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Florida re-enters RPI top 5 after 3-1 week vs. FSU, Georgia

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Three road wins against top-10 teams put Florida baseball back inside the top 5 of the RPI rankings.

Florida has been in and out of the D1Baseball top 25 all season long, but the Gators have remained a top-10 team in rating percentage index (RPI) for most of the season. RPI is the weighted sum of a team's winning percentage, their opponent's winning percentage and their opponents' opponents' winning percentage. Opponent win percentage accounts for 50% of the total, and the other 50% are split evenly among the other factors.

Road wins are valued at 1. 3 compared to home wins being at 0. 7.

Neutral site games sit in the middle at 1. 0. Florida is ranked No.

4 in RPI after winning the series at Georgia . The Gators are 11-6 in Quadrant 1 games, 3-3 in Quadrant 2 games, 7-0 in Quadrant 3 games and 6-1 in Quadrant 4 games. The Gators have the fifth-toughest strength of schedule.