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Here's the explanation on that from the committee chair

Her transcript was posted on D1 Softball this morning. Take it FWIW. On UCLA vs. Florida State for the #8 seed and UCLA’s ‘better top 25 wins’ “That is one element that we’re looking at, so I don’t mind going through some of the metrics to provide a little bit more color of it. So UCLA was 20-8 vs. Top 50, includes seven Top 25 wins vs. Nebraska – who’s the 3 – Florida, Oregon, Duke, LSU, Texas A&M, and South Carolina. Only losses to Top 50. Better record in Top 50 games. And again, those are like slight differences there. But UCLA, despite the head-to-head loss to Florida State, across many comparison points, UCLA was slightly better. More Top 50 wins, more wins vs. teams in the NCAA tournament. “Whereas Florida State, 17-8 in the Top 50. They have seven Top 50 wins as well, one vs. Florida, one vs. UCLA, but then Stanford, Virginia Tech, and three vs. Clemson which were 16, 18, 24… they did get swept by Stanford in the regular season, so if you think a little bit of UCLA vs. Nebraska, they were 1-3; Florida State vs. Stanford, they were 1-3. So that kind of played into that, when I said better Top 25 wins and kind of where those teams ended up from an RPI perspective.”
Posted: 05/11/2026 at 01:37 PM ET
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Free Shoes U beat UCLA head to head but is seeded just behind them. ACC
Lakeridgehokie 05/11/26 12:29 PM ET
Here's the explanation on that from the committee chair
VTChip 05/11/26 01:37 PM ET
Based on the Massey ratings...
Gobbler-100 05/11/26 06:17 PM ET
Head to head means nothing which is criminal. This system is idiotic at
Hokie_Forester 05/11/26 01:35 PM ET
Head to head is meaningless, overall resume dictates seeding.**
hokietony 05/11/26 01:22 PM ET
That’s stupid. Only the NCAA can pretend results on the field don’t matter
hokiepro 05/11/26 04:37 PM ET
Agree. If you have to split hairs to add one team over another, then ....
Atlee Hokie 05/11/26 04:43 PM ET
Pains me to say but I will be rooting for FSU to advance and win at UCLA.**
Lakeridgehokie 05/11/26 05:27 PM ET
Yep. Don't want SEC or B10 to win.**
Atlee Hokie 05/11/26 06:03 PM ET
The entire section process, for whatever sport, is so subjective that
BEST2VT 05/11/26 12:51 PM ET
The committee already has made up their minds on who they think is the best
Atlee Hokie 05/11/26 02:33 PM ET
Exactly right. It’s an invitational tournament
hokiepro 05/11/26 05:15 PM ET
Think Zoe etal are not motivated?
TomTurkey 05/11/26 01:24 PM ET