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Second 2012 regional rankings
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| CENTRAL | In-Region Record | Overall Record | ||||
| 1 | Washington (Mo.) | 24-8 | 27-12 | |||
| 2 | Chicago | 19-10 | 22-11 | |||
| 3 | Illinois Wesleyan | 19-11 | 23-12 | |||
| 4 | Augustana (Ill.) | 20-10 | 24-12 | |||
| 5 | Wheaton (Ill.) | 14-12 | 21-16 | |||
| 6 | St. Norbert | 17-7 | 19-10 | |||
| MID-ATLANTIC | ||||||
| 1 | Keystone | 29-3 | 32-5 | |||
| 2 | Montclair State | 21-5 | 27-12 | |||
| 3 | Kean | 23-8 | 28-10 | |||
| 4 | Alvernia | 26-8-1 | 28-10-1 | |||
| 5 | Rowan | 22-8 | 28-11 | |||
| 6 | Misericordia | 30-6 | 32-6 | |||
| 7 | Ramapo | 24-10 | 28-11 | |||
| 8 | Neumann | 23-11 | 27-11 | |||
| 9 | Johns Hopkins | 23-11-2 | 24-13-2 | |||
| MIDEAST | ||||||
| 1 | Marietta | 27-4 | 30-5 | |||
| 2 | Washington and Jefferson | 22-5 | 26-5 | |||
| 3 | Adrian | 24-5 | 27-6 | |||
| 4 | DePauw | 27-9 | 30-10 | |||
| 5 | Mount Union | 24-9 | 26-10 | |||
| 6 | Rose-Hulman | 18-8 | 25-11 | |||
| 7 | Anderson (Ind.) | 21-8 | 25-12 | |||
| MIDWEST | ||||||
| 1 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 28-3 | 30-4 | |||
| 2 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 24-8 | 27-9 | |||
| 3 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 24-8 | 25-9 | |||
| 4 | Concordia Chicago | 25-9 | 27-9 | |||
| 5 | St. Scholastica | 24-6 | 27-9 | |||
| 6 | Aurora | 25-5 | 29-8 | |||
| NEW ENGLAND | ||||||
| 1 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 30-6 | 32-7 | |||
| 2 | St. Joseph (Me.) | 35-5 | 35-5 | |||
| 3 | Keene State | 26-8 | 27-11 | |||
| 4 | Trinity (Conn.) | 23-7 | 27-9 | |||
| 5 | Amherst | 20-5 | 23-7 | |||
| 6 | Western New England | 27-8 | 28-10 | |||
| 7 | Bowdoin | 19-12 | 21-14 | |||
| 8 | Eastern Connecticut State | 17-7 | 26-9 | |||
| 9 | Rhode Island College | 23-12 | 23-13 | |||
| 10 | Endicott | 26-14 | 26-14 | |||
| NEW YORK | ||||||
| 1 | SUNY Cortland | 26-4-1 | 31-7-1 | |||
| 2 | St. John Fisher | 25-7 | 27-8 | |||
| 3 | Farmingdale State | 24-3 | 28-9 | |||
| 4 | Ithaca | 17-6-1 | 22-8-1 | |||
| 5 | Old Westbury | 24-8 | 28-11 | |||
| 6 | College at Brockport | 23-13 | 24-14 | |||
| SOUTH | ||||||
| 1 | Birmingham-Southern | 35-7 | 35-7 | |||
| 2 | Christopher Newport | 21-7 | 30-7 | |||
| 3 | Salisbury | 26-6 | 30-7 | |||
| 4 | Shenandoah | 26-9 | 29-11 | |||
| 5 | Emory | 26-11 | 26-11 | |||
| 6 | Huntingdon | 24-12 | 30-12 | |||
| WEST | ||||||
| 1 | Trinity (Texas) | 31-8 | 34-10 | |||
| 2 | Concordia (Texas) | 33-9 | 33-9 | |||
| 3 | Whitworth | 25-7-1 | 26-13-1 | |||
| 4 | Pacific Lutheran | 22-10 | 24-13 | |||
| 5 | La Verne | 24-12 | 25-14 | |||
| 6 | Pomona-Pitzer | 23-11 | 25-12-1 | |||
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Author comment by Ralph Turner · May 3, 2012 at 6:15 pm
I just made a quick assessment of the Pool C candidates that are in the Regional Rankings today.
Here are the assumptions.
1) Pool B goes to Wash U and to St John Fisher.
2) The remaining Pool B teams in the regional rankings will be considered in Pool C, (i.e., Chicago, Ithaca, Emory Huntingdon).
3) The higher regionally ranked member in a conference in which a Pool A has not yet been given is assumed to be the eventual winner of the Pool A bid. (For example, assume that Illinois Wesleyan is the CCIW tourney winner. In other words, for the sake of this exercise this week, assume no tournament upsets.)
I count 21 candidates for Pool C in the Regional Rankings from this week.
Therefore, if your team is not listed (HIGH) in the Regional Rankings, you gotta win your tournament.
Emphatically, no ifs, ands or buts.
If you are the 3rd Pool C team in the Region, you might be left sitting on the table when the 16th team is selected. The 2nd Pool C team in each Region should be sweating. (They are only taking 16 teams from 8 regions.)
What is the D-III playoff motto? Leave no doubt! Win ‘em all!
Author comment by baseball0605 · May 5, 2012 at 2:30 pm
D3 national rankings are a joke. Explain to me how a team can be ranked in the top 25 in the NATION the entire season and the same team is not ranked in the top 6 in their region. It’s not rocket sience.
Author comment by D3baseball.com · May 5, 2012 at 2:54 pm
The regional rankings are based on in-region records where all polls, whether the Top 25 or the coach’s poll, are based on overall records, and other criteria (past success, key wins in and out of region, etc.)
It is not hard to find a team that excels in region but not on the national stage.
Author comment by nwcfan9 · May 8, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Can you explain how a conference co-champion like Pacific not be ranked in the region, while a third place team in the conference is ranked in the region?
Admin comment by Pat Coleman · May 8, 2012 at 4:11 pm
nwcfan9 — you have to remember that regional record and SOS are the biggest factors. While conference record is certainly part of regional record, it’s not all of it.
I would be willing to bet that playing just 26 games in-region, compared to PLU’s 32, is a factor.
Author comment by nwcfan9 · May 8, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Almost every region has ranked teams with 26 region games or fewer. I am not saying there aren’t more deserving teams. I am just saying that league standings and head to head record should take precedence. I cannot see lthe logic of a third place team in a league being ranked ahead of a co-league champion when the third place team also did not win the series over the co-champion.
Author comment by baseball0605 · May 5, 2012 at 3:59 pm
That still makes no sense. So your telling me a team that is 35-11 is not going to make the playoffs because of a bias regional ranking process. They have 7 losses in region. They are excelling in both.
Admin comment by Pat Coleman · May 8, 2012 at 4:15 pm
What’s the team in question?
Author comment by D3baseball.com · May 8, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Reputation. I can address my ballot that has few teams if any with 10 losses or more. Both Texas Tyler and Linfield are not on my ballot as there are plenty of teams with better records in region and overall.
With 50+ playoff spot, less than half of the playoff teams will be ranked. Not being ranked this late in the season also is not a bar to winning a championship. See Illinois Wesleyan for an team that only appeared in the rankings at the end of the year and at number one.