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PREMIUM: Going inside the postseason projections
The debate about Virginia and South Carolina doesn't end with human rankings. It only escalates when you bring the RPI and postseason landscape into the picture.
Though the Gamecocks earned the top spot in this week's Perfect Game Top 25 rankings, the computers give the edge to the Cavaliers, thus they're once again the top national seed in this week's postseason projections.
The Cavaliers are 37-3 overall and have an RPI of 1. They're 10-3 vs. RPI Top 25, 11-3 vs. RPI Top 50 and 23-3 vs. RPI Top 100. The Gamecocks are 29-7 overall and have an RPI of 3. They're 8-4 vs. RPI Top 25, 11-5 vs. RPI Top 50 and 16-5 vs. RPI Top 100. The Cavaliers have the biggest edge in the vs. RPI Top 100 department.
Other national seeds in the projections include Vanderbilt, Oregon State, Florida, Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Texas A&M.
Vanderbilt has an RPI of 6 and is 8-4 vs. RPI Top 25, 13-5 vs. RPI Top 50 and 16-5 vs. RPI Top 100, Oregon State has an RPI of 9 is 6-2 vs. RPI Top 25, 8-4 vs. RPI Top 50 and 16-4 vs. RPI Top 100, Florida has an RPI of 2 and is 7-6 vs. RPI Top 25, 17-8 vs. RPI Top 50 and 23-9 vs. RPI Top 100, Georgia Tech has an RPI of 7 and is 6-2 vs. RPI Top 25, 9-2 vs. RPI Top 50 and 24-11 vs. RPI Top 100, North Carolina has an RPI of 4 and is 7-1 vs. RPI Top 25, 9-4 vs. RPI Top 50 and 20-6 vs. RPI Top 100 and Texas A&M has an RPI of 14 and is 3-3 vs. RPI Top 25, 11-8 vs. RPI Top 50 and 18-10 vs. RPI Top 100.
Arizona State, Florida State, Southern Miss, Cal State Fullerton and Fresno State also were considered for national seeds.
The other NCAA Regional hosts besides the eight national seeds include Arizona State, Florida State, Cal State Fullerton, Southern Mississippi, Fresno State, Texas, Rice and Arkansas.
The last five teams in the projections are Texas Tech, N.C. State, Memphis, Tulane and Stephen F. Austin.
The first five teams out of the projections are Southeastern Louisiana, LSU, Central Florida, Florida International and Western Kentucky
PG's NCAA Postseason Projections
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C'Ville Regional
1. Virginia* (1)
4. Navy*
2. Mississippi St.
3. Kent State* |
Fayetteville Regional
1. Arkansas
4. Connecticut*
2. Stanford
3. Creighton* |
Columbia Regional
1. South Carolina* (2)
4. Manhattan*
2. Miami
3. Elon*
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Tallahassee Regional
1. Florida State
4. Stony Brook*
2. Auburn
3. Jacksonville
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Nashville Regional
1. Vanderbilt (3)
4. Yale*
2. Clemson
3. Memphis
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Tempe Regional
1. Arizona State
4. Milwaukee*
2. Georgia
3. Texas Tech
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Corvallis Regional
1. Oregon State* (4)
4. Monmouth*
2. Oklahoma
3. Gonzaga*
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Fresno Regional
1. Fresno State
4. Indiana*
2. California
3. CS Bakersfield
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Gainesville Regional
1. Florida (5)
4. Bethune-Cookman*
2. Stetson*
3. Florida Atlantic
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Austin Regional
1. Texas
4. Stephen F. Austin
2. Arizona
3. Tulane
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Atlanta Regional
1. Georgia Tech (6)
4. Jacksonville St.*
2. Alabama
3. Coastal Carolina*
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Fullerton Regional
1. CS Fullerton*
4. Hawaii*
2. UCLA
3. Baylor
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Chapel Hill Regional
1. North Carolina (7)
4. Charlotte*
2. Oklahoma St.
3. East Carolina
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Hattiesburg Regional
1. Southern Miss*
4. Southern*
2. Troy*
3. Mississippi
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College Station Regional
1. Texas A&M* (8)
4. Oral Roberts*
2. Texas State*
3. UC Irvine
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Houston Regional
1. Rice
4. James Madison*
2. TCU*
3. N.C. State
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Automatic Bids (30)
Automatic bids noted by * in projections table
America East: Stony Brook
Atlantic 10: Charlotte
Atlantic Coast: Virginia
Atlantic Sun: Stetson
Big Ten: Indiana
Big 12: Texas A&M
Big East: Connecticut
Big South: Coastal Carolina
Big West: Cal State Fullerton
Colonial: James Madison
Conference USA: Southern Mississippi
Horizon: Milwaukee
Ivy League: Yale
Metro Atlantic: Manhattan
Mid-American: Kent State
Mid-Eastern Athletic: Bethune-Cookman
Missouri Valley: Creighton
Mountain West: TCU
Northeast: Monmouth
Ohio Valley: Jacksonville State
Pacific 10: Oregon State
Patriot: Navy
SEC: South Carolina
Southern: Elon
Southland: Texas State
Southwestern Athletic: Southern
Summit: Oral Roberts
Sun Belt: Troy
West Coast: Gonzaga
Western Athletic: Hawaii
Kendall Rogers is the college baseball managing editor for Perfect Game USA and has covered the sport for over 10 seasons. He can be reached at kendall@perfectgame.org