USC 2021 D3 Pre-Season Men's Top 25 Poll is now up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-men/
This poll always need to be taken with a grain of salt given that is entirely based off previous results. Given that a whole year has gone by due to the pandemic that is especially true in this case. I think going into the year Amherst have to be big favorites assuming German returns from his Europa league escapades. This is a national championship or bust season for coach Serpone. Tufts should be right up there again along with the usual suspects Messiah and Calvin. Do any of the Messiah insiders know if there "super senior" class is returning for the fall?
Giammattei plans to play for Amherst this season and then leave in December to sign with Dundalk...
https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/german-giammattei-estatus-dundalk/824718/2021/
D3 Men's Top 25 Poll 3 is now up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-men/
Yes. Apparently it is the first time Washington and Lee has been ranked #1 in all 3 polls. (UCC, Massey, and d3soccer)
Messiah, just on SoS I would think should be ranked above Hopkins. That said, I have to keep reminding myself that St. Mary's was #3 when Hop took them down last week. Pretty precipitous fall for the Seahawks, who drop out of the Top 25 by following up the loss in B'more with a 3-2 loss to PSU-Harrisburg.
Quote from: Another Mom on September 28, 2021, 05:07:10 PM
Yes. Apparently it is the first time Washington and Lee has been ranked #1 in all 3 polls. (UCC, Massey, and d3soccer)
Pretty sure it is the first time they've been 1 in any of them.
Congrats to W&L! Being #1 in both polls (I don't personally view Massey as a poll and imo often wildly inaccurate if one does) is a huge deal for the program. Aside from Messiah, Tufts and Amherst I would say W&L has as good a chance at reaching the Final 4 and possibly winning a title as anyone. Regardless of how this year turns out, getting to #1 or #2 for a program that hasn't been at those heights changes a program, especially if the ranking can be sustained for at least a few weeks straight.
Quote from: PaulNewman on September 28, 2021, 07:15:41 PM
Congrats to W&L! Being #1 in both polls (I don't personally view Massey as a poll and imo often wildly inaccurate if one does) is a huge deal for the program.
Yes, it's not a poll at all. Nobody votes on it. It's a ranking based upon a computerized algorithm developed by a guy named Ken Massey.
D3 Men's Top 25 Poll 4 is now up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/diii-men/
10-12-21 Top 25 Poll (Poll 5) is now up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-men/
10-19-21 Top 25 Poll (Poll 6) is here:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankinngs/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-men/
Dreadful. Just a mess.
Maybe it's just me, but I'm constantly getting 404 errors and other weirdness on that site on Tuesdays. I just gave up on using it for my Region V/Mid-Atlantic rankings Games of Note stuff.
That URL has a typo. Try
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-men/
10/26/21 USC Top 25 Poll is here:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-men/
11/2/2021 Top 25 Poll is up:
https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-men/
I know I'm not breaking any new ground here, but, jeez louise is that poll all over the map. F&M at #4? Messiah loses a meaningless game and drop to #8?
How can Babson be in the top 25 with 4 losses, 3 ties and they lost to Williams?
Quote from: Hopkins92 on November 02, 2021, 02:26:49 PM
I know I'm not breaking any new ground here, but, jeez louise is that poll all over the map. F&M at #4? Messiah loses a meaningless game and drop to #8?
Wagner is the National and Region V chair, so there's that.
I mean really. This is nonsensical to me, or just a very strong desire by some of the voters to knock some programs down a peg for their own sake ...
I think 6-10 win 75% of the games versus 1-5.