A few notes:
- This is not a 'top-25 'poll or power poll. The point of these rankings is not to determine who I actually think are the best teams, but to approximate the NCAA's official regional rankings that are released starting in early February.
- These rankings attempt to account for in-region winning percentage (primary criterion), in-region strength of schedule (primary), results versus regionally ranked teams (primary), division III winning percentage (secondary criterion), and division III strength of schedule (secondary). It does not currently account for head-to-head matchups or results versus common opponents (both primary criteria), so feel free to ‘adjust’ the rankings accordingly.
- I 'award' the Pool A bid to the team with the highest RPI (versus all D-III teams). Since 97.6% of the automatic bids are doled out to winners of conference tournaments anyway, I figured this was about as relevant as using actual standings (and 100 times easier).
- The pre-championship manual has been released, and the home/away multipliers are still in effect, but this year they carry a different (better) weight. For away games, a multiplier of 1.25 is being applied to SOS, and for home games, a multiplier of 0.75 is used.
Through games of 1/8/2012
| Reg. | Rank | Team | Conference | WP | wSOS | wRPI | Nat. | Pool | Status | REG | D3 | vRRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE | 1 | Middlebury | NESCAC | 1.000 | 0.522 | 0.641 | 3 | C | 1 | 10-0 | 11-0 | 0-0 |
| NE | 2 | Western Connecticut | LEC | 0.923 | 0.583 | 0.668 | 5 | C | 2 | 12-1 | 12-1 | 0-0 |
| NE | 3 | Rhode Island College | LEC | 0.917 | 0.576 | 0.661 | 6 | A | C | 11-1 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| NE | 4 | Amherst | NESCAC | 0.909 | 0.559 | 0.646 | 10 | A | C | 10-1 | 12-1 | 0-0 |
| NE | 5 | WPI | NEWMAC | 0.846 | 0.599 | 0.661 | 13 | A | C | 11-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| NE | 6 | MIT | NEWMAC | 1.000 | 0.437 | 0.578 | 16 | C | 3 | 14-0 | 14-0 | 0-0 |
| NE | 7 | Eastern Connecticut | LEC | 0.900 | 0.515 | 0.611 | 22 | C | 8 | 9-1 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| NE | 8 | Albertus Magnus | GNAC | 0.900 | 0.498 | 0.599 | 25 | A | wC | 9-1 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| NE | 9 | Wesleyan | NESCAC | 0.846 | 0.526 | 0.606 | 36 | C | 14 | 11-2 | 11-3 | 0-0 |
| NE | 10 | Keene State | LEC | 0.800 | 0.524 | 0.593 | 46 | C | 20 | 8-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| NE | 11 | Bowdoin | NESCAC | 0.818 | 0.487 | 0.570 | 56 | C | 27 | 9-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| NE | 12 | St. Josephs (Maine) | GNAC | 0.700 | 0.604 | 0.628 | 57 | C | 28 | 7-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| NE | 13 | Williams | NESCAC | 0.833 | 0.443 | 0.541 | 65 | C | 36 | 10-2 | 12-2 | 0-0 |
| NE | 14 | Tufts | NESCAC | 0.667 | 0.613 | 0.626 | 67 | C | 37 | 8-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| NE | 15 | Elms | NECC | 0.667 | 0.588 | 0.607 | 76 | C | 45 | 6-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| Reg. | Rank | Team | Conference | WP | wSOS | wRPI | Nat. | Pool | Status | REG | D3 | vRRO |
| EA | 1 | Hartwick | E8 | 0.923 | 0.504 | 0.609 | 21 | C | 7 | 12-1 | 12-1 | 0-0 |
| EA | 2 | Hobart | LL | 0.750 | 0.579 | 0.622 | 44 | A | wC | 6-2 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| EA | 3 | Buffalo State | SUNYAC | 0.875 | 0.423 | 0.536 | 55 | A | bub | 7-1 | 10-1 | 0-0 |
| EA | 4 | Rochester | UAA | 0.750 | 0.551 | 0.601 | 58 | C | 29 | 9-3 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| EA | 5 | New York University | UAA | 0.875 | 0.404 | 0.522 | 63 | C | 34 | 7-1 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| EA | 6 | Oswego State | SUNYAC | 0.818 | 0.466 | 0.554 | 64 | C | 35 | 9-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| EA | 7 | Nazareth | E8 | 0.700 | 0.582 | 0.611 | 66 | A | 7-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | |
| EA | 8 | Stevens | E8 | 0.800 | 0.456 | 0.542 | 74 | C | 43 | 8-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| EA | 9 | Medaille | AMCC | 0.846 | 0.413 | 0.522 | 75 | C | 44 | 11-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| Reg. | Rank | Team | Conference | WP | wSOS | wRPI | Nat. | Pool | Status | REG | D3 | vRRO |
| AT | 1 | New Jersey City | NJAC | 0.900 | 0.526 | 0.620 | 20 | C | 6 | 9-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| AT | 2 | Staten Island | CUNYAC | 0.818 | 0.586 | 0.644 | 27 | A | wC | 9-2 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| AT | 3 | St. Josephs (L.I.) | SKY | 0.900 | 0.500 | 0.600 | 29 | A | wC | 9-1 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| AT | 4 | William Paterson | NJAC | 0.833 | 0.526 | 0.603 | 38 | A | wC | 10-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| AT | 5 | Montclair State | NJAC | 0.769 | 0.501 | 0.568 | 69 | C | 39 | 10-3 | 11-3 | 0-0 |
| AT | 6 | Ramapo | NJAC | 0.733 | 0.535 | 0.585 | 70 | C | 40 | 11-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| AT | 7 | Brooklyn | CUNYAC | 0.667 | 0.568 | 0.593 | 83 | C | 50 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| AT | 8 | Medgar Evers | CUNYAC | 0.538 | 0.622 | 0.601 | 114 | C | 75 | 7-6 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| Reg. | Rank | Team | Conference | WP | wSOS | wRPI | Nat. | Pool | Status | REG | D3 | vRRO |
| MA | 1 | Cabrini | CSAC | 1.000 | 0.473 | 0.605 | 9 | A | C | 12-0 | 12-1 | 0-0 |
| MA | 2 | Franklin and Marshall | CC | 1.000 | 0.451 | 0.588 | 11 | A | C | 12-0 | 13-0 | 0-0 |
| MA | 3 | Lycoming | MACC | 0.909 | 0.537 | 0.630 | 12 | A | C | 10-1 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| MA | 4 | St. Marys (Md.) | CAC | 0.818 | 0.601 | 0.655 | 24 | A | wC | 9-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| MA | 5 | Keystone | CSAC | 0.818 | 0.519 | 0.594 | 43 | C | 19 | 9-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| MA | 6 | Catholic | LAND | 0.846 | 0.476 | 0.569 | 49 | C | 22 | 11-2 | 11-3 | 0-0 |
| MA | 7 | Mary Washington | CAC | 0.818 | 0.497 | 0.577 | 51 | C | 24 | 9-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| MA | 8 | Alvernia | MACC | 0.700 | 0.585 | 0.614 | 62 | C | 33 | 7-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| MA | 9 | Hood | CAC | 0.700 | 0.573 | 0.605 | 71 | C | 41 | 7-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| MA | 10 | Juniata | LAND | 0.750 | 0.491 | 0.555 | 79 | C | 47 | 9-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| MA | 11 | Widener | MACC | 0.700 | 0.538 | 0.579 | 81 | C | 49 | 7-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| MA | 12 | Penn State-Harrisburg | NEAC | 0.727 | 0.510 | 0.564 | 82 | A | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 | |
| Reg. | Rank | Team | Conference | WP | wSOS | wRPI | Nat. | Pool | Status | REG | D3 | vRRO |
| SO | 1 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | ASC | 1.000 | 0.490 | 0.618 | 7 | A | C | 11-0 | 12-0 | 0-0 |
| SO | 2 | Virginia Wesleyan | ODAC | 0.909 | 0.533 | 0.627 | 15 | A | C | 10-1 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| SO | 3 | Emory | UAA | 1.000 | 0.428 | 0.571 | 18 | C | 4 | 12-0 | 12-0 | 0-0 |
| SO | 4 | Hardin-Simmons | ASC | 0.900 | 0.496 | 0.597 | 30 | C | 10 | 9-1 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| SO | 5 | Randolph-Macon | ODAC | 0.833 | 0.479 | 0.567 | 52 | C | 25 | 10-2 | 11-3 | 0-0 |
| SO | 6 | Birmingham-Southern | SCAC | 0.900 | 0.394 | 0.520 | 60 | C | 31 | 9-1 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| SO | 7 | Lynchburg | ODAC | 0.727 | 0.537 | 0.584 | 72 | C | 42 | 8-3 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| SO | 8 | Christopher Newport | USAC | 0.700 | 0.542 | 0.582 | 78 | A | 7-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | |
| SO | 9 | Guilford | ODAC | 0.667 | 0.566 | 0.591 | 87 | C | 52 | 8-4 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| SO | 10 | Centre | SCAC | 0.600 | 0.606 | 0.604 | 92 | A | 6-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 | |
| SO | 11 | Rhodes | SCAC | 0.727 | 0.481 | 0.543 | 93 | C | 57 | 8-3 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| Reg. | Rank | Team | Conference | WP | wSOS | wRPI | Nat. | Pool | Status | REG | D3 | vRRO |
| GL | 1 | Hope | MIAA | 1.000 | 0.531 | 0.648 | 1 | A | C | 4-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| GL | 2 | Wabash | NCAC | 0.909 | 0.606 | 0.682 | 4 | A | C | 10-1 | 10-1 | 0-0 |
| GL | 3 | Bethany | PrAC | 1.000 | 0.402 | 0.551 | 26 | A | wC | 11-0 | 12-1 | 0-0 |
| GL | 4 | Wittenberg | NCAC | 0.778 | 0.615 | 0.656 | 31 | C | 11 | 7-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| GL | 5 | Ohio Wesleyan | NCAC | 0.833 | 0.548 | 0.620 | 34 | C | 13 | 10-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| GL | 6 | Wooster | NCAC | 0.818 | 0.531 | 0.603 | 39 | C | 16 | 9-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| GL | 7 | John Carroll | OAC | 0.800 | 0.510 | 0.582 | 54 | A | bub | 8-2 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| GL | 8 | Marietta | OAC | 0.727 | 0.512 | 0.566 | 80 | C | 48 | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| GL | 9 | Thiel | PrAC | 0.750 | 0.431 | 0.511 | 107 | C | 69 | 9-3 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| Reg. | Rank | Team | Conference | WP | wSOS | wRPI | Nat. | Pool | Status | REG | D3 | vRRO |
| MW | 1 | Grinnell | MWC | 1.000 | 0.426 | 0.569 | 19 | C | 5 | 8-0 | 8-0 | 0-0 |
| MW | 2 | Lake Forest | MWC | 0.889 | 0.526 | 0.617 | 23 | A | wC | 8-1 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| MW | 3 | Ripon | MWC | 0.857 | 0.546 | 0.624 | 28 | C | 9 | 6-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| MW | 4 | Illinois Wesleyan | CCIW | 0.818 | 0.565 | 0.628 | 33 | A | wC | 9-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| MW | 5 | Washington U. | UAA | 0.818 | 0.560 | 0.625 | 35 | A | wC | 9-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| MW | 6 | Transylvania | HCAC | 0.909 | 0.456 | 0.570 | 37 | C | 15 | 10-1 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| MW | 7 | Edgewood | NATHC | 0.727 | 0.613 | 0.641 | 41 | A | wC | 8-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| MW | 8 | Wheaton (Ill.) | CCIW | 0.727 | 0.607 | 0.637 | 42 | C | 18 | 8-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| MW | 9 | Hanover | HCAC | 0.818 | 0.502 | 0.581 | 48 | A | bub | 9-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| MW | 10 | Rose-Hulman | HCAC | 0.846 | 0.473 | 0.566 | 50 | C | 23 | 11-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| MW | 11 | Augustana | CCIW | 0.833 | 0.453 | 0.548 | 61 | C | 32 | 10-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| Reg. | Rank | Team | Conference | WP | wSOS | wRPI | Nat. | Pool | Status | REG | D3 | vRRO |
| WE | 1 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | SCIAC | 1.000 | 0.520 | 0.640 | 2 | A | C | 6-0 | 8-0 | 0-0 |
| WE | 2 | UW-Whitewater | WIAC | 0.929 | 0.550 | 0.645 | 8 | A | C | 13-1 | 13-1 | 0-0 |
| WE | 3 | Whitworth | NWC | 0.909 | 0.532 | 0.627 | 14 | A | C | 10-1 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| WE | 4 | Dubuque | IIAC | 1.000 | 0.429 | 0.572 | 17 | A | C | 9-0 | 9-0 | 0-0 |
| WE | 5 | UW-River Falls | WIAC | 0.833 | 0.554 | 0.624 | 32 | C | 12 | 10-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| WE | 6 | UW-Stevens Point | WIAC | 0.750 | 0.587 | 0.628 | 40 | C | 17 | 9-3 | 11-3 | 0-0 |
| WE | 7 | St. Thomas | MIAC | 0.700 | 0.624 | 0.643 | 45 | A | wC | 7-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| WE | 8 | Luther | IIAC | 0.833 | 0.492 | 0.577 | 47 | C | 21 | 10-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| WE | 9 | Central | IIAC | 0.900 | 0.414 | 0.535 | 53 | C | 26 | 9-1 | 10-1 | 0-0 |
| WE | 10 | UW-La Crosse | WIAC | 0.750 | 0.547 | 0.597 | 59 | C | 30 | 9-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| WE | 11 | St. Johns | MIAC | 0.800 | 0.474 | 0.555 | 68 | C | 38 | 8-2 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| WE | 12 | Nebraska Wesleyan | IND | 0.800 | 0.462 | 0.546 | 73 | B | 1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
KEY:
WP - Winning percentage
wSOS - Strength of schedule (including home/neutral/away adjustment)
NAT - National rank (according to my formula)
C - "Guaranteed" Pool C (within top 18 RPI in nation)
wC - Within Pool C position (within RPI range of current top 18 Pool C candidates)
bub - Pool C bubble (within RPI range of current top 28 Pool C candidates)
number - Current RPI rank among Pool C candidates.
REG - record versus in-region opponents
D3 - record versus all D3 opponents
vRRO - record versus regionally ranked opponents
OVR - overall record
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