I am not an apologist for the SEC. I am just looking at the stats and
drawing conclusions. I don’t know what “data doesn’t tell the whole story” means. By data I mean a season of game results. What else is there to look at? You are sharing run differentials in games. Isn’t that data?
Kentucky, who was 1-23 in SEC played Louisville and Stanford twice and went 2-2. They won more games against 2 of the ACC’s better teams and could only win 1 out of 24 against the SEC. If Kentucky was in the ACC I think they would be in the middle of the ACC this year.
We are ranked higher than the bottom 3rd of the SEC.
I get the point about losing to a top 10 being worth more than beating a top 50. I don’t think there is an intention there. It’s math. But, I know this for sure. It would be much better to lose to a top 10 team than lose to Liberty, MSU and Charlotte. Win those games and we are a lock to host. Maybe even just two of them. We don’t have much room for error against weaker OOC opponents.
The trouble is not just us. It’s the strength of our entire conference. And right, there is not much we can do about that.
On subjective thing in the RPI is the weightings of the 3 factors. Record is 25% and SOS is 75%. You could put more weight on the record and that would shift us up vs.bottom feeding SEC teams. BUT, it will move others up too. If you do that does Grand Canyon move up
and host? And would it then give teams the incentive to play a lighter OOC just to boost their record. There are tradeoffs when you make formulary adjustments like that.
I think the scheduling is fine. We just don’t have much room for error.
Thread Replies (27)
Per D1 Softball Nitty Gritty RPI Report, VT will drop to 21 ....
-- hokietony
May 07, 2026 at 07:27 AM ET
hokietony
•
05/07/26 07:27 AM ET
The actual NCAA RPI report still has VT at #20, Ole Miss at #21
-- VTChip
May 07, 2026 at 08:59 AM ET
VTChip
•
05/07/26 08:59 AM ET
I think the top 16 in the RPI would be the hosts ....
-- hokietony
May 07, 2026 at 09:26 AM ET
hokietony
•
05/07/26 09:26 AM ET
Ole Miss being ahead of VT is ridiculous. They have lost 23 games and have
-- Hokie_Forester
May 07, 2026 at 08:08 AM ET
Hokie_Forester
•
05/07/26 08:08 AM ET
There really aren’t any mediocre teams in the SEC in a national context.
-- nkhooch
May 07, 2026 at 08:33 AM ET
nkhooch
•
05/07/26 08:33 AM ET
If we were .500 in the SEC we’d be top 12
-- hokiepro
May 07, 2026 at 09:23 AM ET
hokiepro
•
05/07/26 09:23 AM ET
No offense taken. I don’t love the SEC. Why do you think that? I root
-- nkhooch
May 07, 2026 at 10:13 AM ET
nkhooch
•
05/07/26 10:13 AM ET
Ok fair but I’m just saying SEC has plenty of apologists
-- hokiepro
May 07, 2026 at 10:24 AM ET
hokiepro
•
05/07/26 10:24 AM ET
I am not an apologist for the SEC. I am just looking at the stats and
◄
-- nkhooch
May 08, 2026 at 02:36 AM ET
nkhooch
•
05/08/26 02:36 AM ET
.....and all 6 of those wins were on the road**
-- Italian Stallion
May 07, 2026 at 11:19 AM ET
Italian Stallion
•
05/07/26 11:19 AM ET
Because some of us don't believe it is overblown ....
-- hokietony
May 07, 2026 at 09:27 AM ET
hokietony
•
05/07/26 09:27 AM ET
I disagree with that, the national narrative is that the SEC is dominant
-- Hokie_Forester
May 07, 2026 at 08:57 AM ET
Hokie_Forester
•
05/07/26 08:57 AM ET
Did you see Hokietony’s earlier comment? Kentucky was 1-23 in
-- nkhooch
May 07, 2026 at 09:29 AM ET
nkhooch
•
05/07/26 09:29 AM ET
When it comes to OOC schedules how hard do the SEC teams schedule?
-- Hokie_Forester
May 07, 2026 at 10:28 AM ET
Hokie_Forester
•
05/07/26 10:28 AM ET
Interesting. You state something. I refute it with supporting info and now
-- nkhooch
May 08, 2026 at 01:56 AM ET
nkhooch
•
05/08/26 01:56 AM ET
This is just a dumb discussion. The computer models verify everything being
-- King of Hokies
May 07, 2026 at 10:39 AM ET
King of Hokies
•
05/07/26 10:39 AM ET
And with a population of 50+ games
-- nkhooch
May 08, 2026 at 02:47 AM ET
nkhooch
•
05/08/26 02:47 AM ET
Whether you believe the SEC is the best or not the original argument for me
-- Hokie_Forester
May 07, 2026 at 11:30 AM ET
Hokie_Forester
•
05/07/26 11:30 AM ET
Yep, in Massey, SEC 9 of top 13, VT is 16 for reference.**
-- hokietony
May 07, 2026 at 11:07 AM ET
hokietony
•
05/07/26 11:07 AM ET
Why look at Ole Miss as a parameter ....
-- hokietony
May 07, 2026 at 09:11 AM ET
hokietony
•
05/07/26 09:11 AM ET
Looking at Old Miss because the original post was about them having a
-- Hokie_Forester
May 07, 2026 at 10:29 AM ET
Hokie_Forester
•
05/07/26 10:29 AM ET
VT is 21st because of a very mediocre SOS.**
-- hokietony
May 07, 2026 at 08:18 AM ET
hokietony
•
05/07/26 08:18 AM ET
You’re sorta saying the same thing. SoS is FAR over valued in
-- hokiepro
May 07, 2026 at 10:02 AM ET
hokiepro
•
05/07/26 10:02 AM ET
Right, what you can control is losses to MSU, Charlotte and Liberty. And
-- nkhooch
May 08, 2026 at 02:44 AM ET
nkhooch
•
05/08/26 02:44 AM ET
Yeah. We also couldn’t control the flu bug in 2nd week of Feb
-- hokiepro
May 08, 2026 at 08:41 AM ET
hokiepro
•
05/08/26 08:41 AM ET
You are trying piece anecdotes together to make a story in favor of your
-- nkhooch
May 08, 2026 at 11:31 PM ET
nkhooch
•
05/08/26 11:31 PM ET