Though its somewhat unfair to some schools for various reasons, this is how local and national D1 programs of interest rank heading toward the regional's, super regional's and CWS.
Texas.............1
Coastal Carolina..19
Florida State ....26
Nebraska..........30
Oklahoma..........41
Michigan..........49
Creighton.........50
Illinois..........55
Louisville........77
Evansville........80
Ball State........81
Purdue............82
Ohio State........85
Central Michigan..88
Notre Dame........89
SIU...............92
Western Michigan..113
Bradley...........114
Minnesota.........119
Harvard...........120
Kent State........128
Villanova.........132
Iowa..............141
Michigan State....144
ISU...............147
Northwestern......160
UIC...............163
Indiana...........171
NIU...............227 (ouch)
Princeton.........231
WIU...............244
EIU...............250
Butler............254
Valpo.............275
Chicago State.....288
This is out of 290 teams.
The RPI is totally unforgiving if you happen to schedule a bottom feeder or worse, a D2 team.
For instance, Nebraska and Florida State would be in or around the top 10 if they didn't go to Hawaii and play Hilo ( # 249 ).
Congrats to Itchy and the Illini, especially since we have hammered him on occasion.
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