Our RPI is 33 with 2 SEC series left to play

Taking the series from T&M was huge. It most likely did save our season

1. Even though there is technically no "cap" on the amount of teams from one conference that can reach the NCAA Tournament, I think it is reasonable to assume the committee won't take more than 10...if that.

2. Order of finish in the conference standings is completely irrelevant to the committee. Pretty much the same for the conference tournament as well (unless you win it). So LSU's tournament "resume" will likely be set after the Ole Miss series.

3. RPI is a tool used by the committee, but not the ultimate deciding factor. Meaning just because LSU gets to a certain number doesn't mean they are automatically in.

Taking all of that into account, I think we can pretty much assume these SEC teams are in:

A&M
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi St.

These two are not 100% locks, but probably pretty close to it:

Alabama
Vanderbilt

That leaves these three teams fighting for what will be 1 MAYBE 2 spots.

Florida
Ole Miss
LSU

I would say, today, LSU is behind Florida in the pecking order. Florida has the No. 1 SOS and 11th best non-conf. SOS. They've also won 10 games vs Q1 opponents

What is hurting LSU (aside from their poor SEC performance) is their non-conf. schedule isn't great (and will get worse tomorrow) and, until this past weekend, LSU has very few "good" wins. To add a little context, A&M has 11 Q1 wins. Kentucky has 17; Arkansas has 12, Georgia has 9, Tennessee has 11, Alabama has 11, Florida has 10, Ole Miss has 9.

LSU has FOUR (4)

If you take off the P&G glasses there is very little impressive about LSU's resume. That's the bad news. The good news is the season isn't over and LSU kept their hopes alive in a BIG way this weekend. If they can follow up this weekend by taking 2 from Alabama and 2 from Ole Miss, the will put themselves in position to be the 10th team taken from the SEC...if the committee takes 10, along with having an argument to be the 9th team if the committee takes 9. However, I don't think going 4-2 over the next 6 games makes LSU a "lock" by any stretch. It probably gives them a 50/50 shot. Anything worse than 4-2 and it will be panic time.

A sweep of the aggies would have been nice? But i'll take it!

KPI has:

Bama - 18
LSU - 29
Ole Miss - 30

Bama has been really tough at home in the conference this season.

They have series wins against Tenn, South Carolina, and Arky. Only home series loss was 2/3 to A&M.

Winning that series will be a tall task for LSU, which has looked bad on the road this season outside of two games against an awful Mizzou squad.

CPM missed the tournament one year with an RPI in the 20's IIRC.

It's time to put up, or shut up. We can make our bones by winning both those series