Monday, February 6, 2012

Regional Rankings 2/6/2012

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 have changed the way I 'award' the Pool A bid. I'm now giving it to the team with the best conference record. In the case of a tie, it goes to the team with the higher RPI (versus all D-III teams).
  • 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.

This is the last update that I’ll do without the benefit of including the “results versus regionally ranked opponents” criterion. There will be some shifting (especially in the NE region, I would suspect) once we find out exactly who’s ranked.

Through games of 2/5/2012

Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
NE1AmherstNESCAC0.9000.6070.6802C118-220-20-020-2
NE2MiddleburyNESCAC0.9470.5570.6553AC 18-119-10-020-1
NE3MITNEWMAC0.9520.4980.6116AC 20-120-10-020-1
NE4WPINEWMAC0.8000.5990.65017C416-416-40-016-4
NE5Rhode Island CollegeLEC0.8000.5990.64918C516-416-40-016-4
NE6Albertus MagnusGNAC0.9520.4350.56421AwC20-120-10-020-1
NE7Western ConnecticutLEC0.8100.5750.63322C617-417-40-017-4
NE8Keene StateLEC0.8330.5450.61724AwC15-316-30-017-4
NE9Eastern ConnecticutLEC0.8100.5280.59834C1217-417-40-017-4
NE10WesleyanNESCAC0.8100.5010.57843C1817-417-50-017-5
NE11BeckerNECC0.8000.5080.58144AwC16-416-40-016-4
NE12TuftsNESCAC0.7270.5430.58958C2816-616-60-016-6
NE13BowdoinNESCAC0.7140.5480.59063C3215-615-60-015-6
NE14WilliamsNESCAC0.7000.5110.55879C4414-616-60-016-6
NE15St. Josephs (Maine)GNAC0.7000.5110.55883C4714-614-60-014-6
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
EA1HartwickE80.9090.4940.59815AC 20-220-20-020-2
EA2Oswego StateSUNYAC0.8950.4850.58825AwC17-217-20-017-3
EA3New York UniversityUAA0.8950.4750.58027C817-217-20-017-2
EA4MedailleAMCC0.9050.4220.54336AwC19-219-20-020-2
EA5HobartLL0.7890.5260.59241AwC15-416-40-016-4
EA6NazarethE80.7500.5380.59152C2415-515-60-015-7
EA7StevensE80.8000.4630.54761C3016-418-40-018-4
EA8RochesterUAA0.6500.5850.60169C3613-713-70-013-7
EA9Buffalo StateSUNYAC0.8130.4100.51174C4013-316-30-017-4
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
AT1St. Josephs (L.I.)SKY0.9440.4570.57916AC 17-117-10-017-2
AT2Staten IslandCUNYAC0.8820.5180.60919AC 15-215-40-016-4
AT3William PatersonNJAC0.8640.5130.60026C719-319-30-019-3
AT4New Jersey CityNJAC0.7780.5250.58845C1914-415-50-016-5
AT5Richard StocktonNJAC0.7000.5520.58965A 14-615-70-015-7
AT6RamapoNJAC0.6820.5470.58172C3815-715-70-015-7
AT7Mount St. MarySKY0.7780.4470.53078C4314-415-50-015-5
AT8Farmingdale StateSKY0.7500.4500.52589C5215-515-50-015-5
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
MA1CabriniCSAC1.0000.4870.6154AC 21-021-10-021-1
MA2Franklin and MarshallCC0.9000.4600.57029AwC18-219-20-019-2
MA3KeystoneCSAC0.8500.4950.58433C1117-317-30-017-3
MA4St. Marys (Md.)CAC0.7370.5820.62040C1614-515-60-016-6
MA5LycomingMACC0.7890.5060.57748C2215-416-40-017-4
MA6Mary WashingtonCAC0.7780.5020.57153Abub14-414-40-015-6
MA7MessiahMACC0.6840.5650.59567A 13-613-60-014-6
MA8Penn State-HarrisburgNEAC0.7890.4600.54268C3515-415-40-017-5
MA9MisericordiaMACF0.7140.5160.56670A 15-615-60-015-6
MA10CatholicLAND0.7500.4780.54673C3915-516-60-016-6
MA11AlverniaMACC0.6840.5300.56980C4513-614-60-015-6
MA12ScrantonLAND0.7000.5000.55087A 14-616-60-016-6
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
SO1Mary Hardin-BaylorASC0.9500.5130.6235AC 19-120-10-020-1
SO2Birmingham-SouthernSCAC0.9440.4680.58712AC 17-119-10-020-1
SO3Virginia WesleyanODAC0.8950.5080.60514AC 17-218-20-018-2
SO4Randolph-MaconODAC0.8420.5130.59531C1016-317-40-017-4
SO5Christopher NewportUSAC0.7890.5320.59637AwC15-418-40-018-4
SO6EmoryUAA0.8000.5190.58938C1416-416-40-016-4
SO7Texas-DallasASC0.7890.4970.57051C2315-417-40-017-4
SO8GuilfordODAC0.7370.5280.58062C3114-514-60-015-6
SO9Hardin-SimmonsASC0.7370.5120.56866C3414-516-50-016-5
SO10Hampden-SydneyODAC0.7370.4930.55471C3714-516-50-016-5
SO11CentreSCAC0.6670.5130.55195C5812-613-60-014-6
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
GL1HopeMIAA1.0000.5250.6441AC 12-013-00-020-1
GL2WittenbergNCAC0.8330.5290.60528AwC15-316-30-017-4
GL3WoosterNCAC0.8420.5140.59630C916-317-30-018-3
GL4BethanyPrAC0.8950.4260.54339C1517-217-30-018-3
GL5Ohio WesleyanNCAC0.7500.5510.60146C2015-516-50-016-5
GL6WabashNCAC0.6840.5900.61457C2713-613-60-015-6
GL7ThielPrAC0.7370.4900.55275A 14-514-50-014-6
GL8CapitalOAC0.6840.5270.56682A 13-614-70-014-7
GL9John CarrollOAC0.7220.4810.54185C4913-513-50-015-5
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
MW1TransylvaniaHCAC0.9470.4950.6088AC 18-119-20-019-2
MW2Lake ForestMWC0.8950.5270.6199AC 17-217-20-018-2
MW3Washington U.UAA0.7890.5910.64023AwC15-415-50-015-5
MW4Wheaton (Ill.)CCIW0.7890.5410.60335C1315-417-40-017-4
MW5GrinnellMWC0.8330.4810.56942C1715-315-30-016-3
MW6Illinois WesleyanCCIW0.7370.5600.60447C2114-516-50-016-5
MW7Concordia (Wis.)NATHC0.7890.5100.58049Abub15-415-40-016-5
MW8North Central (Ill.)CCIW0.7780.5060.57455Abub14-415-60-015-6
MW9HanoverHCAC0.7890.4810.55859C2915-415-50-015-5
MW10EdgewoodNATHC0.7370.5230.57764C3314-514-50-016-5
MW11AugustanaCCIW0.7500.4730.54276C4115-515-50-016-5
Reg.RankTeamConferenceWPwSOSwRPINat.PoolStatusREGD3vRROOVR
WE1UW-WhitewaterWIAC0.9050.5350.6287C219-219-20-019-2
WE2UW-River FallsWIAC0.8420.5780.64410C316-316-30-016-5
WE3UW-Stevens PointWIAC0.8000.6150.66111AC 16-418-40-018-4
WE4WhitworthNWC0.8950.5120.60813AC 17-218-20-018-3
WE5Claremont-Mudd-ScrippsSCIAC0.9290.4610.57820AwC13-115-10-019-1
WE6DubuqueIIAC0.8330.5170.59632AwC15-315-30-016-6
WE7Nebraska WesleyanIND0.8000.4920.56950B14-14-10-010-12
WE8LutherIIAC0.7620.5200.58154C2516-516-50-016-5
WE9St. ThomasMIAC0.7000.5800.61056C2614-614-60-015-6
WE10Gustavus AdolphusMIAC0.7370.5270.58060A 14-515-50-015-5
WE11WhitmanNWC0.6840.5370.57477C4213-614-60-015-6
WE12Pomona-PitzerSCIAC0.7140.4940.54984C4810-410-40-012-7

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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