College Baseball Pollsters Keep Choosin’ Texas, but the SEC Standings Are Choosing Georgia
The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team has a better overall and conference record than the Texas Longhorns but remains ranked below them in several national polls. Pollsters and media outlets like D1 Baseball, Baseball America, and Perfect Game continue to favor Texas despite Georgia's superior performance within the SEC. The article suggests that historical bias and overreliance on metrics like RPI may be influencing rankings more than actual results.
- ▪Georgia has a 38-11 overall record and an 18-6 conference record, while Texas has a 35-10 overall record and a 15-8 conference record.
- ▪Despite Georgia's better record, Texas is ranked above them in polls by D1 Baseball, Baseball America, and Perfect Game.
- ▪D1 Baseball's SEC podcast has consistently given Georgia less coverage compared to legacy programs like Texas, LSU, and Ole Miss.
- ▪RPI, or Rating Percentage Index, is cited as a key metric that may be unduly influencing rankings despite Georgia's head-to-head advantage in conference play.
- ▪The author argues that within-conference performance should outweigh RPI when comparing teams facing the same schedule and competition level.
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College Baseball Pollsters Keep Choosin’ Texas, but the SEC Standings Are Choosing Georgia Chris Queen | 1:02 PM on May 05, 2026 AP Photo/Stew Milne We write a lot about media bias here at PJ Media; in many ways, it’s the low-hanging fruit of political writing and analysis. Endless examples abound, so it’s easy to point them out. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); At the same time, we have our biases and aren’t afraid to let them show. After all, we don’t claim to be a straight news site. I have my opinions about almost everything I write — news, culture, theology, sports, whatever — so chances are you’re going to hear them.Sports media outlets have their biases, too.
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