Mizzou to the Big 10? Not if you're a baseball fan

■ BoydsWorld.com has RPI numbers going back to 1997 for NCAA Baseball. Looking at the historic data, let's see how many teams were in the top 25 for each of those years, for both the Big 10 and the Big 12.

1997: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 1

1998: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 2

1999: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 3

2000: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 4

2001: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 1

2002: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 3

2003: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 4

2004: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 2

2005: Big 10, 0; Big 12: 3

2006: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 4

2007: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 3

2008: Big 10, 0; Big 12, 4

2009: Big 10, 1; Big 12, 4

■ Big 12 and Big 10 in the College World Series (going back to 1997, the beginning of the Big 12):

• CWS Champions: Big 12, 2 (Texas in 2002 and 2005); Big 10: 0

• The last Big 10 champion in the CWS: Ohio State, 1966

• Total Big 12 teams in the NCAA Tournament, 1997-2009: 73

• Total Big 10 teams in the NCAA Tournament, 1997-2009: 25

• Total Big 12 teams in the CWS, 1997-2009: 12

• Total Big 10 teams in the CWS, 1997-2009: 0