New for 2015

Started by Christan Shirk, August 21, 2015, 03:51:46 PM

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Christan Shirk

Check out D3soccer.com's "What's New in 2015?" article. There may be some information in there that even people on the this message board didn't know. 

I'd point everyone's attention specifically to the second last item way at the end about potential changes to the application of the "Record versus Ranked Opponents" selection criteria.  Seems the NCAA's own surprising snub of John Carroll last year got them re-thinking things a little.  Nice to see they recognized the problem and are looking to fix it.  Here's a quote ftom the Report of the NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Soccer Committees February 3, 2015, Meeting:

Quotec. Rationale. During both years that the current selection criteria has been in place
for results vs. ranked opponents at the time of selection, there have been several
instances where the impact of this criteria has been significant enough to shift
teams several spots in the final rankings, simply based on the result(s) of a prior
opponent(s).

One specific instance where this piece of criteria most significantly impacted
teams vying for Pool C berths into the championships is detailed below:

• In 2014, Team A was ranked #2 in the region during their second published
  ranking, with a 4-0-0 record vs. ranked opponents. During the week of the
  third published ranking, Team A won all of their contests, yet their record
  vs. ranked opponents dropped to 3-1-0, due to other movement in the
  rankings. Team A lost their conference championship match during the
  final weekend of the season and, because some of their prior opponents also
  lost and fell from their respective regional rankings, Team A finished the
  season with a 0-1-0 record vs. ranked opponents. Even though they won 14
  consecutive contests before falling in their conference championship match,
  Team A saw their record vs. ranked opponents drop from 4-0-0 (second
  published ranking), to 3-1-0 (third published ranking), to 0-1-0 (final,
  unpublished ranking). Team A ultimately failed to receive a Pool C bid due
  to this.

The committees have seen several similar instances during the past two
championships and believe that this revised criteria would give greater
transparency to the selection process by affording coaches, student-athletes and
administrators a better understanding of their team's standing heading into and
during the time of selection, resulting in less confusion

In summary, the committees believe that the current criteria considering only
results vs. teams ranked at the time of selection is an extreme measure that has
proven to allow for major fluctuations in a team's standing during the final
weeks of a season, regardless of their own results. The committees believe that
the proposed revision of the selection criteria will allow for a great compromise
between the former "once ranked always ranked" criteria and the current
"ranked at the time of selection" criteria.
Christan Shirk
Special Consultant and Advisor
D3soccer.com

Mr.Right

I always thought that the older system was the better one. If you beat or tie a team that is ranked that week you should get credit for it. I do not care if it is the 1st week or the 3rd week. Sometimes the reason they are not ranked is because you beat them and knocked them off. So you are going into a game with a lose - lose proposition. I wonder why they changed it in the first place.