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April 24 C-USA Softball Notebook
SB Notebook

April 24, 2012

IRVING, Texas - Just two games separate the top four teams in the Conference USA softball standings with two weeks to play in the regular season. Tulsa (14-4 C-USA) maintained its position at the top of the standings with a series win over Houston last week, while UAB sits a game back at 13-5 in league action. UCF and Houston both have a 12-6 conference record.

April 24 Softball Notebook

This week, Houston and UCF square off in a top four battle, with the winner gaining an advantage for seeding at the upcoming C-USA Softball Championship in Birmingham, Ala. Both teams have won seven of their last 10 games.

This week's schedule:

Tuesday, April 24

Memphis at Mississippi State 6 p.m. CT

Southern Miss at Alcorn State 3 p.m. CT

Texas Southern at Houston 6 p.m. CT

Wednesday, April 25

Wright State at Marshall (DH) 2 p.m. ET

Arkansas at Tulsa 4 p.m. CT

Texas Southern at Houston 6 p.m. CT

UCF vs. Stetson 6:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, April 28

*Marshall at East Carolina (DH) 1 p.m. ET

*Houston at UCF (DH) 1 p.m. ET

*UTEP at Tulsa (DH) 1 p.m. CT

*UAB at Southern Miss (DH) 1 p.m. CT

Sunday, April 29

*UTEP at Tulsa 12 p.m. CT

*Marshall at East Carolina 12 p.m. ET

*Houston at UCF 12 p.m. ET

*UAB at Southern Miss 1 p.m. CT

RPI REPORT

Six Conference USA schools are in the top 90 of the April 24 NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) report, with four teams in the top 45.

Seven leagues boast six top 90 teams: C-USA, the ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12 and SEC.

Only Conference USA, the ACC, Big 12, Big East, Pac 12 and SEC have four teams among the RPI top 45.

April 24 RPI report

35 Tulsa
40 Houston
41 UAB
44 UCF
81 Marshall
90 East Carolina
147 Memphis
224 Southern Miss
228 UTEP

WHAT'S LEFT

Two conference weekends remain in regular season C-USA play and four teams are within two games in the loss column.

Those four teams - Tulsa, UAB, Houston and UCF - all have six conference games remaining. All four will have remaining series against teams in the top four.