031: One sentence about every ACC ⚾️ team over the past month
The ACC baseball tournament starts May 22 in Durham.
One week of the regular season remains for ACC baseball. The league has three teams in the top-10 of the latest RPI. The graph below shows how the RPI has changed for all 14 teams over the past five or so weeks.
The more white space, the better on the chart. It means a better RPI. For example, Wake Forest has not left the top-five of the RPI over the past month.
The more of a team’s color you see, the worse the RPI. You can think of the team colors as the amount of melt needed to improve a team’s chances to make the NCAA Tournament.
One sentence about every team, let’s go in alphabetical order.
Boston College has lost four of its last five ACC series after winning its first four league series.
Clemson has won 11 of its last 12 league games, including beating Virginia Tech on an interference call this past weekend.
Duke took two of three on the road at Virginia a few weeks ago, but the Blue Devils are 3-3 since that road series win.
Florida State’s streak of 44 straight NCAA Tournaments is likely going to end this season.
Georgia Tech has won two straight ACC series and welcomes Virginia this weekend for a chance to work itself into postseason play.
Louisville was 8-7 in the league on April 16, and now the Cardinals are 9-18 in the ACC.
Miami has won four consecutive league series since being swept at Virginia.
NC State is 4-10 on the road in the ACC after getting swept at North Carolina.
North Carolina had multiple players suspended this week and won all four of its games to improve its RPI by 9 spots.
Notre Dame swept Virginia last month and finishes at Boston College this weekend, which is a good chance to try improve its chances to make the NCAA Tournament.
Pittsburgh has lost three straight league series and we’ll need to beat NC State this weekend to avoid missing the ACC Tournament.
Virginia lost three consecutive series before winning its last six games by a combined score of 55-23.
Virginia Tech was swept by Clemson this weekend and the chances the Hokies make any postseason play is on the decline.
Wake Forest is a wagon with a +91 run differential in league play.