Maryland's pre-conference schedule this year is ridiculous. In a good way. They'll be back in the rankings once they get to the easy part of their schedule.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's nice to see so many VA and DC area teams in the top 20--3 for women and 4 for men (and where's last year's national men's champs, Maryland?!).

In addition to the vagaries of conference/non-conference schedules mentioned above, a lot of times programs will lose a bulk of players to graduation, or there can be coaching changes. Either situation will take a while to adjust to.

Theyre 4-3.

its the same as other college sports- youre ranked on your current play

I know, they were just so strong last year. They did lose a lot of key players. Much more shocking is that Akron and Michigan State, two of the other final four teams from last year, are winless so far. Akron is 0-6.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's nice to see so many VA and DC area teams in the top 20--3 for women and 4 for men (and where's last year's national men's champs, Maryland?!).

In addition to the vagaries of conference/non-conference schedules mentioned above, a lot of times programs will lose a bulk of players to graduation, or there can be coaching changes. Either situation will take a while to adjust to.

Theyre 4-3.

its the same as other college sports- youre ranked on your current play

I know, they were just so strong last year. They did lose a lot of key players. Much more shocking is that Akron and Michigan State, two of the other final four teams from last year, are winless so far. Akron is 0-6.

Anonymous wrote:It's nice to see so many VA and DC area teams in the top 20--3 for women and 4 for men (and where's last year's national men's champs, Maryland?!).

In addition to the vagaries of conference/non-conference schedules mentioned above, a lot of times programs will lose a bulk of players to graduation, or there can be coaching changes. Either situation will take a while to adjust to.

Theyre 4-3.

its the same as other college sports- youre ranked on your current play

It's nice to see so many VA and DC area teams in the top 20--3 for women and 4 for men (and where's last year's national men's champs, Maryland?!).

In addition to the vagaries of conference/non-conference schedules mentioned above, a lot of times programs will lose a bulk of players to graduation, or there can be coaching changes. Either situation will take a while to adjust to.

RPI:
https://sites.google.com/site/rpifordivisioniwomenssoccer/rpi-formula

Women
1 University Of Virginia 1 28 838 8-0-1
2 Stanford University 3 4 795 7-1-0
3 University Of Southern California 2 0 765 7-0-1
4 University Of North Carolina 4 0 760 8-1-0
5 Brigham Young University 7 2 687 8-0-0
6 Florida State University 6 0 679 7-2-0
7 UCLA 5 0 664 6-1-1
8 University Of South Carolina 9 0 588 7-1-0
9 Clemson University 10 0 567 7-0-1
10 Duke University 8 0 481 5-1-2
11 University Of Memphis 11 0 470 8-1-0
12 Georgetown University 12 0 462 6-2-1
13 University Of Arkansas 16 0 434 7-1-1
14 Texas A&M University 15 0 392 7-1-2
15 Vanderbilt University 17 0 314 8-1-0
16 Virginia Tech 18 0 313 9-0-0
17 University Of Kansas 14 0 290 8-2-0
18 Oklahoma State University 25 0 266 7-0-2
19 University Of Wisconsin RV 0 230 6-2-1
20 Rutgers University

Men

1 Stanford University 2 19 660 6-0-0
2 Georgetown University 3 3 641 6-0-0
3 University Of Virginia 5 4 619 6-0-0
4 Clemson University 7 0 562 7-0-0
5 Indiana University 4 1 549 4-0-2
6 Saint Mary's College of California 6 0 539 7-0-0
7 Wake Forest University 1 0 507 6-1-0
8 Southern Methodist University 8 0 490 7-0-0
9 St. John's University 9 0 466 7-0-0
10 University Of Washington 12 0 426 7-1-0
11 Charlotte 10 0 392 4-0-2
12 University of Central Florida 13 0 378 5-1-1
13 California State University Fullerton 14 0 337 7-0-0
14 University Of North Carolina 11 0 328 4-1-2
15 University of New Hampshire 18 0 245 5-0-2
16 Florida International University 22 0 231 5-0-2
17 University Of Louisville RV 0 195 3-1-2
18 Virginia Tech 17 0 177 5-2-0
19 Missouri State University RV 0 156 6-0-0
20 James Madison University

https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-di-men/

The RPI is different. What’s the difference between the coaches poll vs PRI!

Too much emphasis on W-L-T record, and not enough on strength of schedule, albeit a much more difficult metric to measure. VaTech is undefeated at 9-0, but will now face the strong portion of its schedule with the next four games against top-ten ranked teams. Should be interesting.

As always, none of it really matters until being seeded for the NCAA tourney, then anyone can prove themselves #1.

I guess perception matters for recruiting, as does a historical record of success, but academic fit for kids of recruiting age is still more important to me.

NCAA Women's soccer has a transfer problem.

I have been amazed at the latest NCAA RPI rankings. Schools who were in the top 10 may be 50th now, schools that were in the 30s are in the 200s now. I don't remember so much shake up the past couple of years. VA Tech is now in the top 10, which I can't ever remember them being before. I know, of course, like high school, college soccer is all over the place, but I thought it was a little more consistent than this. I was wondering for those who have followed it for a while and have more than theoretical knowledge, what they thought.