Episode 120: 2023 2nd Regional Rankings Reaction + Early Look at the Bubble

The Podcast About Division-III Baseball

Welcome to Episode 120 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. The second regional rankings were released and this time they are actually in a real order instead of alphabetical! We provide some caveats about how we go about this exercise projecting the at-large picture at this stage before discussing all 10 regions and the teams ranked within. In order:

• Region I - New England (at 1:50)
• Region II - New England (at 3:40)
• Region III - New York (at 5:30)
• Region IV - Mid-Atlantic (at 8:30)
• Region V - Mid-Atlantic (at 11:20)
• Region VI - South (at 14:00)
• Region VII - Mideast (at 20:35)
• Region VIII - Central (at 22:30)
• Region IX - Midwest (at 24:35)
• Region X - West (at 28:40)

At the end (32:45), we go through and present where we believe the bubble currently stands if we assume all the favorites win their conference tournaments. It's VERY early to attempt this but we did our best to paint a realistic picture of which teams are in best position to claim the 2 Pool B and 17 Pool C at-large bids.

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