Roughly two-thirds of the college baseball regular season are in the books, providing a large enough sample for metrics like RPI to stabilize and start influencing postseason projections.

In addition to being a battle between two ranked teams this weekend when Alabama and Vanderbilt face off in Nashville, it will also be a showdown between two of the nation's top 15 teams in RPI.

Tennessee baseball drops to No. 5 in the latest college baseball RPI rankings. / UT Vols on Instagram The Tennessee Volunteers have dropped one spot to the No. 5 overall ranking in the latest ...