Preseason polls

by Geezaldinho Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:29 am

The first one is out- NSCAA

NSCAA National Rankings
NCAA Rankings National Women
Division I Pre-Season Poll - August 09, 2011

Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Notre Dame 1 21 - 1 - 2
2 Stanford 2 23 - 1 - 2
3 North Carolina 6 19 - 3 - 2
4 Boston College 4 17 - 7 - 1
5 Florida State 7 16 - 6 - 1
6 Maryland 10 18 - 2 - 3
7 Portland 8 19 - 1 - 2
8 Ohio State 4 17 - 5 - 2
9 Florida 12 19 - 2 - 3
10 Virginia 9 15 - 5 - 2
11 Texas A&M 16 15 - 5 - 3
12 Marquette 11 16 - 5 - 3
13 West Virginia 13 18 - 5 - 1
14 Oklahoma State 5 20 - 4 - 2
15 Santa Clara 19 13 - 7 - 2
16 UCLA 22 13 - 8 - 2
17 UC Irvine 14 19 - 3 - 2
18 Wake Forest 25 13 - 8 - 3
19 Oregon State 17 16 - 4 - 1
20 Washington 15 13 - 9 - 2
21 South Carolina 24 15 - 6 - 4
22 Minnesota 21 14 - 6 - 3
23 Georgetown 18 15 - 7 - 2
24 Illinois RV 13 - 4 - 1
25 USC RV 13 - 6 - 3
2010 Final record and ranking shown

Also receiving votes: Penn State, Duke, North Carolina-Greensboro, Georgia, BYU, Memphis, San Diego, Texas, Hofstra, Denver

by Geezaldinho Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:36 am

1.
Notre Dame (2)
OVERALL
21-2-2
2.
Stanford (1)
OVERALL
23-1-2
3.
Boston College (3)
OVERALL
17-7-1

4.
Ohio State (4)
OVERALL
17-5-2
5.
Oklahoma State (5)
OVERALL
20-4-2
6.
Florida State (6)
OVERALL
16-6-1
7.
Georgetown (7)
OVERALL
15-7-2
8.
Washington ( Cool

OVERALL
13-9-2
9.
North Carolina (9)
OVERALL
19-3-2
10.
Virginia (10)
OVERALL
15-5-2
11.
UCLA (11)
OVERALL
13-8-2
12.
Marquette (12)
OVERALL
16-5-3
13.
Duke (13)
OVERALL
11-8-4
14.
West Virginia (14)
OVERALL
18-5-1
15.
UC Irvine (15)
OVERALL
19-3-2
16.
Minnesota (16)
OVERALL
14-6-3
17.
Portland (17)
OVERALL
19-1-2
18.
Maryland (18)
OVERALL
18-2-3
19.
Santa Clara (19)
OVERALL
13-7-2
20.
Florida (20)
OVERALL
19-2-3
21.
Texas A&M (21)
OVERALL
15-5-3
22.
Wake Forest (22)
OVERALL
13-8-3
23.
Penn State (23)
OVERALL
11-9-1
24.
South Carolina (24)
OVERALL
15-6-4
25.
Wisconsin (25)
OVERALL
11-4-5
26.
USC (26)
OVERALL
13-6-3

by Guest Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:59 pm

Well... this makes the Florida State, Santa Clara, Stanford, USC, Oregon State, and Washington matches more interesting... Wait! I already knew that. As for that second poll... Behind UW?! Really? Red Card!

by Geezaldinho Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:48 pm

Actually, the second poll looks like last year's end of season poll to me, As it mirrors the tourney results.

I find it hard to believe that teams with 5 or more losses would be ranked ahead of the pilots for this year.

UW with 9 losses is just not credible.

by Guest Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:04 pm

I realize that I forgot to mention UC Irvine. But, I just want soccer season to start! 11 days, 23 hours, and 56 minutes according to your countdown!

by Geezaldinho Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:06 pm

3 days to the Miami exhibition!

Can't wait to see the new team.

by Geezaldinho Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:33 pm

OK, here's topDrawers real rankings for the year, at least his top 25.

In this one we are ranke 7, same as NSCAA.

UCLA tops the list this time. Pretty interesting considering the season they had last year and the new coach. I think TDS is banking on the recruiting class pulling them through.

Other WCC schools are BYU at 17 and SCU at 25.

School Conference Overall Conf.
1. UCLA Pacific 12 0-0-0 0-0-0
2. Notre Dame Big East - National 0-0-0 0-0-0
3. Stanford Pacific 12 0-0-0 0-0-0
4. Boston College Atlantic Coast 0-0-0 0-0-0
5. North Carolina Atlantic Coast 0-0-0 0-0-0
6. Virginia Atlantic Coast 0-0-0 0-0-0
7. Portland West Coast 0-0-0 0-0-0
8. Florida State Atlantic Coast 0-0-0 0-0-0
9. Maryland Atlantic Coast 0-0-0 0-0-0
10. Ohio State Big Ten 0-0-0 0-0-0
11. Duke Atlantic Coast 0-0-0 0-0-0
12. USC Pacific 12 0-0-0 0-0-0
13. Florida SEC Eastern 0-0-0 0-0-0
14. Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 0-0-0 0-0-0
15. Georgetown Big East - National 0-0-0 0-0-0
16. Texas A&M Big 12 0-0-0 0-0-0
17. BYU West Coast 0-0-0 0-0-0
18. Marquette Big East - American 0-0-0 0-0-0
19. Washington Pacific 12 0-0-0 0-0-0
20. South Carolina SEC Eastern 0-0-0 0-0-0
21. Oklahoma State Big 12 0-0-0 0-0-0
22. West Virginia Big East - American 0-0-0 0-0-0
23. California Pacific 12 0-0-0 0-0-0
24. Penn State Big Ten 0-0-0 0-0-0
25. Santa Clara West Coast 0-0-0 0-0-0

He also has San Diego making the tournament field.

by soccershins Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:59 pm

Full Rankings: Tournament 64 Rankings

purplegeezer - pretty safe to say UCLA's incoming class needs to kill it for them to be even close to #1.

by purple passion Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:27 pm

The NSCCA has UCLA picked at 16 for the preseason. I'm predicting they will finish higher than that.

by Geezaldinho Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:15 pm

purple passion wrote:The NSCCA has UCLA picked at 16 for the preseason. I'm predicting they will finish higher than that.

They ended up with a 15 RPI.

by UPSoccerFanatic Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:49 pm

Based on my "refined" RPI as applied over the last four years, which takes into account game locations and regional biases, TDS appears to be overrating the ACC (7 of the top 14 teams) in comparison to the Pac 12 (5 of the top 23 teams). The ACC may be slightly stronger than the Pac 12, but not to the degree that TDS thinks.

I'm going to have some fun this year, if things turn out right, because I'm going to run my refined RPI in parallel with the NCAA's RPI and report on the differences.

by keeper Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:51 pm

Looks like historical reputation was a major factor in placements. USC as the third highest PAC 12 team Top Drawer's poll???? I'll bet a phliney that won't be the case at the end of the season.

by purple passion Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:32 pm

UCLA vs. Cal State Bakersfiels

1-0 CSUB after 24'

by purple passion Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:56 pm

Make that BakersfielD

30:36 Charney subbed out
35:24 Goal UCLA Leroux, Assist Bywaters
36:02 Goal UCLA Leroux, Assist Stewart
38:27 Goal UCLA McCarthey, Assist Mewis

End of 1st Period 3-1

by purple passion Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:04 pm

Final UCLA 4 - Cal State - 1

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