Hokies are 24 in DSR. Softball was 11.
Both committees claimed that DSR & KP would be a new metric for determining seeding and postseason for diamond sports. Well…softball committee straight up ignored it.
Biggest beef I have with using RPI by committees is they talk about comparable RPI teams then compare SOS. WELL….that’s double dipping. SOS is already a part of the RPI math…WHY are you counting it twice???
Baseball rankings
KPI 36
DSR 24
RPI 45
If we were named “Texas” or “Alabama” I know they’d “use DSR AND KPI”. We’re VT…Watch if we lose today they’ll leave us out and only cite RPI and/losing our last 2 games
I find it pretty fascinating that both VT Diamond sports teams had significantly lower RPI than the new DSR rankings
** Edited by hokiepro at 5/20/2026, 11:16:17 AM
** Edited by hokiepro at 5/20/2026, 11:17:52 AM
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-- David Cunningham
May 19, 2026 at 12:40 PM ET
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05/19/26 12:40 PM ET
What?? This is insane. I hate the RPI.**
-- Will Stewart
May 19, 2026 at 10:21 PM ET
Will Stewart
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05/19/26 10:21 PM ET
50 games into the season, the idea that one loss drops you 10 spots ...
-- Will Stewart
May 20, 2026 at 09:39 AM ET
Will Stewart
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05/20/26 09:39 AM ET
or a "Ground ball with EYES!!"**
-- dirt road hokie
May 20, 2026 at 03:46 PM ET
dirt road hokie
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05/20/26 03:46 PM ET
Hokies are 24 in DSR. Softball was 11.
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-- hokiepro
May 20, 2026 at 11:11 AM ET
hokiepro
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05/20/26 11:11 AM ET
The new metric, from ESPN and RPI, is called, ESPRPIN
-- HokieNL
May 20, 2026 at 04:04 PM ET
HokieNL
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05/20/26 04:04 PM ET
I still believe the committees use whatever criteria they need to help ...
-- Atlee Hokie
May 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM ET
Atlee Hokie
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05/20/26 11:45 AM ET
Ding…the bat and ball sports are definitely ESPN/SEC
-- hokiepro
May 20, 2026 at 03:12 PM ET
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05/20/26 03:12 PM ET