Top 25 - Week 4

[Christan Shirk]

September 27, 2011
D3soccer.com Men's Top 25, Week 4
Through matches of Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011

#	School (1st place votes)	Record	Points	Prev.
1	Messiah (18)	7-0-1	613	1
2	Christopher Newport (5)	6-0-1	597	2
3	Ohio Wesleyan (2)	7-1	568	4
4	St. Lawrence	8-0	548	6
5	Trinity (Texas)	5-0-2	524	7
6	Dominican	7-1	478	10
7	Washington U.	7-1	433	5
8	North Park	5-0-3	409	11
9	Amherst	5-0	383	12
10	Hobart	7-1	328	8
11	Loras	7-1-1	321	19
12	Gustavus Adolphus	8-1	318	17
13	Wesleyan	5-0-1	307	21
14	Swarthmore	5-2	294	3
15	UW-Oshkosh	5-1-2	283	14
16	Muhlenberg	5-1	273	9
17	Ohio Northern	7-2-1	222	13
18	St. Olaf	7-1	124	RV
19	William Paterson	7-1-1	120	15
20	Williams	3-1-1	114	16
21	DePauw	7-1	98	RV
22	Stevens	6-2	79	RV
23	Augsburg	6-0-1	72	RV
24	Salisbury	5-2-1	72	18
25	Plattsburgh State	7-0-1	72	RV

Dropped Out: Bowdoin, Maryville (Tenn.), Union, UC Santa Cruz, Randolph,

Others Receiving Votes: Montclair St. 68, Rutgers-Camden 47, Misericordia 39, Mary Hardin-Baylor 38, Roger Williams 35, Baldwin-Wallace 34, Union 32, Bowdoin 26, Trine 26, Chapman 20, Medaille 18, Calvin 17, Springfield 11, Elmira 10, Randolph 8, Geneseo St. 8, Middlebury 8, Franklin & Marshall 6, Thomas More 6, Rochester 4, Pacific Lutheran 4, Brockport St. 4, Maryville (Tenn.) 2, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2, Chicago 2

[Ron Boerger]

The game between #5 Trinity (TX) and (RV, "29th") Mary Hardin-Baylor was called off with Trinity leading 4-0 in the 29th minute.  Rain/lightning forced the cancellation and the teams will attempt to reschedule. 

[Flying Weasel]

Wow!  4-0 after half an hour.  And to think MHB was on a number of voter's Top 25 ballot.  Official game or not, that would temper how I rate MHB.

North Park seems awfully high for having picked up three ties already, the two against Methodist and NC Wesleyan not exactly top quality though they were on a long road trip.

Surprised that Wm. Paterson stayed in as the highest ranked NJAC given that Montclair St. beat them 3-0 with shots and SOG confirming they were much better on the night.   I thought Rutgers-Camdem and/or MSU should have been in but not Wm. Paterson.

Not a fan of DePauw being ranked given the cupcake schedule they have played.  Plattsburgh St. has played a pretty soft schedule to date, so it's hard to know if they really are Top 25 material or not.

A lot of results so far this season that make rankings difficult.

[d3fan1]

Flying Weasel is definatly an honorary All-World!!!!! Each one his posts should count as 100.

[Ron Boerger]

Wow!  4-0 after half an hour.  And to think MHB was on a number of voter's Top 25 ballot.  Official game or not, that would temper how I rate MHB.

You'd think so, but Chapman went to TX and lost to both Trinity (TX) and Southwestern, getting outscored 12-1, and went all the way from receiving 30 vote points to 20 points. 

In the TU-UMHB game, Trinity scored their fourth goal at the 7:12 mark.  1:30 separated the last three goals.  If they can just start playing like that on the road ...

[Flying Weasel]

Wow!  4-0 after half an hour.  And to think MHB was on a number of voter's Top 25 ballot.  Official game or not, that would temper how I rate MHB.

You'd think so, but Chapman went to TX and lost to both Trinity (TX) and Southwestern, getting outscored 12-1, and went all the way from receiving 30 vote points to 20 points.

Glad you brought that up.  I noticed that when I first saw the new poll.  Not sure how anybody could justify giving a Top 25 vote, even for spot #25, to Chapman after that.  Mind boggling.

[Ron Boerger]

Since there's no SCAC board, I'll post this here:  Trinity (TX) 3-0 win at Centre was highlighted by back-to-back goals from Brian Himes.  The two goals, scored in a period of 11 seconds, are tied for second-fastest all-time in Division III (source, Trinity SID).