Wednesday, August 19, 2026

2026 ARTICLE 7: A NEW WAY TO DO EARLY SEASON TEAM RANKS

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In doing some work recently in cooperation with the new Intercollegiate Women's Soccer Organization for Coaches (IWSOC), I developed a n...
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 ...