Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Regional Rankings 1/3/2012

These regional rankings are not official. I use my own formula (heavily based on RPI). All data comes via d3hoops.com.

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 1/2/2012

Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
NE1MiddleburyNESCAC1.0000.5900.6922C17-08-00-09-0
NE2Western ConnecticutLEC0.9170.6100.6876C311-111-10-011-1
NE3Rhode Island CollegeLEC0.9000.5930.67011AC 9-19-10-09-1
NE4AmherstNESCAC0.8890.5850.66114C68-110-10-010-1
NE5MITNEWMAC1.0000.4650.59917C712-012-00-012-0
NE6WPINEWMAC0.8180.6000.65525AwC9-29-20-09-2
NE7Eastern ConnecticutLEC0.8890.5030.59931C158-18-10-08-1
NE8WesleyanNESCAC0.9090.4770.58532C1610-110-20-010-2
NE9WilliamsNESCAC0.9000.4610.57140Abub9-111-10-011-1
NE10Albertus MagnusGNAC0.8750.4560.56149Abub7-17-10-07-1
NE11Keene StateLEC0.7500.5200.57871C416-27-20-07-3
NE12ClarkNEWMAC0.7000.5720.60474C437-37-50-07-5
NE13St. Josephs (Maine)GNAC0.6670.5970.61577C466-36-30-06-3
NE14BeckerNECC0.6670.5900.60979A 6-36-30-06-3
NE15ElmsNECC0.5710.6810.65483C514-35-40-05-4
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
EA1HartwickE81.0000.5250.6447C411-011-00-011-0
EA2New York UniversityUAA1.0000.4510.58818AC 7-08-00-08-0
EA3HobartLL0.8570.5250.60835AwC6-17-10-07-1
EA4Oswego StateSUNYAC0.9000.4350.55248C259-19-10-09-1
EA5RochesterUAA0.8000.5300.59750C268-28-20-08-2
EA6NazarethE80.7140.6090.63551Abub5-25-30-05-4
EA7HamiltonNESCAC0.7780.5290.59155C297-29-20-010-2
EA8Cortland StateSUNYAC0.8000.4910.56862C358-28-20-08-2
EA9Buffalo StateSUNYAC0.8570.4040.51772A 6-19-10-010-1
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
AT1New Jersey CityNJAC1.0000.5310.6484C27-08-10-09-1
AT2William PatersonNJAC0.9090.4950.59929AwC10-110-10-010-1
AT3St. Josephs (L.I.)SKY0.8890.4740.57842Abub8-18-10-08-1
AT4Staten IslandCUNYAC0.7500.6030.64047C246-26-40-07-4
AT5RamapoNJAC0.7690.5250.58660C3310-310-30-010-3
AT6BrooklynCUNYAC0.7500.5280.58470A 6-26-20-07-2
AT7Montclair StateNJAC0.7270.5350.58378C478-39-30-011-3
AT8Medgar EversCUNYAC0.5450.6350.612110C746-57-50-08-5
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
MA1CabriniCSAC1.0000.5350.6513AC 9-09-10-09-1
MA2LycomingMACC1.0000.5100.6328AC 10-010-00-011-0
MA3St. Marys (Md.)CAC0.7780.6800.70419AC 7-28-30-09-3
MA4CatholicLAND1.0000.4410.58123C1111-011-10-011-1
MA5Franklin and MarshallCC1.0000.4370.57824AwC10-010-00-010-0
MA6KeystoneCSAC0.8000.5630.62243C228-28-20-08-2
MA7WidenerMACC0.7500.5500.60056C306-27-20-09-2
MA8AlverniaMACC0.6250.6610.65261C345-36-30-06-3
MA9Mary WashingtonCAC0.7780.4850.55875C447-27-20-08-4
MA10Johns HopkinsCC0.7140.5300.57684C525-26-20-06-2
MA11JuniataLAND0.7000.5410.58187C557-38-30-09-3
MA12SalisburyCAC0.7000.5200.56595C617-38-30-08-3
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
SO1EmoryUAA1.0000.4480.58620C810-010-00-010-0
SO2Mary Hardin-BaylorASC1.0000.4460.58421C99-010-00-010-0
SO3Virginia WesleyanODAC0.9000.5030.60230C149-19-10-09-1
SO4Hardin-SimmonsASC0.8750.4690.57146Abub7-19-10-09-1
SO5Texas-DallasASC0.8000.5230.59252C278-29-20-09-2
SO6CentreSCAC0.6670.6460.65154Abub6-38-30-08-3
SO7Randolph-MaconODAC0.8000.4960.57259A 8-29-30-09-3
SO8RhodesSCAC0.8750.4190.53363C367-18-40-08-4
SO9Hampden-SydneyODAC0.8000.4520.53981C498-29-20-09-2
SO10GuilfordODAC0.7000.5470.58585C537-37-40-08-4
SO11LynchburgODAC0.6670.5640.59091C586-37-30-07-5
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
GL1HopeMIAA1.0000.6570.7431AC 2-03-00-010-1
GL2WabashNCAC0.8890.6360.7005AC 8-18-10-010-1
GL3BethanyPrAC1.0000.5100.6329AC 10-010-10-011-1
GL4Ohio WesleyanNCAC0.9000.5130.61026C129-111-10-011-1
GL5WoosterNCAC0.7780.5990.64334C177-28-20-09-2
GL6WittenbergNCAC0.7140.5690.60665C385-26-20-07-3
GL7MariettaOAC0.7000.5800.61066A 7-37-30-08-4
GL8John CarrollOAC0.7500.5170.57673C426-26-20-08-2
GL9Baldwin-WallaceOAC0.7270.5300.58080C488-38-30-08-3
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
MW1TransylvaniaHCAC1.0000.4850.61412AC 9-010-10-010-1
MW2Lake ForestMWC0.8750.5920.66315AC 7-17-10-07-1
MW3EdgewoodNATHC0.8890.5760.65416AC 8-18-10-010-1
MW4GrinnellMWC1.0000.4130.56028C137-07-00-08-0
MW5Wheaton (Ill.)CCIW0.7780.5950.64036AwC7-29-20-09-2
MW6Washington U.UAA0.8000.5740.63137C188-28-30-08-3
MW7AugustanaCCIW0.9000.4690.57738C199-19-10-010-1
MW8RiponMWC0.8330.5400.61339C205-16-20-07-2
MW9Illinois WesleyanCCIW0.7780.5710.62345C237-29-20-09-2
MW10Rose-HulmanHCAC0.8180.4980.57853C289-29-20-09-2
MW11HanoverHCAC0.7780.5010.57068C407-27-30-07-3
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
WE1Claremont-Mudd-ScrippsSCIAC1.0000.5000.62510AC 5-07-00-011-0
WE2UW-WhitewaterWIAC0.9170.5590.64813C511-111-10-011-1
WE3UW-River FallsWIAC0.9000.5430.63222C109-19-10-09-3
WE4DubuqueIIAC1.0000.4160.56227AwC7-07-00-07-2
WE5UW-Stevens PointWIAC0.8000.5770.63333AwC8-210-20-010-2
WE6UW-La CrosseWIAC0.8000.5630.62241C218-29-20-010-2
WE7WhitworthNWC0.8890.4620.56844Abub8-19-10-09-2
WE8LutherIIAC0.8180.4860.56957C319-29-20-09-2
WE9St. ThomasMIAC0.6670.6340.64258C326-36-30-07-3
WE10CentralIIAC0.8750.4130.52864C377-18-10-08-1
WE11Puget SoundNWC0.8330.4480.54467C395-15-10-010-1
WE12Gustavus AdolphusMIAC0.6250.6510.64569A 5-36-30-06-3

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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