Week 8 Discussion (3/31-3/7)

[Watson]

#1 Florida State (22-5 overall) [7-0 series]
This Week: Florida (Jacksonville) L 4-1, @ Boston College W 6-0, W 11-7, W 10-1
Next Week: FGCU (4/1), Notre Dame (4/4-4/6)

#2 South Carolina (24-3) [6-1]
This Week: College of Charleston: W 4-2, Coastal Carolina: W 4-0, #22 Tennessee: W 3-2 (14), W 9-6, W 8-0
Next Week: Appalachian State (4/1), @ Arkansas (4/3-4/5)

#3 Virginia (23-4) [6-0]
This Week: @ Miami: W 5-3, Longwood: W 8-1, Virginia Tech: W 2-1, W 9-2, W 7-4
Next Week: Old Dominion (4/1), George Washington (4/2), @ Pitt (4/4-4/6)

#4 ULL (26-3) [7-0]
This Week: Northwestern State: W 10-1, Southern: W 17-3, Western Kentucky: L 14-3, W 10-9, W 7-4
Next Week: Tulane (4/1), @ Troy (4/4-4/6)

#5 Cal Poly (22-4) [6-0-1]
This Week: UC Davis: W 8-0, W 5-3, W 9-1
Next Week: Cal State Bakersfield (4/1), #17 UC Santa Barbara

#6 Oregon State (21-6) [4-1]
This Week: @ Arizona: W 11-2, L 11-2, W 11-0
Next Week: @ Portland (4/1), Stanford (4/4-4/6)

#7 Vanderbilt (23-6) [6-1]
This Week: Belmont: W 2-1, #19 Kentucky: L 4-2, W 9-3, W 6-2
Next Week: Tennessee-Martin (4/1), @ Tennessee (4/4-4/6)

#8 Texas (22-7) [4-1-1]
This Week: Texas State: W 5-1, @ Texas Tech: W 11-1, L 8-4, W 5-2 (12)
Next Week: #12 Rice (4/1), Baylor (4/4-4/6)

#9 Mississippi State (20-10) [4-0-1]
This Week: Southeast Missouri State: W 3-2, Arkansas: L 4-0, W 5-1, W 5-1
Next Week: @ #20 LSU

#10 Houston (22-5) [5-0]
This Week: #10 Rice: W 6-2, Memphis: L 2-1, W 6-3, W 6-2
Next Week: @ Texas A&M (4/1), @ Rutgers (4/4-4/6)

#11 Louisville (21-6) [4-0]
This Week: vs. Western Kentucky (Bowling Green): W 5-3, Xavier: W 8-1, Butler: W 15-1, Xavier: W 12-3
Next Week: @ #22 Kentucky (4/1), Memphis (4/4-4/6)

#12 Rice
This Week: @ #17 Houston: L 6-2, Lamar: W 3-2, @ Middle Tennessee State: L 3-2, W 8-0, L 8-5
Next Week: @ #8 Texas (4/1), East Carolina (4/4-4/6)

#13 Florida (19-9) [4-2]
This Week: #1 Florida State (Jacksonville): W 4-1, #8 LSU: W 2-1, W 6-2, W 11-7
Next Week: FAU (4/1), @ #22 Kentucky (4/4-4/6)

#14 Washington (20-5) [4-0]
This Week: Gonzaga: W 7-1, @ USC: W 8-2, W 19-4, W 8-3 (14)
Next Week: @ #19 Oregon (4/4-4/6)

#15 Alabama (19-8) [5-2]
This Week: vs. Troy (Pensacola): W 10-5, #13 Ole Miss: W 7-6, W 6-5 (10), W 3-1
Next Week: ULM (4/1), @ Texas A&M (4/4-4/6)

#16 Clemson (17-9) [5-2]
This Week: @ Georgia: W 16-4, @ Maryland: W 3-1, W 7-1
Next Week: Furman (4/1), Winthrop (4/2), NC State (4/5-4/7)

#17 UC Santa Barbara (19-5) [4-1]
This Week: @ Fresno State: W 5-4, Hawaii: L 3-1, W 8-7, L 12-4
Next Week: @ #5 Cal Poly (4/4-4/6)

#18 Cal State Fullerton (14-10) [5-2]
This Week: @ Wichita State: W 5-1, L 3-2, L 4-2
Next Week: UC Davis (4/4-4/6)

#19 Oregon (19-8) [5-2]
This Week: @ San Francisco: L 8-4, W 12-5, @ Stanford: L 6-3, L 2-1 (11), W 9-2
Next Week: @ Gonzaga (4/1-4/2), @ #14 Washington (4/4-4/6)

#20 LSU (20-8-1) [4-2]
This Week: @ Tulane: L 3-2, @ Florida: L 2-1, L 6-2, L 11-7
Next Week: McNeese State (4/2), #9 Mississippi State (4/4-4/6)

#21 UCLA (16-10) [3-2]
This Week: Long Beach State: W 2-1, Arizona State: W 7-3, L 8-5, L 6-5 (10)
Next Week: @ Loyola Marymount (4/1), @/vs./@ Long Beach State (4/4-4/6)

#22 Kentucky (19-9) [3-2]
This Week: Xavier: W 9-6, @ #7 Vanderbilt: W 4-2, L 9-3, L 6-2
Next Week: #11 Louisville (4/1), #13 Florida (4/4-4/6)

#23 Ole Miss (21-8) [5-2]
This Week: vs. Southern Miss (Pearl, Miss): L 5-3, @ Alabama: L 7-6, L 6-5 (10), L 3-1
Next Week: UAPB (4/2), Auburn (4/4-4/6)

#24 Indiana (15-10) [3-2]
This Week: @ Indiana State: L 12-8, @ Ohio State: W 6-4, W 8-2, W 7-1
Next Week: Miami (OH) (4/2), @ Iowa (4/4-4/6)

#25 UNLV (19-8) [6-1]
This Week: Utah Valley: W 8-3, @ Nebraska: W 5-2, W 5-4, L 5-3
Next Week: @ Creighton (3/31), @ Fresno State (4/4-4/6)

[TripleCrown9]

What a drop for LSU. ****.

[Watson]

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

What a drop for LSU. ****.

There was a stretch last week where we had 7 runs in 42 innings of baseball played. That came out to .16 runs per inning.

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by Watson

There was a stretch last week where we had 7 runs in 42 innings of baseball played. That came out to .16 runs per inning.

Yeah, I know they had a bad week but dropping 17 spots is harsh. You shouldn't drop that far losing to a ranked team, sweep or not.

Meanwhile, the Ragin' Cajuns are 4th? I thought Bizzaro World was fictitious.

[Watson]

Quote: Originally Posted by TripleCrown9

Yeah, I know they had a bad week but dropping 17 spots is harsh. You shouldn't drop that far losing to a ranked team, sweep or not. Meanwhile, the Ragin' Cajuns are 4th? I thought Bizzaro World was fictitious.

The loss to Tulane and tie to Georgia didn't help.

BA has always been tough on teams outside of the ACC, but overall their rankings are usually the most agreeable

[TracerBullet]

I'm just glad to see #13 and #14 in the rankings.

[Watson]

Texas 5, Rice 2
Kentucky 8, Louisville 3
South Carolina 2, App State 1
ULL 16, Tulane 0

[Watson]

LSU (And Alex Bregman) exercise their demons with a 10-3 win.