NPI Rankings

[Kuiper]

Do we have a list of the nine that are already in? Thank you for all the stat work, love it!

On the NPI rankings list that I linked above, they are the schools with the "(AQ)" in superscript next to their name.  There are obviously more than 9 in the whole list, but these are the ones in the top 40

Lynchburg (ODAC)
Macalester (MIAC)
Wisconsin-Eau Claire (WIAC)
Lake Forest (MWC)
Catholic (Landmark)
Rowan (NJAC)
Luther (American Rivers)
Calvin (MIAA)
DePauw (NCAC)

[LibbyMoore]

Thank you for the list and your patient reply! Totally missed the AQ designations.

[SierraFD3soccer]

Looks like Dickinson is doing a bubble team a favor. Up 4-0 at the half with 3 (one in the 1st 38 sec) and a pk with a few sec left in the half.

[kansas hokie]

With CNU win and Dickinson up so much, the bubble teams need to hope that Hobart keeps their 1-0 lead in the Libery league title match on now. Go check it out - https://hwsathletics.com/watch/?Live=1985&type=Live

They have the best video stream experience in D3, Flosports could learn a thing or two.

think It's down to Denison and VA Wesleyan

W&L NPI - 56.754 and uses CNU in their numbers (won)
Denison NPI - 56.619 and uses Johns Hopkins in their numbers (lost)
VA Wesleyan NPI - 56.487 and uses CNU and Dickinson in their numbers (both won)

Think W&L is safe. Denison is most likely in, but those results will narrow the gap and other results will shift where it seems possible for VA Wesleyan to jump over Denison and get the last bid.

Now, if Vassar comes back to win Liberty League then Denison and VA Weseleyan are done.... Vassar playing a man down now though.

[Kuiper]

Berry beats Southwestern on a last second PK to win the SAA.  Someone is getting their bubble popped since I presume Trinity and Southwestern will make the tournament as at large bid (unless Southwestern drops completely out because of this loss)!

[kansas hokie]

Southwestern will be out due to the loss.

Heartwrenching way to lose the final, tying goal in 82nd minute, PK called in 89th. wow, congrats to Berry on fighting back to keep their season going.

[LibbyMoore]

Vassar with two men down loses to Hobart 1-2, is that the last game of the day?

[Kuiper]

Vassar with two men down loses to Hobart 1-2, is that the last game of the day?

There are still other games that will decide NCAA spots, but not sure if there are any that affect bubble teams

Texas Lutheran v. Colorado College (TLU up 1-0 in the 30th minute)
Pacific Lutheran at Whitman
OAC final between ONU and Otterbein is in PKs I think

[Kuiper]

Otterbein beats Ohio Northern in PKs

That could pop a bubble unless ONU is out

[kansas hokie]

ONU is very likely out, the tie (PK shootout) drops they NPI to 56.496 which is under Denison and virtually tied with VA Wesleyan. One spot for those three.

[LibbyMoore]

Would love to hear some speculations on who the regional pod hosts will be and how they mix up the conferences! Especially how the travel/flights will be handled for us out in the midwest or the western/southern spread out schools, this is quite a puzzle!

[rdanie03]

Would love to hear some speculations on who the regional pod hosts will be and how they mix up the conferences! Especially how the travel/flights will be handled for us out in the midwest or the western/southern spread out schools, this is quite a puzzle!

I would imagine the southern schools get primarily sent to Emory and Trinity(Tx). As for the western schools, I think a good number of them are flying to NESCAC schools with the goal to have midwest schools not fly and send them all to MIAC schools that are hosting

[kansas hokie]

Trinity will host Hardin Simmons and Texas Lutheran and have one team flown in as a 2 seed.

Emory won't host, conflict with women's team and women have priority this year. Emory will almost certainly go to Hampden Sydney as not many 2 seeds are driveable for them.

The bracket challenge this year is finding enough teams to fill the pods in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Lots of top ranked teams up there but not enough other teams qualified. I think the two West coast teams (Occidental and Whitman) are flying to Minneapolis.

There are 5 top 16 teams in upper midwest (6 if you count U Chicago) - Augsburg, St. Olaf, Macalester, UW Eau Claire, and Lake Forest. In the bottom 32 teams, there's only 5 teams that are in driving distance to that group and you add in the 2 out west you still don't get enough. I'm starting to wonder if lake forest gets bumped as a host and becomes a 2 seed at a place like Eau Claire.

[Kuiper]

Trinity will host Hardin Simmons and Texas Lutheran and have one team flown in as a 2 seed.

Emory won't host, conflict with women's team and women have priority this year. Emory will almost certainly go to Hampden Sydney as not many 2 seeds are driveable for them.

The bracket challenge this year is finding enough teams to fill the pods in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Lots of top ranked teams up there but not enough other teams qualified. I think the two West coast teams (Occidental and Whitman) are flying to Minneapolis.

There are 5 top 16 teams in upper midwest (6 if you count U Chicago) - Augsburg, St. Olaf, Macalester, UW Eau Claire, and Lake Forest. In the bottom 32 teams, there's only 5 teams that are in driving distance to that group and you add in the 2 out west you still don't get enough. I'm starting to wonder if lake forest gets bumped as a host and becomes a 2 seed at a place like Eau Claire.

Region X is done with Whitman beating Pacific Lutheran 3-1

Problem out west is that Trinity is the only team that is host-worthy and the NPI rankings go down sharply after that.  Coming into today, Texas Lutheran was #114, Hardin-Simmons was #231, Whitman was #73, and Occidental was #130.  Maybe Whitman goes up enough with a victory today that they could be considered for a #2, but that's it.  Texas Lutheran will rise with its victory over Colorado College, but not that much.  You could send Lyon (Arkansas) (#229) from the SLIAC to Trinity, but that would make the pod too easy with Hardin-Simmons already there.

[kansas hokie]

spot on Kuiper...I think Whitman and Occidental have to fly anyways so they will go to midwest (Minneapolis specifically) as that's a major airport. TX Lutheran, HSC, and Trinity are driveable so, like last year with Bowdoin, someone will fly in as the #2 seed in that pod (I'm picking Amherst).

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