MDZip Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 The first soccer RPI came out today. Not unexpectedly, the Zips are number 1. In a bit of a surprise, SMU is #2. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 Future opponents: Buffalo - 141 Michigan - 43 WMU - 119 Creighton - 14 Cleveland State - 117 Michigan State - 5 Hartwick - 198 There are 204 Division I Men's Soccer teams. Only 6 are worse than Hartwick. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 Conference averages (rounded to nearest integer): Big Ten (7 teams) - 42 PAC-10 (6 teams) - 50 ACC (9 teams) - 54 C-USA (9 teams) - 62 Big East (16 teams) - 69 Colonial (12 teams) - 75 Ivy (8 teams) - 86 Southern (8 teams) - 87 West Coast (7 teams) - 91 Mountain Pacific (8 teams) - 94 Horizon (9 teams) - 101 American East (8 teams) - 105 Big West (7 teams) - 106 Atlantic Sun (10 teams) - 107 Patriot (8 teams) - 111 Missouri Valley (8 teams) - 112 Mid-American (7 teams) - 113 Atlantic 10 (14 teams) - 132 Northeast (11 teams) - 136 Big South (9 teams) - 142 Southern (7 teams) - 154 Metro Atlantic (10 teams) - 160 Atlantic Soccer (5 teams) - 168 Independent (Alabama A&M) - 201 Can we please join C-USA or the Big Ten for only Men's Soccer yet? If we were in C-USA they would have the same average RPI as the ACC. If we were in the Big Ten, can you even imagine the strength of that league? Quote
RootforRoo44 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 weird, the link wont work for me or a few other people i know here it is again if it doesnt work for you: LINK Quote
johnnyzip84 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 weird, the link wont work for me or a few other people i know here it is again if it doesnt work for you: LINK I had the same problem using Google Chrome. Thanks!! Quote
RootforRoo44 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 weird, the link wont work for me or a few other people i know here it is again if it doesnt work for you: LINK I had the same problem using Google Chrome. Thanks!! np...chrome for me too...weird stuff. Quote
Z.I.P. Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 weird, the link wont work for me or a few other people i know here it is again if it doesnt work for you: LINK I had the same problem using Google Chrome. Thanks!! Was redirected to Bing. The NCAA's tweet with link was first item up there. Z.I.P. Quote
Jalapeño Zippy Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 Butler is vast becoming the school I wish UA was. Strong DI soccer and basketball programs with football in a lesser division. With our budget it makes the most sense IMO. Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 There are 204 Division I Men's Soccer teams. Only 6 are worse than Hartwick. What happened to Hartwick? They tied the Zips a couple years ago in a very competitive match. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 There are 204 Division I Men's Soccer teams. Only 6 are worse than Hartwick. What happened to Hartwick? They tied the Zips a couple years ago in a very competitive match. Their coach left them for Syracuse and $$$. And he took all the top Hartwick players with him. There's really nothing left of the team that challenged the Zips the past few years. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted October 20, 2010 Report Posted October 20, 2010 http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2010MSOrpi1.html Still sitting pretty. Future opponents: WMU - 111 Creighton - 9 Cleveland State - 150 Michigan State - 7 Hartwick - 195 mostly improvements except for Cleveland State which took a big hit. Quote
MDZip Posted November 3, 2010 Author Report Posted November 3, 2010 How do you know when you've played a tough schedule? When you can lose to Cleveland State and still stay #1 in the NCCA RPI. Wow. Quote
Wally B Posted November 4, 2010 Report Posted November 4, 2010 I tend to relate the soccer polls to basketball, where a team can have a bad game, get a few blown calls or an average team plays waaaayyyyy beyond themselves and pulls the upset, yet due to sos the #1 doesn't fall in the polls....... Quote
Z.I.P. Posted November 8, 2010 Report Posted November 8, 2010 I tend to relate the soccer polls to basketball, where a team can have a bad game, get a few blown calls or an average team plays waaaayyyyy beyond themselves and pulls the upset, yet due to sos the #1 doesn't fall in the polls....... I hope people realize -- the NCAA seedings are based almost entirely on RPI. So margin of victory is irrelavent. Akron just has to win the MAC -- that's all they can do. Question is, does Lollaville play anyone in BE Tourney that could catapult them? Georgetown #15; UConn #18. MAC -- # Crap. Quote
meatwad Posted November 8, 2010 Report Posted November 8, 2010 Most importantly at this point though, there is virtually no scenario where we are not a top 4 seed and guaranteed home field all the way to Santa Barbara. Even if we aren't #1 we'll be alright. Quote
RootforRoo44 Posted November 8, 2010 Report Posted November 8, 2010 Most importantly at this point though, there is virtually no scenario where we are not a top 4 seed and guaranteed home field all the way to Santa Barbara. Even if we aren't #1 we'll be alright. Exactly...a #1 or #2 seed in the tournament is essentially the exact same thing. Quote
w00t Posted November 9, 2010 Report Posted November 9, 2010 Seems we've dropped to #2 in the latest RPI behind Louisville. I think Louisville will finally cough one up on Friday vs. Notre Dame. It's tough to run through a season with no losses, but Louisville's schedule is nothing to write home about and I really wouldn't worry about playing them like I would Maryland, North Carolina, or even Indiana. Quote
RootforRoo44 Posted November 9, 2010 Report Posted November 9, 2010 Seems we've dropped to #2 in the latest RPI behind Louisville. I think Louisville will finally cough one up on Friday vs. Notre Dame. It's tough to run through a season with no losses, but Louisville's schedule is nothing to write home about and I really wouldn't worry about playing them like I would Maryland, North Carolina, or even Indiana. Hell, i'm more afraid of Creighton or OSU compared to Louisville. Quote
ZachTheZip Posted November 10, 2010 Report Posted November 10, 2010 Seems we've dropped to #2 in the latest RPI behind Louisville. I think Louisville will finally cough one up on Friday vs. Notre Dame. It's tough to run through a season with no losses, but Louisville's schedule is nothing to write home about and I really wouldn't worry about playing them like I would Maryland, North Carolina, or even Indiana. That drop is a result of playing Hartwick. They were rated so low that our SOS plummeted. Quote
Zip_ME87 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Posted November 10, 2010 Seems we've dropped to #2 in the latest RPI behind Louisville. I think Louisville will finally cough one up on Friday vs. Notre Dame. It's tough to run through a season with no losses, but Louisville's schedule is nothing to write home about and I really wouldn't worry about playing them like I would Maryland, North Carolina, or even Indiana. Can you provide a link to the RPI? I see the Zips are still #2 behind Louisville in the NSCAA poll, but I didn't find the updated RPI rankings. Quote
w00t Posted November 10, 2010 Report Posted November 10, 2010 Seems we've dropped to #2 in the latest RPI behind Louisville. I think Louisville will finally cough one up on Friday vs. Notre Dame. It's tough to run through a season with no losses, but Louisville's schedule is nothing to write home about and I really wouldn't worry about playing them like I would Maryland, North Carolina, or even Indiana. Can you provide a link to the RPI? I see the Zips are still #2 behind Louisville in the NSCAA poll, but I didn't find the updated RPI rankings. NCAA Soccer RPI. Quote
Zip_ME87 Posted November 10, 2010 Report Posted November 10, 2010 Seems we've dropped to #2 in the latest RPI behind Louisville. I think Louisville will finally cough one up on Friday vs. Notre Dame. It's tough to run through a season with no losses, but Louisville's schedule is nothing to write home about and I really wouldn't worry about playing them like I would Maryland, North Carolina, or even Indiana. Can you provide a link to the RPI? I see the Zips are still #2 behind Louisville in the NSCAA poll, but I didn't find the updated RPI rankings. NCAA Soccer RPI. Thanks. That worked once I cleared my cache. Edit: No help from our opponents this weekend: Buffalo (106), BUGS (108), W. Michigan (127) Quote
MDZip Posted November 15, 2010 Author Report Posted November 15, 2010 Final RPI that will help determine NCAA seeding will be out tomorrow. While we didn't get any help from who we played this weekend, officially Louisville recorded a tie in the Big East final. Will that be enough to vault the Zips back to the top spot? In any case, the Zips will almost certainly get a top four seed which means all games would be at home until the College Cup. Since the NCAA also typically regionalizes the opening couple of rounds, we could be seeing OSU or Xavier as our second round opponent. Quote
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 15, 2010 Report Posted November 15, 2010 Final RPI that will help determine NCAA seeding will be out tomorrow. While we didn't get any help from who we played this weekend, officially Louisville recorded a tie in the Big East final. Will that be enough to vault the Zips back to the top spot? In any case, the Zips will almost certainly get a top four seed which means all games would be at home until the College Cup. Since the NCAA also typically regionalizes the opening couple of rounds, we could be seeing OSU or Xavier as our second round opponent. OSU would be absolutely nuts. I hope that's the draw!! Quote
ZachTheZip Posted November 15, 2010 Report Posted November 15, 2010 Whoever we draw would be the winner of a first-round game. Quote
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