Thanks for the heads up on the Handbook Ralph. That was a good read and very informative.
As for the predictions, I think I'll wait atleast 2 weeks as conference games will significantly thin the Pool B&C fields and the Pool A automatics will be much more clear.
Now a few points/questions about the NCAA's selection criteria:
Primary Criteria (not in priority order)- Win-loss percentage against regional opponents
- Quality-of-wins index- only contests versus regional competition
- In-region head-to-head competition
- In-region results vs. common regional opponents
- In-region results vs. regionally ranked teams(ranked at the time of the ranking/selection process)
- Conference postseason contest(s) is included
Secondary Criteria- Out-of region head-to-head competition
- Overall Division III won-loss percentage
- Results vs. common non-DIII opponents
- Results vs. Division III teams ranked in other regions
- Overall win-loss percentage
- Results vs. common out-of-region opponents
- Overall Division III strength of schedule
Question 1: In the primary criteria, Does Conference postseason contest(s) refer to a conference championship game or previous record of a Conference member in past playoff years?
Question 2: It has been my thought that Overall win-loss percentage and strength of schedule were weighted pretty heavily as the top secondary criteria right under the primary criteria. Does anyone have any input on how the SOS would be quantified now that it has been replaced by the QOWI?
One last point, The big question in my mind is the disclaimer on the Primary criteria,
(not in priority order), which can make it difficult to figure exactly what the committee will do since they have le-way on the weighting of each critria.
