Men's ranking

Wow oh wow.

Not in the top 25 yet in the coaches poll, but knocking on the door in the also receiving votes category.

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Last Updated - October 18, 2016
NSCAA Coaches
RANK SCHOOL POINTS PREVIOUS RECORD
RANK SCHOOL POINTS PREVIOUS RECORD
1 Maryland (23) 598 1 11-0-2
2 Wake Forest 545 7 10-2-2
3 North Carolina 525 8 10-2-1
4 Notre Dame (1) 515 2 10-2-1
5 Denver 508 5 12-0-2
6 Syracuse 437 10 9-2-1
7 Indiana 432 9 8-1-5
8 Clemson 415 3 9-2-3
9 Charlotte 398 14 8-2-0
10 Creighton 397 6 8-2-3
11 Florida Gulf Coast 344 12 10-2-1
12 Stanford 328 16 8-2-3
13 Louisville 290 4 9-3-2
14 Massachusetts-Lowell 273 18 10-0-2
15 Loyola Chicago 263 13 10-1-1
16 Virginia 231 21 7-2-4
17 Washington 202 22 9-4-0
18 Kentucky 178 20 8-3-2
19 Butler 174 11 8-4-1
20 Michigan State 129 19 9-3-1
21 Utah Valley 91 NR 11-3-0
22 Akron 89 23 7-4-1
23 Virginia Tech 82 15 8-3-2
24 UCLA 73 17 6-4-1
25 Radford 70 NR 10-2-1
Also receiving votes: North Carolina-Wilmington (48), Portland (26), Pacific (25), Albany (23), South Carolina (23), San Diego State (21), Connecticut (19), American (12), Xavier (6), Boston College (3), Wisconsin (3), New Mexico (2), Rider (1), Hofstra

For reference, Pacific was ranked, and we have a match coming up with #5 Denver

Impressive to see UMass-Lowell ranked so highly... they just moved up to D1 in 2014.

Very exciting for the Pilots... feels like it's been 4-5 years since the men were last ranked, though I could be wrong on that.

Of course, I can't help but wonder where we would be were it not for that road swoon against UC-Davis and Sac State a few weeks ago!

Ranked #54 in this week's NCAA Adjusted RPI, which is the rating that matters, although it's still a little early in the season for RPI purposes.

With a couple of big matchups ahead (Denver, Pacific, USD) I feel good about the RPI increasing... that being said, is the WCC a one or two bid league this year... probably have to be mid 30's in RPI to have an at large chance.

Is the men's tournament a 64-team event this year like the women or is it still 48 teams like recent years?

ejjqb wrote:Is the men's tournament a 64-team event this year like the women or is it still 48 teams like recent years?

48!

Twenty-four conference champions qualify automatically, and the other 24 are selected at-large by the NCAA.

Tournament seedings will be announced on November 14th....play begins on November 17.

As I thought. So the Pilots need to either win the conference or, if not, probably finish in the top 40 RPI to be assured of making it in based on the experience from the past. UPSF has been the real expert here and can probably state it better.

ejjqb wrote:As I thought.  So the Pilots need to either win the conference or, if not, probably finish in the top 40 RPI to be assured of making it in based on the experience from the past.  UPSF has been the real expert here and can probably state it better.

I don't follow the men's ratings in relation to tournament selections. But, if the men follow the same pattern as the women, which is likely, the men would have to be in the top 42 or 43 ARPI teams, in order to have a chance for an at large selection.

UPSoccerFanatic wrote:

ejjqb wrote:As I thought.  So the Pilots need to either win the conference or, if not, probably finish in the top 40 RPI to be assured of making it in based on the experience from the past.  UPSF has been the real expert here and can probably state it better.

I don't follow the men's ratings in relation to tournament selections.  But, if the men follow the same pattern as the women, which is likely, the men would have to be in the top 42 or 43 ARPI teams, in order to have a chance for an at large selection.

Right now, both scenarios are on the table. They are three points up for the conference title.


They just need to keep playing well.