2021 NCAA Regional Rankings

[Christan Shirk]

REGION I REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Tufts	11-1-3	0.620	6-1-2	11-1-3	2
2.	Amherst	12-2-2	0.640	6-2-1	12-2-2	1
3.	Connecticut College	13-3-0	0.595	5-3-0	13-3-0	3
4.	Middlebury	10-3-3	0.591	3-2-2	10-3-3	5
5.	Wesleyan	10-3-3	0.573	3-3-3	10-3-3	4
6.	Bowdoin	9-5-2	0.577	2-3-2	9-5-2	6
7.	Mass-Boston	13-3-1	0.538	1-2-0	13-3-1	8
8.	St. Joseph's (Maine)	14-1-2	0.520	0-1-1	14-1-2	9
9.	Hamilton	7-7-1	0.616	3-5-0	7-7-1	--

REGION II REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	WPI	10-4-3	0.615	3-3-2	10-4-3	4
2.	MIT	13-3-1	0.543	4-2-0	13-3-1	1
3.	Babson	9-4-3	0.575	3-4-1	9-4-3	3
4.	Coast Guard	11-4-1	0.563	2-4-0	11-4-1	2
5.	Wheaton (Mass.)	12-5-0	0.569	2-4-0	12-5-0	6
6.	Springfield	10-6-0	0.548	3-6-0	10-6-0	5

REGION III REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Cortland State	14-2-1	0.572	3-1-1	14-2-1	1
2.	Vassar	11-3-2	0.572	3-1-0	11-3-2	3
3.	Oneonta State	10-3-3	0.582	2-2-2	10-3-3	4
4.	New Paltz State	12-4-0	0.582	1-4-0	12-4-0	6
5.	Rochester	8-3-4	0.586	3-3-1	8-3-4	2
6.	RIT	10-3-4	0.555	2-2-0	10-3-4	7
7.	RPI	11-4-2	0.584	0-4-1	11-4-2	5
8.	Buffalo State	13-5-1	0.544	1-1-1	13-5-1	8

REGION IV REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	New York University	10-4-1	0.641	6-3-0	10-4-1	2
2.	Montclair State	16-2-1	0.562	5-2-0	16-2-1	1
3.	Rowan	11-3-1	0.581	2-3-0	11-3-1	3
4.	Rutgers-Newark	12-4-3	0.547	4-2-0	12-4-3	5
5.	Stevens	10-6-1	0.590	2-4-1	10-6-1	4
6.	Kean	12-4-1	0.534	1-3-0	12-4-1	6
7.	Penn State-Harrisburg	13-1-1	0.481	1-1-0	13-1-1	--

REGION V REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Messiah	14-1-2	0.578	4-0-0	14-1-2	1
2.	Franklin and Marshall	14-2-1	0.602	3-2-1	14-2-1	6
3.	Johns Hopkins	11-3-2	0.568	4-2-0	11-3-2	2
4.	Washington College	11-4-1	0.598	3-3-1	11-4-1	3
5.	Swarthmore	11-3-2	0.572	2-2-1	11-3-2	4
6.	Gettysburg	11-4-2	0.576	1-3-2	11-4-2	5
7.	Lebanon Valley	13-4-0	0.547	2-2-0	13-4-0	8
8.	Eastern	10-5-2	0.574	2-3-0	10-5-2	--

[Christan Shirk]

REGION VI REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Washington and Lee	14-0-2	0.581	5-0-2	14-0-2	1
2.	Emory	9-2-4	0.642	5-1-4	9-2-4	2
3.	Christopher Newport	8-4-2	0.657	4-4-2	8-4-2	3
4.	Lynchburg	12-4-1	0.576	2-4-1	12-4-1	5
5.	Mary Washington	8-4-2	0.586	2-2-1	8-4-2	4
6.	UW-Whitewater	14-4-1	0.525	3-3-1	14-4-1	--
7.	Roanoke	9-4-5	0.567	0-2-3	9-4-5	6
8.	Covenant	9-3-3	0.545	0-2-1	9-3-3	7

REGION VII REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Ohio Wesleyan	14-1-2	0.580	4-1-2	14-1-2	1
2.	Otterbein	13-0-4	0.558	4-0-4	13-0-4	2
3.	John Carroll	10-3-4	0.601	5-1-3	10-3-4	4
4.	Kenyon	14-1-1	0.543	3-1-1	14-1-1	3
5.	Ohio Northern	8-6-3	0.605	1-5-2	8-6-3	7
6.	Denison	10-4-2	0.554	0-4-1	10-4-2	5
7.	Hanover	12-4-1	0.532	1-2-1	12-4-1	8
8.	Wilmington	12-2-3	0.502	3-2-0	12-2-3	9
9.	Wabash	11-5-2	0.536	1-4-0	11-5-2	--
10.	Rose-Hulman	12-4-1	0.505	1-3-0	12-4-1	--

REGION VIII REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Chicago	12-4-1	0.652	8-3-1	12-4-1	1
2.	Washington U.	11-2-1	0.625	3-2-1	11-2-1	2
3.	North Park	13-4-0	0.583	5-4-0	13-4-0	3
4.	North Central (Ill.)	16-1-1	0.542	3-1-0	16-1-1	6
5.	Calvin	13-2-2	0.549	3-2-1	13-2-2	4
6.	Hope	11-3-3	0.558	3-2-1	11-3-3	5
7.	Carthage	12-6-2	0.582	3-5-0	12-6-2	7
8.	Kalamazoo	9-3-2	0.541	1-3-2	9-3-2	--

REGION IX REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	St. Olaf	16-1-1	0.565	4-1-1	16-1-1	1
2.	Gustavus Adolphus	14-4-0	0.577	2-3-0	14-4-0	2
3.	Carleton	11-3-2	0.523	2-1-0	11-3-2	3
4.	UW-Platteville	13-4-2	0.519	3-2-0	13-4-2	5
5.	Dubuque	12-3-1	0.500	2-2-0	12-3-1	8
6.	Luther	10-6-3	0.587	0-6-1	10-6-3	4
7.	Augsburg	12-5-1	0.525	1-3-0	12-5-1	--
8.	Loras	11-6-2	0.519	0-3-1	11-6-2	6

REGION X REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Trinity (Texas)	15-0-1	0.585	5-0-0	15-0-1	1
2.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	12-3-0	0.562	0-3-0	12-3-0	2
3.	Colorado College	11-4-1	0.534	2-2-1	11-4-1	3
4.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	13-0-3	0.521	1-0-0	13-0-3	4
5.	Willamette	11-4-1	0.549	1-1-0	11-4-1	5
6.	Southwestern	10-2-4	0.539	0-2-1	10-2-4	6
7.	Redlands	13-2-1	0.526	0-1-0	13-2-1	7

[d4_Pace]

Maybe this has been discussed before and I missed it, but does anyone know the logic of switching to the expanded regions? It seems to have watered down the quality of ranked wins. The last ranked teams in each region have pretty much a 0 percent chance of earning a pool C bid so whats the point of including them. Like why is a .500 Hamilton team ranked, teams with sub .500 SOS, etc. I don't really understand what issue this change was addressing and how it improved it.

[Hopkins92]

I know others on here will have a more substantive and informed take, but I recall a few folks speculating that this was a move by some of the more competitive Northeastern leagues to spread out the region(s) and increase their league's chances of getting additional bids. So, not necessarily done with an objective or altruistic goal in mind.

[jknezek]

Maybe this has been discussed before and I missed it, but does anyone know the logic of switching to the expanded regions? It seems to have watered down the quality of ranked wins. The last ranked teams in each region have pretty much a 0 percent chance of earning a pool C bid so whats the point of including them. Like why is a .500 Hamilton team ranked, teams with sub .500 SOS, etc. I don't really understand what issue this change was addressing and how it improved it.

Most of the larger D3 sports shifted to a 10 region alignment. I can't remember the reasons exactly, but it had something to do with the old regions being out of whack numerically over years and years of schools adding teams, but not all regions adding at the same speed. The shift to 10 regions was designed to lower the number of teams per region and to try and get a more consistent number of teams across the regions.

[College Soccer Observer]

Totally concur with d4_Pace about the bottom of the rankings.  How on earth can Hamilton be ranked when they could not even crack the top 8 in the NESCAC?  How are they ranked above Williams, which is now penalized for losing to Conn in 1st round of NESCAC play?  Same with Colby, who beat Hamilton and has results against Midd and Tufts during the year.  They are still alive in NESCAC after advancing on PKs vs Amherst and as a result they are behind a team that finished 10th out of 11 in league play?   

[PaulNewman]

Guess Kenyon doesn't like being disrespected by these rankings.  Just kidding.  I knew JCU was gonna jump them. 

Lords 7  Little Giants 0   25 min left

This is how crazy this stuff is.  Kenyon now loses a ranked win with CWRU departing the rankings.  Wabash enters so Kenyon possibly picks up two more there unless of course Wabash now gets knocked back out of the rankings with this loss.

So while seems unlikely Lords could lose NCAC final, drop to 2-2-1 on RvR if Wabash drops out, and end up not getting a bid.

Wabash is actually pretty good.  1-1 with Chicago into like 85th minute and two weeks ago, Kenyon barely prevailed in OT.

Now 8-0.  19 min left.

[Flying Weasel]

This is how crazy this stuff is.  Kenyon now loses a ranked win with CWRU departing the rankings.  Wabash enters so Kenyon possibly picks up two more there unless of course Wabash now gets knocked back out of the rankings with this loss.

So while seems unlikely Lords could lose NCAC final, drop to 2-2-1 on RvR if Wabash drops out, and end up not getting a bid.

Any result against the opponents currently ranked--that includes Wabash--will remain in a team's RvR for at-large selections.  Remember, the definition of "ranked teams" for at-large selection purposes is:

ranked Division III teams as established by the final ranking and the ranking preceding the final ranking.

The current (third weekly) rankings are the rankings preceding the final rankings.

[PaulNewman]

This is how crazy this stuff is.  Kenyon now loses a ranked win with CWRU departing the rankings.  Wabash enters so Kenyon possibly picks up two more there unless of course Wabash now gets knocked back out of the rankings with this loss.

So while seems unlikely Lords could lose NCAC final, drop to 2-2-1 on RvR if Wabash drops out, and end up not getting a bid.

Any result against the opponents currently ranked--that includes Wabash--will remain in a team's RvR for at-large selections.  Remember, the definition of "ranked teams" for at-large selection purposes is:

ranked Division III teams as established by the final ranking and the ranking preceding the final ranking.

The current (third weekly) rankings are the rankings preceding the final rankings.

Thanks...I was wondering about that.  Relieved!

[Hopkins Walk-On]

Maybe this has been discussed before and I missed it, but does anyone know the logic of switching to the expanded regions? It seems to have watered down the quality of ranked wins. The last ranked teams in each region have pretty much a 0 percent chance of earning a pool C bid so whats the point of including them. Like why is a .500 Hamilton team ranked, teams with sub .500 SOS, etc. I don't really understand what issue this change was addressing and how it improved it.

As I understand it, the move was intended to address the numerical imbalance among the regions. The New England region especially, but maybe some of the other northeastern and mid-atlantic regions, had a lot more schools than some of the other regions. The expanded number of regions was supposed to even out the number of schools in each region.

Of course, that would give more tourney bids to schools in the northeast.

[WUPHF]

LOL....well, at least until another Wash U supporter emerges, you are the de facto expert.  How about aficionado?

I'll take it!

[Hopkins92]

REGION VI REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Washington and Lee	14-0-2	0.581	5-0-2	14-0-2	1
2.	Emory	9-2-4	0.642	5-1-4	9-2-4	2
3.	Christopher Newport	8-4-2	0.657	4-4-2	8-4-2	3
4.	Lynchburg	12-4-1	0.576	2-4-1	12-4-1	5
5.	Mary Washington	8-4-2	0.586	2-2-1	8-4-2	4

6.

UW-Whitewater

14-4-1

0.525

3-3-1

14-4-1

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7.	Roanoke	9-4-5	0.567	0-2-3	9-4-5	6
8.	Covenant	9-3-3	0.545	0-2-1	9-3-3	7

Wait... What's going on here? Sorry, edit to add/clarify... My HTML editing is very rusty... Why is UW-Whitewater in this region??

[deiscanton]

REGION VI REGION - NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS - November 03, 2021

Rank	School	. Div. III . Record	. Div. III . SOS	. R-v-R .	. Overall . Record	. Prev. . Rank
1.	Washington and Lee	14-0-2	0.581	5-0-2	14-0-2	1
2.	Emory	9-2-4	0.642	5-1-4	9-2-4	2
3.	Christopher Newport	8-4-2	0.657	4-4-2	8-4-2	3
4.	Lynchburg	12-4-1	0.576	2-4-1	12-4-1	5
5.	Mary Washington	8-4-2	0.586	2-2-1	8-4-2	4

6.

UW-Whitewater

14-4-1

0.525

3-3-1

14-4-1

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7.	Roanoke	9-4-5	0.567	0-2-3	9-4-5	6
8.	Covenant	9-3-3	0.545	0-2-1	9-3-3	7

Wait... What's going on here? Sorry, edit to add/clarify... My HTML editing is very rusty... Why is UW-Whitewater in this region??

WIAC does not have a men's soccer conference. (The WIAC does have a conference for women's soccer)  UW-Whitewater is in the Coast to Coast Conference for men's soccer, and the Coast to Coast Conference is in Region VI.

BTW, the UW-Whitewater men's soccer team is about to begin playing their C2C semifinal vs Mary Washington at 1 PM Central/2 PM Eastern.  The Warhawks beat Finlandia in their C2C quarterfinal match yesterday.  The C2C men's tournament is being played at Mary Washington.

Update-- 2:07 PM Eastern-- Warhawks up 1-0 over Mary Washington in the 4th minute.

[Hopkins92]

Thanks deis!

I probably could've noodled that out, given I'm checking on the C2C playoffs right now, hosted in Cary, NC.


edit - got my locations mixed up, as I was watching the USA South game on another feed. Checking out of that game, as it's just not all that fun to watch.

[Hopkins92]

Tied up in Fredericksburg. That's a good, scrappy game if folks are looking for content.