Rankings Aggregator

[Kuiper]

Because I know you all needed something to talk about, here is a new Rankings Site I found online. 

https://statranking.com/#standings (be sure you choose D3 Men's Soccer in the drop down menu)

It appears to be an aggregator of a variety of rankings, plus some other stuff.  Seems like a Data Analytics 2026 graduate hasn't found a job yet, but at least it isn't the same as last year's end of season ranking.  It also includes teams that didn't even make the tournament, which kind of makes sense given that some of the rankings end before the tournament selection and others continue.  It also has some teams ranked wildly different than they were under NPI.  Amherst, for example, is #75, right behind Bates (which does make some sense, relatively speaking, considering Bates beat Amherst 3-0).

Here's a little bit of the methodology

SR Rank (StatRanking Composite)
StatRanking's official proprietary composite ranking. It blends all four major rating systems (RPI, NPI, Elo, and Massey) into a single unified rank by converting each team's raw score into a normalized Z-score (standard deviations from the division mean).

Adaptive Season Weighting:
To provide the most accurate representation of team quality, the formula dynamically shifts weights based on the progress of the season (average games played across the division):
• Early Season (0-4 games): Weighted 80% towards predictive power ratings (Elo and Massey) to establish true quality before schedule density is built out.
• Late Season (12+ games): Shifts to 80% resume-based ratings (RPI and NPI) to reward actual on-field achievements and strength of schedule.

As you will see, it is not simply a repeat of the year-end rankings like the United Soccer Coaches preseason rankings.  It doesn't, however, take into account really anything like graduations, transfers etc.  It's just the year-end rankings aggregated from multiple rankings sites as far as I can tell.  Here's the Ratings Percentage Index rankings

Top 25

1. Tufts
2. Trinity
3. Dickinson
4. Emory
5. Lynchburg
6. St. Olaf
7. Wheaton (MA)
8. Macalester
9. Conn College
10. Chicago
11. Wisconsin-Eau Claire
12. Bowdoin
13. Cortland
14. Rowan
15. Scranton
16. Catholic
17. Southwestern
18. Augsburg
19. Wash. U.
20. Wisconsin-Whitewater
21. Edgewood
22. UMass Boston
23. Middlebury
24. Denison
25. Christopher Newport

Here's a link to the site's Instagram page, which is already starting to show dynamic movement based on games because their season has begun.