Alrighty, this will be one boring thread so if you're not interested in this stuff - this thread isn't for you. I will be using Warren Nolan's website strictly for tracking as this site is not only free for everyone, but it's also easy to navigate to get the information needed. They're usually +/- somewhere around 2-5 from other sites, although I've never understood why because a formula should be a formula. Data in, data out but I guess it's not that simple. Other sites are reputable as well, but a couple of them require a sub so let's stick with WN so everyone has access to it.
Very important - WN's site is fluid, not static like basketball NET sites. And when I say it's fluid, by the time I finished posting the OP, we went from 51 to 57 down to 52 then to 56. It's very fluid!! Bottom line, the RPI for all teams will take shape around the 2nd or 3rd (ish) week of April and give a clearer picture from there on out.
I'll update this just like the Nebrasketball & Bracketology thread currently pinned. OP will be updated then a new post will also have the results from that weeks worth of games. I'll stress, it won't be updated after each game, but it will after each weeks worth of games.
***** Update thru Northwestern series (week 7) *****
Week 1 = #51 RPI (1-2)
Quad 1 = 0-2
Texas Tech, Oklahoma
Quad 2 = 1-0
Baylor
Week 2 = #21 RPI (3-1)
Quad 3 = 3-1
Grand Canyon x4
Week 3 = #3 RPI (3-0)
Quad 4 = 3-0
College of Charleston x3
Week 4 = #3 RPI (2-1)
Quad 2 = 2-1
South Alabama x3
Week 5 = #3 RPI (4-1)
Quad 2 = 1-1
Wichita State x2
Quad 3 = 3-0
Nicholls x3
Week 6 = #10 RPI (4-0)
Quad 3 = 1-0
North Dakota State
Quad 4 = 3-0
Omaha, New Mexico State x2
Week 7 = #11 RPI (3-0)
Quad 2 = 3-0
Northwestern
Week 8 = x1 Creighton (Q1), x3 Ohio State (Q2)
Season Totals = #10 RPI (20-5 overall record)
Quad 1 = 0-1
Oklahoma (0-1)
Quad 2 = 12-4
Texas Tech (0-1), Grand Canyon (3-1), College of Charleston (3-0), South Alabama (2-1), Wichita State (1-1), Northwestern (3-0)
Quad 3 = 4-0
Nicholls (3-0), North Dakota State (1-0)
Quad 4 = 4-0
Omaha (1-0), New Mexico State (2-0), Baylor (1-0)
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Heads up, a Q1 thru Q4 teams can change - multiple times - throughout the season. So you'll continue to see, especially the first half of the season, that a team can be in a different quad so I'll always be updating the "Season Totals" every Monday. What does this mean? As an example, "Week 1", "Week 2", "Week 3", etc will never change quads wise but I will adjust the "Season Totals" to reflect the appropriate Quad for each team as the season progresses. As an example; Oklahoma will always remain a Q1 loss in the "Week 1" category however, in the "Season Totals" category they may move to a Q2, or whatever. Same with Texas Tech and/or flip it for Baylor. And how the RPI bounces around in baseball, someone can change multiple times. Hopefully this makes sense.
Okay, on to how teams are projected to finish in their conference (using preseason voting available to the public) * denotes a midweek game. If no ( ), it's a home game or series
(N) Texas Tech - B12 #4
(N) Oklahoma - B12 #t6
(N) Baylor - B12 #t12
(A) Grand Canyon x4 - WAC #1
(A) College of Charleston x4 - AAC #4
South Alabama x3 - Sun Belt #8
* (A) Wichita State x2 - American #7
Nicholls x3 - Southland #1
* Omaha - Summit #4
* North Dakota - Summit #2
New Mexico State - Conference USA #9
* (A) Kansas State - B12 #5
* (A) Creighton - Big East #4
* (A) Kansas - B12 #8
* Creighton - Big East #4
* Kansas - B12 #8
* (A) Creighton - Big East #4
* Kansas State - B12 #5
* South Dakota State - Summit #3
The below, obviously we have no control over but I do believe we had some off-season influence
(A) Northwestern x3 - B1G #13
Ohio State x3 - B1G #10
(A) Rutgers x3 - B1G #4
Maryland x3 - B1G #6
Iowa x3 - B1G #1
(A) Minnesota x3 - B1G #12
Indiana x3 - B1G #2
(A) Michigan State x3 - B1G #9
For the B1G pre-season rankings, I used Evan Bland's poll (he has Huskers at #3) as the official one from the B1G conference only lists 1 thru 6. If someone has the D1Baseball pre-season poll, I'll be more than happy to use that instead. It really doesn't matter to me either way. ((Personal opinion, I think Minnesota is a sleeper to make a run at the top 6. They return quite a bit and it's the last season for their 107-year old head coach))
On a side note, back to the beginning of this thread
I will warn you now, if you attempt to follow Warren Nolans "predicted results", you're wasting every second of time. I've followed WN for a very long time and his "predicted results" are brutally bad. It's not a Nebraska thing either, it's bad across all teams. Even late in the year. If you don't believe me, screenshot 9-10 teams now, next week, week after & continue thru the season. I reached out to them a few years back and had some good dialogue but holy shit it ended up giving me a headache with all of their responses on the topic. There wasn't a rhyme or rhythm, which they sort of admitted.
Very important - WN's site is fluid, not static like basketball NET sites. And when I say it's fluid, by the time I finished posting the OP, we went from 51 to 57 down to 52 then to 56. It's very fluid!! Bottom line, the RPI for all teams will take shape around the 2nd or 3rd (ish) week of April and give a clearer picture from there on out.
I'll update this just like the Nebrasketball & Bracketology thread currently pinned. OP will be updated then a new post will also have the results from that weeks worth of games. I'll stress, it won't be updated after each game, but it will after each weeks worth of games.
***** Update thru Northwestern series (week 7) *****
Week 1 = #51 RPI (1-2)
Quad 1 = 0-2
Texas Tech, Oklahoma
Quad 2 = 1-0
Baylor
Week 2 = #21 RPI (3-1)
Quad 3 = 3-1
Grand Canyon x4
Week 3 = #3 RPI (3-0)
Quad 4 = 3-0
College of Charleston x3
Week 4 = #3 RPI (2-1)
Quad 2 = 2-1
South Alabama x3
Week 5 = #3 RPI (4-1)
Quad 2 = 1-1
Wichita State x2
Quad 3 = 3-0
Nicholls x3
Week 6 = #10 RPI (4-0)
Quad 3 = 1-0
North Dakota State
Quad 4 = 3-0
Omaha, New Mexico State x2
Week 7 = #11 RPI (3-0)
Quad 2 = 3-0
Northwestern
Week 8 = x1 Creighton (Q1), x3 Ohio State (Q2)
Season Totals = #10 RPI (20-5 overall record)
Quad 1 = 0-1
Oklahoma (0-1)
Quad 2 = 12-4
Texas Tech (0-1), Grand Canyon (3-1), College of Charleston (3-0), South Alabama (2-1), Wichita State (1-1), Northwestern (3-0)
Quad 3 = 4-0
Nicholls (3-0), North Dakota State (1-0)
Quad 4 = 4-0
Omaha (1-0), New Mexico State (2-0), Baylor (1-0)
*************************************
Heads up, a Q1 thru Q4 teams can change - multiple times - throughout the season. So you'll continue to see, especially the first half of the season, that a team can be in a different quad so I'll always be updating the "Season Totals" every Monday. What does this mean? As an example, "Week 1", "Week 2", "Week 3", etc will never change quads wise but I will adjust the "Season Totals" to reflect the appropriate Quad for each team as the season progresses. As an example; Oklahoma will always remain a Q1 loss in the "Week 1" category however, in the "Season Totals" category they may move to a Q2, or whatever. Same with Texas Tech and/or flip it for Baylor. And how the RPI bounces around in baseball, someone can change multiple times. Hopefully this makes sense.
Okay, on to how teams are projected to finish in their conference (using preseason voting available to the public) * denotes a midweek game. If no ( ), it's a home game or series
(N) Texas Tech - B12 #4
(N) Oklahoma - B12 #t6
(N) Baylor - B12 #t12
(A) Grand Canyon x4 - WAC #1
(A) College of Charleston x4 - AAC #4
South Alabama x3 - Sun Belt #8
* (A) Wichita State x2 - American #7
Nicholls x3 - Southland #1
* Omaha - Summit #4
* North Dakota - Summit #2
New Mexico State - Conference USA #9
* (A) Kansas State - B12 #5
* (A) Creighton - Big East #4
* (A) Kansas - B12 #8
* Creighton - Big East #4
* Kansas - B12 #8
* (A) Creighton - Big East #4
* Kansas State - B12 #5
* South Dakota State - Summit #3
The below, obviously we have no control over but I do believe we had some off-season influence
(A) Northwestern x3 - B1G #13
Ohio State x3 - B1G #10
(A) Rutgers x3 - B1G #4
Maryland x3 - B1G #6
Iowa x3 - B1G #1
(A) Minnesota x3 - B1G #12
Indiana x3 - B1G #2
(A) Michigan State x3 - B1G #9
For the B1G pre-season rankings, I used Evan Bland's poll (he has Huskers at #3) as the official one from the B1G conference only lists 1 thru 6. If someone has the D1Baseball pre-season poll, I'll be more than happy to use that instead. It really doesn't matter to me either way. ((Personal opinion, I think Minnesota is a sleeper to make a run at the top 6. They return quite a bit and it's the last season for their 107-year old head coach))
On a side note, back to the beginning of this thread
I will warn you now, if you attempt to follow Warren Nolans "predicted results", you're wasting every second of time. I've followed WN for a very long time and his "predicted results" are brutally bad. It's not a Nebraska thing either, it's bad across all teams. Even late in the year. If you don't believe me, screenshot 9-10 teams now, next week, week after & continue thru the season. I reached out to them a few years back and had some good dialogue but holy shit it ended up giving me a headache with all of their responses on the topic. There wasn't a rhyme or rhythm, which they sort of admitted.
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