The University of Alabama baseball team, guaranteed to have its best conference record in a dozen years, has the opportunity to finish as high as 7th in the stacked SEC. Middle of the pack may not seem like much, but three weeks ago, the Tide was sitting at 9-12 and Hoover seemed a distant dream. Since then, Bama has won three straight SEC series, and six of the league teams above them are ranked in the Top 17 (only Auburn has been hotter down the stretch than UA)
With a healthy No. 11 RPI and 38 wins, ‘Bama is playing for far more than that.