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Boston College Baseball RPI Update Following UNC Series: The Rundown

The Eagles are currently in fourth place in the ACC baseball standings.
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In some cases, going down is the only way to go up.

That was true for the Boston College baseball program this weekend, as the Eagles rose from No. 26 to No. 23 in the NCAA Division I baseball RPI rankings despite dropping their road series to North Carolina, 2-1.

RPI, which stands for Rating Percentage Index, is a formula used by the NCAA to rank teams based on winning percentage (25%), strength of schedule (50%), and opponents’ strength of schedule (25%). 

It ultimately helps select and seed teams for the NCAA Tournament, which features a total of 64 teams in the beginning — 29 automatic bids, including conference champions, and 35 at-large bids that are selected by the NCAA committee.

Thankfully for BC, the Tar Heels are ranked above it in RPI at No. 14, down from their position at No. 12 before the series began. 

The Eagles (22-11, 9-6 Atlantic Coast) defeated the Tar Heels on Thursday, 6-1, before suffering back-to-back losses on Friday (5-2) and Saturday (8-7). In Saturday’s defeat, BC carried a 7-3 advantage heading into the sixth inning, but North Carolina scored five across the ensuing two frames to seize the triumph in comeback fashion.

Nevertheless, the fact that the Eagles took one game from UNC as the visitor was enough to actually boost the program’s ranking, even though it lost two of the three games.

BC continues its 2026 campaign with a matchup against UMass on Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET in the first round of The Beanpot (the baseball edition).

The Rundown: Monday, April 6 2026

  • The BC men's basketball program continues to lose players to the transfer portal this offseason — an expected result of a head-coaching change.
  • Former BC men's hockey forward Gabe Perreault of the New York Rangers notched his first-career NHL hat trick on Saturday.
  • Boston College women's basketball's new head coach seems to be feeling content after she was introduced to the athletics department this week.

Boston College Eagles Sunday Scores:

  • Sail: Placed 5th out of 12 teams in Open New England Team Race Championships in Providence, R.I. | Recap
  • Women's Tennis: Boston College 1, Miami 4. | Recap

Boston College Eagles Monday Schedule:

There are no events scheduled for Monday, April 6.

Countdown to Boston College football's 2026 Spring Game:

5 days.

Countdown to Boston College football's season opener:

153 days.

Boston College Quote of the Day:

“Obviously I didn’t have the best year last year, so my name wasn’t as talked about going into this year as I would have liked. I saw a post on [Pro Football Focus]—my family actually sent it to me, and they were like, ‘You got to use this as a little bit of motivation to do what you got to do this year.’”
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Graham Dietz
GRAHAM DIETZ

Graham Dietz is a 2025 graduate of Boston College and subsequently joined Boston College On SI. He previously served as an editor for The Heights, the independent student newspaper, from fall 2021, including as Sports Editor from 2022-23. Graham works for The Boston Globe as a sports correspondent, covering high school football, girls' basketball, and baseball. He was also a beat writer for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summer of 2023.

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