re: College Baseball Top 8 National Seed Picture

If we sweep Carolina, and get to the finals of the SEC tournament, we stand a real chance to be the #1 overall seed. I don't know if that's what you want or not. But at the moment, I feel like we're legitimately a top 4 seed.

Us, tx, Arky, and UGA are all very solid top 8.

3 of these teams have a losing record vs quad 1 teams that should be a huge red flag

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I don’t think some of you realize the brand influence LSU has in college baseball

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What has LSU received recently that wasn't earned? And nothing this year isn't earned.

RPI changes


- Texas vandy swap. Texas to 3, Vandy to 4

- LSU from 7 to 8

- UNC from 10 to 7

- FSU from 9 to 12

-UCLA from 10 to 15

-Coastal from 12 to 10

- Clemson from 14 to 13

-Tenn from 15 to 14

- Oregon 19 to 18

I will update SOS after this weekend series are over.

Losing two in a row doesn’t help.

Nice to see us bounce back Friday after one of the more frustrating games of the season on Thursday

I’d like to roll today, especially Milam and Curiel, and go into the postseason with some momentum on offense.

While I think we’ve already got a Top8 locked up, a win today and it’s rock solid and we’ve put ourself in position for a good postseason at home.

The SEC is definitely getting 5 national seeds this year, maybe even 6, and no one in the country - specifically and most importantly the committee - is leaving LSU out of those 5 SEC national seeds.

With a win today, I think we’ll end up the 2 or 3 national seed. A loss today and maybe more like the 4-5 national seed

No one with a Quad 1 losing record should be a national seed. End of discussion

Here's my takes.

- Tennessee was removed from the list. They would have to win the SECT to maybe just get back into the conversation. Almost wanted to add Bama, but they lost the series to UF. They would also have to win the SECT if they even want to be mentioned.

- I see 2 absolute locks. They are 100% top 8, and nothing that happens anywhere else will change that. Those two are Texas and Arkansas.

- I have 4 teams that should feel really good about being a top 8. It's hard to predict if the committee will force a west coast team in, or limit the number of SEC teams. If something like that happens somebody has to be pushed out. Or if a few teams from the next group make a big run in their conference tourney and make a strong case. My 4 here are: Georgia, Vandy, LSU, UNC

That leaves us with Auburn, Oregon St, Clemson, Oregon, FSU, Coastal, UCLA trying to take the final 2 spots, or push out one of the above 4.

- Auburn has an extremely strong resume. If they don't lose the series to Ole Miss, I have them in my higher group.

- Oregon St/Oregon/UCLA- for either to get in, you will have to leave off a team with a stronger resume. But does the committee give a west coast team a seat at the big boy table? UCLA I almost left off this list completely. They don't have a strong case.

- FSU/Clemson - both solid resumes. And if the committee wants two ACC teams in and one of these makes a deep ACC tourney run then they could fill that spot. For either to get in you are probably leaving off an SEC team with a better resume.

- Coastal - could probably be left off. Their resume just won't stack. They have a ton of wins and a solid RPI because of it though.

LSU is #3 in the SEC. The 3rd best record and is ahead of Vandy in tie breaker. Or just say the 2 are tied at #3. Either way that gets you a top 8 seed. If some of those other teams wanted to get ahead of LSU they should win more SEC games. LSU isn’t getting left out. The record in the best conference in the country carries more weight than anything else.