Two losses at USC might have cost Oregon more than its ranking
Losing three of four games last week dropped the Oregon Ducks baseball team out of the USA TODAY Coaches poll.
The Ducks were ranked 19th in the country, but a loss at Oregon State and two defeats at USC were enough to cost Oregon their top-25 ranking.
Coach Mark Wasikowski’s team still holds fourth place in the Pac-12 with a 14-10 conference mark and 31-16 overall. But the two losses to the Trojans might have severely hurt the Ducks’ chances at possibly hosting an NCAA regional. They have an RPI of 26, which fell four spots from No. 22.
The top 16 teams host regionals.
Oregon plays its final home series this weekend before ending the regular season at Utah and then the conference tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Rank | Team | Record | Points | Change |
1 | Wake Forest | 39-7 | 771 (27) | +1 |
2 | 37-10 | 738 (4) | -1 | |
3 | 36-12 | 683 | +3 | |
4 | Vanderbilt | 34-13 | 645 | +1 |
5 | 37-12 | 635 | -2 | |
6 | Stanford | 31-13 | 612 | +1 |
7 | South Carolina | 36-11 | 590 | -3 |
8 | Duke | 32-13 | 496 | +2 |
9 | Coastal Carolina | 30-16 | 470 | -1 |
10 | Connecticut | 35-11 | 453 | -1 |
11 | West Virginia | 36-12 | 391 | +3 |
11 | Campbell | 36-10 | 391 | +2 |
13 | Miami | 31-16 | 371 | -2 |
14 | Virginia | 37-11 | 354 | -2 |
15 | East Carolina | 34-14 | 323 | – |
16 | Kentucky | 33-13 | 322 | +5 |
17 | Boston College | 30-16 | 236 | – |
18 | Oregon State | 33-14 | 229 | +2 |
18 | Dallas Baptist | 36-12 | 229 | – |
20 | 32-16 | 193 | -4 | |
21 | 31-17 | 187 | +11 | |
22 | Oklahoma State | 33-14 | 140 | +1 |
23 | Maryland | 33-16 | 125 | +4 |
24 | Texas San Antonio | 36-12 | 82 | +2 |
25 | Texas Tech | 32-16 | 64 | -1 |
25 | Indiana State | 32-13 | 64 | +6 |
