2015 D3 Season: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

[Shooter McGavin]

Shooter's Top 25:
1. Haverford-----16-3-0
2. Amherst------14-1-1
3. Montclair-----18-2-1
4. Kenyon-------17-1-0
5. Brandeis------16-2-1
6. Oneonta------15-3-1
7. Calvin---------19-0-1
8. Trinity---------18-2-0
9. Whitworth-----16-1-1
10. Loras--------14-4-1
11. SLU----------14-3-2
12. UWW---------14-3-1
13. Wheaton-----12-3-3
14. Lycoming----16-1-2
15. TMC----------16-2-1
16. Redlands-----16-3-2
17. OWU---------15-4-2
18. ONU----------17-4-1
19. Etown--------17-2-1
20. Dickinson----12-4-3
21. F&M----------15-3-0
22. Stevens------15-3-2
23. MSOE--------15-4-1
24. MIT-----------16-2-1
25. Macalester----13-1-5

RV: Wash. U, Wash. Lee, Salisbury, Midd, Colorado, Tufts, Brockport, Plattsburgh, St. Scholastica, Endicott, Gordon, PSU-Behrend, Geneva, Rose-Hulman, Mt. Aloysius, Cabrini, Messiah, Hopkins, Kings, DePauw, Denison, Case West, Hobart, Pacific Luthern, RPI, Scranton, Morrisvile St., Westminister(Mo), ECSU, Eastern, CNU, CMU, Stockton, Rowan, Camden

*No order on the RV just teams that could be in the mix to RV*

[PaulNewman]

Shooter, we're exactly the same 1 thru 8, except for flipping #1 and #2 and #4 and #5, and I can't let you bump me like that.

NCAC's Top 25 (Final Regular Season Poll)

1) Amherst
2) Haverford
3) Montclair St
4) Brandeis
5) Kenyon
6) Oneonta St
7) Calvin
8) Trinity (TX)
9) Lycoming
10) Loras
11) Whitworth
12) Thomas More
13) Rutgers-Camden
14) SLU
15) Wheaton (Ill)
16) OWU
17) Franklin & Marshall
18) Elizabethtown
19) Middlebury
20) Macalester
21) Bowdoin
22) Dickinson
23) Washington & Lee
24) Redlands
25) UW-W/Colorado Coll/Ohio Northern/MIT/MSOE (TIE)

RV -- Stevens, St Scholastica, CMU, Wash U, Tufts, Rowan, Salisbury, Endicott, Concordia (Wis), Gordon, Stockton, Brockport, Plattsburgh, Messiah, Rose-Hulman, DePauw, UW-Oshkosh, Chicago, UMass-Bos, Eastern

[Mr.Right]

Wesleyan defeats the top 2 teams in the country this year. They are Nescac's 8th place team.

[lastguyoffthebench]

NSCAA NCAA Division III Men - National - Final Regular Season Poll - November 10, 2015



Rank

School

Prev.

W-L-T


1 Calvin College  1 19-0-1
2 Trinity University (Texas)  4 18-2-0
3 Brandeis University  5 16-2-1
4 Montclair State University  3 18-2-1
5 Kenyon College  8 17-1-0
6 Amherst College  7 14-1-1
7 Haverford College  12 16-3-0
8 SUNY Oneonta  16 15-3-1
9 Thomas More College  2 16-2-1
10 Whitworth University  9 16-1-1
11 Loras College  19 14-4-1
12 Wheaton College (Ill.)  15 12-3-3
13 St. Lawrence University  23 14-3-2
14 Macalester College  11 13-1-5
15 Lycoming College  RV 16-1-2
16 Salisbury University  20 13-3-3
17 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater  13 14-3-1
18 Massachusetts Insititute Of Technology  17 16-2-1
19 Milwaukee School of Engineering  NR 15-4-1
20 University of Redlands  25 16-3-2
21 Dickinson College  NR 12-4-3
22 Stevens Institute Of Technology  RV 15-3-2
23 Washington & Lee University  NR 15-3-2
24 Ohio Northern University  22 17-4-1
25 Belhaven University  NR 11-3-1

Also receiving votes: Ohio Wesleyan University (14), Elizabethtown College (9), Colorado College (4), Middlebury College (4), College Of St. Scholastica (3), Franklin & Marshall College (3), Carthage College (2), College of Brockport (1)

[lastguyoffthebench]

Lastguys end of season top 25

1. Haverford
2. Brandeis
3. Oneonta St
4. Amherst
5. MSU
6. Calvin
7. Kenyon
8. Trinity
9. Loras
10. SLU
11. Middlebury
12. UWW
13. Lycoming
14. Washington
15. CMU
16. F&M
17. Rutgers-Camden
18. Tufts
19. Wheaton IL
20. Bowdoin
21. Plattsburgh St
23. Dickinson
24. Whitworth
25. OWU/Rowan

RV: MIT, ECSU, Etown, Eastern, Stevens Tech, Stockton, Macalester, TMC, W&L

[lastguyoffthebench]

MASSEY TOP 25
1) Amherst
2) Calvin
3) Haverford
4) Middlebury
5) Montclair St
6) Kenyon
7) SUNY Oneonta
8) Frank & Marsh
9) Bowdoin
10) MIT
11) Brandeis
12) Tufts
13) Lycoming
14) St Lawrence
15) Rowan
16) Williams
17) Trinity TX
18) Wesleyan CT
19) Elizabethtown
20) CT College
21) MA Boston
22) Thomas More
23) Gordon
24) Loras
25) Hobart-Smith

[lastguyoffthebench]

Brandeis SOS is 21 in Massey, 17 in Herosports.   Out of conference games with Tufts, MIT, Trinity, Babson, WPI.  Seems like it should be higher on both
Haverford SOS is 10 in Massey, 19 in Herosports.  Should be #1 overall, but the strength of the NESCAC vs Centennial prevails I guess.
Middlebury SOS is 9 in Massey, 16 in Herosports
Tufts SOS is 3 in Massey, 2 in Herosports
Rutgers-Camden SOS is 16 in Massey, 4 in Herosports.  (Behind Williams, Trinity, Tufts).


Thomas More 138 in Massey, 177 in Herosports
E-town 105 in Massey, 133 in Herosports
Calvin is 115 in Massey, 132 in Herosports
Trinity is 155 in Massey, 250 in Herosports

[PaulNewman]

Lastguy, are you willing to concede that my Top 25 is far superior to yours and all the others?  I do have Camden the highest of all the polls 

[Shooter McGavin]

Shooter, we're exactly the same 1 thru 8, except for flipping #1 and #2 and #4 and #5, and I can't let you bump me like that.

NCAC's Top 25 (Final Regular Season Poll)

1) Amherst
2) Haverford
3) Montclair St
4) Brandeis
5) Kenyon
6) Oneonta St
7) Calvin
8) Trinity (TX)
9) Lycoming
10) Loras
11) Whitworth
12) Thomas More
13) Rutgers-Camden
14) SLU
15) Wheaton (Ill)
16) OWU
17) Franklin & Marshall
18) Elizabethtown
19) Middlebury
20) Macalester
21) Bowdoin
22) Dickinson
23) Washington & Lee
24) Redlands
25) UW-W/Colorado Coll/Ohio Northern/MIT/MSOE (TIE)

RV -- Stevens, St Scholastica, CMU, Wash U, Tufts, Rowan, Salisbury, Endicott, Concordia (Wis), Gordon, Stockton, Brockport, Plattsburgh, Messiah, Rose-Hulman, DePauw, UW-Oshkosh, Chicago, UMass-Bos, Eastern

We honestly posted them at the same time so I didn't even see yours until after I posted mine! 

[Shooter McGavin]

November 11, 2015
D3soccer.com Men's Top 25, Week 10
Through games of Sunday, November 8, 2015

#   School (1st Pl. Votes)   Record   Pts.   Prev.
1   Kenyon (14)   17-1-0   987   1
2   Trinity (Texas)   19-2-0   938   2
3   Calvin (3)   20-0-1   911   3
4   Amherst (1)   14-1-1   860   4
5   Brandeis   16-2-1   836   6
6   Montclair State   18-2-1   773   7
7   Oneonta State   15-3-1   771   10
8   Haverford   16-3-0   731   12
9   Whitworth   16-1-1   631   11
10   Thomas More   16-2-1   629   5
11   Franklin and Marshall   15-3-0   551   9
12   Lycoming   16-1-2   480   18
13   UW-Whitewater   14-3-1   458   16
14   Elizabethtown   17-2-1   451   8
15   Middlebury   13-2-2   432   15
16   Ohio Wesleyan   15-4-2   422   17
17   Loras   14-4-1   412   19
18   Carnegie Mellon   11-3-3   315   13
19   MIT   16-2-1   309   14
20   St. Lawrence   14-3-2   293   —
21   Eastern   16-2-2   205   25
22   Colorado College   14-3-3   178   23
23   Stevens   15-3-2   123   —
24   Dickinson   12-4-3   87   —
25   Macalester   13-1-5   81   20
Dropped out: No. 21 DePauw, No. 22 Eastern Connecticut, No. 24 Plattsburgh State

Receiving Votes: DePauw 69, Denison 44, Case Western Reserve 44, Wheaton (Ill.) 42, Bridgewater State 36, Westminster (Mo.) 22, Tufts 20, Millsaps 18, Salisbury 16, Cabrini 16, Washington and Lee 13, Washington U. 11, Gordon 11, Redlands 11, Bowdoin 7, Plattsburgh State 7, Rutgers-Camden 2

The D3soccer.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of coaches, Sports Information Directors and D3soccer.com staff, and is published weekly.

[NERevs127]

NERevs127's Top 25

1. Kenyon
2. Brandeis
3. Amherst
4. Montclair St
5. Trinity TX
6. Calvin
7. Haverford
8. Oneonta
9. Whitworth
10. Lycoming
11. Franklin & Marshall
12. Elizabethtown
13. Middlebury
14. Thomas More
15. Carnegie Mellon
16. MIT
17. Ohio Wesleyan
18. UW-Whitewater
19. Eastern
20. Loras
21. St. Lawrence
22. Stevens
23. Colorado College
24. DePauw
25. Macalester

By doing the rankings I found out that everyone can agree the top 8 teams in the country are (in no order) Haverford, Brandeis, Amherst, Montclair St, Kenyon, Oneonta, Calvin and Trinity. Every top 25 had these 8 in the top 8 in one order or the other. SO... taking into consideration Shooter, NCAC, Lastguy, NSCAA, d3soccer's and my own top 25 I have broken down the top 8. (I exclude both Massey and Hero for they are illegitimate in many opinions). I did this by simply adding their rankings in each and finding the sum:

1. Amherst = 20pts
2. Brandeis = 21pts
3. Kenyon = 23pts
4. Montclair St. = 25pts
5. Haverford = 26pts
6. Calvin = 30pts
7. Trinity (TX) = 33pts
8. Oneonta St. = 38pts

[PaulNewman]

NCAC's top candidates for NCOY

Ironically my top two picks are going to play each other next round....

Shane Rineer -- Haverford

Mike Singleton -- W&L

Strong consideration....

Gregg Olson -- Macalester
Ken Bovell -- MIT
Mark Wagner -- Eastern
Chris Brown -- Kenyon
Ryan Souders -- Calvin
Ralph Perez -- Redlands
Nate Gibboney -- Lycoming
Skip Roderick -- E'town
Jake Beverlin -- UMass-Bos
Mike Coven -- Brandeis
Justin Serpone -- Amherst

[PaulNewman]

NCAC's All-American candidates list and players to watch in NCAA action (partial/incomplete)

Logan Andryk -- MSOE
Nico Pascual-Leone -- Amherst
Jason Kayne -- Tufts
Nabil Odulate -- Bowdoin
Pat Devlin -- Conn Coll
Thomas Bull -- Amherst
Monil Patel -- Tufts
Stevie Van Siclen -- Bowdoin
Conor Lanahan -- Brandeis
Sean Bingham -- MIT
Chris Cvecko -- Case Western
William Webb -- CMU
Dylan Williams -- Oneonta St
Harry Copeland -- SLU
Damien Bziukiewicz -- Montclair St
Keegan Van Dusseldorp -- Concordia (Wis)
Chase TenBrook -- F&M
Will Corkery -- Haverford
Colin Seitz -- Haverford
Brady Seitz -- Haverford
Tejan Walcott -- Haverford
Mike Ryan -- Rutgers-Camden
Austin Juniet -- Thomas More
Anthony Amolo -- Kenyon
Brian Schaefer -- OWU
Dylan Hottsmith -- UW-W
Jorge Simon -- Loras
Tom Carwile -- Trinity (TX)
Caleb Cole -- Gordon
Marshall Hollingsworth -- Wheaton (Ill)

[Brother Flounder]

NCAC's All-American candidates list and players to watch in NCAA action (partial/incomplete)

Logan Andryk -- MSOE
Nico Pascual-Leone -- Amherst
Jason Kayne -- Tufts
Nabil Odulate -- Bowdoin
Pat Devlin -- Conn Coll
Thomas Bull -- Amherst
Monil Patel -- Tufts
Stevie Van Siclen -- Bowdoin
Conor Lanahan -- Brandeis
Sean Bingham -- MIT
Chris Cvecko -- Case Western
William Webb -- CMU
Dylan Williams -- Oneonta St
Harry Copeland -- SLU
Damien Bziukiewicz -- Montclair St
Keegan Van Dusseldorp -- Concordia (Wis)
Chase TenBrook -- F&M
Will Corkery -- Haverford
Colin Seitz -- Haverford
Brady Seitz -- Haverford
Tejan Walcott -- Haverford
Mike Ryan -- Rutgers-Camden
Austin Juniet -- Thomas More
Anthony Amolo -- Kenyon
Brian Schaefer -- OWU
Dylan Hottsmith -- UW-W
Jorge Simon -- Loras
Tom Carwile -- Trinity (TX)
Caleb Cole -- Gordon
Marshall Hollingsworth -- Wheaton (Ill)

Nice Work......

[lastguyoffthebench]

NCAC's top candidates for NCOY

Ironically my top two picks are going to play each other next round....

Shane Rineer -- Haverford

Mike Singleton -- W&L

Strong consideration....

Gregg Olson -- Macalester
Ken Bovell -- MIT
Mark Wagner -- Eastern
Chris Brown -- Kenyon
Ryan Souders -- Calvin
Ralph Perez -- Redlands
Nate Gibboney -- Lycoming
Skip Roderick -- E'town
Jake Beverlin -- UMass-Bos
Mike Coven -- Brandeis
Justin Serpone -- Amherst

My guesses for regional coach of the year:

Central - Ryan Souders -- Calvin
East - Shawn Griffin -- Hobart
Great Lakes -  Chris Brown -- Kenyon  OR  Eric Busener -- TMC
Mid-Atlantic -  Shane Rineer -- Haverford
New England -  Mike Coven -- Brandeis
South Atlantic -  Mike Singleton -- W&L  OR  Todd Tumelty -- MSU
North - Gregg Olson -- Macalester OR Tony Guinn UW-W  (Rothert from Loras in the running as well)
West -- Morgan Cathey  -- Whitworth

Bold selections are fairly confident of winner...