With only 6 games left in the regular season, fans of OSU baseball start wondering about the Beaver’s chances to make the post-season tournament.  In the current NCAA post-season era, OSU has made it into the post-season 12 times – 6 times between 1947 and 2004, and 6 times between 2005 and 2011.  The chances are good that OSU will again be in the NCAA post-season tournament for the 13th all-time appearance this season.

Here’s the ten official criteria considered by the NCAA baseball post-season tournament selection committee used for selection and seeding of the tournament field and OSU’s performance to date:

1. Overall record 33-17, 0.660
2. Division 1 record 33-17, 0.660
3. Overall RPI Ranking 32 – Boyd Nation, 31 – Warren Nolan (last official RPI on May13th was 34)
4. Non-conference record and RPI ranking of opponents 20-6 (0.769), 134
5. Conference regular-season record 13-11, 0.542
6. Road record and RPI ranking of opponents 13-10 (0.565), 88
7. Last 15 games’ record 5-4, 0.556
3 road games @WSU and 3 home games vs. UO remain on the schedule

8. RPI ranking and record

9. Head-to-head record (committee considers record against other potential invitees to the tournament)

10. Common opponents’ record (same as in #9)

Below is a table showing regular season records and RPI at selection time at OSU under Pat Casey.

Winning teams in the Pat Casey era, final regular season records, and RPI at time of tournament selections: