When young I played Baseball for a decade. I have not posted in a few days because of back pain, stemming from a Maimball injury suffered when a teenager. It is more commonly called football here in the USA. Everywhere else on the planet football is what we Americans call soccer. Sitting for a prolonged time causes pain. Racking my brain for an idea, any idea, of something to post also caused pain. Then Patricia asked me what time Friday the Dawgs (That’s Southern speak for the University of Georgia Bulldogs) would be playing their first game in the NCAA Regional this Friday. EUREKA! It was like my brain had been struck by a lightening bolt, which produced an idea…
There are many different rankings for College Baseball. RPI is the one used to select teams for the big dance, the NCAA tournament, which culminates with the College Baseball World Series, won by the Dawgs in 1990. There is one rating system which is not used. It is the ELO Chess Ranking 2018 College Baseball rating system (http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2018/elochess), produced by Arpad Elo for Chess. The Dawgs finished eleventh in Arpad Elo’s rating system. The Dawgs were ninth in the nation according to RPI. (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi)
Georgia senior Chase Adkins, number 23, will be on the mound when the Dawgs take on Campbell Friday at 7:30 p.m. at their home park, Foley Field. GO DAWGS!
College Baseball Elo Rankings
Records include games against Division I opponents only.
“ELO Delta” is the change in a team’s ELO since Sunday, May 27th.
Team Elo Rank Elo Delta
Ole Miss (46 – 15) 1856.64 1
Oregon State (44 – 10 – 1) 1856.10 2
Florida State (43 – 17) 1845.30 3
Stanford (44 – 10) 1840.75 4
Arkansas (39 – 18) 1825.86 5
Clemson (45 – 14) 1822.69 6
Florida (42 – 17) 1809.02 7
Minnesota (40 – 13) 1806.44 8
Stetson (45 – 11) 1798.31 9
Louisville (43 – 17) 1795.85 10
Georgia (37 – 19) 1789.49 11
North Carolina (38 – 18) 1788.98 12
Baylor (36 – 19) 1786.20 13
Texas A&M (39 – 20) 1778.74 14
East Carolina (43 – 16) 1775.04 15
Coastal Carolina (42 – 17) 1769.39 16
LSU (37 – 25) 1768.42 17
Mississippi State (31 – 25) 1766.97 18
Texas Tech (39 – 17) 1764.47 19
Texas (37 – 20) 1761.69 20
Missouri State (39 – 15) 1754.54 21
Duke (40 – 15) 1751.16 22
Auburn (39 – 21) 1747.47 23
Tennessee Tech (48 – 9) 1746.46 24
South Carolina (33 – 24) 1740.60 25
Southern Miss (43 – 16) 1740.20 26
North Carolina State (40 – 16) 1733.20 27
Houston (36 – 23) 1724.51 28
TCU (33 – 23) 1722.83 29
Purdue (37 – 19) 1717.46 30 +1
Vanderbilt (31 – 25) 1716.99 31 +1
UCLA (36 – 19) 1710.82 32 +1
Kentucky (34 – 22) 1708.71 33 +1
Cal State Fullerton (32 – 23) 1705.02 34 +1
Connecticut (35 – 20 – 1) 1703.87 35 +1
Miami (FL) (28 – 26) 1703.08 36 +2
South Florida (35 – 20 – 1) 1702.87 37 +2
Troy (41 – 19) 1702.81 38 +2
Oklahoma (36 – 23) 1702.46 39 +2
FAU (40 – 17 – 1) 1702.09 40 -3
Dallas Baptist (40 – 19) 1700.21 41 +1
Jacksonville (39 – 19) 1695.08 42 -12
Saint John’s (39 – 15) 1693.55 43
Washington (30 – 23) 1690.04 44
Missouri (34 – 22) 1686.81 45
Indiana (38 – 17) 1683.32 46
San Diego State (39 – 19) 1674.60 47
Arizona (34 – 22) 1671.22 48
UCF (35 – 21) 1667.19 49
UNCW (37 – 21) 1666.47 50
Louisiana (34 – 25) 1662.59 51
California (32 – 22) 1659.72 52
Gonzaga (32 – 22) 1656.15 53
Louisiana Tech (39 – 20) 1655.33 54 +1
Wright State (39 – 15) 1655.08 55 -1
Northeastern (36 – 19) 1654.10 56 +1
West Virginia (29 – 27) 1654.04 57 -1
Georgia Tech (31 – 27) 1650.12 58
Illinois (32 – 20) 1645.81 59
Kent State (38 – 16) 1645.13 60
Virginia (29 – 25) 1643.81 61
Tennessee (29 – 27) 1638.15 62
Sam Houston State (39 – 20) 1636.92 63 +1
Charlotte (34 – 24) 1636.43 64 -1
Oklahoma State (29 – 24 – 1) 1635.26 65
Southeastern Louisiana (37 – 22) 1633.47 66
Northwestern State (37 – 22) 1632.70 67
UNCG (39 – 15) 1629.89 68
South Alabama (32 – 25) 1627.60 69
Wichita State (35 – 21 – 1) 1623.82 70
Samford (36 – 24) 1622.01 71
Iowa (29 – 20) 1620.12 72
Cal Poly (30 – 27) 1619.70 73
UTSA (32 – 24) 1618.64 74
Creighton (34 – 16) 1618.08 75
Seton Hall (30 – 20 – 1) 1617.17 76
Ohio State (36 – 22) 1616.44 77
Morehead State (36 – 24) 1616.27 78
New Mexico State (39 – 20) 1616.27 79
Saint Louis (38 – 18) 1616.22 80 +1
Georgia Southern (30 – 26) 1616.10 81 -1
Michigan (33 – 20) 1614.96 82
Rice (26 – 31 – 2) 1609.11 83
Grand Canyon (33 – 24) 1604.76 84
Wake Forest (25 – 32) 1601.70 85 +1
Long Beach State (27 – 30) 1600.91 86 +1
Campbell (35 – 24) 1600.68 87 -2
High Point (34 – 22) 1595.26 88
Sacramento State (35 – 25) 1591.90 89
Cincinnati (28 – 28) 1591.39 90
Elon (36 – 23) 1590.73 91
Alabama (27 – 29) 1590.60 92
Oral Roberts (38 – 18) 1588.50 93 +1
Pepperdine (31 – 24) 1587.90 94 -1
Texas State (30 – 28 – 1) 1587.77 95
Kansas (27 – 30) 1584.22 96
Indiana State (31 – 24) 1580.30 97
Pittsburgh (29 – 26) 1576.91 98
Cal State Northridge (28 – 30) 1574.50 99
Charleston (36 – 19) 1571.41 100
FIU (26 – 28) 1571.17 101
Tulane (25 – 33) 1568.85 102
USC (26 – 28) 1566.59 103
North Florida (28 – 28) 1564.19 104 +16
Miami (OH) (34 – 20) 1563.87 105 -1
New Orleans (29 – 32) 1561.83 106 -1
Oregon (26 – 29) 1559.98 107 -1
Saint Mary’s College (31 – 23) 1559.84 108 -1
Nevada (29 – 24) 1557.98 109 -1
Fresno State (30 – 24) 1557.84 110 -1
Notre Dame (24 – 30) 1555.84 111 -1
UC Irvine (32 – 24) 1553.58 112 -1
Houston Baptist (29 – 30) 1553.22 113 -1
Wofford (36 – 23) 1549.63 114 -1
Middle Tennessee (27 – 27 – 1) 1548.59 115 -1
Kansas State (23 – 31) 1547.94 116 -1
San Jose State (27 – 30) 1546.48 117 -1
Army (36 – 22) 1543.10 118 -1
Mercer (38 – 22) 1542.80 119 -1
FGCU (32 – 21) 1542.53 120 -1
UNLV (35 – 24) 1539.97 121
Nebraska (24 – 28) 1539.38 122
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi(28 – 26) 1537.68 123
Arizona State (23 – 32) 1537.23 124
Canisius (35 – 20) 1535.58 125
Rhode Island (24 – 27) 1531.96 126
Richmond (32 – 24) 1530.07 127
Nicholls State (28 – 32) 1529.71 128
Santa Clara (26 – 26) 1521.81 129
Jacksonville State (32 – 25) 1519.87 130 +2
Bradley (29 – 19) 1519.84 131 -1
Butler (31 – 20) 1519.61 132 -1
Davidson (33 – 21) 1517.59 133
Fordham (35 – 19 – 1) 1517.23 134 +1
Loyola-Marymount (25 – 30) 1516.77 135 +1
UIC (27 – 18) 1516.38 136 -2
Liberty (32 – 26) 1515.76 137 +1
UC Santa Barbara (27 – 28 – 1) 1514.64 138 -1
Maryland (24 – 30) 1512.88 139
Hawaii (27 – 24) 1512.62 140
Portland (23 – 30) 1512.35 141
Little Rock (28 – 28) 1509.85 142 +1
Hartford (26 – 29) 1509.80 143 -1
Memphis (20 – 36) 1509.10 144
Wagner (38 – 18) 1506.01 145
Central Michigan (27 – 30 – 1) 1505.82 146
Delaware (31 – 27) 1505.46 147
Central Arkansas (32 – 25) 1503.89 148
VCU (34 – 23) 1500.51 149
Georgia State (25 – 29) 1498.31 150
Ball State (32 – 26) 1497.55 151
George Washington (32 – 26) 1496.31 152 +2
George Mason (29 – 27) 1495.56 153 -1
Navy (38 – 16) 1495.41 154 -1
San Diego (23 – 32) 1493.21 155
New Mexico (20 – 33 – 1) 1491.12 156
Bryant (32 – 23 – 1) 1490.37 157
North Carolina A&T (32 – 23) 1489.30 158
Virginia Tech (21 – 33) 1488.45 159
Lipscomb (24 – 30) 1488.40 160 +2
Harvard (22 – 20) 1486.81 161 +2
Southeast Missouri (26 – 30) 1486.46 162 -1
Monmouth (30 – 25) 1486.22 163 -3
Boston College (17 – 32) 1485.55 164
Southern Illinois (28 – 30) 1484.51 165
Arkansas State (20 – 32) 1482.16 166
Utah (16 – 39) 1481.08 167
Pacific (22 – 29) 1481.04 168
Yale (22 – 21) 1479.65 169
Washington State (16 – 33 – 1) 1475.52 170
Michigan State (20 – 32) 1475.18 171
Seattle University (32 – 23) 1474.60 172
Georgetown (25 – 30) 1472.03 173 +1
Eastern Kentucky (30 – 31) 1471.64 174 -1
East Tennessee State (28 – 25) 1470.36 175
Kennesaw State (25 – 30) 1467.30 176
Dayton (21 – 31) 1466.16 177
VMI (26 – 27) 1465.33 178
James Madison (26 – 26) 1463.93 179
Rutgers (25 – 25) 1463.83 180
Furman (24 – 28) 1461.91 181
Air Force (22 – 29) 1461.56 182
Stony Brook (32 – 25) 1460.63 183
Columbia (20 – 28) 1458.50 184
Gardner-Webb (31 – 27) 1453.97 185 +1
San Francisco (28 – 30) 1453.69 186 -1
Lamar (19 – 36) 1451.71 187
Radford (25 – 32) 1451.52 188
Appalachian State (18 – 36) 1449.71 189
UAB (21 – 33) 1448.31 190
Austin Peay (30 – 27) 1448.07 191
Long Island (31 – 24) 1447.21 192
UC Davis (18 – 35) 1447.05 193
Marist (27 – 23) 1444.64 194
Murray State (24 – 29) 1444.36 195
BYU (22 – 28) 1443.59 196
Illinois State (21 – 29) 1441.02 197
Western Kentucky (21 – 31) 1440.13 198
South Carolina Upstate(23 -28 -1) 1439.51 199
ULM (23 – 31) 1432.80 200
McNeese State (24 – 33) 1432.24 201
Northern Colorado (24 – 23) 1431.35 202
UMass-Lowell (25 – 29) 1429.79 203
Texas Southern (25 – 26) 1429.18 204
Winthrop (25 – 31) 1428.82 205
UTA (22 – 35) 1426.66 206
Alabama State (30 – 22) 1424.83 207
Jackson State (31 – 17) 1423.39 208
Dartmouth (16 – 22 – 1) 1420.41 209
Incarnate Word (29 – 26) 1418.62 210
UC Riverside (19 – 33) 1417.22 211
Western Michigan (23 – 25) 1416.86 212
Eastern Illinois (20 – 31) 1416.06 213
Hofstra (23 – 23) 1415.90 214
Bethune-Cookman (24 – 34) 1410.74 215
Milwaukee (24 – 28) 1410.50 216 +1
Xavier (20 – 35) 1410.31 217 -1
NJIT (22 – 25) 1405.28 218
Northwestern (15 – 32) 1402.97 219
Valparaiso (19 – 34) 1397.96 220
Old Dominion (15 – 37) 1396.75 221
Cornell (14 – 22 – 1) 1396.52 222
Toledo (21 – 32) 1395.63 223
Penn (16 – 25 – 1) 1394.26 224
Cal State Bakersfield (21 – 36) 1393.86 225
Maine (20 – 34) 1393.13 226
Marshall (19 – 31) 1389.20 227
Binghamton (18 – 30 – 1) 1387.02 228
Lehigh (22 – 27) 1386.09 229
Fairfield (22 – 29) 1384.74 230
North Dakota State (22 – 24) 1384.54 231
Florida A&M (25 – 30) 1384.26 232
North Carolina Central (28 – 24) 1384.18 233
Niagara (24 – 27) 1383.74 234
Western Carolina (11 – 47) 1381.93 235
Saint Joseph’s (21 – 27) 1377.10 236
UMBC (22 – 29) 1376.68 237
Siena (21 – 35) 1375.23 238
UTRGV (23 – 31) 1374.09 239
Eastern Michigan (20 – 33) 1373.79 240
Charleston Southern (19 – 35) 1373.06 241
The Citadel (19 – 34) 1373.01 242
Manhattan (25 – 28) 1370.26 243
Stephen F. Austin (17 – 36) 1369.08 244
Quinnipiac (26 – 30) 1362.50 245 +1
Bucknell (17 – 27 – 1) 1360.92 246 -1
Penn State (15 – 34) 1356.69 247
Holy Cross (18 – 27) 1353.45 248
Central Connecticut (18 – 28) 1345.69 249
Belmont (19 – 36) 1344.71 250
South Dakota State (18 – 32) 1340.76 251
Iona (16 – 31) 1331.00 252
SIUE (15 – 37) 1327.11 253
Albany (20 – 28) 1323.27 254
Grambling (23 – 26) 1322.78 255
Northern Illinois (18 – 36) 1320.09 256
Youngstown State (18 – 38) 1319.12 257
Mount Saint Mary’s (21 – 33) 1314.65 258
Oakland (15 – 32) 1309.74 259
Evansville (11 – 37) 1308.45 260
William & Mary (15 – 39) 1308.10 261
Utah Valley (15 – 37) 1305.52 262
Presbyterian College (15 – 39) 1305.21 263
Brown (11 – 26) 1304.43 264
Ohio (20 – 32) 1304.32 265
Longwood (17 – 38) 1301.57 266
UNC Asheville (13 – 38) 1299.77 267
Western Illinois (16 – 31) 1299.23 268
Sacred Heart (17 – 35) 1292.67 269
Coppin State (21 – 24) 1282.44 270
Princeton (10 – 27) 1278.23 271
UMass (15 – 29) 1275.28 272
Abilene Christian (17 – 33) 1272.73 273
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (17 – 25) 1269.10 274
Northern Kentucky (13 – 38) 1263.04 275
Chicago State (13 – 41) 1261.75 276
Tennessee-Martin (9 – 39) 1258.66 277
Lafayette (16 – 34 – 1) 1257.83 278
Saint Bonaventure (10 – 33) 1254.08 279
Towson (13 – 42) 1243.26 280
Norfolk State (19 – 30) 1240.53 281
Omaha (15 – 35) 1227.27 282
Villanova (9 – 39) 1211.86 283
Bowling Green (11 – 39) 1203.88 284
Rider (12 – 35) 1203.14 285
La Salle (14 – 41) 1191.93 286
Prairie View A&M (10 – 37) 1167.79 287
Alabama A&M (12 – 35) 1166.73 288
Savannah State (7 – 34) 1164.97 289
IPFW (11 – 37) 1157.46 290
Alcorn State (12 – 38) 1144.91 291
Southern (9 – 33) 1137.27 292
Fairleigh Dickinson (10 – 37) 1079.39 293
Maryland Eastern Shore (12 – 41 )1078.47 294
Mississippi Valley State (9 – 34) 1076.36 295
Delaware State (9 – 35) 1070.46 296
Saint Peter’s (2 – 42) 962.12 297
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