2025 Rankings and RPI thread

[TennZip]

Since I am going to list many games...that don't involve Zips opponents....I decided to post this in the RPI topic

 

rather than game score for today

 

Here are the key matches to watch over the next 3 days....for RPI purposes

 

Thursday November 13th

 

Atlantic Coast Conference semis

   (ps...I love to see traditional Atlantic Ocean powers like California and SMU in the mix 🤣😁)

Semifinals, Cary, NC

5:30 PM: (12) #52 California vs. (1) #2 Virginia

8:00 PM: (7) #11 SMU vs. (6) #31 Syracuse

 

Big East Conference Tournament
Semifinals, Boyds, MD

5:00 PM: (3) #21 Connecticut vs. (2) #8 Akron

7:30 PM: (4) #70 Providence vs. (1) #19 Georgetown

 

Ivy League Tournament
Semifinals, at #1 seed (Princeton, NJ)

3:30 PM: (3) #68 Penn vs. (2) #22 Cornell

7:00 PM: (4) #60 Harvard at (1) #1 Princeton

 

Saturday November 15th

 

Missouri Valley Conference final

#94 RPI Western Michigan at #80 RPI Evansville    7 pm

 

Sountern Conference final

#26 RPI UNC Greensboro at #20 RPI  Furman  2 pm

 

Big South Conference Final

#35 RPI Gardner Webb at #16 RPI High Point  6 pm

 

Summit league final

#15 RPI Kansas City at #29 Denver - 3 pm mountain time

 

Horizon League Final

#140 RPI Purdue Fort Wayne at #113 RPI Cleveland State   1 pm

 

Regular Season games - no league tournament

#5 RPI Portland at #137 RPI St. Mary's     4 pm

#7 RPI San Diego at #18 RPI Oregon State  10 pm

 

 

 

Edited Friday at 03:49 AM by TennZip
add #15 Kansas City to sat. schedule

[TennZip]

6 hours ago, TennZip said:

Since I am going to list many games...that don't involve Zips opponents....I decided to post this in the RPI topic

 

rather than game score for today

 

Here are the key matches to watch over the next 3 days....for RPI purposes

 

Thursday November 13th

 

Atlantic Coast Conference semis

   (ps...I love to see traditional Atlantic Ocean powers like California and SMU in the mix 🤣😁)

Semifinals, Cary, NC

5:30 PM: (12) #52 California vs. (1) #2 Virginia

8:00 PM: (7) #11 SMU vs. (6) #31 Syracuse

 

Big East Conference Tournament
Semifinals, Boyds, MD

5:00 PM: (3) #21 Connecticut vs. (2) #8 Akron

7:30 PM: (4) #70 Providence vs. (1) #19 Georgetown

 

Ivy League Tournament
Semifinals, at #1 seed (Princeton, NJ)

3:30 PM: (3) #68 Penn vs. (2) #22 Cornell

7:00 PM: (4) #60 Harvard at (1) #1 Princeton

 

 

 

 

 

Results from Thursday Night

Virginia gets a 2-1 win over California

SMU was very impressive in a 5-1 win over Syracuse

 

Georgetown  2-0 over Providence

Connecticut 2-1 over Akron

 

Cornell got a 1-0 win over Penn

Princeton continued its great season with a 3-1 win over Harvard

 

     What happened in RPI ????

Princeton and Virginia stayed at #1 and #2

 

SMU moved up from #11 to #7

 

Connecticut jumped from #21 to #12

 

Georgetown did not have a strong opponent so they only improved from 19 up to #18

   The winner of the Georgetown- UConn game will almost certainly finish ahead of Akron in RPI.

 

Cornell improved from #22 to #21

 

Akron , with the loss.......dropped from #8 in RPI to #10 in RPI.....

Edited Friday at 04:10 AM by TennZip

[TennZip]

On 11/13/2025 at 4:49 PM, TennZip said:

 

 

 

Saturday November 15th

 

 

Horizon League Final

#140 RPI Purdue Fort Wayne at #113 RPI Cleveland State   1 pm

 

 

Congratulations to zips all time soccer great Sinisa U.

 

He is the head coach of Cleveland State.

 

the Vikings advanced to the NCAA tournament with a 1-0 win

golden goal at 103:44

Edited 10 hours ago by TennZip

[Zip_ME87]

Congrats to Sinisa and team, but more importantly, I believe that CSU win is good for the Zips since we played / defeated them this season.

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Zip_ME87

[TennZip]

On 11/13/2025 at 4:49 PM, TennZip said:

 

 

Saturday November 15th

 

Missouri Valley Conference final

#94 RPI Western Michigan at #80 RPI Evansville    7 pm

 

Big South Conference Final

#35 RPI Gardner Webb at #16 RPI High Point  6 pm

 

Summit league final

#15 RPI Kansas City at #29 Denver - 3 pm mountain time

 

Regular Season games - no league tournament

#5 RPI Portland at #137 RPI St. Mary's     4 pm

 

The Summit League final......had a result.....that should be good for Akron for RPI purposes

 

When the game started, Kansas City was at 14 for RPI and Denver was at 29.....

A Kansas City win over a high RPI Denver team...could have moved Kansas City ahead of Akron in RPI.

 

Denver is the Summit league champion with a 4-2 win over Kansas City.

 

as a result of the loss, Kansas City Roos drop down to 20 in RPI.

the Denver Pioneers move from 29 in RPI.....up to #23 in RPI

 

      The Denver win was good for Georgetown.  Georgetown has only lost 1 game since August 25.  Their one loss was on October 7 to Denver.

Before the Denver win, Seton Hall was 17 in RPI and Georgetown was 18 in RPI.

 

After the Denver win, Georgetown is 16 in RPI and Seton Hall stays at 17.

The Georgetown-UConn winner will deservedly jump ahead of Akron for NCAA seeding purposes.

 

       In a regular season game. Portland got a 1-0 win over very low RPI St. Mary's

as a result of the weak opponent, Portland dropped from 5 to 6.  Big Ten regular season champ Maryland moved up from 6 up to #5.

 

   As a result of the Kansas City loss, High Point moved up to #15 in RPI.  With a win over #34 Gardner Webb, High Point could move up in RPI.  High Point just scored to go up 1-0 (57 minutes)

[TennZip]

Big South Conference Final

 

#34 Gardner Webb at #15  High Point

 

    High Point wins 3-0 to improve their record to 13-1-4

 

Akron stays at #10 in RPI

 

High Point jumps from 15 in RPI ....all the way up to #11

 

Gardner Webb drops from 34 to 36.

 

    High Point may play in a weaker conference......but they have been very impressive against teams ranked in RPI top 43

High Point vs., Top teams

2-1 win over Georgetown

3-1 win over #43 VCU

2-2 tie with Marshall

3-0 win over #36 Gardner Webb (regular season) - Gardner Webb had a regular season win over West Virginia

2-2 tie with West Virginia

only loss is to #27 UNC Greensboro (UNCG plays #21 Furman tomorrow)

3-0 conference championship win over #36 Gardner Webb

 

4-1-2 record against Quality opponents

Georgetown, Marshall and UNC Greensboro all play in conference finals tomorrow....

if those 3 teams all win, High Point will jump over Akron in RPI.

 

 

Western Michigan and Evansville 0-0 at 71 minutes

[TennZip]

Western Michigan earns an NCAA tournament spot.

 

Broncos improve to 7-9-4 with a 1-0 win over top seed Evansville.

Edited 5 hours ago by TennZip

[TennZip]

Congratulations to Brian Quinn (the father of former Zip Great Aodhan Quinn)

 

Brian Quinn is the head coach of the San Diego Toreros.

This is Brian Quinn's 8th year as the Torero head coach.

 

The Toreros just won their 4th straight West Coast Conference title (no conference tournament.)

 

The West Coach Conference(WCC) has 3 of the Nation's best teams.

 

Tonight, #7 RPI San Diego played at #21 RPI Oregon State to determine the league Champion.

 

In the United Soccer coaches rankings, 3 WCC teams were ranked in the top 10

Portland at 6 ; San Diego at 7 and Oregon State at 10.

 

In RPI (when the game started), Portland was #6 ; San Diego was #7 and Oregon State was #21.

 

Coming into the game , these were the league standings

1.  Oregon State   6-0-2

2. San Diego         6-1-1

3. Portland            6-1-2

 

San Diego needed to win  to win the league title.

A tie or a win would give Oregon State the league title

 

San Diego wins 4-2

so final standings are 1. Sand Diego 7-1-1  ; tie for 2nd Portland and Oregon State 6-1-2

 

Game was much closer than 4-2

 

Game was 1-1 at 67...when San Diego scored on an outstanding corner kick

 

 

at 80 minutes, Oregon State scored to tie it at 2-2 on a perfectly timed run.

Brian Quinn asked for VAR.....it was very close...but the goal stood

 

with 10 minutes to go, Oregon State was tied and was going to win the league

 

1 minute later, San Diego scored on a great free kick....25 to 30 yards

beautiful strike

 

Oregon State had to go full tilt....to try to tie it up...San Diego got a take away and scored to make it 4-2

 

 

One of the best soccer games that I have watched in a long time.   Brian Quinn is a very good college coach.

I will root for San Diego in the NCAA's and I really hope that they are not in the Zips regional.  The torerros are a very good soccer team.

[TennZip]

RPI        final update for games on Saturday November 15th

 

these results are after    SAn Diego's win over Oregon State

 

 

San Diego   moves from 7 in RPI........up to #5

 

Maryland was at #5......when San Diego game started.....Maryland ends the day at #6

 

Portland drops from #6   to #7

 

Number 8 thru 11....look like this

 

8.   SMU

9.   Indiana

10.  High Point

11.   Akron

 

12 thur 17 look like this

 

12.  UConn

13.  Stanford

14.  Marshall

15.   NC State

16. Seton Hall

17.  Georgetown

 

Cornell  started the day at #21 in RPI

Cornell did not play today....but they ended the day at #18 in RPI

 

Oregon State loss dropped them from #21 in RPI....down to #23

        The Oregon State loss probably hurt Indiana and Stanford a little bit as the biggest non league win for both the Hoosiers and the Cardinal was over Oregon State.

 

 

[TennZip]

Sunday November 16th   Key Tournament Final games

    I will let others (smarter than I am)...fugure out the results that might be best for the Zips to receive a high seed

All ratings shown are RPI as of 12:45 am on Sunday morning  November 16th

 

Ivy League Final   -   11 am - broadcast on ESPNU

#18 Cornell   at #1  Princeton

 

Big East Final  - high noon   - Boyds, MD

#12 UConn vs.    #17  Georgetown

 

American East Final  - 1 pm

#4 Bryant (16-1-4) at  #3 Vermont   (13-0-5)

 

Atlantic 10 final 1 pm

#97  Dayton  at #24 St. Louis

 

Sunbelt Conference Final  1 pm

#37 Central Florida at #14 Marshall

 

ACC final - 1 pm........broadcast on ESPNU...game will be at Cary , NC

#8 SMU at  #2   Virginia

 

Southern Conference final ...2 pm......

#27 UNC-Greensboro  at #21 Furman

 

Big Ten Conference final   ....3 pm....game will be broadcast on Big Ten Network

#34 UCLA at #26  Michigan