D1 Baseball Has Hawkeyes at No. 24 this Week

RobHowe

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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- On the strength of its six straight series wins, including taking two of three games from No. 18 UC Irvine last weekend at Duane Banks Field, the University of Iowa baseball team has made its debut in the top 25 rankings.



The Hawkeyes come in at No. 24 by D1Baseball.com -- the program's first ranking by D1Baseball.com since the 2015 season when Iowa climbed as high as 14th.



The ranking is the first for the program since the 2017 season when the Hawkeyes were ranked 28th by Collegiate Baseball following its Big Ten Tournament title run.



The Hawkeyes are one of two Big Ten teams in the rankings. Illinois is ranked 25th after taking two of three games from Indiana to knock the Hoosiers out of the top 25.



Iowa is 29-17 overall and 11-7 in Big Ten play, sitting in a tie for third in the league standings, with two weekends remaining in the regular season. The Hawkeyes close out their home schedule May 10-12, hosting Michigan State at Duane Banks Field.
 
Hey! Hey! HEY!
Very impressive considering average BA and several injuries,

Go Hawks! Get the bats heating up and who knows ....
 
Perhaps the best thing about Heller's teams is they tend to peak and be playing their best at the right time. I'd say better than any other program we have at the U right now.
 
It will be interesting to see how much the RPI plays into the selections.

Iowa's resume is pretty solid and it's playing well the last month plus. Need to finish strong. Can't stumble against MSU and Maryland.
 
RobHowe said:
It will be interesting to see how much the RPI plays into the selections.

Iowa's resume is pretty solid and it's playing well the last month plus. Need to finish strong. Can't stumble against MSU and Maryland.
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Are MSU and Maryland strong?
 
smitharooney said:
Are MSU and Maryland strong?
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MSU is 8-5 since getting swept by Rutgers so they’re playing better. But that’s not a high standard because they were just bad very bad.

In Big10 games batting 220% and like 56 runs in 17 games. Pitching staff has an ERA of 4.8

Maryland hits the ball at around .285 in Big10. They have to — ERA is about 7.5

Have one more midweek game at #241RPI W.Illinois — a must win

No reason Iowa shouldn’t go 4-2. Probably need to sweep MSU since that’s a home series.

Must go 5-2 minimum
 
smitharooney said:
Are MSU and Maryland strong?
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MSU is bad (RPI 178) and with those game being at home any losses would be RPI killers. Maryland is a middle of the pack B1G team (RPI 83) and those games, along with one remaining mid-week game (W Illinois), are on the road so a split wouldn't be bad.
 
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