Current status:
Super Regionals complete.
Regional data need final check.
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, 25 May 2015, 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 111.8,
plus or minus a standard deviation of 8.3.
The median ISR is 112.80.
The highest pseudo-RPI ranking without a bid was North Carolina (29), followed by Georgia Tech (38) and Ohio State (41). The lowest pseudo-RPI with an at-large bid was Oregon (62) followed by Clemson (56). The highest ISR without a bid was Nevada (115.1, pRPI=55). The lowest ISR with an at-large bid was Clemson (109.9), just behind South Florida (110.4) along with Tulane (111.5), Mississippi (111.5), and Bradley (111.8).
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 that preserves some traditional names plus some old school snarky ones.
Super Regional Summary:
Will appear here after the regional playoffs are complete.
Complete Results:
Note: All series start on Friday, 29 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 [Pacific I] - Los Angeles, CA
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3 * Maryland WW LW 39-21 -- -- 42 112 Big Ten (#3t)
N1 UCLA WLWWL 42-14 2 2 4 124 Pac-12 champ (#1)
4 CSU,Bakersfield LWL 36-22 . . 118 105 WAC champ (#3, first bid)
2 Mississippi LL 30-26 . . 31 112 SEC (West#4, #6)
Region 1a [Pacific II] - Lake Elsinore, CA
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3 * Virginia WW W 34-22 -- -- 21 113 ACC (Coast #2)
2 Southern Cal LWWL 37-19 17 15 23 117 Pac-12 (#3t)
4 San Diego St WLL 40-21 . . 76 112 Mtn West champ (#2)
1 UC SantaBarbara LL 40-15 14 16 19 118 Big West (#2)
Note: Super Regional played at Charlottesville, VA but Maryland was home team for first game.
===> Super Regional 1: Virginia 5 5 ==> meets 8
at Maryland 3 4
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Region 2 [Bayou I] - Baton Rouge, LA
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N1 * LSU WW W 48-10 1 1 5 124 SEC (West#1, #1)
2 UNC-Wilmington WLWL 39-16 . . 27 112 Colonial champ (#2)
3 Tulane LWL 34-23 . . 43 112 American (#3t)
4 Lehigh LL 25-27 . . 240 85 Patriot champ (#2t)
Region 2a [Bayou II] - Houston, TX
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3 * U LA-Lafayette WW W 39-21 . . 49 111 Sun Belt champ (#3)
2 Rice LWWL 35-20 26 -- 34 114 Conf USA (#1)
1 Houston WLL 42-18 19 13 14 117 American (#1)
4 Houston Baptist LL 28-25 . . 133 103 Southland champ (#7, first bid)
20 inning game took 6 hours and 2 minutes.
Losing pitcher went 9 innings and winner went 9.1 innings ... in relief!
Rice 000 020 000 000 000 000 00 - 3 15 1
Houston 000 010 010 000 000 000 01 - 2 11 4 Houston eliminated
===> Super Regional 2: U LA-Lafayette 3 3
at LSU 4 9 ==> meets 7
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Region 3 [East] - Louisville, KY
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N1 * Louisville WW W 43-16 5 9 13 119 ACC (Atl#1, #1)
3 Michigan WLWL 37-23 . . 60 110 Big Ten champ (#3t)
2 Bradley LWL 31-19 . . 20 112 Mo-Valley (#3)
4 Morehead St LL 38-20 . . 112 104 OhioVal champ (#2)
Region 3a [West] - Fullerton, CA
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1 * CSU,Fullerton WW W 34-22 13 21 25 115 Big West champ (#1)
4 Pepperdine LWWL 30-27 . . 114 106 West Coast champ (#2)
2 Arizona St WLL 34-21 18 19 35 115 Pac-12 (#5)
3 Clemson LL 32-27 28 -- 56 110 ACC (Atl #4)
===> Super Regional 3: CSU,Fullerton 3 3 4 ==> meets 6
at Louisville 2 9 3
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Region 4 [Swamp I] - Gainesville, FL
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N1 * Florida WW W 44-16 7 3 3 121 SEC champ (East#2, #4)
2 Fla Atlantic LWWL 40-17 27 -- 16 117 Conf USA (#2t)
3 South Florida WLL 33-24 . . 28 110 American (#3t)
4 Florida A&M LL 23-23 . . 229 91 MEAC champ (South#1,#2, first bid)
Region 4a [Swamp II] - Tallahassee, FL
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1 * Florida St WW W 41-19 10 10 9 119 ACC champ (Atl #2t)
2 C of Charleston WLWL 43-13 25 18 17 116 Colonial (#1)
3 Auburn LWL 35-24 . . 22 113 SEC (West#5, #9t)
4 Mercer LL 35-21 . . 107 104 Southern champ (#1)
===> Super Regional 4: Florida St 5 4
at Florida 13 11 ==> meets 5
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Region 5 [Atlantic] - Coral Gables, FL
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N1 * Miami (FL) WW LW 44-14 6 12 1 122 ACC (Coast#1, #2)
3 Columbia WLWWL 29-15 . . 65 106 Ivy champ (Gehrig #1t)
4 FL Internatnal LWL 29-29 . . 142 102 Conf USA champ (#7t)
2 East Carolina LL 40-20 -- 23 24 113 American champ (#2)
Region 5a [Central II] - Dallas, TX
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4 * Va Commnwealth WW LW 37-22 . . 93 103 Atl-10 champ (#4)
1 Dallas Baptist LWWWL 43-13 24 14 2 121 Mo-Valley (#2)
2 Oregon St WLL 38-16 12 17 32 118 Pac-12 (#2)
3 Texas LL 30-25 30 -- 86 110 Big 12 champ (#5)
===> Super Regional 5: Va Commonwealth 2 3
at Miami (FL) 3 10 ==> meets 4
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Region 6 [North] - Champaign, IL
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N1 * Illinois WW W 46- 8 3 4 11 122 Big Ten (#1)
3 Wright St LWWL 42-14 . . 44 112 Horizon champ (#2)
2 Notre Dame WLL 36-21 23 -- 40 114 ACC (Atl #2t)
4 Ohio LL 36-19 . . 123 104 MAC champ (East#2, first bid)
Region 6a [Mideast] - Nashville, TN
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1 * Vanderbilt WW W 42-19 8 5 10 120 SEC (East#1, #2)
2 Radford LWWL 43-14 22 22 15 115 Big South champ (#1, first bid)
3 Indiana WLL 34-22 . . 33 113 Big Ten (#7)
4 Lipscomb LL 39-18 . . 71 108 Atl Sun champ (#2)
Championship game found Radford with no pitching and poor fielding. Record?
Vanderbilt 324 1 10 0 000 - 21 20 0
Radford 000 0 0 0 000 - 0 3 6
===> Super Regional 6: Vanderbilt 13 4 ==> meets 3
at Illinois 0 2
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Region 7 [Central I] - Fort Worth, TX
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N1 * TCU WLWWW 43-11 4 7 8 123 Big 12 (#1)
2 NC State WW LL 34-21 . . 26 113 ACC (Atl #5)
3 Stony Brook LWL 34-14 . . 53 106 AmerEast champ (#1)
4 Sacred Heart LL 23-30 . . 221 87 Northeast champ (#3)
Region 7a [South] - College Station, TX
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1 * Texas A&M WLWWW 45-11 9 8 6 122 SEC (West#2, #3)
3 California WW LL 34-19 16 25 39 116 Pac-12 (#3t)
2 Coastal Car LWL 38-19 . . 18 114 Big South (#2)
4 Texas Southern LL 31-17 . . 158 99 SWAC champ (West#2, #3)
===> Super Regional 7: Texas A&M 4 2 4
at TCU 13 1 5 ==> meets 2
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Region 8 [Midwest I] - Springfield, MO
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N1 * Missouri St WW W 45-10 11 6 7 122 Mo-Valley champ (#1)
2 Iowa WLWL 36-16 20 24 30 114 Big Ten (#2)
3 Oregon LWL 37-23 . . 62 113 Pac-12 (#6)
4 Canisius LL 34-28 . . 196 95 Metro Atl champ (#2)
Region 8a [Midwest II] - Stillwater, OK
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2 * Arkansas WW W 35-22 29 20 36 114 SEC (West#3, #5)
4 St. John's (NY) LWWL 39-14 21 -- 67 107 Big East champ (#1)
1 Oklahoma St WLL 37-18 15 11 12 119 Big 12 (#2)
3 Oral Roberts LL 41-14 . . 37 113 Summit champ (#1)
Note: Super Regional played at Fayetteville, AR because Missouri State could not host.
===> Super Regional 8: Arkansas 18 1 3 ==> meets 1
at Missouri St 4 3 2
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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 from the top 60 in the pRPI or with an ISR of 110 or above, which covers the top 60 in that system.
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 N. Carolina and Georgia Tech (both finished under 0.500 in the ACC), but Ohio State must have been a more subjective situation because Indiana was behind them in the conference standings but had a better RPI (33 versus 41).
Oregon (pRPI=62) and Clemson (pRPI=56) were probably the last teams added to the field as #3 seeds. Nevada might have been more deserving, but were hurt when they lost the tournament in a conference that doesn't get much respect.
... RPI analysis NOT 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 Nevada 41-15 -- . 55 115 Mtn West (#1)
Southern Miss 36-18 . . 54 113 Conf USA (#3)
UC Irvine 33-23 . . 46 113 Big West (#3)
* Ohio State 35-20 . . 41 113 Big Ten (#6)
North Florida 45-16 . . 45 112 Atl Sun (#1)
* N. Carolina 34-24 . . 29 112 ACC (Coast #3)
Nebraska 34-23 . . 48 112 Big Ten (#8)
SE Louisiana 42-17 . . 52 112 Southland (#1)
* Georgia Tech 32-23 . . 38 111 ACC (Coast #5)
Michigan St 34-23 . . 51 111 Big Ten (#5)
San Diego 33-22 . . 85 110 West Coast (#1)
Texas Tech 31-24 . . 77 110 Big 12 (#3t)
Oklahoma 34-27 . . 84 110 Big 12 (#3t)
Alabama 32-28 . . 47 110 SEC (West#6, #11)
Memphis 37-21 . . 72 110 American (#5)
South Carolina 32-25 . . 63 110 SEC (East#5, #9t)
Connecticut 35-25 . . 50 109 American (#6)
Kentucky 30-25 . . 59 109 SEC (East#4, #8)
Washington 29-25 . . 90 109 Pac-12 (#7)
Duke 31-22 . . 61 109 ACC (Coast #6)
South Alabama 37-20 . . 81 109 Sun Belt (#1)
Missouri 29-28 . . 57 108 SEC (East#3, #7)
Central Fla 31-27 . . 58 108 American (#7)
Creighton 32-19 . . 69 107 Big East (#2)
Winthrop 40-19 . . 79 107 Big South (#3t)
Liberty 33-23 . . 64 107 Big South (#3t)
Central Mich 35-22 . . 99 106 MAC (West #1)
Virginia Tech 27-27 . . 73 105 ACC (Coast #4)
Grand Canyon 32-22 . . 120 105 WAC (#1)
SE Mo State 36-23 . . 108 105 OhioVal (#1)
Wichita St 26-33 . . 109 104 Mo-Valley (#4)
Ill-Chicago 29-22 . . 149 102 Horizon (#1)
Tx-Arlingtion 24-32 . . 147 100 Sun Belt (#6t)
Rider 28-22 . . 106 98 Metro Atl (#1)
Longwood 22-34 . . 178 93 Big South (#8) was Indep
Navy 37-20 . . 220 92 Patriot (#1)
Utah Valley 19-35 . . 258 90 WAC (#6) was in Great West
NJ Tech 24-23 . . 257 88 Independent (#1)
Northern Colo 16-32 . . 290 84 WAC (#7) was in Great West
Chicago St 13-40 . . 294 81 WAC (#9) was in Great West
Princeton 7-32 . . 268 81 Ivy (Gehrig#4, #8)
NY Tech 14-30 . . 277 80 Independent (#2)
Alcorn St 16-41 . . 291 80 SWAC (East#4, #7t)
Grambling State 11-39 . . 292 79 SWAC (West#4, #7t)
LIU Brooklyn 16-35 . . 285 79 Northeast (#7)
Niagara 13-32 . . 295 77 Metro Atl (#10)
UMES 16-33 . . 283 76 MEAC (North#2, #3t)
St. Peter's 10-38 . . 293 75 Metro Atl (#11)
Mount St. Mary's 12-31 . . 296 75 Northeast (#5)
Miss Valley St 7-36 . . 299 75 SWAC (East#5, #10)
N Carolina A&T 10-36 . . 298 74 MEAC (South#5, #8)
Prairie View A&M 15-36 . . 300 74 SWAC (West#5, #9)
Delaware St 16-29 . . 297 73 MEAC (North#3, #5)
Coppin St 3-38 . . 301 59 MEAC (North#4, #9)
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X - denotes team with Boyd's computer ranking above the 11x.xx
median for regional tournament teams. The lowest ISR of an
at-large team was 1xx.
* - denotes team with a higher pseudo-RPI than the natural cutoff
for a 64-team tournament after automatic bids are used up [42].
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Move the following to the top when regionals are over.
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.
Note: The "at" team is home for first game and visitor for second game.
Super Regional 1: Virginia 5 5 ==> meets 8
at Maryland 3 4
Super Regional 8: Arkansas 18 1 3 ==> meets 1
at Missouri St 4 3 2
Super Regional 4: Florida St 5 4
at Florida 13 11 ==> meets 5
Super Regional 5: Va Commonwealth 2 3
at Miami (FL) 3 10 ==> meets 4
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Super Regional 2: U LA-Lafayette 3 3
at LSU 4 9 ==> meets 7
Super Regional 7: Texas A&M 4 2 4
at TCU 13 1 5 ==> meets 2
Super Regional 3: CSU,Fullerton 3 3 4 ==> meets 6
at Louisville 2 9 3
Super Regional 6: Vanderbilt 13 4 ==> meets 3
at Illinois 0 2
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