From my seat, I think it was absolutely perfect...

ACC games are on a rotation similar to basketball, so each team knows who they are playing a year or two (or three) in advance.

So the coaches knew last year that which ACC teams they would be playing this year.

They commented to me right before the NCAA bids came out that they would miss Duke and Notre Dame this year so they would need to schedule aggressively to bump the RPI.

They knew they basically had the entire team returning and they felt very, very good about Lemely so it wasn't a terrible gamble to swing hard. Even if you lose some of those games (like Alabama), it doesn't crush your RPI (and in some cases, it actually helps you).

As a side note, last year Clemson won the ACC regular season, but because their RPI was in the 20s, they didn't get to host and were sent to Alabama. Softball really, really values RPI so scheduling is important.

In response to this post by VTHokie2000

Posted: 03/30/2022 at 6:31PM

Duke has easy schedule rest of year. Don't play top 3 ACC national ranked -- carhokies 03/30/2022 11:08AM

VT has had a cupcake ACC schedule so far this season -- hokiehigh2000 03/30/2022 2:06PM

If things are close between VT and Duke, Duke gets the nod every time. ** -- HokieJack 03/30/2022 5:41PM

A couple of ways to look at that... -- VTChip 03/30/2022 1:52PM

Do you think VT scheduled the right amount of tough opponents this year? -- VTHokie2000 03/30/2022 5:23PM

I hope Tech's future schedules include some Pac-12 teams. -- Old Line Hokie 03/30/2022 7:40PM

From my seat, I think it was absolutely perfect... -- VTChip 03/30/2022 6:31PM

Do you know how long ago these schedules are created? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 03/30/2022 5:46PM

Softball schedules are season by season. Out-of-conference schedules . . . -- MidloHokie 03/31/2022 12:57PM

I don't believe it is years in advance like in football. At least I'm -- VTHokie2000 03/30/2022 5:57PM

So how would we know to schedule better and what difference -- PhotoHokieNC 03/30/2022 6:09PM

For the record, I'm not nitpicking anything. -- VTHokie2000 03/30/2022 6:22PM

Iron sharpens Iron -- Hokie4Life_89 03/30/2022 6:31PM

The hotter the fire, the stronger the steel. ** -- Atlee Hokie 03/31/2022 08:55AM

The strategist in me isn't really thinking about the rankings or -- VTHokie2000 03/31/2022 08:41AM

Correct -- Hokie4Life_89 03/30/2022 6:05PM

Thanks for the clarification. Do you have any input on my questions that -- VTHokie2000 03/30/2022 6:08PM

My Opinion... -- Hokie4Life_89 03/30/2022 6:24PM

Very well said -- VTChip 03/30/2022 6:33PM

I suspected that the mid-week games might be a challenge -- VTHokie2000 03/30/2022 6:28PM

South Carolina not good early, not good mid season. But scheduling Bama, -- carhokies 03/30/2022 4:35PM

South Carolina has an RPI of 29, Ohio State at #25, -- VTChip 03/30/2022 6:16PM

Thank you for setting the RECORD straight Chip. ** -- SCHokie1103 03/30/2022 3:42PM

Right. This will only hurt them longterm. The only way for hitters to . . . -- MidloHokie 03/30/2022 1:38PM

Clemson coach tonight: We're accumulating ABs against good pitchers, which -- dallasvt 03/30/2022 10:39PM

Well they already played. Clemson. ** -- hokietony 03/30/2022 12:56PM

A shame they only got one game of the ND series in, but I'll be rooting for -- Nortazhokie 03/30/2022 12:49PM

Believe the Hoowahs took 2 out of 3 from the Lamers. ** -- RJHokie 03/30/2022 7:24PM

From my seat, I think it was absolutely perfect...

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