How Auburn baseball's resume stacks up to the rest of the country

The Tigers just won their *sixth* SEC series in a row after taking down Mississippi State. And it's a near-perfect time to play your best ball.

(Zach Bland/Auburn Tigers)

AUBURN — Auburn is playing its best baseball at almost the perfect time.

Following another series win, this time on the road against Mississippi State, the Tigers have now strung together six consecutive series wins and are on the brink of locking down a top-eight national seed — if they haven’t done so already.

Auburn, against the toughest schedule in the country, has pieced together 13 Quad 1 wins. If everything went perfectly over the next six days, that number could end up jumping as high as 19 by the end of the weekend.

Additionally, the Tigers rank No. 3 in the all-important RPI rankings and No. 5 in the ELO rankings.

So, while Auburn still has a road midweek against Jacksonville State and a home series against the SEC regular-season champion Georgia Bulldogs, its RPI will most likely remain inside the top eight — even if the Tigers were to have a nightmare ending to the season.

So what do these numbers actually mean, and how do they compare to national seeds from past seasons? Let’s take a look.