Baseball Moves Up To No. 19 In The RPI

May 21, 2002

Coral Gables, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) — – Following the three games with Jacksonville this past weekend at Mark Light Stadium, the University of Miami baseball team finds itself ranked 19th in the latest Boyd’s World pseudo-Ratings Power Index (pseudo RPI’s).

The Hurricanes have five top-13 opponents in Florida State (#3), Georgia Tech (#4), Houston (#6), Florida (#9) and North Carolina (#13), while 14 are rated among the top 54.

Miami has 2002 quality pseudo RPI victories over #3 Florida State, #4 Georgia Tech, #13 North Carolina, #23 Cal State Fullerton, #28 FIU, #32 Long Beach State (two), #39 Elon, #40 South Florida, #48 FAU, #51 Tennessee (two) and #54 Rutgers.

Boyd's World RPI (as of 5/20)No.	Opponent          vs.3	Florida State       1-54	Georgia Tech        1-26	Houston             0-19	Florida             0-213	North Carolina      1-223	Cal State Fullerton 1-028	FIU                 1-232	Long Beach State    2-133	Southern California 0-139	Elon                1-240	South Florida       1-248	FAU                 1-051	Tennessee           2-154	Rutgers             1-266	B-CC                2-170	Kansas State        1-079	Minnesota           3-089	Jacksonville        2-1106	UCLA                3-0132	Ball State          0-1159	UW-Milwaukee        1-0177	Northwestern        1-0179	Lipscomb            1-0183	New York Tech       5/24-26

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