Our RPI is back up to 39th this afternoon. At the moment our SOS is currently in a good place at 21st (I’m using Warren Nolan - D1Baseball has it 29th).
Of our remaining 30 games:
-13 are against Top 100 opponents (FAU is 102nd so that may get to 14)
-Of those just 7 (Louisville, VT, and UCF) are in the Top 50. FSU is 59th and could easily get there adding three although the opposite could be said of VT at 42
-Only the 3 games against Louisville are currently RPI top 25 games
-6 Games are against 200+ opponents (Bethune and Pitt). That and conference record are among the reasons we really need a sweep this weekend.
-FIU and FGCU (4 games total) are in the 190s so they won’t help much either
12 of our first 25 were against the top 50 (9 against the top 25). That GT series win looks really good now with their RPI at 24.
Bottomline: The schedule appears lighter in the back half, although road series against UVA and WF will likely be more difficult than their current 100+ RPIs would suggest. At the same time, our schedule isn’t going to give us many opportunities to make large upward moves. We aren’t hosting this year baring a 2014-esque run in the second half. I still think 15-15 in the ACC should be enough to get us into the tournament, but I can see where it might require 16.