week 5 polls and RPI

TopDrawer is out first again. As expected, we took a little hit. I'm a little surprised that BC is up in the top 10 at all, though. Yeah, they are undefeated, but they have had a pretty easy schedule.
Of the 8 teams they have played, Two have only one win, One has only two, two have only three, and two have only 4 wins.

Not top ten numbers in my book, much less #3 in the country. When UPSF comes out with his RPI, I'll be checking to see where they are.

Sorry TDS, that when the season ends you won't be able to say you were with us wire to wire (again). It seems to me that since your top 64 should be the conference champs and the top 40 or so RPI teams, BC might not even make the cut at this point. they were 36 last week, and their wins this week were against 1-5-1 Harvard and 2-4-1 Central Connecticut State. Hardy the sorts of wins that will move your RPI upwards.





See the complete listing at:
http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer/college-soccer-tournament-ranking/women

Soccer America Women's Top 25
Monday, Sep 21, 2009 7:00 AM ET
[COLLEGE] Stanford took over as No. 1 in the Soccer America Top 25 rankings following North Carolina's 0-0 tie with Auburn. The Tar Heels dropped to second. Boston College and Portland changed places at No. 3 and No. 4. Besides Stanford (9-0-0) and Boston College (8-0-0), the only unbeaten and untied teams in the Soccer America Top 25 are No. 9 Maryland (8-0-0) and No. 12 South Carolina (8-0-0). For the complete Women's Top 25 rankings ...

Soccer America Women's Top 25
TEAM (RECORD) LAST WEEK
1. Stanford (9-0-0) 2
2. North Carolina (7-0-1) 1
3. Boston College (8-0-0) 4
4. Portland (8-1-0) 3
5. UCLA (6-1-1) 5
6. Florida State (7-1-0) 6
7. California (6-1-0) 7
8. Georgia (7-0-1) 8
9. Maryland (8-0-0) 9
10. Santa Clara (7-2-0) 10
11. South Carolina (8-0-0) 12
12. Notre Dame (5-3-0) 13
13. Michigan State (6-0-2) 11
14. Virginia (5-1-2) 16
15. St. John's (7-1-0) 18
16. Connecticut (6-2-0) 19
17. Wake Forest (8-1-0) 20
18. Kansas (7-1-1) 25
19. Indiana (8-1-0) 22
20. Rutgers (7-1-1) 23
21. Texas A&M (5-3-0) NR
22. Oregon State (7-1-0) NR
23. Oregon (6-1-1) NR
24. Florida (6-3-0) 14
25. UCF (5-2-1) 17
25. Ohio State (7-1-1) NR
25. Purdue (5-2-1) 15

OK, I'l say it. I understand you get moved down when you lose, But BC? I'd feel better if they jumped a school who has played somebody.
They could only have played an easier schedule by playing teams in the SWAC.

We're halfway through the season and they just beat two teams with a combined three wins.

HELLOO?

I notice that Oregon and Oregon State are both in the Top 25. That doesn't happen every day.

Here ya go
Compiled by Gary Davidson, managing editor, www.SoccerTimes.com
September 21, 2009

(Records include games of Sunday, September 20)
-- First-place votes in parentheses --

Rank School Record Pts LW
1 Stanford (13) 9-0-0 397 2
2 North Carolina (3) 7-0-1 387 1
3 UCLA 6-1-1 349 4
4 Portland 8-1-0 343 3
5 Florida State 7-1-0 340 5
6 Boston College 8-0-0 331 6
7 California 6-1-0 294 7
8 Virginia 5-1-2 276 8
9 Wake Forest 8-1-0 247 10
10 Texas A&M 5-3-0 227 13
11 Florida 6-3-0 207 9
12 Santa Clara 7-2-0 203 16
13 South Carolina 8-0-0 196 15
14 Notre Dame 5-3-0 190 12
15 Georgia 7-0-1 148 18
16 Rutgers 7-1-1 142 17
17 Kansas 7-1-1 129 22
18 Purdue 5-2-1 123 11
19 Maryland 8-0-0 111 nr
20 Central Florida 5-2-1 74 19
21 Illinois 5-3-1 69 20
22 West Virginia 3-2-4 66 14
23 Connecticut 6-2-0 50 nr
24 Michigan State 6-0-2 45 23
25 Brigham Young 6-2-1 32 nr

Key: Pts - Total points. LW - Last week's ranking. t - tie. nr - no ranking

Dropped out: No. 21 Oklahoma State. No. 24 San Diego, No. 25 Colorado.

Others receiving votes: Ohio State 31, Washington State 31, Indiana 27, San Diego 21, Oklahoma State 18, Arizona State 17, Oregon 15, Marquette 12, Washington 11, Southern California 9, Duke 8, Penn State 8, St. John's 5, Georgetown 3, Auburn 2, Colorado 1, Oregon State 1.

Voting panel: Patrick Baker, Georgia SEC; Kevin Boyd, Arizona State PAC10; Anson Dorrance, North Carolina ACC; Jillian Ellis, UCLA PAC10; Carin Gabarra, Navy Patriot; G Guerrieri, Texas A&M BIG12; Angela Kelly, Tennessee SEC; Brian Lee, Lousiana State SEC; Chris Petrucelli, Texas BIG12; Jennifer Rockwood, Brigham Young MTN West; Dan Tobias, Arizona PAC10, Len Tsantiris, Connecticut BIG East; Mike Tucker, Dayton Atl. 10; Randy Waldrum, Notre Dame BIG East, Tim Ward, Pepperdine WCC; Mikki Denney Wright, Minnesota BIG10.

Here's the coaches poll. Santa Clara is climbing fast after their weekend.
And USD is hanging on to a ranking spot.


NCAA Rankings National Women
Division I National Poll - September 22, 2009

Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 North Carolina (17) 809 1 7 - 0 - 1
2 Stanford (16) 808 3 9 - 0 - 0
3 UCLA 732 4 6 - 1 - 1
4 Portland 729 2 8 - 1 - 0
5 Florida State 702 5 7 - 1 - 0
6 Boston College 649 6 8 - 0 - 0
7 Wake Forest 575 8 8 - 1 - 0
8 California 562 9 6 - 1 - 0
9 Santa Clara 502 12 7 - 2 - 0
10 Florida 501 7 6 - 3 - 0
11 Virginia 463 10 5 - 1 - 2
12 South Carolina 438 13 8 - 0 - 0
13 Texas A&M 425 17 5 - 3 - 0
14 Notre Dame 404 14 5 - 3 - 0
15 Purdue 347 11 5 - 2 - 1
16 Georgia 338 15 7 - 0 - 1
17 Rutgers 329 16 7 - 1 - 1
18 Maryland 305 20 8 - 0 - 0
19 Indiana 220 22 8 - 1 - 0
20 Kansas 171 RV 7 - 1 - 1
21 Ohio State 147 25 7 - 1 - 1
22 Central Florida 136 19 5 - 2 - 1
23 St. John's 111 RV 7 - 1 - 0
24 San Diego 39 18 6 - 3 - 1
25 Connecticut 35 RV 6 - 2 - 0
Number in parentheses indicates first place votes

Also receiving votes: Oklahoma State 28, Michigan State 28, Washington State 25, Georgetown 24, Illinois 23, Arizona State 23, Marquette 18, BYU 16, Washington 14, Denver 4, West Virginia 4, Pepperdine 4, Charlotte 4, William & Mary 3, Oregon State 3, Villanova 2, Nebraska 1, North Carolina-Greensboro 1

College Soccer 360 has decided to include the Albyn Jones rating system as part of its composite ranking. It was the average of the four polls, now it is 1/5 statistics based on previous and this year's records. They promise the RPI will eventually be included.

I'm not sure what it shows.
It's part opinion and a small part statistical, but here it is anyway for the top 50 teams.

CS360 Composite
National Rankings (9/23/09)

1. Stanford (99.87)

2. North Carolina (99.11)

3. Portland (96.12)

4. UCLA (95.30)

5. Florida State (93.75)

6. Boston College (93.57)

7. California (89.80)

8. Wake Forest (87.22)

9. Notre Dame (86.32)

10. Virginia (85.61)

11. South Carolina (84.02)

12. Texas A&M (83.99)

13. Florida (82.69)

14. Santa Clara (82.06)

15. Georgia (81.32)

16. Kansas (77.83)

17. Rutgers (77.24)

18. Maryland (77.00)

19. Oklahoma State (76.38)

20. Michigan State (73.10)

21. Central Florida (72.94)

22. Purdue (72.15)

23. Indiana (71.98)

24. Connecticut (71.56)

25. Ohio State (70.90)

26. St. John's (69.56)

27. BYU (65.96)

28. Oregon State (64.97)

29. Washington (63.85)

30. Illinois (63.45)

31. West Virginia (61.88)

32. San Diego (61.83)

33. USC (61.77)

34. Marquette (61.65)
35. Georgetown (59.84)

36. Arizona State (58.85)

37. Oregon (58.82)

38. Washington State (57.66)

39. Penn State (57.45)
40. Charlotte (51.52)

41. William & Mary (51.24)

42. Auburn (48.60)

43. Colorado (48.23)

44. Nebraska (48.05)

45. Pepperdine (47.34)

46. Denver (47.18)

47. Villanova (47.03)

48. Duke (46.61)

49. Long Beach State (46.47)

50. Dayton (45.40)

The Massey ratings now are available at http://www.mratings.com/rate.php?lg=csocw

Massey's system is similar to Albyn Jones' SoccerRatings, except that Massey also considers game scores, rather than just who won, lost, or tied. Massey's system is one of the statistical systems used in the football BCS rating system.

In case it hasn't been posted on PilotNation recently, here is the link to Jones' home page: http://soccerratings.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

It's good to see Santa Clara emerging as a top 10 team again. Our conference needs that, and we need to be challenged before the post season. You can't keep a program like theirs down for too long, especially with (former Bronco) Chastain playing WPS ball on their field. That's got to help recruiting.

GO PILOTS!