Pool C

[Just Bill]

Ralph is right. A two-division league does not earn two AQs even with 7 teams on each side. The only exception is the MAC Commonwealth and Freedom, but they were grandfathered in, and they essentially act like two independent conferences anyway.

[KnightSlappy]

My regional rankings through Sunday's games (12/18/2011)

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/2011/12/regional-rankings-12192011.html

[KnightSlappy]

Another regional rankings update.

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/2011/12/regional-rankings-12282011.html

[Titan Q]

Another regional rankings update.

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/2011/12/regional-rankings-12282011.html

Thanks again for doing this, KnightSlappy!

I posted the following on the CCIW board a couple days ago.  Same Midwest teams, just different order...

This is an update to something I posted about a week ago.  It's my best projection at how the top Midwest Region teams stack up right now, based on NCAA seeding/selection criteria. 

(These are "in-region" records - games vs non-D3s or out-of-region D3s have been excluded.  I also listed wins over other teams on this list and wins vs prominent teams from other regions if the game was counted as "in-region", as well as all in-region losses.)

1. Transylvania (HCAC), 9-0 (won vs Wabash)
2. Augustana (CCIW), 8-1 (won vs UW-Stevens Point...lost @ Wash U)
3. Grinnell (MWC), 7-0 (won vs Ripon)
4. Ripon (MWC), 5-1 (won vs Illinois Wesleyan...lost @ Grinnell)
5. Illinois Wesleyan (CCIW), 7-2 (won vs Wash U...lost @ Ripon, @ UW-Whitewater)
6. Washington U (UAA), 7-2 (won vs Augustana, vs Wheaton...lost @ Whitworth, @ IWU)
7. Wheaton (CCIW), 7-2 (won vs Whitman...lost @ Hope, @ Wash U)
8. Edgewood (NATHC), 7-1 (won vs Lake Forest, @ Lakeland...lost vs UW-Stevens Point)
9. Hanover (HCAC), 6-2 (won vs Ohio Wesleyan, vs Rose-Hulman...lost vs Ohio Northern, @ Manchester)
10. Lake Forest (MWC), 7-1 (won vs Lakeland...lost @ Edgewood)
11. Rose-Hulman (HCAC), 9-2 (none...lost vs Wabash, @ Hanover)
12. Lakeland (NATHC), 4-2 (none...lost @ Lake Forest, vs Edgewood)

(The only Midwest Region conference I do not have representation for is the SLIAC.)


Transylvania's win over Wabash on 12/21 was huge (Wabash is in the Great Lakes region but that game was "in-region" for both teams.)  Wabash is 7-1 in-region, including a win over Wooster.  The Little Giants are right near the top of the Great Lakes region picture right now.  This could be a non-conference win that ends up really helping Transylvania as the season plays out.

[KnightSlappy]

Another regional rankings update.

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/2011/12/regional-rankings-12282011.html

Thanks again for doing this, KnightSlappy!

I posted the following on the CCIW board a couple days ago.  Same Midwest teams, just different order...

This is an update to something I posted about a week ago.  It's my best projection at how the top Midwest Region teams stack up right now, based on NCAA seeding/selection criteria. 

(These are "in-region" records - games vs non-D3s or out-of-region D3s have been excluded.  I also listed wins over other teams on this list and wins vs prominent teams from other regions if the game was counted as "in-region", as well as all in-region losses.)

1. Transylvania (HCAC), 9-0 (won vs Wabash)
2. Augustana (CCIW), 8-1 (won vs UW-Stevens Point…lost @ Wash U)
3. Grinnell (MWC), 7-0 (won vs Ripon)
4. Ripon (MWC), 5-1 (won vs Illinois Wesleyan…lost @ Grinnell)
5. Illinois Wesleyan (CCIW), 7-2 (won vs Wash U…lost @ Ripon, @ UW-Whitewater)
6. Washington U (UAA), 7-2 (won vs Augustana, vs Wheaton…lost @ Whitworth, @ IWU)
7. Wheaton (CCIW), 7-2 (won vs Whitman…lost @ Hope, @ Wash U)
8. Edgewood (NATHC), 7-1 (won vs Lake Forest, @ Lakeland…lost vs UW-Stevens Point)
9. Hanover (HCAC), 6-2 (won vs Ohio Wesleyan, vs Rose-Hulman…lost vs Ohio Northern, @ Manchester)
10. Lake Forest (MWC), 7-1 (won vs Lakeland…lost @ Edgewood)
11. Rose-Hulman (HCAC), 9-2 (none…lost vs Wabash, @ Hanover)
12. Lakeland (NATHC), 4-2 (none…lost @ Lake Forest, vs Edgewood)

(The only Midwest Region conference I do not have representation for is the SLIAC.)


Transylvania's win over Wabash on 12/21 was huge (Wabash is in the Great Lakes region but that game was "in-region" for both teams.)  Wabash is 7-1 in-region, including a win over Wooster.  The Little Giants are right near the top of the Great Lakes region picture right now.  This could be a non-conference win that ends up really helping Transylvania as the season plays out.

I was surprised at how much love Edgewood has received from the strength of schedule calculation.

Here's a comparison with Augustana (in-region numbers only).

Edgewood raw SOS: .578, with H/A multiplier: .607
Augustana raw SOS: .521, with H/A multiplier: .480

Augustana has played 3 on the road, 5 at home, and 1 at a neutral site. Edgewood has played 4 on the road and 4 at home.

[Titan Q]

I was surprised at how much love Edgewood has received from the strength of schedule calculation.

Here's a comparison with Augustana (in-region numbers only).

Edgewood raw SOS: .578, with H/A multiplier: .607
Augustana raw SOS: .521, with H/A multiplier: .480

Augustana has played 3 on the road, 5 at home, and 1 at a neutral site. Edgewood has played 4 on the road and 4 at home.

I agree - that is surprising.

When other parts of the primary criteria are considered, I think the UW-Stevens Point common opponent result puts Augie safely ahead of Edgewood right now. 

[KnightSlappy]

Through Monday, 1/2/2012

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/2012/01/regional-rankings-132012.html

[smedindy]

Nice to see the NCAC have four of the top six in the GL!

[KnightSlappy]

Nice to see the NCAC have four of the top six in the GL!

NCAC has made quite a jump this year. I have them ranked fifth in D3 based on my simple RPI averaging calc.

[KnightSlappy]

Let's do another week of 'regional rankings'!

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/2012/01/regional-rankings-1102012.html

[KnightSlappy]

Updated:

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/2012/01/regional-rankings-1162012.html

[KnightSlappy]

Using my spreadsheet data, I ranked all teams' Pool C chances using three 'quick and dirty' methods. For each method, I pulled out three tiers -- top 19, next 19, third 19. Here's how it came out (listed alphabetically by tier).

Method 1	Method 2	Method 3
Amherst	Amherst	Amherst
Cabrini	Cabrini
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Dubuque	Dubuque
Eastern Connecticut	Eastern Connecticut	Eastern Connecticut
Emory	Emory
Hope	Hope
		Illinois Wesleyan
Lake Forest	Lake Forest	Lake Forest
Mary Hardin-Baylor	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Mary Hardin-Baylor
Middlebury	Middlebury	Middlebury
MIT	MIT
Rhode Island College	Rhode Island College	Rhode Island College
		Rochester
St. Josephs (L.I.)	St. Josephs (L.I.)
		St. Marys (Md.)
		St. Thomas
UW-Stevens Point	UW-Stevens Point	UW-Stevens Point
UW-Whitewater	UW-Whitewater	UW-Whitewater
Virginia Wesleyan	Virginia Wesleyan
		Wabash
Washington U.	Washington U.	Washington U.
Western Connecticut	Western Connecticut	Western Connecticut
		Wheaton (Ill.)
	Wittenberg	Wittenberg
WPI		WPI
-------	-------	-------
Albertus Magnus	Albertus Magnus
Birmingham-Southern	Birmingham-Southern
		Cabrini
Catholic	Catholic
		Dubuque
		Emory
Franklin and Marshall	Franklin and Marshall
		George Fox
	Hardin-Simmons
Hartwick	Hartwick
Hobart	Hobart	Hobart
		Hope
Illinois Wesleyan	Illinois Wesleyan
Keystone	Keystone
Lycoming	Lycoming	Lycoming
Mary Washington	Mary Washington	Mary Washington
		MIT
		New Jersey City
New York University	New York University
Randolph-Macon	Randolph-Macon	Randolph-Macon
		St. Josephs (L.I.)
		St. Josephs (Maine)
Staten Island	Staten Island	Staten Island
Transylvania	Transylvania
		Tufts
		UW-River Falls
		Virginia Wesleyan
Wabash	Wabash
Wheaton (Ill.)	Wheaton (Ill.)
Whitworth
		Wilkes
William Paterson	William Paterson	William Paterson
Wittenberg
	WPI
-------	-------	-------
		Becker
Bethany	Bethany
		Catholic
Christopher Newport
	Concordia (Wis.)	Concordia (Wis.)
Edgewood	Edgewood	Edgewood
Grinnell	Grinnell
Hanover	Hanover
Hardin-Simmons		Hardin-Simmons
		Keystone
Luther	Luther	Luther
		Mass-Dartmouth
		Messiah
Nazareth	Nazareth	Nazareth
New Jersey City	New Jersey City
Ohio Wesleyan	Ohio Wesleyan	Ohio Wesleyan
		Ramapo
Rose-Hulman	Rose-Hulman	Rose-Hulman
St. Josephs (Maine)	St. Josephs (Maine)
St. Marys (Md.)	St. Marys (Md.)
St. Thomas	St. Thomas
		Susquehanna
		Transylvania
Tufts	Tufts
		UW-La Crosse
UW-River Falls	UW-River Falls
Wesleyan	Wesleyan	Wesleyan
	Whitworth	Whitworth
Wilkes	Wilkes
Wooster	Wooster	Wooster

Lots of these would get Pool A's, so tier 1's are looking like 'Pool C locks', tier 2's look solid, and tier 3 would be the bubble (generally speaking).

[Bengalsrule]

Any regional rankings this week??

[KnightSlappy]

Yeah. Been a busy week. I should have them up today (with results thru monday).

[edit] Men's rankings are now up on my blog.

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/2012/01/regional-rankings-1242012.html

[hickory_cornhusker]

Yeah. Been a busy week. I should have them up today (with results thru monday).

[edit] Men's rankings are now up on my blog.

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/2012/01/regional-rankings-1242012.html

I know this is on the Pool C board but do you know who the top Pool B team is that isn't in your regional rankings. Nebraska Wesleyan is in the West Rankings but there is questions as to whether they will be eligible for the D3 Tourney due to their lack of D3 games.