Saturday, February 7, 2026

2026 ARTICLE 6: A DECREASE IN THE COMMITTEE'S RELIANCE ON THE NCAA RPI IN NCAA TOURNAMENT AT LARGE SELECTIONS?

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Every once in a while, as a byproduct of a project I'm working on, I run into something interesting.  I'm currently working on a rev...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

2026 ARTICLE 5: POWER CONFERENCE v NOT POWER CONFERENCE GAME LOCATIONS, NUMBERS OF GAMES, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GET GOOD RESULTS AGAINST HIGHLY RANKED OPPONENTS

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This article will provide some data on the relationship between the Power 4 conferences and the 27 Not Power 4 conferences and point out a s...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

2026 ARTICLE 4: ELITE PLAYERS LOOKING AT COLLEGES: POWER 4 ONLY OR TOP 67? THEY'RE NOT THE SAME!

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I'm hearing from coaches of top teams that are not in Power 4 conferences that a lot of elite players coming out of high school are sayi...

2026 ARTICLE 3: ANNUAL UPDATE ON HOW THE RATING SYSTEMS PERFORM - NCAA RPI, KPI, BALANCED RPI, AND MASSEY

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There are four statistics-based rating systems for Division I women's soccer: NCAA RPI KPI (sometimes referred to as the Kevin Pauga Ind...
Monday, January 12, 2026

2026 ARTICLE 2: CORRECTION - THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CHANGE IN OUT-OF-REGION TRAVEL

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In a number of 2025 articles, I indicated we were seeing a signifcant decline in out-of-region travel, with potential negative impacts on th...
Monday, December 29, 2025

2026 ARTICLE 1: RANKING TEAMS, 2026 CONFERENCES, AND REGIONS BASED ON 10 YEARS OF NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS

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For some New Year's fun, here are how teams, conferences based on their memberships for 2026, and the four geographic regions rank when ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

2025 ARTICLE 32: FINAL RPI REPORTS

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Here are the final RPI reports for 2025, covering the regular season and conference tournaments. TEAMS In the teams table, I have the teams ...