D1Baseball Weekly Chat: Week Four Reaction • D1Baseball
With the latest D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings out and so much more in the college baseball world, we answer your burning questions.
Greg
1:22
Fun C-USA throwback this weekend in Ruston, who ya got?
Kendall Rogers
1:22
Man, that's going to be an awesome series, isn't it? Louisiana Tech is rolling right now with a balanced approach, as if USM, granted it's more so because the pitching has been brilliant. I kind of feel like USM's offense will step up this weekend, but give me the home team who has the clear-cut, better offense for now. That's going to be an incredible series, however.
EagsBy10
1:35 How many “mid-major” matchups of the week does USM have to win to get ranked?
Joe Healy
1:35 The honest answer has less to do with USM and more to do with the fact that teams aren't into conference play yet and aren't being pushed in the way they will once that gets going in earnest. Once teams start dropping more games, if USM keeps winning, it will be ranked, and I suspect that's precisely what will happen.
Oxford Bald Eagle
1:38 Just a tough week for Southern Miss to crack the top 25. So many teams in the top 25 played great. Also, is it the year of the mid-major? Power arms, guys with hit tools, defense...we have a lot of mid-majors, DBU heading the class, that look like SEC teams...
Joe Healy
1:38 Agreed. See my answer to EagsBy10 above. We just haven't had a lot of teams to drop out yet. This does look like a strong year for mid-majors. The SBC could easily be a 3-4 bid league, DBU and La Tech out of CUSA look strong, I really like Creighton's team, and if you consider the Big West a mid-major, UCSB and UC Irvine have been very good as well. I'm sure I'm missing a few, but you catch my drift.
Archer Smith
1:50 thoughts on texas state after this weekend in houston?
Kendall Rogers
1:50 Archer -- if the Bobcats can find the right mix on the mound, I think they'll be incredibly dangerous in the Sun Belt. They definitely looked better than fellow Sun Belt team Louisiana over the weekend. The Cajuns just looks really light offensively to me. Texas State's lineup is dangerous and has so many different pieces -- Farber is a hitting/on-base machine, Mora has that big-time threat and Augie Ramirez/Aaron Lugo have a penchant for the big hit.
Bob
1:52 Hey guys. What are your thoughts on the SunBelt as a whole, and Coastal in particular? Their freshman arms have been fantastic.
Kendall Rogers
1:52 Feeling awesome about the Sun Belt right now, which is where I kind of expected to be at this point in the season. Troy had a setback this past weekend but still feel pretty good about it. But how about South Alabama, App State, James Madison, USM and Old Dominion? ODU is coming off a big series win over Charlotte and JMU gave top five Arkansas all it could handle a few weeks ago. I could see this league being a four or five bid league at the end of the day.
