 0-0-0
86 Jacksonville St. OVC 34-13-0 9-5-0 7-5-0 18-3-0 0-0-0
87 NC State ACC 29-26-0 9-9-0 5-3-0 15-14-0 0-0-0
88 McNeese Southland 28-28-0 9-12-0 3-2-0 16-14-0 0-0-0
89 Georgia Tech ACC 30-26-0 9-16-0 3-2-0 18-8-0 0-0-0
90 Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 35-19-0 7-11-0 3-0-0 25-8-0 0-0-0
91 DePaul Big East 32-14-0 11-9-0 16-3-0 5-2-0 0-0-0
92 Nebraska Big Ten 21-30-0 6-14-0 8-7-0 7-9-0 0-0-0
93 Utah Pac-12 18-33-0 3-10-0 10-12-0 5-11-0 0-0-0
94 Eastern Ky. OVC 30-18-0 10-10-0 9-4-0 11-4-0 0-0-0
95 Purdue Big Ten 30-26-0 2-13-0 19-6-0 9-7-0 0-0-0
96 Southern Miss. C-USA 30-21-0 11-12-0 3-2-0 16-7-0 0-0-0
97 BYU WCC 26-22-0 9-9-0 9-11-0 8-2-0 0-0-0
98 Hawaii Big West 32-14-0 5-4-0 3-1-0 24-9-0 0-0-0
99 SFA Southland 34-19-0 14-14-0 9-2-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
100 UNI MVC 26-22-0 13-10-0 2-5-0 11-7-0 0-0-0
101 Austin Peay OVC 31-20-0 14-12-0 8-5-0 9-3-0 0-0-0
102 South Dakota St. Summit League 34-15-0 7-9-0 19-4-0 8-2-0 0-0-0
103 Boston U. Patriot 34-18-0 7-9-0 12-9-0 15-0-0 0-0-0
104 Chattanooga SoCon 33-14-0 8-3-0 13-6-0 12-5-0 0-0-0
104 Ohio MAC 31-19-0 12-11-0 12-4-0 7-4-0 0-0-0
106 Appalachian St. Sun Belt 31-22-0 16-10-0 6-3-0 9-9-0 0-0-0
107 Iowa Big Ten 19-31-0 3-14-0 13-7-0 3-10-0 0-0-0
108 North Ala. ASUN 25-18-0 16-6-0 5-4-0 4-8-0 0-0-0
109 Nevada MWC 26-23-0 9-11-0 10-5-0 7-7-0 0-0-0
110 Virginia ACC 22-30-0 8-16-0 4-5-0 10-9-0 0-0-0
111 Northern Ill. MAC 26-23-0 8-11-0 9-7-0 9-5-0 0-0-0
112 UMass Lowell America East 27-18-0 12-11-0 6-6-0 9-1-0 0-0-0
113 St. John's (NY) Big East 26-21-0 8-6-0 7-10-0 11-5-0 0-0-0
114 Stony Brook America East 29-17-0 11-10-0 3-4-0 15-3-0 0-0-0
115 North Florida ASUN 26-22-0 6-6-0 8-4-0 12-12-0 0-0-0
116 FIU C-USA 26-25-0 4-8-0 8-2-0 14-15-0 0-0-0
117 LIU Brooklyn NEC 33-16-0 11-6-0 11-10-0 11-0-0 0-0-0
118 Weber St. Big Sky 23-19-0 8-9-0 6-8-0 9-2-0 0-0-0
119 Ball St. MAC 34-18-0 10-7-0 18-7-0 6-4-0 0-0-0
120 Towson CAA 27-25-0 7-12-0 7-5-0 13-8-0 0-0-0
121 Belmont OVC 30-21-0 8-7-0 9-5-0 13-9-0 0-0-0
122 Murray St. OVC 26-25-0 10-10-0 5-9-0 11-6-0 0-0-0
123 UIC Horizon 30-21-0 10-7-0 7-10-0 13-4-0 0-0-0
124 Maryland Big Ten 20-31-0 4-15-0 10-5-0 6-11-0 0-0-0
125 Middle Tenn. C-USA 27-26-0 9-8-0 10-9-0 8-9-0 0-0-0
126 Syracuse ACC 21-31-0 6-16-0 7-7-0 8-8-0 0-0-0
127 Albany (NY) America East 26-15-0 10-3-0 4-7-0 12-5-0 0-0-0
128 George Washington Atlantic 10 39-15-0 10-5-0 6-2-0 23-8-0 0-0-0
129 CSUN Big West 25-26-0 8-7-0 3-9-0 14-10-0 0-0-0
130 East Carolina AAC 22-31-0 7-14-0 7-3-0 8-14-0 0-0-0
131 Samford SoCon 22-29-0 7-13-0 3-6-0 12-10-0 0-0-0
131 South Dakota Summit League 31-24-0 7-10-0 13-11-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
133 Campbell Big South 25-26-0 11-10-0 2-7-0 12-9-0 0-0-0
133 Illinois St. MVC 17-32-0 10-11-0 5-15-0 2-6-0 0-0-0
135 Fla. Atlantic C-USA 20-30-0 3-12-0 3-6-0 14-12-0 0-0-0
136 Massachusetts Atlantic 10 25-20-0 7-8-0 10-8-0 8-4-0 0-0-0
137 Southeastern La. Southland 32-21-0 9-9-0 3-2-0 20-10-0 0-0-0
138 Memphis AAC 22-32-0 3-15-0 5-4-0 14-13-0 0-0-0
139 Providence Big East 30-21-0 8-10-0 11-9-0 11-2-0 0-0-0
140 Villanova Big East 28-23-0 9-8-0 12-10-0 7-5-0 0-0-0
141 Northwestern St. Southland 28-25-0 6-15-0 2-7-0 20-3-0 0-0-0
142 Kansas Big 12 15-35-0 2-13-0 4-10-0 9-12-0 0-0-0
143 Toledo MAC 23-25-0 7-8-0 8-12-0 8-5-0 0-0-0
144 Penn St. Big Ten 24-31-0 7-10-0 12-9-0 5-12-0 0-0-0
145 Hofstra CAA 20-27-0 11-11-0 5-7-0 4-9-0 0-0-0
146 UC Riverside Big West 26-22-0 8-6-0 2-7-0 16-9-0 0-0-0
147 South Alabama Sun Belt 18-31-0 5-12-0 2-5-0 11-14-0 0-0-0
148 UConn AAC 21-29-0 9-13-0 7-7-0 5-9-0 0-0-0
149 UAB C-USA 19-31-0 7-12-0 4-5-0 8-14-0 0-0-0
150 Loyola Chicago MVC 25-24-0 6-13-0 7-4-0 12-7-0 0-0-0
151 Monmouth MAAC 33-16-0 11-4-0 9-8-0 13-4-0 0-0-0
152 Col. of Charleston CAA 25-28-0 5-12-0 5-4-0 15-12-0 0-0-0
153 UNCW CAA 26-28-0 4-16-0 6-2-0 16-10-0 0-0-0
154 Boston College ACC 18-35-0 5-16-0 5-7-0 8-12-0 0-0-0
155 Lehigh Patriot 25-26-0 16-9-0 4-7-0 5-10-0 0-0-0
156 Central Mich. MAC 21-26-1 4-8-1 9-11-0 8-7-0 0-0-0
157 Kennesaw St. ASUN 26-27-0 7-11-0 3-3-0 16-13-0 0-0-0
158 Fordham Atlantic 10 26-23-0 8-11-0 6-9-0 12-3-0 0-0-0
159 Winthrop Big South 26-23-0 9-12-0 7-5-0 10-6-0 0-0-0
160 Western Ill. Summit League 20-19-0 10-8-0 6-5-0 4-6-0 0-0-0
161 Michigan St. Big Ten 16-34-0 4-14-0 8-10-0 4-10-0 0-0-0
162 Sacramento St. Big Sky 29-23-0 10-8-0 2-7-0 17-8-0 0-0-0
163 New Mexico MWC 12-38-0 3-15-0 6-10-0 3-13-0 0-0-0
164 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 26-23-0 9-8-0 7-8-0 10-7-0 0-0-0
165 Bucknell Patriot 27-22-0 9-15-0 8-5-0 10-2-0 0-0-0
166 Utah St. MWC 15-28-0 5-15-0 6-8-0 4-5-0 0-0-0
167 Harvard Ivy League 22-17-0 8-8-0 3-7-0 11-2-0 0-0-0
168 UTEP C-USA 17-32-0 4-19-0 4-8-0 9-5-0 0-0-0
169 Delaware CAA 22-29-0 8-11-0 5-9-0 9-9-0 0-0-0
170 UTSA C-USA 20-30-0 5-13-0 6-8-0 9-9-0 0-0-0
171 Creighton Big East 20-24-0 9-13-0 5-5-0 6-6-0 0-0-0
172 Mercer SoCon 25-27-0 8-6-0 5-8-0 12-13-0 0-0-0
173 Lamar University Southland 23-33-0 6-16-0 2-10-0 15-7-0 0-0-0
174 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 23-27-0 3-8-0 2-3-0 18-16-0 0-0-0
175 Radford Big South 23-32-0 5-15-0 5-10-0 13-7-0 0-0-0
176 Seton Hall Big East 24-24-0 5-5-0 7-10-0 12-9-0 0-0-0
177 Gardner-Webb Big South 30-24-0 12-10-0 2-0-0 16-14-0 0-0-0
178 Cal Poly Big West 10-38-0 4-14-0 4-15-0 2-9-0 0-0-0
179 UT Martin OVC 29-26-0 11-10-0 9-5-0 9-11-0 0-0-0
180 Pittsburgh ACC 13-41-0 6-17-0 3-12-0 4-12-0 0-0-0
181 Western Mich. MAC 18-26-0 6-10-0 7-9-0 5-7-0 0-0-0
182 Colgate Patriot 25-25-0 8-13-0 9-8-0 8-4-0 0-0-0
183 Houston Baptist Southland 23-23-0 9-18-0 5-1-0 9-4-0 0-0-0
184 Tennessee Tech OVC 18-27-0 8-11-0 4-4-0 6-12-0 0-0-0
185 SIUE OVC 16-27-0 7-10-0 6-7-0 3-10-0 0-0-0
186 Columbia Ivy League 24-19-0 7-10-0 6-6-0 11-3-0 0-0-0
187 Idaho St. Big Sky 20-25-0 5-12-0 6-11-0 9-2-0 0-0-0
188 ETSU SoCon 20-25-2 9-12-1 7-3-1 4-10-0 0-0-0
189 Charlotte C-USA 15-35-0 3-16-0 1-3-0 11-16-0 0-0-0
190 Saint Francis (PA) NEC 26-28-0 10-10-0 9-13-0 7-5-0 0-0-0
191 Jacksonville ASUN 15-35-0 2-17-0 1-1-0 12-17-0 0-0-0
192 Furman SoCon 13-36-0 6-13-0 5-10-0 2-13-0 0-0-0
193 Dayton Atlantic 10 24-25-0 10-13-0 7-8-0 7-4-0 0-0-0
194 Marist MAAC 33-20-0 20-12-0 4-5-0 9-3-0 0-0-0
195 Florida A&M MEAC 22-25-0 7-8-0 8-15-0 7-2-0 0-0-0
196 Stetson ASUN 16-31-0 3-8-0 2-5-0 11-18-0 0-0-0
197 Central Ark. Southland 26-27-0 9-11-0 6-2-0 11-13-0 0-1-0
198 California Baptist WAC 21-33-0 3-19-0 7-8-0 11-6-0 0-0-0
199 Bowling Green MAC 22-29-0 10-14-0 4-9-0 8-6-0 0-0-0
200 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 18-31-0 6-14-0 1-10-0 11-7-0 0-0-0
201 Binghamton America East 17-27-0 7-13-0 4-6-0 6-8-0 0-0-0
202 Charleston So. Big South 18-35-0 7-11-0 1-4-0 10-20-0 0-0-0
203 Detroit Mercy Horizon 27-25-0 9-8-0 8-13-0 10-4-0 0-0-0
204 UMBC America East 26-22-0 4-12-0 6-4-0 16-6-0 0-0-0
205 UMKC WAC 26-27-0 7-14-0 12-4-0 7-9-0 0-0-0
206 Evansville MVC 19-29-0 6-12-0 7-8-0 6-9-0 0-0-0
207 Portland St. Big Sky 19-29-0 4-11-0 9-11-0 6-7-0 0-0-0
208 Indiana St. MVC 17-34-0 7-20-0 6-4-0 4-10-0 0-0-0
209 George Mason Atlantic 10 22-26-0 4-8-0 3-4-0 15-14-0 0-0-0
210 Bethune-Cookman MEAC 22-28-0 5-7-0 5-17-0 12-4-0 0-0-0
211 Valparaiso MVC 15-30-0 5-15-0 5-6-0 5-9-0 0-0-0
212 Army West Point Patriot 26-30-0 9-11-0 9-12-0 8-7-0 0-0-0
213 Fairfield MAAC 26-22-0 12-11-0 6-5-0 8-6-0 0-0-0
214 Penn Ivy League 22-17-0 8-7-0 5-4-0 9-6-0 0-0-0
215 Drexel CAA 30-25-1 8-10-0 8-9-0 14-6-1 0-0-0
216 Montana Big Sky 24-29-0 4-13-0 4-12-0 12-4-0 4-0-0
217 Utah Valley WAC 15-29-0 5-16-0 4-6-0 6-7-0 0-0-0
218 Eastern Ill. OVC 16-39-0 5-12-0 7-16-0 4-11-0 0-0-0
219 Butler Big East 16-32-0 4-13-0 9-12-0 3-7-0 0-0-0
220 Pacific WCC 17-32-0 1-14-0 3-5-0 13-13-0 0-0-0
221 Sacred Heart NEC 28-25-0 11-12-0 10-3-0 7-10-0 0-0-0
222 Western Caro. SoCon 20-30-0 13-14-0 1-6-0 6-10-0 0-0-0
223 Georgetown Big East 14-35-0 4-10-0 5-15-0 5-10-0 0-0-0
224 Prairie View SWAC 28-15-0 9-7-0 8-4-0 11-4-0 0-0-0
225 North Dakota Summit League 22-33-0 10-20-0 10-9-0 2-4-0 0-0-0
226 Georgia St. Sun Belt 8-46-0 1-23-0 1-9-0 6-14-0 0-0-0
227 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 11-40-0 5-17-0 3-11-0 3-12-0 0-0-0
228 Tennessee St. OVC 13-29-0 3-9-0 4-5-0 6-15-0 0-0-0
229 Youngstown St. Horizon 25-27-0 11-12-0 2-9-0 12-6-0 0-0-0
230 Abilene Christian Southland 13-31-0 1-12-0 4-8-0 8-11-0 0-0-0
231 Siena MAAC 19-23-0 5-7-0 3-9-0 11-7-0 0-0-0
232 San Diego WCC 19-27-0 0-11-0 3-6-0 16-10-0 0-0-0
233 UC Santa Barbara Big West 8-41-0 2-13-0 4-14-0 2-14-0 0-0-0
234 Dartmouth Ivy League 13-27-0 8-13-0 1-9-0 4-5-0 0-0-0
235 Texas Southern SWAC 20-25-0 9-9-0 0-7-0 9-7-0 2-2-0
236 Hampton Big South 23-25-0 4-11-0 1-1-0 18-13-0 0-0-0
237 Northern Ky. Horizon 19-31-0 6-11-0 7-11-0 6-9-0 0-0-0
238 Saint Mary's (CA) WCC 12-36-0 2-15-0 2-9-0 8-12-0 0-0-0
239 Iona MAAC 18-25-0 6-13-0 2-7-0 10-5-0 0-0-0
240 Bryant NEC 13-32-0 5-15-0 3-13-0 5-4-0 0-0-0
241 Northern Colo. Big Sky 11-37-0 3-17-0 4-14-0 3-6-0 1-0-0
242 Hartford America East 20-29-0 10-16-0 0-3-0 10-10-0 0-0-0
243 Manhattan MAAC 21-29-0 7-18-0 5-5-0 9-6-0 0-0-0
244 Princeton Ivy League 14-27-0 6-12-0 2-7-0 6-8-0 0-0-0
245 Santa Clara WCC 15-32-0 5-11-0 4-9-0 6-12-0 0-0-0
246 Norfolk St. MEAC 24-18-0 7-9-0 2-2-0 15-7-0 0-0-0
247 Mt. St. Mary's NEC 25-26-0 9-17-0 3-4-0 13-5-0 0-0-0
248 Wright St. Horizon 22-33-0 7-18-0 8-4-0 7-11-0 0-0-0
249 IUPUI Horizon 17-36-0 7-16-0 5-14-0 5-6-0 0-0-0
250 Maine America East 12-29-0 5-15-0 4-7-0 3-7-0 0-0-0
251 Yale Ivy League 16-27-0 7-9-0 2-5-0 7-13-0 0-0-0
252 Purdue Fort Wayne Summit League 9-37-0 1-15-0 4-12-0 4-10-0 0-0-0
253 A&M-Corpus Christi Southland 8-43-0 2-22-0 1-7-0 5-14-0 0-0-0
254 Oakland Horizon 17-31-0 6-19-0 5-5-0 6-7-0 0-0-0
255 CSU Bakersfield WAC 14-30-0 3-14-0 8-7-0 3-9-0 0-0-0
256 Buffalo MAC 10-32-1 4-14-0 3-13-0 3-5-1 0-0-0
257 Alabama St. SWAC 20-22-0 7-9-0 4-1-0 9-12-0 0-0-0
258 Akron MAC 13-31-2 4-15-1 6-8-1 3-8-0 0-0-0
259 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 17-29-0 1-16-0 10-4-0 6-9-0 0-0-0
260 Robert Morris NEC 14-37-0 5-17-0 4-10-0 5-10-0 0-0-0
261 Canisius MAAC 14-31-0 4-16-0 1-9-0 9-6-0 0-0-0
262 Central Conn. St. NEC 17-24-0 8-11-0 4-3-0 5-10-0 0-0-0
263 Incarnate Word Southland 8-40-0 6-16-0 1-9-0 1-15-0 0-0-0
264 Presbyterian Big South 11-40-2 5-17-0 3-10-0 3-13-2 0-0-0
265 Wagner NEC 15-29-0 4-15-0 4-7-0 7-7-0 0-0-0
266 Alcorn SWAC 13-22-0 4-10-0 0-3-0 5-8-0 4-1-0
267 Alabama A&M SWAC 21-17-0 7-11-0 3-4-0 8-1-0 3-1-0
268 N.C. Central MEAC 21-24-0 7-10-0 3-5-0 11-9-0 0-0-0
269 Holy Cross Patriot 14-35-0 8-13-0 1-11-0 5-11-0 0-0-0
270 Omaha Summit League 4-43-0 1-17-0 2-16-0 1-10-0 0-0-0
271 Niagara MAAC 15-30-0 7-15-0 1-8-0 7-7-0 0-0-0
272 Cleveland St. Horizon 15-34-0 4-17-0 5-11-0 6-6-0 0-0-0
273 Quinnipiac MAAC 17-33-0 5-14-0 4-13-0 8-6-0 0-0-0
274 Morgan St. MEAC 22-24-0 9-10-0 4-10-0 9-4-0 0-0-0
275 Green Bay Horizon 12-29-0 2-16-0 5-6-0 5-7-0 0-0-0
276 Mississippi Val. SWAC 9-30-0 3-16-0 0-9-0 6-5-0 0-0-0
277 Jackson St. SWAC 11-33-0 2-13-0 2-14-0 5-4-0 2-2-0
278 Lafayette Patriot 8-40-1 2-18-1 1-9-0 5-13-0 0-0-0
279 Brown Ivy League 12-27-0 5-12-0 4-6-0 3-9-0 0-0-0
280 Fairleigh Dickinson NEC 14-35-0 6-21-0 4-8-0 4-6-0 0-0-0
281 La Salle Atlantic 10 12-33-0 4-15-0 5-8-0 3-10-0 0-0-0
282 Morehead St. OVC 3-42-0 1-19-0 0-7-0 2-16-0 0-0-0
283 Cornell Ivy League 10-35-0 2-11-0 1-12-0 6-11-0 1-1-0
284 N.C. A&T MEAC 8-29-0 3-16-0 1-5-0 4-8-0 0-0-0
285 Delaware St. MEAC 10-30-0 1-14-0 2-10-0 7-6-0 0-0-0
286 Howard MEAC 16-28-0 7-14-0 1-9-0 7-5-0 1-0-0
287 Rider MAAC 10-44-0 4-26-0 0-8-0 6-10-0 0-0-0
288 Southern Utah Big Sky 6-34-0 1-17-0 2-6-0 3-11-0 0-0-0
289 Coppin St. MEAC 9-30-0 1-18-0 1-3-0 7-9-0 0-0-0
290 St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 9-36-0 5-13-0 2-9-0 2-14-0 0-0-0
291 Savannah St. MEAC 9-27-0 1-6-0 2-9-0 6-12-0 0-0-0
292 Ark.-Pine Bluff SWAC 4-32-0 0-16-0 0-8-0 3-5-0 1-3-0
293 Grambling SWAC 16-23-0 3-10-0 1-4-0 2-9-0 10-0-0
294 UMES MEAC 9-31-0 3-20-0 1-4-0 5-7-0 0-0-0
295 Southern U. SWAC 8-25-0 2-9-0 1-8-0 5-8-0 0-0-0
296 Saint Peter's MAAC 9-45-0 7-25-0 1-9-0 1-11-0 0-0-0
297 South Carolina St. MEAC 0-36-0 0-18-0 0-6-0 0-12-0 0-0-0

 

[bullmarket]

Well done Randy

 

[Plainosooner]

32 automatic bids

CONF ................... Tourney-site ............ Dates .......Champion ... RPI
America East ....... West Hartford, CT . May 8-11 .. UMBC ................. 204
American Athletic . Houston ................. May 9-12 ... South Florida ........ 31
ACC ...................... Tallahassee, FL ..... May 8-11 .. Florida State .......... 5
Atlantic Sun .......... Fort Myers, FL ....... May 8-11 ... Lipscomb ............ 40
Atlantic 10 ............. Amherst, MA ......... May 8-12 .... Fordham 128 vs GW 158
Big East ................. Rosemont, IL ......... May 10-11 ... Depaul .............. 91
Big Sky ................. Sacramento Calif. .. May 8-11 ..... Weber State .....118
Big South ............... Buies Creek, NC .... May 8-11 ..... Longwood ......... 74
Big Ten ................... Bloomington, IN ..... May 9-11 ..... Michigan ........... 16
Big 12 .................... Oklahoma City ....... May 10-11 .. Oklahoma* ........ 1
Big West ................. No Tournament .......N/A ............. Cal State Fullerton 46
Colonial ................. Harrisonburg, VA .... May 9-11 ..... James Madison .14
Conference USA ... Birmingham, AL ...... May 8-11...... Louisiana Tech . 50
Horizon .................. Chicago ................... May 8-11...... Detroit Mercy .... 203
Ivy .......................... Cambridge, MA ....... May 10-11 .... Harvard ............ 116
Metro Atlantic ......... Marist ...................... May 8-11 ...... Monmouth ........ 151
Mid-American ......... Akron, OH ............... May 8-11 ...... Toledo .............. 142
Mid-Eastern ............ Ormond Beach, FL . May 8-11 ...... Bethune-Cookman 210
Missouri Valley ....... Peoria, IL ............... May 8-11 ....... Drake .................23
Mountain West ....... No Tournament ...... N/A ............... Colorado State .. 35
Northeast ............... LIU Brooklyn ........... May 9-11 ....... St. Francis Pa .. 190
Ohio Valley ............ Oxford, AL ............... May 8-11 ........SE Missouri St ... 65
Pac-12 ................... No Tournament ....... N/A ................ UCLA .................. 3
Patriot .................... Boston University .... May 9-11 ....... Boston University 103
SEC ....................... College Station, TX .. May 8-11 ...... Bama 7 vs Florida 10
Southern ................ Chattanooga, TN ..... May 8-11 ..... Chattanooga ........ 104
Southland .............. Natchitoches, LA ....... May 7-10 ..... Sam Houston St ... 85
SWAC .................... Montgomery, AL ........ May 8-11 ..... Alabama State .....257
Summit .................. Fargo, ND .................. May 8-11 ..... N Dakota State ..... 49
Sun Belt ................. San Marcos, TX ......... May 8-11 ..... Louisiana ............. 18
WAC ...................... Phoenix ...................... May 8-11 ..... Seattle .................. 57
West Coast ............ No Tournament .......... N/A ...............BYU .................... 97

 

[Plainosooner]

A whole bunch of interesting events on the last weekend of the 2019 softball regular season.

Hard to know where to start. UCLA lost two of three to Arizona. Their best pitcher Rachel Garcia hardly pitched. The Bruins only needed to win one of three games to get the conference's number one seed. They ended up tied with Washington for the conference title, in one of four conferences who do not have a conference tournament. So Arizona, UCLA and Washington are all almost certainly top eight teams. The order will be interesting. Zona lost three straight last week at home to UDub. Then went on the road to win two of three at UCLA. Crap shoot to predict what the committee will do. Washington lost the first series of the conference season to UCLA at home, gettting swept. They've lost one game in the two months since. They were number two in the RPI last week. Almost certainly 2nd. Who will be 3rd?

Florida State, who for the first time in years did not win the regular season of the ACC, won the conference tournament, run ruling North Carolina 8-0. The top seed, Virginia Tech lost in the first round. Even though they had a better conference record than FSU, they won't even host a regional, while the Noles are virtually guaranteed to host both a regional and if they win it, a Super.

The two big winners in the CCT's were Michigan and Florida. Of course the SEC homers at ESPN were lobbying for the Gators to be in the top 8. They pitched Kelly Barnhill every inning in the last three games of the tournament . Without her in game one against South Carolina, they were behind 4-0 entering B6 and 5-2 entering B7 and pulled it out, 6-5. Then she allowed 1 run in the last three games. In the finale, she threw 140 pitches. Bama scored the one in the title game, with a very tight strike zone, according to the whiny ESPN talking heads. But it went both ways. The SEC this year has a lot of pub and pr, but not much offense. Florida might very well have gotten themselves a top eight Super bid tonight.

That in part because Minnesota, who was 8th in last weeks RPI, got hosed a bit by scheduling and lost in the finals of the Big Ten tourney to Michigan. There were clearly three quality softball teams in the BIG this season. Northwestern and Minnesota played each other last week. The Gophers won two out of three, but an additional loss earlier in the season at Illinois in extra innings gave them two losses and Northwestern two. But UMinn lost one extra game to weather, so even though they beat Northwestern two of three, the ended up seeded third. Michigan whose only conference loss was in extra innings at Ohio State, played neither UMinn or NW in the regular season. They got the one seed.

Then because of worse weather than just about anybody, the conference moved up the games Saturday, forcing the Minnesota-Northwestern winner to play back to back against Michigan. The Gophers' top pitcher dinged her wrist a little and couldn't start the game, after shutting out the Wildcats. She finally entered with a run in, and the rain coming, and Minnesota ended up behind 3-0, got it to 3-2 when a double liner hit the top of the fence and came back. In a very sloppy finish, they lost 3-2. The tournament will likely put Michigan in a as a regional host. They were 16 last week, and won the tournament. Of the big three in the conference, they were third in RPI. And the tournament will have a likely impact of costing UMinn, who was 8 last week, a top 8 finish.

After this weekend, it is very likely that OU, the three top Pac 12 teams, Florida State and Alabama are in the top eight. If it's UMinn and Florida, that seems reasonable. Texas, who was 5 two weeks ago, and 6th in RPI the first weekend of May, cost themselves in the Big XII tournament, losing to OSU and Iowa State. I'm guessing they were wishing they had the last game last night, and had their ISU loss rained out.

The good news for bubble teams is that all of the solid RPI teams from conferences with nobody else who is, all won. Drake trailed 100 RPI UNI 1-0 early, but won 4-1 in more nasty weather in Peoria. Number 40 Lipscomb with 0-0 to the 10th in the first round, but won 3-0. Tulsa got knocked out in the first round. They were in the peculiar situation of being 2nd in their conference, but having the best RPI in the AAC. Hopefully losing to East Carolina won't cost Tulsa a berth. They were in the top 30s at the beginning of the week. South Florida is the top seed, 2nd RPI in the conference at 31. They get the automatic berth, when constant rain in Houston got the tournament cancelled before the 2nd round of the CCT got started. Houston, who was 39 RPI May 5, is definitely a bubble team.

Number 14 James Madison and 18 Louisiana won their CCT's in the Colonial and the Sun Belt. There is no other conference with a team in the top 45. And the cut off is likely low 40s. Cal State Fullerton got the automatic bid from the Big West with no tournament. They were 46th.

Not likely of great interest to OU fans, but other things that happened Saturday, DePaul was the top seed in the finals of the Big East tourney. They played four seed Villanova in the finals and trailed 9-3 heading to B6. They scored 8 to go up 11-9 and won 11-10 to 140 RPI. DePaul is 91.

Coming into the weekend, Wisconsin was 39 in RPI. Ohio State was 38. They played in the Big Ten quarterfinals as 4 and 5 seeds, and Wisconsin seemed to secure a spot by run ruling Ohio State 10-1. The Buckeyes might still be in. But that is a bubble number to have been 38 and go home in the round of 8.

I will still stick with the likelihood of 12 SEC teams in the tournament with A&M the one who doesn't make it. 4.5 Big Ten teams in. tOSU would be the .5. Five Pac 12 teams in. Arizona, UCLA and UDub are in for sure. Arizona St and Stanford for very very likely. ASU more than Stanford.

Big XII is four for sure. OU, OSU, Texas and Texas Tech. The ACC second place reg season team, FSU, is top 8. Their number 1 VaTech is in the tournament, but will travel in week one. So will Notre Dame, North Carolina and Louisville is .5. Maybe .75. North Carolina beat the Cardinals 9-3 in their first CCT game.

Everybody else in the 30s is likely to be subject to committee whims tomorrow night.

 

[bullmarket]

A whole bunch of interesting events on the last weekend of the 2019 softball regular season.

Hard to know where to start. UCLA lost two of three to Arizona. Their best pitcher Rachel Garcia hardly pitched. The Bruins only needed to win one of three games to get the conference's number one seed. They ended up tied with Washington for the conference title, in one of four conferences who do not have a conference tournament. So Arizona, UCLA and Washington are all almost certainly top eight teams. The order will be interesting. Zona lost three straight last week at home to UDub. Then went on the road to win two of three at UCLA. Crap shoot to predict what the committee will do. Washington lost the first series of the conference season to UCLA at home, gettting swept. They've lost one game in the two months since. They were number two in the RPI last week. Almost certainly 2nd. Who will be 3rd?

Florida State, who for the first time in years did not win the regular season of the ACC, won the conference tournament, run ruling North Carolina 8-0. The top seed, Virginia Tech lost in the first round. Even though they had a better conference record than FSU, they won't even host a regional, while the Noles are virtually guaranteed to host both a regional and if they win it, a Super.

The two big winners in the CCT's were Michigan and Florida. Of course the SEC homers at ESPN were lobbying for the Gators to be in the top 8. They pitched Kelly Barnhill every inning in the last three games of the tournament . Without her in game one against South Carolina, they were behind 4-0 entering B6 and 5-2 entering B7 and pulled it out, 6-5. Then she allowed 1 run in the last three games. Bama scored the one in the title game, with a very tight strike zone, according to the whiny ESPN talking heads. But it went both ways. The SEC this year has a lot of pub and pr, but not much offense. Florida might very well have gotten themselves a top eight Super bid tonight.

That in part because Minnesota, who was 8th in last weeks RPI, got hosed a bit by scheduling and lost in the finals of the Big Ten tourney to Michigan. There were clearly three quality softball teams in the BIG this season. Northwestern and Minnesota played each other last week. The Gophers won two out of three, but an additional loss earlier in the season at Illinois gave them two losses and Northwestern two. But UMinn lost one extra game to weather, so even though they beat Northwestern two of three, the ended up seeded third. Michigan whose only conference loss was in extra innings at Ohio State, got the one seed.

Then because of worse weather than just about anybody, the conference moved up the games Saturday, forcing Minnesota and Northwestern to play back to back. The Gophers' top pitcher dinged her wrist a little and couldn't start the game, after shutting out the Wildcats. She finally entered with a run in, and the rain coming, and Minnesota ended up behind 3-0, got it to 3-2 when a no double liner hit the top of the fence and came back. In a very sloppy finish, they lost 3-2. The tournament will likely put Michigan in a as a regional host. They were 16 last week, and won the tournament. Of the big three in the conference, they were third in RPI. And the tournament will have a likely impact of costing UMinn, who was 8 last week, a top 8 finish.

After this weekend, it is very likely that OU, the three top Pac 12 teams, Florida State and Alabama are in the top eight. If it's UMinn and Floriday, that seems reasonable. Texas, who was 5 two weeks ago, and 6th in RPI the first weekend of May, cost themselves in the Big XII tournament, losing to OSU and Iowa State. I'm guessing they were wishing they had the last game last night, and had it rained out.

The good news for bubble teams is that all of the solid RPI teams from conferences with nobody else who is, all won. Drake trailed 100 RPI UNI 1-0 early, but won 4-1 in more nasty weather in Peoria. Number 40 Lipscomb with 0-0 to the 10th in the first round, but won 3-0. Tulsa got knocked out in the first round. They were in the peculiar situation of being 2nd in their conference, but having the best RPI in the AAC. Hopefully losing to East Carolina won't cost Tulsa a berth. They were in the top 30s at the beginning of the week. South Florida is the top seed, 2nd RPI in the conference at 31. They get the automatic berth, when constant rain in Houston got the tournament cancelled before the 2nd round of the CCT got started. Houston, who was 39 RPI May 5, is definitely a bubble team.

Number 14 James Madison and 18 Louisiana won their CCT's in the Colonial and the Sun Belt. There is no other conference with a team in the top 45. And the cut off is likely low 40s. Cal State Fullerton got the automatic bid from the Big West with no tournament.

Not likely of great interest to OU fans, but other things that happened Saturday, DePaul was the top seed in the finals of the Big East tourney. They played four seed Villanova in the finals and trailed 9-3 heading to B6. They scored 8 to go up 11-9 and won 11-10 to 140 RPI. DePaul is 91.

Coming into the weekend, Wisconsin was 39 in RPI. Ohio State was 38. They played in the Big Ten quarterfinals as 4 and 5 seeds, and Wisconsin seemed to secure a spot by run ruling Ohio State 10-1. The Buckeyes might still be in. But that is a bubble number to have been 3-8 and go home in the round of 8.

Still stick with the likelihood of 12 SEC teams in the tournament with A&M the one who doesn't make it. 4.5 Big Ten teams in. tOSU would be the .5. Five Pac 12 teams in. Arizona, UCLA and UDub are in for sure. Arizona St and Stanford for very very likely. ASU more than Stanford.

Big XII is four for sure. OU, OSU, Texas and Texas Tech. The ACC second place reg season team, FSU, is top 8. Their number 1 VaTech is in the tournament, but will travel in week one. So will Notre Dame, North Carolina and Louisville is .5. Maybe .75. North Carolina beat them 9-3 in their first CCT game.

Everybody else in the 30s is likely to be subject to committee whims tomorrow night.

Very well done Plaino. Excellent!

 

[Plainosooner]

So we ended up with 21 of the 32 teams with automatic bids over 45 in last week's RPI. We won't know this week's until after the bracket is released, most likely. So here is the list of the top 35 who didn't get an automatic bid and their RPI.

2 Washington Pac-12 42-7-0 14-1-0 16-3-0 12-3-0 Beat Stanford 3 straight at home
4 Arizona Pac-12 40-11-0 14-1-0 5-3-0 21-7-0 Won 2 of 3 at UCLA
6 Texas Big 12 41-12-0 11-5-0 7-2-0 23-5-0 Lost to OSU and Iowa St in the XII CCT
7 Alabama SEC 50-6-0 15-3-0 12-0-0 23-3 ... Lost to Florida in SEC Final
8 Minnesota Big Ten 39-11-0 15-6-0 14-4-0 10-1 Lost to Michigan in Big Ten Finals
9 LSU SEC 40-15-0 11-5-0 3-2-0 26-8-0 Lost to Florida in SEC CCT Quarter's
11 Northwestern Big Ten 42-9-0 12-6-0 17-2-0 13-1 Lost to UMinn in the
12 Oklahoma St. Big 12 37-14-0 13-6-0 9-5-0 15-3-0 Went 2-0 in XII pool play. Beat Tex & ISU
13 Tennessee SEC 39-13-0 10-6-0 11-2-0 18-5 Lost to Auburn in SEC Quarter's
15 Kentucky SEC 32-21-0 12-9-0 10-6-0 10-6 Lost to Bama in SEC Semi's
17 Ole Miss SEC 36-16-0 8-9-0 7-3-0 21-4-0 Lost to Kentucky in SEC Quarter's
19 Texas Tech Big 12 38-13-0 7-6-0 15-1-0 16-6 Went 1-1 in XII Pool play. beat Kansas lost to OU
20 South Carolina SEC 36-16-0 7-7-0 8-2-0 21-7 Lost to Florida in SEC first round
21 Auburn SEC 35-18-0 5-8-0 6-3-0 24-7-0 Lost to Florida in SEC Semi's
22 Arkansas SEC 38-17-0 6-10-0 7-1-0 25-6-0 Lost to Georgia in SEC 1st round
24 Virginia Tech ACC 45-8-0 19-2-0 11-1-0 15-5-0 Lost to NC St in ACC quarters
25 Georgia SEC 39-16-0 7-7-0 3-1-0 29-8-0 Lost to Bama in SEC quarter's
26 Tulsa AAC 35-17-0 10-10-0 12-2-0 13-5-0 Lost to East Carolina in AAC quarter's
27 Stanford Pac-12 32-15-0 6-3-0 8-1-0 18-11 Were swept at Washington
28 Arizona St. Pac-12 30-18-0 3-6-0 4-1-0 23-11 Swept the Ducks at Oregon
29 North Carolina ACC 33-17-0 12-4-0 3-6-0 18-7 Lost to Florida St in ACC finals
30 Missouri SEC 32-22-0 7-9-0 12-6-0 13-7-0 Lost to Auburn in SEC 1st round
32 Mississippi St. SEC 32-20-0 7-9-0 4-3-0 21-8 Lost to Ole Miss in SEC 1st round. Beat A&M in play in game
33 Boise St. MWC 34-11-0 7-7-0 16-1-0 11-3-0 Swept at Fresno 3 games. No CCT
34 Notre Dame ACC 35-15-0 10-6-0 13-7-0 12-2-0 Lost to Florida St in ACC semi's
36 Louisville ACC 33-20-0 7-10-0 10-5-0 16-5-0 Lost to North Carolina in ACC quater's
37 Ohio St. Big Ten 34-15-0 11-7-0 13-5-0 10-3-0 Lost to Wisconsin in Big Ten quarter's
38 Wisconsin Big Ten 38-11-0 13-6-0 15-2-0 10-3-0 Lost to Michigan in Big Ten Semi's
39 Houston AAC 37-17-0 12-7-0 2-0-0 23-10 Won 1 game. CCT Cancelled
41 Oregon St. Pac-12 24-18-0 12-8-0 12-3-0 0-7-0 Beat Utah 2 of 3 at home.
42 Southern Ill. MVC 33-12-0 9-3-0 8-2-0 16-7-0 Lost to UNI in CCT Semi's
43 UNLV MWC 33-14-0 10-5-0 6-3-0 17-6-0 At home swept New Mexico. No CCT
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44 Illinois Big Ten 31-22-0 9-8-0 10-7-0 12-7 Lost in Big 10 quarter's
45 Texas A&M SEC 28-24-0 2-11-0 1-2-0 25-11-0 Lost play in game
47 San Jose St. MWC 35-15-0 10-4-0 4-7-0 21-4-0 Beat Nevada 2 of 3 at home. No CCT.
48 Indiana Big Ten 35-20-0 8-12-0 16-3-0 11-5-0 Lost to Northwestern in BIG quarter's