Thanks WUPHF - I think I will.  There are just too many good games left in the UAA conference (not to mention some of the other conferences on Flo$port$).

Just now, after about a 45 minute injury timeout with 5 minutes left to play, MIT (#11) beat Williams (#9) on the road 1-0.

If anybody watched any of the UAA games on Flo$port$, how was the streaming/video quality?  I'm still tempted to pay for a one month subscription to see some of the UAA games remaining this season if the video feed is dependable.  I'm thinking that with their typical video quality before Flo$port$, they should be ok now.??

Thanks for that recap deiscanton on what I am sure was a tough game as a fan.

I do think Emory will be #1 with Wash U #2 in Tuesday's poll.  If I had to guess I would have Tufts, Chicago, and Pomona-Pitzer moving up to #3, #4, and #5 respectively.  After that I don't know where teams will fall .. I don't know how far Messiah will move down or Rowan will move up.

WUPHF, there is no way I would want to argue that Wash U is not the strongest team in D3 right now!  I just don't see the USC poll having #4 who beat #3 on the road jump the #2 team who beat #8 on the road.  I think they will keep them in their current order but just move them up.  However, with Emory, Wash U, and Chicago all yet to play each other this season I'm thinking a lot of the questioning of who is number 1 (at the end of the regular season) will hopefully be answered on the pitch and I wouldn't be surprised if that is Wash U by the end of the season.

I think Emory is the only team where taking over #1 in the next USC poll is entirely under their control.  If they win tomorrow, they should be #1 no matter what any other team does.  However, if they don't win, then the scenarios of who becomes #1 becomes much more complicated depending on the results of the other (UAA) games, and the potential for ties really makes it interesting!

edit:  Carnegie Mellon is #16

CURSE FLO$PORT$!  What a slate of games tomorrow from the UAA:
   At 12:30:   (#4) Wash U at (#3) Case Western
   At 1:30:     (#2) Emory at (#8) Brandeis .. deiscanton may be able to give us a recap of this one.?
   At 1:30:     (#6) Chicago at (#8) Carnegie Mellon
                .. and if that is not enough ..
   At 7:30:   (#22) Rochester at (#25) NYU

If you are an early bird and NESCAC if more your flavor:
   At 11am:  (#12) Middlebury at (#26) Colby
     .. staying in NESCAC ..
   At 1pm:   (#20) Wesleyan at (#9) Williams

again, CURSE FLO$PORT$!

Messiah comes back from their loss to Rowan and takes care of business on a quick turn-a-round road game in Philadelphia by beating Eastern 5-1.  They will definitely fall from #1 but may be able to stay in the top #10.??

Messiah loses to Rowan 1-2 on the road!

Watched the Endicott vs #5 Tufts game yesterday.  Endicott kept the game scoreless through roughly 80 minutes and then Tufts scored two goals in one minute to secure a 2-0 win!

Enjoy homecoming and the games this weekend deiscanton.  Let us know what you thought about the game after seeing it in person.  After Ron Boerger's post on Bill Simmons Flo$port$ comments, I don't think I will bother getting a one month membership despite my interest in the Wash U at Case Western game this Saturday and all the other tough UAA games the rest of this month.

Keep an eye on Messiah, they have a little bit of a gauntlet to get through over the next three days.  This afternoon they get on a bus for a two and a half hour ride to Glassboro, NJ to play #17 Rowan who has only given up 2 goals all year and has the only win against #15 Swarthmore. Then less than 40 hours later, Messiah gets back on a buss for an hour and a half ride to Philadelphia to play Eastern at 2pm on Friday.  Eastern, who is in second place behind them in the conference, would love to come away with a tie (or a win) against Messiah at home. 

Emory does remain at #2 in the USC poll #5. https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-women/

Case Western and Wash U move up to #3 and #4.

Thanks for that explanation deiscanton .. I feel like I should have earned some college credits for reading that! 

The first NPI ranking for this year just posted: https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/45909

Even with their tie yesterday, Emory is showing as #1 with Messiah #2!

Quote from: WUPHF on October 05, 2025, 05:12:37 PM

Quote from: CentPA on October 05, 2025, 03:39:39 PMEmory / Carnegie Mellon game just ended in a tie 0-0.  Stats looked fairly even with Emory having a slight advantage in shots and SOG: 5-3 and 4-2 respectively. I am not sure this tie would be enough to bump Emory out of #2.  So if I had to guess, on Tuesday the top 25 will start out: Messiah (#1), Emory (#2), Case Western (#3), and Wash U (#4).??  There is a chance Emory gets bumped but that would be tough with tying #16 on the road.

I would expect Case Western Reserve and Washington University to move ahead of Emory this week. 

Emory was the only one on the road, but the other two had such lopsided wins at home (and are weeks past their only blemish), I'll be surprised if the committee does not see that.  The latter two play in Cleveland next week.

That game might tempt me to pay the FloCollege ransom fee!   I see it is an early game (12:30pm) on Saturday at Case Western.

Thanks deiscanton for the recap.  With no access to the video feed, I was thinking it was a fairly defensive battle.  Was there much play inside the 18s or was it all in the middle of the field (there wasn't that many total shots for the game)?

It will definately be interesting to see where the NPI rankings start out this week.  I don't know how closely the USC poll tends to follow the NPI rankings once they begin, but the more I'm thinking about it Case Western may bump ahead of Emory since their tie was to #3 Christopher Newport.??