Current status:
Super Regionals completed.
LSU, followed by UCLA, are the first in and will faced each other Sunday in the CWS.
New readers should consult a separate page that gives some general background information on the records, polls, RPI, ISR, etc information included in the table below. (An "N" indicates a "national" seed.) As usual, the polls and data are from from Monday, 27 May 2013, when the regional pairings and seedings were announced. Again, many thanks to Boyd Nation for the pseudo-RPI and ISR information generated from his database. We also have the official NCAA RPI available but that information is still only used in my discussion area.
The average (mean) ISR for the field is 112.0,
plus or minus a standard deviation of 8.9.
The median ISR is 112.55.
The highest pseudo-RPI ranking without a bid was Nebraska (30). The lowest pseudo-RPI with an at-large bid was UC Santa Barbara (57), followed by Oklahoma State (52), New Mexico (51), and San Francisco (50). The highest ISR without a bid was UC Irvine (113.5). The lowest ISR with an at-large bid was William and Mary (107.7), far behind UNC-Wilmington (110.0).
Note: The NCAA identified the regions only by location, so the region numbering scheme is my own creation, reflecting the seeding of the associated super regional and identifying which of the two paired regionals has a top-8 nationally seeded team. The regional names are also my own, carrying on a tradition started by Craig Gowens (aka the perpetual "Commissioner of the SWC") on Usenet.
Super Regional Summary:
I order these results in almost the same way the NCAA does (they use 1-8, 5-4, 2-7, 6-3), reflecting the pairings in the CWS brackets.
Super Regional 1: S. Carolina 5 8 4
at N. Carolina 6 0 5 ===> meets 8
Super Regional 8: Rice 3 4
at NC State 4 5(17) ===> meets 1
Super Regional 4: Oklahoma 0 1
at LSU 2 11 ===> meets 5
Super Regional 5: UCLA 5(10) 3 ===> meets 4
at Fullerton 3 0
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Super Regional 2: Louisville 5 2 ===> meets 7
at Vanderbilt 3 1
Super Regional 7: Indiana 10 11 ===> meets 2
at Florida St 9 6
Super Regional 3: Kansas St 6 4 3
at Oregon St 2 12 4 ===> meets 6
Super Regional 6: Miss. St 11 6 ===> meets 3
at Virginia 6 5
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Complete Results:
Note: All series start on Friday, 31 May. The order here is by national seed, not by future CWS pairing (which is the 1-8, 5-4, 2-7, 6-3 order used in NCAA brackets) or the seemingly random order resulting from alphabetizing them by the host city.
NCAA Record Polls Boyd Nation
Seed Team Result W L T CB BA RPI ISR etc....
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Region 1 [Carolina I] - Chapel Hill, NC
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N1 * N. Carolina WW LW 52- 8 3 5 1 130 ACC champ (Coast#1, #1)
2 Fla Atlantic LWWWL 39-20 -- 23 27 113 Sun Belt champ (#3t)
3 Towson WLL 29-28 . . 89 102 Colonial champ (#5t)
4 Canisius LL 42-15 . . 95 105 Metro Atl champ (#3t)
Region 1a [Carolina II] - Columbia, SC
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1 * S. Carolina WW W 39-18 13 18 13 118 SEC (East #2)
3 Liberty WLWL 34-27 . . 53 107 Big South champ (North #4)
2 Clemson LWL 39-20 17 22 14 118 ACC (Atl #3)
4 St. Louis LL 41-19 . . 72 106 Atl 10 champ (#1t)
===> Super Regional 1: S. Carolina 5 8 4
at N. Carolina 6 0 5 ===> meets 8
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Region 2 [Mideast I] - Nashville, TN
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N1 * Vanderbilt WW LW 51- 9 2 1 2 128 SEC (East #1, #1)
2 Ga. Tech LWWWL 34-25 . . 23 114 ACC (Coast #4)
3 Illinois WLL 34-18 . . 39 110 Big Ten (#5t)
4 E. Tenn St LL 36-22 . . 83 106 Atl Sun champ (#4)
Region 2a [Mideast II] - Louisville, KY
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1 * Louisville WW W 46-12 8 15 16 118 Big East (#1)
3 Oklahoma St LWWL 39-17 25 -- 52 113 Big 12 (#2)
2 Miami (FL) WLL 36-23 . . 19 115 ACC (Coast #5)
4 Bowling Green LL 24-29 . . 201 94 MAC champ (East #4)
===> Super Regional 2: Louisville 5 2 ===> meets 7
at Vanderbilt 3 1
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Region 3 [Northwest] - Corvallis, OR
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N1 * Oregon St WW W 45-10 5 4 5 127 Pac-12 champ (#1)
2 Texas A&M LWWL 32-27 . . 33 112 SEC (West #6) left Big 12
3 UC Santa Barb. WLL 34-23 . . 57 113 Big West (#2t)
4 UT San Antonio LL 35-23 . . 108 107 WAC champ (#4)
Region 3a [Central] - Manhattan, KS
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1 * Kansas St WW W 41-17 15 13 17 116 Big 12 (#1)
2 Arkansas LWWL 37-20 12 12 31 115 SEC (West #2)
3 Bryant WLL 44-16 . . 43 107 Northeast champ (#1)
4 Wichita St LL 39-26 . . 103 107 Mo Valley champ (#2)
===> Super Regional 3: Kansas St 6 4 3
at Oregon St 2 12 4 ===> meets 6
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Region 4 [Bayou] - Baton Rouge, LA
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N1 * LSU WW W 52- 9 1 2 4 127 SEC champ (West #1)
2 LA-Lafayette LWWL 41-18 . . 22 114 Sun Belt (#3t)
3 Sam Houston St WLL 37-20 28 -- 47 111 Southland (#1)
4 Jackson St LL 34-20 . . 250 91 SWAC champ (East #1)
Region 4a [Mountain] - Blacksburg, VA
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2 * Oklahoma WW W 40-19 20 19 35 113 Big 12 champ (#3)
1 Va. Tech LWWL 38-20 19 16 11 118 ACC (Coast #3)
4 Connecticut WLL 34-26 . . 82 105 Big East champ (#8)
3 Coastal Carol. LL 37-21 29 -- 48 110 Big South (South #1)
===> Super Regional 4: Oklahoma 0 1
at LSU 2 11 ===> meets 5
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Region 5 [Pacific I] - Fullerton, CA
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N1 * CSU,Fullerton WW W 48- 8 4 3 6 129 Big West champ (#1)
2 Arizona St WLWL 35-20 16 24 21 117 Pac-12 (#4t)
4 Columbia LWL 27-19 . . 102 101 Ivy champ (Lou Gehrig #1)
3 New Mexico LL 37-20 18 17 51 112 Mtn West (#1)
Region 5a [Pacific II] - Los Angeles, CA
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1 * UCLA WW W 39-17 11 10 15 121 Pac-12 (#3)
3 San Diego LWWL 35-23 30 25 44 113 West Coast champ (#2t)
2 Cal Poly WLL 39-17 21 -- 24 117 Big West (#2t)
4 San Diego St LL 31-29 . . 88 108 Mtn West champ (#3)
===> Super Regional 5: UCLA 5(10) 3 ===> meets 4
at Fullerton 3 0
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Region 6 [East] - Charlottesville, VA
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N1 * Virginia WW W 47-10 6 6 3 126 ACC (Coast #2)
3 Elon WLWL 32-28 . . 71 106 Southern champ (#2t)
2 UNC-Wilmington LWL 37-21 . . 29 110 Colonial (#1)
4 Army LL 29-21 . . 204 92 Patriot champ (#3)
Region 6a [South] - Starkville, MS
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1 * Miss. St WW LW 43-17 14 14 10 120 SEC (West #3)
4 Central Ark. LWWWL 39-20 . . 62 109 Southland champ (#7)
2 S. Alabama WLL 42-18 27 -- 18 115 Sun Belt (#1t)
3 Mercer LL 43-16 . . 28 111 Atl Sun (#1)
===> Super Regional 6: Miss. St 11 6 ===> meets 3
at Virginia 6 5
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Region 7 [Swamp] - Tallahassee, FL
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N1 * Florida St WW W 44-15 9 11 8 122 ACC (Atl #1)
3 Troy WLWL 40-18 26 -- 40 112 Sun Belt (#1t)
2 Alabama LWL 34-26 . . 25 112 SEC (West #5)
4 Savannah St LL 33-21 . . 180 96 MEAC champ (South #1)
Region 7a [Midwest] - Bloomington, IN
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1 * Indiana WW W 43-14 22 8 12 118 Big Ten champ (#1)
2 Austin-Peay WLWL 45-13 -- 21 26 112 Ohio Valley champ (#2)
4 Valparaiso LWL 31-26 . . 174 98 Horizon champ (#2t)
3 Florida LL 29-28 . . 36 111 SEC (East #3)
===> Super Regional 7: Indiana 10 11 ===> meets 2
at Florida St 9 6
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Region 8 [West] - Eugene, OR
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2 * Rice WW LW 41-17 23 20 32 114 Conf USA champ (#1t)
N1 Oregon WLWWL 45-14 7 9 9 125 Pac-12 (#2)
3 San Francisco LWL 34-22 . . 50 113 West Coast (#2t)
4 S. Dakota St LL 35-22 . . 170 96 Summit champ (#2)
Region 8a [Southeast] - Raleigh, NC
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1 * N.C. State WW W 44-14 10 7 7 122 ACC (Atl #2)
3 William & Mary WLWL 37-22 . . 45 108 Colonial (#2)
2 Mississippi LWL 37-22 24 -- 20 116 SEC (West #4)
4 Binghamton LL 30-23 . . 172 96 AmerEast champ (#2)
===> Super Regional 8: Rice 3 4
at NC State 4 5(17) ===> meets 1
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Related information:
In addition, I include the usual list of "bridesmaid" teams. Several of these were obvious, others stood out in Boyd's rankings, and some were picked to provide perspective. There are none missing with an ISR of 110 or above.
Decisive criteria listed by the NCAA selection committee in the past have included strength of non-conference schedule and performance in the conference tournament in addition to the overall season performance numbers we tabulate here.
Examination of past tournaments suggested that conference finish and/or conference tournament performance was generally the reason every team with a pseudo-RPI high enough to make the field strictly by the numbers (those marked with an "*") was left out by the committee. This might be the case for Campbell (which lost its conference tournament) but otherwise deserved to get in based on all of the other numbers, although a strength of schedule of 235 in Boyd's ISR data might be a better explanation.
UC Santa Barbara (RPI of 57, ISR 113, and 38 on strength of schedule) was presumably the last team added to the field, perhaps ahead of Stanford (RPI of 65, ISR 113, and 31 for strength of schedule). That must have been a real close call, along with New Mexico (RPI of 51, ISR 112, and 85 on strength of schedule), because Stanford had the same conference record as Arizona State (a 2nd seed in its regional) in a conference that had two national seeds! Was there an East coast team that the RPI put in ahead of them?
You can look at the various candidates below along with some provided simply for historical perspective.
Overlooked ? (ordered by ISR, records may not be accurate)
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Record Polls Boyd Nation
Seed Team W L T CB BA RPI ISR etc....
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X UC Irvine 33-22 . . 80 114 Big West (#4t)
X Stanford 32-22 . . 65 113 Pac-12 (#4t)
X* Campbell 49-10 . . 42 113 Big South (North #1, #1)
Arizona 34-21 . . 60 112 Pac-12 (#6)
UNLV 37-20 . . 81 112 Mtn West (#2)
Brigham Young 32-21 . . 59 112 West Coast (#2t)
* Auburn 33-23 . . 41 111 SEC (West #7)
Kentucky 30-25 . . 49 110 SEC (East #4)
Long Beach St 29-27 . . 70 110 Big West (#4t)
* Maryland 30-25 . . 37 110 ACC (Atl #4)
W. Carolina 39-20 . . 56 110 Southern (#1)
* Seton Hall 37-19 . . 38 110 Big East (#2t)
Gonzaga 32-21 . . 109 110 West Coast (#1)
Michigan St 33-17 . . 46 110 Big Ten (#7)
CSU,Northridge 31-26 . . 100 110 Big West (#4t)
Pittsburgh 42-17 . . 61 110 Big East (#2t)
North Florida 40-19 . . 64 109 Atl Sun (#3)
Wake Forest 28-27 . . 58 108 ACC (Atl #5)
Creighton 30-18 . . 55 108 Mo Valley (#3)
* Notre Dame 34-24 . . 34 108 Big East (#6)
* Nebraska 29-30 . . 30 108 Big Ten (#2t)
FL Gulf Coast 37-20 . . 79 108 Atl Sun (#2)
Texas 27-24 . . 75 108 Big 12 (#9)
Baylor 27-28 . . 78 108 Big 12 (#5)
SE Louisiana 36-24 . . 54 106 Southland (#3t)
Southern Miss 30-27 . . 107 106 Conf USA (#1t)
Georgia 21-32 . . 128 103 SEC (East #7)
Tx-Arlingtion 31-27 . . 150 103 WAC (#1t)
Central Fla 29-30 . . 142 102 Conf USA (#5t)
Dallas Baptist 30-30 . . 159 102 WAC (#6t) was Indep
Longwood 26-28 . . 146 98 Big South (North #5) was Indep
Houston Baptist 34-24 . . 190 96 Great West champ (#2) NO BID
Northern Colo 33-24 . . 193 95 Great West (#1)
NJ Tech 20-34 . . 278 82 Great West (#6)
Brown 7-33 . . 286 81 Ivy (Red Rolfe #4)
N. Kentucky 8-47 . . 284 80 Atl Sun (#10)
Florida A&M 7-47 . . 280 78 MEAC (South #5)
Coppin St 18-33 . . 291 76 MEAC (North #3)
Mount St. Mary's 11-37 . . 293 74 Northeast (#9)
Iona 8-43 . . 292 74 Metro Atl (#9)
Alabama A&M 8-40 . . 294 72 SWAC (East #4)
Chicago St 9-41 . . 296 72 Great West (#8)
NY Tech 10-47 . . 295 71 Great West (#7)
Miss Valley St 5-44 . . 298 68 SWAC (East #5)
UMES 8-45 . . 297 66 MEAC (North #4)
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X - denotes team with Boyd's computer ranking above the 112.55
median for regional tournament teams. The lowest ISR of an
at-large team was 108.
* - denotes team with a higher pseudo-RPI than the natural cutoff
for a 64-team tournament after automatic bids are used up [45].
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