This century, teams were 0-640 when trailing by 8+ runs in an NCAA softball tourney game.
It's now 1-640. Texas Tech was down 8 runs WITH ONLY ONE OUT LEFT and somehow became the first 🤯
Among the 20 games in this dataset:
Texas Tech has the second and fourth best win by opponent SOR, and is the only team with two wins in the Top 4 of the dataset.
Of the five best wins by SOR in this dataset, Texas Tech is the only team with a win by more than one possession; they have two such wins, and they’re both by three TDs.
Texas Tech is the only team in this foursome with two wins over opponents among the Top 20 in SOR nationally.
Wins over opponents with a Top 30 SOR nationally:
• Texas Tech and Ole Miss = 3 each
• UGA = 2
• Oregon = 1
All five of Texas Tech wins in the dataset rank in the Top 7 by MOV. No other team has more than 1 win in the Top 8 by MOV.
One-possession wins in the dataset:
• Texas Tech = 0
• Oregon = 2
• Georgia = 3
• Ole Miss = 3
Quite a bit of data based on strength of victories that would say Texas Tech deserves to be ranked higher than the other three in the CFP rankings. Or they could go by brand, who started ranked higher in the preseason, and conference patch on jerseys.