Current status:
Super Regionals are complete; on to the CWS.
Some of the "other" info is not complete.
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, 29 May 2017, 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 111.9,
plus or minus a standard deviation of 8.5.
The median ISR is 113.5.
The highest pseudo-RPI ranking without a bid was South Carolina (31, isr=113),
followed by Mississippi (38, isr=118), Miami of Florida (39, isr=110),
and McNeese State (40, isr=111)
The omission of Miami of Florida broke their 44 year streak in the tournament,
probably jusified by their strength rating and conference finish.
The lowest pseudo-RPI with an at-large bid was UCLA (51, isr=115),
and it now looks like they didn't deserve it.
The highest ISR without a bid was Loyola Marymount (115.6, rpi=64), followed
by San Diego (115.0, rpi=53) and Gonzaga (114.7, rpi=49),
all from the West Coast Conference.
The lowest ISR with an at-large bid was Maryland (110.8, rpi=34),
just behind Auburn (111.3, rpi=46).
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:
Will appear here after the regionals are over.
Complete Results:
Note: All series start on Friday, 2 June, except Region 8 at Stanford. That series starts on Thursday to accommodate BYU, which does not play on Sunday. 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] - Corvallis, OR
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N1 * Oregon State WW W 49- 4 1 1 1 130 Pac-12 champ (#1)
3 Yale WLWL 32-16 . . 47 107 Ivy champ (Rolfe#1, #1)
4 Holy Cross LWL 23-27 . . 212 92 Patriot champ (#2)
2 Nebraska LL 35-20 29 26 43 112 Big Ten (#1)
Region 1a [East II] - Clemson, SC
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2 * Vanderbilt WW LW 33-22 . . 24 115 SEC (East#3, #6)
1 Clemson WLWWL 39-19 17 19 12 118 ACC (Atl#3, #5)
4 UNC,Greensboro LWL 35-22 . . 128 103 Southern champ (#3t)
3 St. John's (NY) LL 42-11 21 -- 37 112 Big East (#2)
===> Super Regional 1: Vanderbilt 4 2
at Oregon St 8 9 ==> meets 8
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Region 2 [East I] - Chapel Hill, NC
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4 * Davidson WW W 32-24 . . 126 99 Atl 10 champ (#6t)
N1 North Carolina LWWL 47-12 4 2 2 124 ACC (Coast#1, #2)
2 Fla Gulf Coast WLL 42-18 25 24 35 111 Atl Sun champ (#3)
3 Michigan LL 42-15 . . 42 115 Big Ten (#2)
Region 2a [Bayou II] - Houston, TX
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3 * Texas A&M WW W 35-21 . . 45 114 SEC (West#4t, #7t)
1 Houston LWWL 40-19 24 16 17 117 American champ (#1t)
4 Iowa WLL 38-20 28 -- 90 107 Big Ten champ (#4t)
2 Baylor LL 34-21 -- 20 19 116 Big 12 (#4t)
===> Super Regional 2: Davidson 6 6
at Texas A&M 7 (15) 12 ==> meets 7
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Region 3 [Swamp I] - Gainesville, FL
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N1 * Florida WW LW 42-16 3 5 3 121 SEC (East#1, #1t)
3 Bethune-Cookman LWWWL 33-23 . . 73 103 MEAC champ (South#1, #2)
2 So Florida WLL 41-17 . . 21 115 American (#3t)
4 Marist LL 32-21 . . 110 99 Metro Atl champ (#2t)
Region 3a [Atlantic] - Winston-Salem, NC
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1 * Wake Forest WW W 39-18 16 13 15 118 ACC (Atl#2, #3)
2 West Virginia WLWL 34-24 . . 20 115 Big 12 (#4t)
3 Maryland LWL 37-21 . . 34 111 Big Ten (#4t)
4 UMBC LL 23-23 . . 162 95 Amer East champ (#2)
===> Super Regional 3: Wake Forest 1 8 (11) 0
at Florida 2 (11) 6 3 ==> meets 6
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Region 4 [Bayou I] - Baton Rouge, LA
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N1 * LSU WW W 43-17 2 4 5 121 SEC champ (West#1, #1t)
3 Rice LWWL 31-29 . . 36 111 Conf USA champ (#6)
2 SE Louisiana WLL 36-20 . . 26 113 Southland (#2)
4 Texas Southern LL 20-32 . . 266 84 SWAC champ (West#2, #4)
Region 4a [South] - Hattiesburg, MS
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2 * Miss. St LWWWW 36-24 22 -- 28 114 SEC (West#3, #5)
1 So Mississippi WW LL 48-14 14 14 10 121 Conf USA (#1)
3 So. Alabama WLL 39-19 19 -- 32 113 Sun Belt champ (East#2, #2)
4 Ill-Chicago LL 39-15 . . 98 107 Horizon champ (#1)
===> Super Regional 4: Miss. St 3 4
at LSU 4 14 ==> meets 5
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Region 5 [Southwest] - Lubbock, TX
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3 * Sam Houston St WLWWW 40-20 27 -- 52 112 Southland champ (#3)
N1 Texas Tech WW LL 43-15 7 3 4 122 Big 12 (1t)
2 Arizona LWL 37-19 15 18 23 118 Pac-12 (#4)
4 Delaware LL 34-21 . . 114 103 Colonial champ (#4)
Region 5a [Swamp II] - Tallahassee, FL
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1 * Florida St LWWWW 39-20 18 15 11 118 ACC champ (Atl#5, #8)
3 Auburn WW LL 35-24 -- 23 46 111 SEC (West#4t, #7t)
4 Tennessee Tech WLL 40-19 . . 92 106 Ohio Valley champ (#1)
2 Central Fla LL 40-20 -- 22 22 115 American (#1t)
===> Super Regional 5: Sam Houston St 6 0
at Florida St 7 19 ==> meets 4
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Region 6 [Central I] - Fort Worth, TX
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N1 * TCU WW W 42-16 8 7 7 121 Big 12 (#1t)
3 Dallas Baptist LWWL 40-19 20 -- 63 110 Mo Valley champ (#2)
2 Virginia WLL 42-14 11 12 14 118 ACC (Coast#2, #4)
4 Central Conn St LL 36-20 . . 145 98 Northeast champ (#2)
Region 6a [Central II] - Fayetteville, AR
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2 * Missouri St WW LW 40-17 12 -- 30 114 Mo Valley (#1)
1 Arkansas WLWWL 42-17 13 11 16 119 SEC (West#2, #4)
4 Oral Roberts LWL 42-14 . . 82 108 Summit champ (#1)
3 Okla St LL 30-25 . . 33 112 Big 12 champ (#8)
===> Super Regional 6: Missouri St 2 1
at TCU 3 8 ==> meets 3
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Region 7 [Midwest I] - Louisville, KY
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N1 * Louisville WW W 47-10 5 6 6 122 ACC (Atl#1, #1)
3 Xavier LWWL 32-25 . . 68 105 Big East champ (#3)
2 Oklahoma WLL 34-22 . . 27 113 Big 12 (#3)
4 Radford LL 27-30 . . 154 97 Big South champ (#5)
Region 7a [Midwest II] - Lexington, KY
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1 * Kentucky WLWWW 39-20 10 10 8 119 SEC (East#2, #3)
3 NC State WW LL 34-23 . . 29 113 ACC (Atl#4, #7)
2 Indiana LWL 33-22 . . 25 112 Big Ten (#6)
4 Ohio LL 31-26 . . 182 97 MAC champ (East#2, #5)
===> Super Regional 7: Kentucky 2 2
at Louisville 5 6 ==> meets 2
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Region 8 [Pacific I] - Stanford, CA
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2 * CSU,Fullerton WW W 34-21 23 17 41 116 Big West (#3)
N1 Stanford WLWL 40-14 6 9 9 124 Pac-12 (#2)
3 BYU LWL 37-19 26 -- 55 114 West Coast champ (#2)
4 Sacramento St LL 32-27 . . 181 102 WAC champ (#4)
Region 8a [Pacific II] - Long Beach, CA
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1 * Long Beach St WLWWW 37-17 9 8 13 119 Big West champ (#1)
2 Texas WW LL 37-22 -- 21 18 118 Big 12 (#6)
4 San Diego St LWL 41-19 . . 83 114 Mtn West champ (#2)
3 UCLA LL 30-25 30 -- 51 115 Pac-12 (#3)
===> Super Regional 8: CSU,Fullerton 0 12 2 ==> meets 1
at Long Beach St 3 0 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, or a pRPI below 64.
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 ???? This is clearly the case for all such teams this year, since all of them finished below 0.500 for the season in their conference or lost their conference tournament.
..... was clearly the last team added to the field.
... RPI analysis NOT YET 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 Loyola Marymnt 38-18 . . 64 116 West Coast (#3)
X San Diego 35-18 . . 53 115 West Coast (#4t)
X Gonzaga 33-20 . . 49 115 West Coast (#1)
* South Carolina 35-25 . . 31 113 SEC (East#5, #11)
St. Mary's 37-20 . . 72 113 West Coast (#4t)
Louisiana Tech 36-20 . . 48 112 Conf USA (#5)
* Mississippi 32-25 . . 38 112 SEC (West#6, #9t)
Missouri 36-23 . . 56 112 SEC (East#4, #9t)
Utah 27-24 . . 67 112 Pac-12 (#5t)
Oregon 30-25 . . 86 112 Pac-12 (#8)
Fla Atlantic 35-21 . . 58 111 Conf USA (#4)
Old Dominion 37-21 . . 50 111 Conf USA (#2)
California 25-29 . . 61 111 Pac-12 (#5t)
* McNeese St 36-20 . . 40 111 Southland (#1)
Washington 28-26 . . 79 111 Pac-12 (#7)
Coastal Carol 37-19 . . 62 111 Sun Belt (East#1, #1)
UNC-Charlotte 34-24 . . 57 110 Conf USA (#3)
* Miami (FL) 30-27 . . 39 110 ACC (Coast#3, #6) first time out in 44 yrs
LA-Lafayette 35-21 . . 60 110 Sun Belt (West#2, #4)
Minnesota 36-21 . . 69 110 Big Ten (#3)
Connecticut 33-25 . . 44 109 American (#3t)
Kansas 30-28 . . 54 108 Big 12 (#7)
Tennessee 27-25 . . 65 108 SEC (East#7, #13)
Michigan St 29-23 . . 76 107 Big Ten (#9)
Georgia Tech 27-28 . . 74 107 ACC (Coast#5, #10t)
Binghamton 30-13 . . 59 107 Amer East (#1)
Duke 30-28 . . 88 107 ACC (Coast#4, #9)
Kent State 37-18 . . 95 106 MAC (East#1, #1)
Jacksonville 36-24 . . 66 106 Atl Sun (#1)
Tx-Arlingtion 30-25 . . 103 105 Sun Belt (West#1, #3)
So. California 21-34 . . 137 103 Pac-12 (#11)
Houston Baptist 29-25 . . 124 103 Southland (#4)
Notre Dame 26-32 . . 129 102 ACC (Atl#7, #12)
Virginia Commonwealth 35-22 . . 97 102 Atl 10 (#1)
Creighton 24-25 . . 172 99 Big East (#1)
Navy 37-17 . . 202 97 Patriot (#1)
Wright St 38-21 . . 96 105 Horizon (#2)
Jackson St 38-17 . . 225 93 SWAC (East#1, #1)
Northeastern 29-25 . . 161 98 Colonial (#1)
Bryant 29-26 . . 158 95 Northeast (#1)
Winthrop 34-24 . . 93 102 Big South (#1)
Central Mich 31-28 . . 155 99 MAC (West#1, #2)
Cal Poly 28-28 . . 108 108 Big West (#2)
Grand Canyon 29-25 . . 134 104 WAC (#1)
New Mexico 30-27 . . 71 108 Mtn West (#1)
Florida A&M 27-26 . . 130 96 MEAC (South#3, #3t)
Northern Colo 21-27 . . 226 94 WAC (#6)
N. Kentucky 24-33 . . 216 92 Horizon (#3)
Brown 13-24 . . 222 91 Ivy (Rolfe#4, #8)
North Dakota St 28-25 . . 249 90 Summit (#2)
Iona 25-26 . . 235 89 Metro Atl (#4)
Lehigh 21-29 . . 282 83 Patriot (#5)
Delaware St 22-25 . . 278 82 MEAC (North#2, #3t)
Grambling State 18-30 . . 280 81 SWAC (West#1, #3)
Nebraska-Omaha 12-40 . . 279 80 Summit (#5)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 15-31 . . 284 80 SWAC (West#4t, #6t)
Chicago St 11-41 . . 283 81 WAC (#9)
Prairie View A&M 15-36 . . 285 78 SWAC (West#3, #5)
LaSalle 10-41 . . 281 77 Atl 10 (#13)
Savannah St 12-39 . . 288 76 MEAC (South#5, #9)
Southern 14-27 . . 291 76 SWAC (West#4t, #6t)
Alcorn St 12-33 . . 286 75 SWAC (East#4, #9)
Fairleigh Dickinson 12-34 . . 287 75 Northeast (#6)
NJ Tech 9-40 . . 290 74 Atlantic Sun
Lafayette 8-44 . . 292 72 Patriot (#6)
UMES 12-40 . . 289 72 MEAC (North#3, #7)
IUPU-Fort Wayne 7-42 . . 298 70 Summit (#6)
Alabama A&M 12-43 . . 295 70 SWAC (East#2, #2)
Miss Valley St 7-32 . . 293 70 SWAC (East#5, #10)
Coppin St 11-31 . . 297 70 MEAC (North#4, #8)
Mount St. Mary's 8-39 . . 296 69 Northeast (#7)
NY Tech 5-36 . . 294 69 Independent
St. Peter's 0-38 . . 299 62 Metro Atl (#11)
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X - denotes team with Boyd's computer ranking above the 113.5
median for regional tournament teams. The lowest ISR of an
at-large team was 111.
* - 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.
Super Regional 1: .... . .
at .... . . ==> meets 8
Super Regional 8: .... . .
at .... . . ==> meets 1
Super Regional 4: .... . . .
at .... . . . ==> meets 5
Super Regional 5: .... . . .
at .... . . . ==> meets 4
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Super Regional 2: .... . .
at .... . . ==> meets 7
Super Regional 7: .... . .
at .... . . ==> meets 2
Super Regional 3: .... . .
at .... . . ==> meets 6
Super Regional 6: .... . . .
at .... . . . ==> meets 3
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