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.
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Mid-Major Top 25- Week 9 |
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RNK |
SCHOOL |
(REC) |
PVS |
(WK) |
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Weeks Results 4/9-4/15 |
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#1 |
Purdue |
(28-5) |
#1 |
(4-0) |
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1-0 at Ball St; 3-0 Illinois; |
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#2 |
Dallas Baptist |
(24-10) |
#3 |
(3-1) |
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0-1 at Texas Tech; 3-0 Southern Illinois; |
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#3 |
San Diego |
(29-8) |
#4 |
(4-0 |
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1-0 at San Diego St; 3-0 LaSalle; |
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#4 |
Gonzaga |
(25-9) |
#9 |
(5-0) |
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2-0 at Washington; 3-0 Santa Clara; |
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#5 |
New Mexio St |
(27-10) |
#8 |
(2-1) |
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2-1 at Sacramento St; |
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#6 |
Missouri St |
(27-10) |
#11 |
(3-0) |
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1-0 Kansas St; 2-0 Illinois St; |
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#7 |
TCU |
(20-13) |
#12 |
(4-0) |
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1-0 UT Arlington; 3-0 Air Force; |
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#8 |
Louisville |
(25-11) |
#5 |
(2-2) |
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1-0 at Kentucky; 1-2 Seton Hall; |
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#9 |
Sam Houston St |
(25-10) |
#13 |
(2-1) |
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2-1 at Lamar; |
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#10 |
Florida Atlantic |
(24-13) |
#10 |
(2-2) |
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0-1 FGCU; 2-1 at Louisiana Monroe; |
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#11 |
Stetson |
(23-12) |
#6 |
(2-2) |
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1-0 South Florida; 1-2 at Kennesaw St; |
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#12 |
Texas St |
(20-15) |
#2 |
(0-4) |
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0-1 at Rice; 0-3 at SE Louisiana; |
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#13 |
College of Charleston |
(25-12) |
#14 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 Winthrop; 2-1 Samford; |
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#14 |
Pepperdine |
(22-14) |
#16 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 at UC Riverside; 2-1 Portland; |
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#15 |
Liberty |
(30-9) |
#15 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 James Madison; 2-1 at Winthrop; |
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#16 |
Appalachian St |
(25-9) |
#7 |
(1-3) |
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0-1 at Gardner Webb; 1-2 at Georgia Southern; |
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#17 |
SE Louisiana |
(25-11) |
#21 |
(3-0) |
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3-0 Texas St; |
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#18 |
Indiana St |
(28-9) |
#17 |
(2-2) |
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0-1 at Indiana; 2-1 at Bradley; |
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#19 |
Coastal Carolina |
(24-11) |
#20 |
(4-1) |
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0-1 at UNCW; 1-0 The Citadel; 3-0 VMI; |
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#20 |
Western Carolina |
(25-11) |
#22 |
(3-0) |
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3-0 Furman; |
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#21 |
George Mason |
(25-12) |
#19 |
(3-1) |
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1-0 at Navy; 2-1 at Northeastern; |
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#22 |
Nebraska |
(25-13) |
NR |
(3-1) |
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1-0 Creighton; 2-1 at Ohio St; |
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#23 |
Belmont |
(25-13) |
#18 |
(2-3) |
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1-0 Tenn Tech; 0-1 at Vanderbilt; 1-2 at Mercer; |
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#24 |
UT-Arlington |
(23-14) |
NR |
(3-2) |
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1-0 at Texas A&M; 0-1 at TCU; 2-1 at UTSA; |
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#25 |
Georgia Southern |
(22-16) |
NR |
(4-1) |
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1-0 Kennesaw St; 1-0 at Jacksonville; 2-1 App St; |
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dropped out |
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#23 |
Samford |
(21-15) |
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#24 |
Portland |
(20-10) |
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#25 |
Stony Brook |
(24-10) |
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others receiving votes |
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Florida International |
(21-14) |
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SC Upstate |
(25-12) |
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Kennesaw St |
(22-16) |
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Portland |
(20-10) |
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Utah Valley |
(22-11) |
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Mercer |
(23-15) |
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Campbell |
(30-8) |
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Stony Brook |
(24-10) |
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Army |
(28-9) |
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Wright State |
(23-11) |
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Here is the new piece were we look at RPI changes from week to week. Negative is good and positive is bad.
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Week 9 RPI Results |
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| Rank |
Team |
Start |
End |
Change |
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#1 |
Purdue |
15 |
13 |
-2 |
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#2 |
Dallas Baptist |
44 |
32 |
-12 |
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#3 |
San Diego |
29 |
25 |
-4 |
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#4 |
Gonzaga |
24 |
14 |
-10 |
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#5 |
New Mexico St |
20 |
21 |
+1 |
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#6 |
Missouri St |
42 |
30 |
-12 |
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#7 |
TCU |
56 |
43 |
-13 |
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#8 |
Louisville |
60 |
52 |
-8 |
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#9 |
Sam Houston St |
27 |
35 |
+8 |
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#10 |
Florida Atlantic |
48 |
54 |
+6 |
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#11 |
Stetson |
61 |
57 |
-4 |
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#12 |
Texas St |
35 |
44 |
+9 |
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#13 |
College of Charleston |
50 |
45 |
-5 |
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#14 |
Pepperdine |
31 |
26 |
-5 |
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#15 |
Liberty |
65 |
69 |
+4 |
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#16 |
Appalachian St |
32 |
33 |
+1 |
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#17 |
SE Louisiana |
57 |
47 |
-10 |
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#18 |
Indiana St |
51 |
55 |
+4 |
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#19 |
Coastal Carolina |
54 |
56 |
+2 |
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#20 |
Western Carolina |
75 |
66 |
-9 |
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#21 |
George Mason |
49 |
53 |
+4 |
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#22 |
Nebraska |
72 |
68 |
-4 |
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#23 |
Belmont |
37 |
46 |
+9 |
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#24 |
UT-Arlington |
55 |
59 |
+4 |
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#25 |
Georgia Southern |
83 |
60 |
-23 |
*RPI’s from warrennolan.com
