Zip_ME87 Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreenTruck Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 Congratz on the Top 10 ranking. Akron has been MIA far to long. Just one thing left to say: 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 Akron was 22 in the coaches pre season poll. Vermont was 12 in the pre season poll. Their drop to number 22 seems kind of harsh. There are not 21 college soccer teams that are better than Vermont. That is one very good college soccer team. September 11 Zip opponent Florida International was number 21 in the preseason poll. FIU jumped up to 7 after a 2-1 win over Oregon State and a 4-0 win over VCU. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreenTruck Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 2 hours ago, TennZip said: Akron was 22 in the coaches pre season poll. Vermont was 12 in the pre season poll. Their drop to number 22 seems kind of harsh. There are not 21 college soccer teams that are better than Vermont. That is one very good college soccer team. September 11 Zip opponent Florida International was number 21 in the preseason poll. FIU jumped up to 7 after a 2-1 win over Oregon State and a 4-0 win over VCU. That does seem harsh for a 1-0 loss. I could see it if Vermont had been demolished something like 5-0. But then again that is life outside of the blue bloods. Somehow Marshall has stayed in the Top 15 since week 9 of the 2019 season. Thankfully only 2 of our losses since then have been to non ranked teams. Marshall plays Xavier at home on Friday and then they travel to #8 Pitt next Tuesday which should be the game with the 2 highest ranked teams going at it this year. On opening day we had #8 Creighton vs #7 Stanford. Last year #11 Marshall 2 #2 Pitt 1 in Huntington. Good Luck to Akron on the week ahead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 2 hours ago, BigGreenTruck said: That does seem harsh for a 1-0 loss. I could see it if Vermont had been demolished something like 5-0. But then again that is life outside of the blue bloods. Somehow Marshall has stayed in the Top 15 since week 9 of the 2019 season. Thankfully only 2 of our losses since then have been to non ranked teams. Marshall plays Xavier at home on Friday and then they travel to #8 Pitt next Tuesday which should be the game with the 2 highest ranked teams going at it this year. On opening day we had #8 Creighton vs #7 Stanford. Last year #11 Marshall 2 #2 Pitt 1 in Huntington. Good Luck to Akron on the week ahead. Speaking of Stanford, they have had quite the start to the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted September 3, 2023 Report Share Posted September 3, 2023 Still kind of amazing Akron is now the only ranked Big East team. Nice start in a new league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreenTruck Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 Sept 4th 2023 Top Drawer Soccer Top 25 #16 Akron https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men Sept 3rd 2023 College Soccer News Top 30 #9 Akron https://collegesoccernews.com/college-soccer-news-mens-top-30-national-poll-week-ending-september-3-2023/ The United Soccer Coaches Poll will be out tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, BigGreenTruck said: Sept 4th 2023 Top Drawer Soccer Top 25 #16 Akron https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men Sept 3rd 2023 College Soccer News Top 30 #9 Akron https://collegesoccernews.com/college-soccer-news-mens-top-30-national-poll-week-ending-september-3-2023/ The United Soccer Coaches Poll will be out tomorrow. Top drawer soccer has Vermont at #10 and Akron at #16 Hello ???? anyone home at Top Drawer soccer ????? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 Stanford and Marshall deserve to be number 1 and 2 in the news coaches poll Akron was #9 in last week's poll.... they are #5 in this week's coaches poll 🤔 https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 6, 2023 Report Share Posted September 6, 2023 zips #42 in RPI (as of Wednesday morning) https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/search/label/RPI Rank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 9, 2023 Report Share Posted September 9, 2023 zips are #29 in RPI (as of Saturday morning) opponents on zips schedule Niagara 167 Vermont 2 Michigan 111 SIU 190 LIU 126 FIU 39 Providence 42 Notre Dame 77 St. John's 85 Seton Hall 82 N. KY 205 DePaul 83 Clev State 125 Xavier 57 Creighton 41 Marquette 50 Marquette is 5-0-0...their SOS is 197 Butler 187 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreenTruck Posted September 11, 2023 Report Share Posted September 11, 2023 Sept 11 Top Drawer Soccer Top 25 #5 Akron https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men Sept 10 College Soccer News Top 30 #5 Akron https://collegesoccernews.com/college-soccer-news-mens-top-30-poll-week-ending-september-10-2023/ Both have Akron at #5. Will be interesting to see if Akron goes up a spot or even jumps Syracuse to 3 after the brutal #3 Portland loss to WVU when they were 5 seconds from a tie. That's right WVU scored at the 89:55 mark. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 12, 2023 Report Share Posted September 12, 2023 zips are #19 in this morning's RPI (Tuesday Sept. 12) Marquette with a 6-0-0 record...is the highest rated Big east team at 16 RPI for next 4 opponents Providence with a 2-3-0 record is at 73 Notre Dame with a 4-0-1 record is at 36 St. Johns has a 4-1-1 record but they are at 122 in rpi Seton Hall with a 3-1-1 record is at 103 https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/search/label/RPI Rank 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted September 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2023 Big East Conference RPI rank is sitting at 9 out of 23 as of 9/12/23 at 7:56 (am) PT. https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/search/label/Conference RPI Rank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reslife4Life Posted September 12, 2023 Report Share Posted September 12, 2023 The Missouri Valley, new home of BGSU, NIU, and WMU, is number 8. Crazy how this sport ends up going haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csims0917 Posted September 12, 2023 Report Share Posted September 12, 2023 Akron up to #3 in the nation!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted September 12, 2023 Report Share Posted September 12, 2023 one coach ranked Akron as the #1 team in the nation....... and Marshall and Stanford are putting up a great battle for the number 1 spot Stanford with 195 points and Marshall with 194 https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted September 12, 2023 Report Share Posted September 12, 2023 47 minutes ago, TennZip said: one coach ranked Akron as the #1 team in the nation....... and Marshall and Stanford are putting up a great battle for the number 1 spot Stanford with 195 points and Marshall with 194 https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/ That coach must really hate Stanford and Marshall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YipaZip Posted September 13, 2023 Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 19 hours ago, TennZip said: one coach ranked Akron as the #1 team in the nation....... and Marshall and Stanford are putting up a great battle for the number 1 spot Stanford with 195 points and Marshall with 194 https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/ Not bad for the non relevant Zips!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted September 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 56 minutes ago, YipaZip said: Not bad for the non relevant Zips!!! As I put in the title of this thread ... fwiw ... for what it's worth. Polls are about as meaningful as participation trophies. RPI is more relevant. Honestly, I don't understand your "beef" with Zips Men's Soccer fans expectations being so high. I remember when our head coach would apologize to fans for "poor performance". I thought it was strange at first but then realized that he wanted our expectations to be that high. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YipaZip Posted September 13, 2023 Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Zip_ME87 said: As I put in the title of this thread ... fwiw ... for what it's worth. Polls are about as meaningful as participation trophies. RPI is more relevant. Honestly, I don't understand your "beef" with Zips Men's Soccer fans expectations being so high. I remember when our head coach would apologize to fans for "poor performance". I thought it was strange at first but then realized that he wanted our expectations to be that high. NCAA polls are meaningful. They make the decisions. RPI on the other hand is a made up gimmick to suggest who's in and who's out - that is never ever followed. We will see another 8 ACC teams in the national tournament no matter what RPI they have. Same as always. Whilst the zips sit 3rd in the NCAA poll, that is relevant. As for my "beef" with expectations - you've constructed that thought in your own head. If you "expected" Akron to have a better record than 5-0-1 at this point, then that's what you think. Some of us are realists. I don't understand your "beef" with the current staff in comparison to your love for former staff. The same apologetic coach was not near as adored as you are believed he was. Edited September 13, 2023 by YipaZip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted September 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 The expectations being discussed are not about 6 games and where we stand this season. Go back and look at the discussion. It's about the portfolio of work since 2018. Expecting to win an NCAA tournament match over the past several seasons is not asking too much of a program, including current coaching staff, that has high expectations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YipaZip Posted September 13, 2023 Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, Zip_ME87 said: The expectations being discussed are not about 6 games and where we stand this season. Go back and look at the discussion. It's about the portfolio of work since 2018. Expecting to win an NCAA tournament match over the past several seasons is not asking too much of a program, including current coaching staff, that has high expectations. Wake up. The name of the thread is 2023 Rankings 🤦🏼♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted September 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2023 14 minutes ago, YipaZip said: Wake up. The name of the thread is 2023 Rankings 🤦🏼♂️ Whatever...I brought the discussion from the off track Womens Soccer thread here where it's at least in a Men's Soccer discussion. LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy-claws Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 On 9/13/2023 at 5:33 PM, Zip_ME87 said: Whatever...I brought the discussion from the off track Womens Soccer thread here where it's at least in a Men's Soccer discussion. LOL It was in the women's thread because I dared ask the question, can the women's team learn from the mens team, then it got highjacked by others to tear into the current men's staff, so don't act as if someone else caused it to be in that thread.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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