Rutgers baseball was left out of the NCAA Tournament field of 64 teams on Monday. It was an historic season for the Scarlet Knights despite falling just short of its first bid since 2007.
They entered Selection Monday with an RPI of 42 and were projected in by all major publications, although D1Baseball had them as one of the last four teams in the field of 64. In the end, a down year in the Big Ten and several poor non-conference losses were likely held against them by the selection committee. No other Big Ten teams were in the top 50 in the RPI rankings other than Maryland, the regular season conference champion.