TennZip Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/polls/csn-top-30-poll/1087-college-soccer-news-top-30-national-poll-week-ending-september-17-2017 Akron among 3 MAC teams receiving votes (not in the top 30) Western Michigan is #14 in this poll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 U Mass Lowell #21 in this poll. future opponent Michigan State is #1 in this poll(hard for me to believe that the big ten has the 3 best teams in the country) zips not even considered...which is probably appropriate....after Saturday night's poor game https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted September 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 45 minutes ago, TennZip said: U Mass Lowell #21 in this poll. future opponent Michigan State is #1 in this poll(hard for me to believe that the big ten has the 3 best teams in the country) zips not even considered...which is probably appropriate....after Saturday night's poor game https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men I really can't disagree at this point with the top slots. I would have thought UNC would be higher, but they lost to UNC Wilmington and have not yet hit the better opponents in their schedule. Also, I agree, that given our Zips performance Saturday, I couldn't rank them either. Hopefully, they will put it together, or this will be a long season. As has already been pointed out, winning the MAC auto bid looks to be a tough road this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsVoice Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) College Soccer News has us off the board niw, but receiving votes. Stanford 1, Maryland 2. Indians 3, Wake 4 and ND is 5th. Mich State is 9th, Western Michigan 14th and UM Lowell 29th. Edited September 18, 2017 by ZipsVoice Add content Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Good news is that Zips will have ample opportunity to beat highly ranked teams. They will have their chances, which can't always be said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx zips did not receive a vote from the soccer coaches... U Mass Lowell....very low in the rankings.... Zips need to have a huge October and play a great game on Sept. 27...as Notre Dame is #1 ; Mich. State #6 ; Syracuse #11 and Western Michigan #12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsVoice Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 Okay boys and girls, we have been posting from three or four sources, maybe 5 on rankings and they are WAY different from one another. I know that it depends on who is voting, but how can there be such a wide variety of #1s? Notre Dame #1 in one poll and #9 in another, Stanford #1 in one and not in the top 5 in another. Still doesn't matter for our beloved 'Roos, so far this season, but give me your thoughts on why such disparity? Please? Thank you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted September 20, 2017 Report Share Posted September 20, 2017 These polls will all look similar come November. Some polls are more credible than others. Disregard College Soccer News entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted September 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 WMU defeated Michigan 1-0 today. Living up to their rankings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 5 hours ago, Zip_ME87 said: WMU defeated Michigan 1-0 today. Living up to their rankings. http://www.wmubroncos.com/news/2017/9/20/mens-soccer-broncos-defeat-wolverines-in-front-of-record-crowd.aspx The zips really will need their A+ game on October 7. WMU got 2,317 fans out on a Wednesday night. For a weekend game against the Mighty Zips, they will pack a lot of Bronco fans into the stands. I watched Michigan play Indiana a few weeks ago to a 1-1 tie. Michigan is very good this year. Super impressive result for WMU. Earlier in the year, WMU had gone to Indy and beat #15 Butler on the road. Zips will have to improve a ton from their performance against St. Louis...to win the MAC this year. Bowling Green was tied 1- 1 earlier this week at 77 minutes at #1 Notre Dame(Irish won 2-1...but still a strong performance for falcons...chris Brennan from Copley scored the BG goal) zips will have the opportunity this year....to dramatically improve their RPI...NotreDame currently #1 ; Mich. State #2 ; Western Michigan currently #16 zips currently #123....let the ascent.....begin at noon on Sunday !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted September 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 4 hours ago, TennZip said: http://www.wmubroncos.com/news/2017/9/20/mens-soccer-broncos-defeat-wolverines-in-front-of-record-crowd.aspx The zips really will need their A+ game on October 7. WMU got 2,317 fans out on a Wednesday night. For a weekend game against the Mighty Zips, they will pack a lot of Bronco fans into the stands. I watched Michigan play Indiana a few weeks ago to a 1-1 tie. Michigan is very good this year. Super impressive result for WMU. "This was WMU's first time being ranked and hosting another ranked team. It was one of the biggest games in program history and the community of Kalamazoo came out to support in record numbers. A record crowd of 2,317 came to watch WMU defeat Michigan." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted September 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 St Louis' defeat of Stanford, Washington's defeat of Seattle, and the Zips' win over UMass Lowell has the Zips up to 66 in RPI rank (up from 132, if I recall). Michigan St is currently #1, Notre Dame is #7, Western Michigan is #9. Lots of opportunities to move up. Keep at it Zips; work hard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 25, 2017 Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men Top Drawer soccer has Michigan State at #1 ; Western Michigan at #11 and the zips at #24 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 26, 2017 Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx zips at #42 in the United soccer coaches poll Michigan State received 2 first place votes...and is #4 overall Western Michigan debuts in the top 10 at #9 for those...that want to check out a future zip opponent...#7 Notre Dame plays at #1 Indiana tonight on the big ten network at 7 pm eastern time and if you look closely at the poll....some coach(s) that voted in this week's poll was completely oblivious to this week's results as U Mass Lowell is higher than the zips in this poll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyfan34 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Mighty MAC power Western Michigan lost its first game at Portland 4-1. They play Michigan State at Home Wednesday and we will see if their play to begin the year was a fluke or not. http://wmubroncos.com/schedule.aspx?path=msoc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 zips jump from #24 to #8 in top drawer soccer poll https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/polls/csn-top-30-poll/1095-college-soccer-news-top-30-national-poll-week-ending-october-1-2017 zips go from 29 to 17 in college soccer news 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 10 hours ago, zippyfan34 said: Mighty MAC power Western Michigan lost its first game at Portland 4-1. They play Michigan State at Home Wednesday and we will see if their play to begin the year was a fluke or not. http://wmubroncos.com/schedule.aspx?path=msoc Fluke or not, I'd like to see them win all non-MAC matches. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 12 hours ago, zippyfan34 said: Mighty MAC power Western Michigan lost its first game at Portland 4-1. They play Michigan State at Home Wednesday and we will see if their play to begin the year was a fluke or not. http://wmubroncos.com/schedule.aspx?path=msoc WMU has wins over two top 25 caliber teams....Michigan and Butler... they are not a fluke....zips have a lot of injuries right now at forward...Sam and David Egbo... winning on the road is not easy....zips have 2 tough road games this week...Syracuse and W. Michigan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowroll Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 9 minutes ago, TennZip said: WMU has wins over two top 25 caliber teams....Michigan and Butler... they are not a fluke....zips have a lot of injuries right now at forward...Sam and David Egbo... winning on the road is not easy....zips have 2 tough road games this week...Syracuse and W. Michigan Also Zajac - anyone know if he might return soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 59 minutes ago, slowroll said: Also Zajac - anyone know if he might return soon? Don't know when he will return, but he was dressed and warming up with the team Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowroll Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 26 minutes ago, Zip_ME87 said: Don't know when he will return, but he was dressed and warming up with the team Saturday. Gotcha! Glad to hear he was at least warming up. His return would be a big boost. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 2 hours ago, TennZip said: WMU has wins over two top 25 caliber teams....Michigan and Butler... they are not a fluke....zips have a lot of injuries right now at forward...Sam and David Egbo... winning on the road is not easy....zips have 2 tough road games this week...Syracuse and W. Michigan Both road matches this week are imminently losable. But each potential victory has RPI points with it. High risk, high reward scenario. Zips will have every chance this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) 56 minutes ago, fknbuflobo said: Both road matches this week are imminently winnable. But eEach potential victory has RPI points with it. High risk, high reward scenario. Zips will have every chance this season. FIFY Edited October 2, 2017 by Zip_ME87 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 RPI is out: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1/ncaa-mens-soccer-rpi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 12 minutes ago, ZachTheZip said: RPI is out: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1/ncaa-mens-soccer-rpi Does the NCAA copy it from here, make a few minor changes and then publish it as their own every week? http://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/search/label/RPI Rank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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