Just an FYI - it looks like the NPI rankings will be updating daily from now through selection Monday (11/10/25). 

Here is a link to that page: https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/season_divisions/18605/nitty_gritties

Tonight (10/29/25) there are six games involving top 25 teams.  All of them are in-conference games:

6pm: #11 Rowan at TCNJ (NJAC)
6pm: #8 MIT at Emerson (NEWMAC)
7pm: Dickinson at #28 Johns Hopkins (Centennial)
7pm: #4 Messiah at York(PA) (MAC-Commonwealth)
7pm: #13 Swarthmore at Washington (Centennial)
7pm: Delaware Valley at #16 Misericordia (MAC-Freedom)

The two games that are the most evenly matched and with the most implications for conference standings, would be the Dickinson at Hopkins game and the Messiah at York game.

Dickinson (ranked 36 NPI) sits in second place with 19 points in the conference and Hopkins (ranked 21 NPI) sits one point back (18 points) in third place.  The first two teams in the conference get a buy for the first round and then are guaranteed to host the second round game.

Messiah (ranked 9 NPI) and York (ranked 53 NPI) are both undefeated in the conference and tied for first with 15 points each. 

Both the Centennial and MAC-Commonwealth conferences have their last conference games this weekend, but the weekend games should be a little more lopsided in their favor.  However, when playing in your conference, certainly upsets are always a potential.

With the game just ending, #12 Williams (based on this afternoon's USC National - Poll 8) beat #10 Middlebury at home 1-0.

That puts Williams in first place (temporarily) in the conference with 23pts.  However, #3 Tufts will host Bowdoin at 6pm EDT tonight and if they win will tie Williams for 1st place in the conference with 23 pts.  With Tufts winning the head to head they will secure home field throughout the conference championships.

Here is the new USC National Poll - 8 for games through 10/26/25: https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/

As suspected Wash U and Emory flip-flop and Wash U returns to #1 with Emory now #2.

Chicago's two losses over the weekend drop them from #3 down to #7 with Tufts, Messiah, Case Western, and Pomona-Pitzer all slotting up a spot to #3, #4, #5, and #6 respectively.

Just noticed that the NPI rankings updated again today as of games through 10/27/25 (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/season_divisions/18611/nitty_gritties)  I thought the daily updates didn't start until the week leading up to the National Championship selections but we are still almost two weeks out.??

I just saw that the NPI ranking updated again today 10/27/25 (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/season_divisions/18605/nitty_gritties).  I thought they went to daily updates the week before the NCAA Championship selections but we are still almost two weeks out from that.??

Today is the last slate of regular season games involving NESCAC teams.  Ten of the eleven teams in the NESCAC conference play today.  The only team in the conference that has finished their regular season is Hamilton (currently in solo 4th place in the conference with 16pts: https://nescac.com/standings.aspx?standings=390).

Later this afternoon the new USC National Poll 8 will come out, but based on the current rankings, three of the NESCAC teams are currently in the top 25 and playing today.  #4 Tufts is hosting Bowdoin, and then #14 Williams is hosting #10 Middlebury.  In the conference standings, Tufts and Williams are tied for 1st with 20pts and Middlebury is in solo 3rd with 18pts.

The only other team in the top 25 playing today is #15 Loras who is playing at Central (IA) this afternoon.

One good thing this weekend, when watching so many top 25 teams using Flo$port$, is that I didn't have any significant streaming issues!  I even watched some of the Pomona-Pitzer vs Occidental game on Saturday night, but the camera was so tight (zoomed in) on the players that after about ten minutes I couldn't take it anymore.

Quote from: CentPA on October 27, 2025, 10:29:34 AMThis weeks NPI rankings are out for games through 10/26/25 (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46399)

Here are the top 15 and where they were ranked last week is in parentheses:

1.  Wash U  (1)
2.  Emory  (2)
3.  Case Western  (5)
4.  Chicago  (3)
5.  Tufts  (4)
6.  Wash & Lee  (6)
7.  Pomona-Pitzer  (7)
8.  Christopher Newport  (9)
9.  Middlebury  (8)
10. Messiah  (12)
11. Lake Forest  (11)
12. Swarthmore  (18)
13. Rowan  (13)
14. Illinois Tech  (15)
15. Williams  (16)

If you look at the prior rankings (in parentheses) above, you'll see (10) is missing.  Carleton who was #10 last week lost on Saturday to Bethel who came into that game with a 2-12-2 record.  That loss took Carleton from #10 in the NPI standings to #24!

This weeks NPI rankings are out for games through 10/26/25 (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46399)

Here are the top 15 and where they were ranked last week is in parentheses:

1.  Wash U  (1)
2.  Emory  (2)
3.  Case Western  (5)
4.  Chicago  (3)
5.  Tufts  (4)
6.  Wash & Lee  (6)
7.  Pomona-Pitzer  (7)
8.  Christopher Newport  (9)
9.  Middlebury  (8)
10. Messiah  (12)
11. Lake Forest  (11)
12. Swarthmore  (18)
13. Rowan  (13)
14. Illinois Tech  (15)
15. Williams  (16)

Wash U will deservedly be back to #1 on Tuesday in the USC National - Poll 8 after beating Emory 2-1 this afternoon.  It has been seven weeks since they were bumped out of the number one spot as a result of their tie in their fifth game of the year to Trine on the road.

Not sure how much Chicago's two losses will affect them in the standings given that one of the losses was to the #1 (at the time) team on the road in Friday's loss to Emory.

I thought Rochester did well bouncing back from their 5-0 loss to Wash U on Friday to find a way to score on their only shot on goal and hold off Chicago for the win.  Chicago led in shots 16-3 and shots on goal 8-1 but was unable to find an equalizer.

NYU was unable to duplicate their Friday results (beating Carnegie Mellon 2-0) and ended up loosing 0-2 to Case Western who was the only other team besides Wash U to win both their games this weekend.  Although to be fair, they had the easiest path to win both their games, in as far as the rankings go, playing #19 and then #24.

Here are the results of the UAA teams from this weekend (win - loss - draw):

Emory      1 - 1 - 0
Wash U    2 - 0 - 0
Chicago   0 - 2 - 0
Case Western   2 - 0 - 0
Rochester    1 - 1 - 0
Carnegie Mellon   0 - 1 - 1
Brandeis     0 - 1 - 1
NYU      1 - 1 - 0

Wash U scores on a break away goal from Clemons to take a 2-1 lead.  There is now 2:30 left

Emory scores a goal 2 minutes into the second half to tie the game 1-1 with Wash U!

Rochester upsets Chicago 1-0 - handing Chicago their second loss of the weekend.

D3boards having some problems with delays .. won't be trying to post ongoing updates of the games.

Today is round 2 of this weekend's UAA games.

The only top 25 teams playing today are the 8 UAA teams.

@ 1:00pm (EDT) #6 Case Western at #24 NYU
@ 1:00pm (EDT) #3 Chicago at #16 Rochester
@ 1:30pm (EDT) #18 Carnegie Mellon at #19 Brandeis

and last but not least (arguably the game of the regular season in all of D3 Women's Soccer)!

@ 1:30pm (EDT) #2 Wash U at #1 Emory