2025 D3 Men's Soccer National Perspective

[stlawus]

With the Massey rankings out for the start of the new season figured now was as good a time as ever to start this year's thread. 

https://masseyratings.com/csoc/ncaa-d3/ratings

[SKUD]

Just remember they are not accurate. Any NCAA tourney game that was a tie and shootout, Ken recorded as a W or L. So a team like Tufts who did not lose a game was credited with a loss by Ken Massey. He doesn't know how to do the math for soccer.

[stlawus]

Just remember they are not accurate. Any NCAA tourney game that was a tie and shootout, Ken recorded as a W or L. So a team like Tufts who did not lose a game was credited with a loss by Ken Massey. He doesn't know how to do the math for soccer.

It's definitely an imperfect tool for some sports.  With a sport like soccer the margins are so close and at times subject to chance, and there are calculation errors like you mentioned. I know the rankings change about halfway through the season as far as being based on the current season results, but I still think there is way too much emphasis on previous seasons as far as the algorithm.   

[EnmoreCat]

I'm happy with the current #1. 

[Hopkins92]

Man... I hate to be a bummer, but with all these conferences going with FloSports... I'm not going to type things into existence, but this does not bode well for many of us that follow d3 soccer as a part time hobby.