Women's D-III Soccer

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http://www.d3soccer.com/columns/arou...gs-that-matter

Informative piece detailing how the NCAA ranks D-III teams as well the current raw data used in the process. The NCAA rankings are used to determine the at-large bids to the championship tournament.

BTW, the first NCAA D-III rankings came out last Wednesday.

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Interesting to see how different the various polls are.

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http://www.d3soccer.com/columns/arou...gs-that-matter

Informative piece detailing how the NCAA ranks D-III teams as well the current raw data used in the process. The NCAA rankings are used to determine the at-large bids to the championship tournament.

BTW, the first NCAA D-III rankings came out last Wednesday.

MESSIAH....# 1 in the mens and womens poll....Amazing little Christian school in PA

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Messiah is quite the program.

Strength of schedule is one of the big factors influencing the NCAA rankings. In the New England region, the top 3 teams and 5 of the top 12 are NESCAC teams.

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Interesting to see how different the various polls are.

One possible reason for this is that, it can be quite misleading to simply use overall win percentage to rank teams while ignoring strength of schedule. You can look at a team's records against ranked teams (which is one of the criteria used by the NCAA to select teams for the championship tournament) as well as their strength of schedule. For example, Union was nationally ranked in the D3Soccer.com and NSCAA polls but is not ranked at all in the NCAA regional rankings. Their record against ranked teams is 0-3 and their strength of schedule rating is very modest.

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One possible reason for this is that, it can be quite misleading to simply use overall win percentage to rank teams while ignoring strength of schedule. You can look at a team's records against ranked teams (which is one of the criteria used by the NCAA to select teams for the championship tournament) as well as their strength of schedule. For example, Union was nationally ranked in the D3Soccer.com and NSCAA polls but is not ranked at all in the NCAA regional rankings. Their record against ranked teams is 0-3 and their strength of schedule rating is very modest.

Union def #13 Oneonta and #8 Rochester early, losses to #2 Wm Smith, Skidmore, SLU, and RPI (which def Middlebury) hurt. They were ranked in East Reg.

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Union def #13 Oneonta and #8 Rochester early, losses to #2 Wm Smith, Skidmore, SLU, and RPI (which def Middlebury) hurt. They were ranked in East Reg.

The rankings you are referring to are not the NCAA rankings, correct?

Oneonta is not regionally ranked. Rochester is #6. NCAA only ranks 8 teams in the East Region.

RPI beat Middlebury but Middlebury beat Skidmore. On any given day, ....

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Has anyone read this book?

http://www.themessiahmethod.com/

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http://www.themessiahmethod.com/

Sounds sort of like John Wooden's philosophy of coaching.

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There is a long history of using athletics for "political" purposes (e.g., Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, East Germany, China).

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There is a long history of using athletics for "political" purposes (e.g., Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, East Germany, China).

Must be the liberal progressive atheist supporter of OWS posting again.

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Messiah kicked William Smith's butt 4-0. WS had tied them 1-1 early in the season and was ranked #2 behind them. Looks like whatever they are doing at Messiah, it's working.

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Messiah kicked William Smith's butt 4-0. WS had tied them 1-1 early in the season and was ranked #2 behind them. Looks like whatever they are doing at Messiah, it's working.

"Messiah kicked William Smith's butt 4-0."

Did you have a vision of this score? These two have not met since their draw.

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There is a long history of using athletics for "political" purposes (e.g., Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, East Germany, China).

It is the same thing with Tim Tebow being placed on a pedestal. He cannot read defenses and he cannot throw accurately, but he is the Messiah because of his beliefs. I just heard a USA Today analyst quoting from Leviticus to justify playing him.

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MIT wins the NEWMAC tourney today in PKs over Springfield, having beaten Wheaton yesterday in 2 OTs.

MIT also places three on the academic all-district first team for region 1.

Will Springfield and Wheaton get at large bids?