Current status:
Super Regionals are complete, with only 2 national seeds making it to 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, 26 May 2014, 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 111.6,
plus or minus a standard deviation of 8.7.
The median ISR is 113.85.
The highest pseudo-RPI ranking without a bid was West Virginia (40), but they had a record barely over 0.500 and were 6th of 9 in conference with a conference record below 0.400. The lowest pseudo-RPI with an at-large bid was Cal State Fullerton (54) along with Clemson (50). The highest ISR without a bid was UCSB (114.2). The lowest ISR with an at-large bid was Old Dominion (110.1), just behind North Carolina (110.2), Clemson (110.3), and Liberty (110.8).
Note: The NCAA identifies 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: UC Irvine 8 1 ===> meets 8
at Okla St 4 0
Super Regional 8: Houston 2 0
at Texas 4 4 ===> meets 1
Super Regional 4: Stanford 6 5 5
at Vanderbilt 11 4 12 ===> meets 5
Super Regional 5: Kennesaw St 3 4
at Louisville 5 7 ===> meets 4
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Super Regional 2: Col.Charleston 0 0
at Texas Tech 1 1 ===> meets 7
Super Regional 7: Pepperdine 2 3 5
at TCU 3 2 6 ===> meets 2
Super Regional 3: Maryland 5 3 2
at Virginia 4 7 11 ===> meets 6
Super Regional 6: Mississippi 5 5 10 ===> meets 3
at LA-Lafayette 9 2 4
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Complete Results:
Note: All series start on Friday, 30 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 [West I] - Corvallis, OR
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3 UC Irvine WW LW 35-22 . . 43 114 Big West (#3)
N1 Oregon St WLWWL 42-12 2 2 6 123 Pac-12 champ (#1)
2 UNLV LWL 35-23 . . 27 114 Mtn West (#1t)
4 N. Dakota St LL 25-24 . . 250 91 Summit champ (#3)
Region 1a [Plains] - Stillwater, OK
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1 Okla St WW W 45-16 10 10 18 119 Big 12 (#1)
3 CSU, Fullerton WLWL 32-22 22 -- 54 114 Big West (#4)
2 Nebraska LWL 40-19 24 19 26 114 Big Ten (#2)
4 Binghamton LL 25-25 . . 157 96 Amer East champ (#4)
===> Super Regional 1: UC Irvine 8 1 ===> meets 8
at Okla St 4 0
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Region 2 [Swamp] - Gainesville, FL
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4 Col.Charleston WW W 41-17 . . 53 108 Colonial champ (#2)
2 Long Beach St WLWL 32-24 . . 29 114 Big West (#2)
3 N. Carolina LWL 34-25 . . 41 110 ACC (Coast #4)
N1 Florida LL 40-21 11 3 3 119 SEC (East #1)
Region 2a [Atlantic] - Coral Gables, FL
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2 Texas Tech WW LW 40-18 . . 17 118 Big 12 (#4)
1 Miami (FL) WLWWL 41-17 3 11 15 116 ACC (Coast #1)
4 Bethune-Cookmn LWL 26-31 . . 207 93 MEAC champ (South #1t)
3 Columbia LL 29-18 . . 35 107 Ivy champ (Gehrig #1)
===> Super Regional 2: Col.Charleston 0 0
at Texas Tech 1 1 ===> meets 7
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Region 3 [East I] - Charlottesville, VA
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N1 Virginia WW W 44-13 4 8 1 119 ACC (Coast #2)
2 Arkansas WLWL 38-23 23 24 33 114 SEC (West #4)
4 Bucknell LWL 30-19-1 . . 111 99 Patriot champ (#1t)
3 Liberty LL 41-16 . . 30 111 Big South (North #1)
Region 3a [East II] - Columbia, SC
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2 Maryland WW W 36-21 . . 25 112 ACC (Atl#2) -->Big Ten
1 S. Carolina WLWL 42-16 15 18 14 118 SEC (East #2)
4 Campbell LWL 40-19 . . 67 106 Big South champ (North #2)
3 Old Dominion LL 36-24 . . 36 110 Conf USA (#4t)
===> Super Regional 3: Maryland 5 3 2
at Virginia 4 7 11 ===> meets 6
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Region 4 [Midwest I] - Bloomington, IN
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3 Stanford WLWWW 30-23 . . 44 114 Pac-12 (#5)
N1 Indiana WW LL 42-13 6 6 2 121 Big Ten champ (#1)
4 Youngstown St LWL 16-36 . . 270 85 Horizon champ (#6)
2 Indiana St LL 35-16 . . 21 113 Mo Valley (#2)
Region 4a [South II] - Nashville, TN
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1 Vanderbilt WW W 41-18 19 20 9 119 SEC (East #3)
2 Oregon WLWL 42-18 20 -- 23 119 Pac-12 (#4)
4 Xavier LWL 29-27 . . 97 101 Big East champ (#4)
3 Clemson LL 36-23 . . 50 110 ACC (Coast #3)
===> Super Regional 4: Stanford 6 5 5
at Vanderbilt 11 4 12 ===> meets 5
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Region 5 [South I] - Tallahassee, FL
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3 Kennesaw St WW LW 37-21 27 -- 57 108 Atl Sun champ (#3)
2 Alabama LWWWL 34-22 . . 22 113 SEC (West #5)
4 Ga. Southern WLL 39-21 . . 89 106 Southern champ (#3t)
N1 Florida St LL 43-15 8 4 4 120 ACC (Atl #1)
Region 5a [Midwest II] - Louisville, KY
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1 Louisville WW W 45-15 12 13 20 116 American (#1) -->ACC
2 Kentucky LWWL 35-23 26 22 19 115 SEC (East #4)
3 Kansas WLL 34-24 . . 46 112 Big 12 (#3)
4 Kent St LL 36-21 . . 126 103 MAC champ (East #2)
===> Super Regional 5: Kennesaw St 3 4
at Louisville 5 7 ===> meets 4
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Region 6 [Delta I] - Lafayette, LA
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N1 LA-Lafayette LWWWW 53- 7 1 1 5 123 Sun Belt champ (#1)
2 Miss. St WW LL 37-22 21 17 32 114 SEC (West #3)
4 Jackson St WLL 31-23 . . 273 90 SWAC champ (East #4)
3 San Diego St LL 42-19 30 -- 39 116 Mtn West champ (#3)
Region 6a [Delta II] - Oxford, MS
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1 Mississippi WW W 41-18 14 12 13 119 SEC (West #1)
2 Washington WLWL 39-15-1 13 14 24 119 Pac-12 (#2)
3 Ga. Tech LWL 36-25 28 25 31 111 ACC champ (Coast #5)
4 Jacksonvlle St LL 36-25 . . 90 104 Ohio Valley champ (#2t)
===> Super Regional 6: Mississippi 5 5 10 ===> meets 3
at LA-Lafayette 9 2 4
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Region 7 [Central] - Fort Worth, TX
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N1 TCU WW W 42-15 9 9 11 121 Big 12 champ (#2)
3 Sam Houston St WLWL 41-17 . . 37 114 Southland (#1)
4 Siena LWL 26-31 . . 196 91 Metro Atl champ (#2)
2 Dallas Baptist LL 40-19 . . 28 113 Mo Valley champ (#3)
22 inning, 6 hour 54 min marathon on 5/31 to put N7 TCU in the catbird seat.
TCU used 7 pitchers, one with 7.1 ip (91) and another with 6.1 ip (60).
Sam Houston used 6 pitchers, one with 7.0 ip (99) and another with 6.1 ip (89)
Most players had 10 plate appearances and there were 278+316 = 594 pitches thrown.
TCU 100 001 000 000 000 000 000 1 3 11 2
SHSU 100 000 010 000 000 000 000 0 2 9 1
Region 7a [West II] - San Luis Obispo, CA
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3 Pepperdine WW W 39-16 25 23 34 117 West Coast champ (#1)
1 Cal Poly WLWL 45-10 5 5 16 122 Big West champ (#1)
4 Sacramento St LWL 39-22 . . 133 107 WAC champ (#1)
2 Arizona St LL 33-22 18 -- 38 115 Pac-12 (#3)
===> Super Regional 7: Pepperdine 2 3 5
at TCU 3 2 6 ===> meets 2
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Region 8 [Bayou I] - Baton Rouge, LA
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2 Houston WLWWW 44-15 16 15 10 118 American champ (#3t)
N1 LSU WW LL 44-14-1 7 7 8 120 SEC champ (West #2)
4 Southeastrn LA LWL 37-23 . . 73 107 Southland champ (#5)
3 Bryant LL 42-14 . . 47 108 Northeast champ (#1)
Region 8a [Bayou II] - Houston, TX
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2 Texas WW LW 38-18 29 21 12 120 Big 12 (#5)
3 Texas A&M LWWWL 33-24 . . 42 113 SEC (West #6)
1 Rice WLL 41-18 17 16 7 119 Conf USA champ (#1)
4 George Mason LL 34-20 . . 121 101 Atl-10 champ (#3)
===> Super Regional 8: Houston 2 0
at Texas 4 4 ===> meets 1
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Related information:
In addition, I include the usual subjective 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.
I also have every team with a pRPI of 60 or above, which happens automatically because of the way I prepare to process the bids when they are announced by the NCAA. (I collect the teams in RPI order with their record, ISR numbers, and sometimes the previous week's polls over the weekend before the seeds are announced. Then I just have to sort them into the regional grid and update with any other changes on Monday.) This year I noticed that the seeding was very straightforward. Every one of the teams in the top 3 seeds came from that group of top-60 RPI teams. The #4 seeds were all filled by the usual set of conference champions with lower RPI scores, and there were only two instances where a team with a top-45 pRPI was knocked out of a possible #3 seed, as noted below.
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 was undoubtedly 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 is clearly the case for West Virginia (40), who finished 6th of 9 in the Big 12 with a 9-14 conference record. The five teams ahead of them (more than half of the conference) all made it in the tournament.
On the other hand, Mercer (45) finished 2nd to Florida Gulf Coast in the Atlantic Sun conference and neither team made it in after getting knocked out by 3rd place finisher Kennesaw State. The Atlantic Sun is 17th in conference RPI and likely didn't rate the extra bids that it would take for Mercer to get in. With hindsight, maybe one of those teams deserved to get in even though Kennesaw State's success in the NCAA tournament could be attributed to being at the top of its game (blowing through the conference tournament) rather than the overall strength of that conference. We'll have to see if the Atlantic Sun gets the benefit of the doubt next year.
I suspect that Cal State Fullerton (54) was the last team added to the field over Mercer. With a competition record reflected in their 114 ISR (compared to 109 for Mercer), they probably got a subjective nod.
... RPI analysis is complete ...
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 Santa Barb. 34-17 . . 49 114 Big West (#5)
San Diego 34-20 . . 65 113 West Coast (#4t)
New Mexico 37-20 . . 63 112 Mtn West (#1t)
Southern Cal 29-24 . . 60 111 Pac-12 (#6)
Tennessee 31-23 . . 51 111 SEC (East #5)
* West Virginia 28-26 . . 40 111 Big 12 (#6)
California 26-27 . . 56 110 Pac-12 (#8)
Central Fla 36-23 . . 48 110 American (#2)
* Mercer 38-17 . . 45 109 Atl Sun (#2)
W. Carolina 37-18 . . 52 109 Southern (#1)
Illinois 32-21 . . 55 109 Big Ten (#3)
NC State 32-23 . . 58 109 ACC (Atl #5)
Loyola Marymount 32-24 . . 122 108 West Coast (#2)
UAB 35-21 . . 78 108 Conf USA (#2)
Creighton 32-17 . . 66 108 Big East (#1)
Tx-Arlingtion 33-26 . . 93 107 Sun Belt (#2)
Georgia 26-29 . . 59 107 SEC (East #6)
Evansville 34-21 . . 72 107 MoValley (#1)
Duke 33-25 . . 80 106 ACC (Coast #3)
Ball State 39-18 . . 62 106 MAC (West #1)
FL Gulf Coast 39-22 . . 79 106 Atl Sun (#1)
SE Missouri St 37-20 . . 81 106 Ohio Valley (#1)
Michigan St 31-26 . . 96 105 Big Ten (#6)
Wake Forest 30-26 . . 91 105 ACC (Atl #4)
Canisius 40-16 . . 69 105 Metro Atl (#1)
Michigan 30-29 . . 109 104 Big Ten (#4t)
William & Mary 34-22 . . 70 104 Colonial (#1)
Rutgers 30-25 . . 84 103 American (#3t)
St. John's (NY) 35-20 . . 107 103 Big East (#2)
Grand Canyon 30-23 . . 144 103 WAC (#2)
Stony Brook 35-18 . . 114 102 Amer East (#1)
Wright State 35-22 . . 127 102 Horizon (#1)
Arizona 22-33 . . 193 101 Pac-12 (#10)
Alabama St 37-20 . . 168 100 SWAC (East #1)
Miami (OH) 30-27 . . 112 100 MAC (East #1)
Nebraska-Omaha 31-20 . . 177 100 Summitt (#1)
St. Louis 34-21 . . 148 100 Atl-10 (#1)
Army 33-18 . . 141 99 Patriot (#1)
Notre Dame 22-31 . . 162 99 ACC (Atl #7)
Houston Baptist 23-28 . . 200 97 Southland (#10), was in Great West
Florida A&M 26-26 . . 220 91 MEAC (South #1t), coach Jamie Shouppe
Delaware St 30-17 . . 249 89 MEAC (North #1)
Chicago St 17-37 . . 294 82 WAC (#9), was in Great West
NJ Tech 20-25 . . 296 81 independent (#1), was in Great West
Grambling St 16-32 . . 299 81 SWAC (West #4)
Northern Colo 8-42 . . 295 81 WAC (#10), was in Great West
Iona 13-31 . . 285 80 Metro Atl (#9)
Ohio 11-40 . . 291 79 MAC (East #6)
Alcorn St 11-42 . . 293 79 SWAC (East #3)
St. Peter's 11-41 . . 288 77 Metro Atl (#11)
Southern 10-26 . . 301 77 SWAC (West #5)
Miss Valley St 4-38 . . 300 75 SWAC (East #5)
UMES 13-35 . . 297 73 MEAC (North #4)
Coppin St 12-34 . . 298 72 MEAC (North #3)
NY Tech 4-46 . . 302 70 independent (#2), was in Great West
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X - denotes team with Boyd's computer ranking above the 113.85
median for regional tournament teams. The lowest ISR of an
at-large team was 110.
* - denotes team with a higher pseudo-RPI than the natural cutoff
for a 64-team tournament after automatic bids are used up [47].
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