As promised in the championship handbooks, a final set men’s and women’s regional rankings for the 2009-10 season have been released.
Remember there are three ways a game can be classified as in region.
Through games of Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010.
Men’s rankings
Atlantic Region
1. William Paterson 24-2 25-2
2. Merchant Marine 22-4 23-4
3. Richard Stockton 19-6 20-7
4. Rutgers-Newark 16-6 20-7
5. SUNY-Old Westbury 20-7 20-7
East Region
1. St. John Fisher 21-5 22-5
2. Plattsburgh State 20-6 21-7
3. Medaille 22-4 23-4
4. Oneonta State 21-6 22-6
5. Nazareth 17-8 18-9
6. Ithaca 15-7 18-8
Great Lakes Region
1. Wooster 23-4 23-5
2. Hope 16-3 21-7
3. Wilmington (Ohio) 20-6 21-7
4. John Carroll 18-6 20-6
5. Calvin 15-4 19-9
6. Wittenberg 17-7 21-7
Middle Atlantic Region
1. St. Mary’s (Md.) 22-3 24-3
2. Albright 20-5 21-5
3. Cabrini 25-2 25-2
4. Franklin and Marshall 23-4 23-4
5. DeSales 21-4 22-5
6. Lycoming 17-6 21-6
7. Wesley 16-6 19-8
8. Messiah 15-6 16-9
9. York (Pa.) 17-7 19-7
Midwest Region
1. Washington U. 20-2 23-2
2. Carthage 18-3 22-5
3. St. Norbert 21-3 22-3
4. Illinois Wesleyan 19-7 20-7
5. Defiance 21-5 23-5
6. Wheaton (Ill.) 17-8 18-8
7. Anderson 20-5 22-5
8. Augustana 16-9 16-10
Northeast Region
1. Williams 24-0 26-1
2. Middlebury 20-3 24-3
3. Rhode Island College 20-7 20-7
4. Brandeis 19-6 19-6
5. MIT 21-3 22-4
6. Colby 17-5 19-6
7. Bridgewater State 18-5 19-7
8. Gordon 23-4 24-4
9. Western Connecticut State 18-7 19-7
10. WPI 19-7 20-7
11. Albertus Magnus 22-5 22-6
South Region
1. Guilford 26-2 26-2
2. Eastern Mennonite 18-3 22-4
3. Texas-Dallas 22-4 23-5
4. Randolph-Macon 16-6 22-6
5. Virginia Wesleyan 20-5 22-5
6. Maryville (Tenn.) 16-3 23-4
7. Austin 20-7 20-7
8. Mary Hardin-Baylor 22-5 22-6
West Region
1. Whitworth 23-2 25-2
2. UW-Stevens Point 22-4 23-4
3. UW-Whitewater 22-5 22-5
4. St. Thomas 20-4 23-3
5. Central 21-2 23-4
6. Chapman 17-1 23-2
7. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 17-5 21-6
8. Carleton 19-9 19-9
9. UW-La Crosse 16-8 17-9
Women’s Rankings
Atlantic Region Record Overall Record
1. Kean 25-0 26-1
2. Marymount 23-1 26-1
3. William Paterson 25-2 25-2
4. Farmingdale State 25-1 25-1
5. Mount Saint Mary 21-5 22-5
6. Mary Washington 20-4 21-5
Central Region Record Overall Record
1. Illinois Wesleyan 23-1 26-1
2. Washington U. 20-2 23-2
3. Carthage 19-3 22-4
4. UW-Stevens Point 19-6 21-6
5. Chicago 19-6 19-6
6. UW-Whitewater 19-6 20-7
East Region Record Overall Record
1. Ithaca 22-3 22-5
2. Rochester 17-6 19-6
3. Medaille 24-1 25-2
4. Cortland State 24-3 25-3
5. RPI 14-9 17-10
6. Utica 20-6 21-6
Great Lakes Region Record Overall Record
1. Hope 24-0 27-1
2. Thomas More 25-2 25-3
3. DePauw 22-2 25-3
4. Mount Union 21-4 24-4
5. Washington and Jefferson 23-3 23-4
6. Calvin 19-3 24-4
Mid-Atlantic Region Record Overall Record
1. Moravian 25-2 25-2
2. Messiah 21-3 23-4
3. Lebanon Valley 23-3 23-4
4. McDaniel 20-6 20-6
5. Muhlenberg 21-5 21-5
6. Scranton 20-5 22-5
Northeast Region Record Overall Record
1. Amherst 27-0 27-0
2. Colby 20-4 23-4
3. Bowdoin 17-6 20-6
4. Tufts 17-4 20-5
5. Williams 18-6 18-7
6. Emmanuel 20-5 22-5
7. Western Connecticut 21-5 22-5
8. University of New England 22-5 23-5
9. Southern Maine 20-8 20-8
10. Babson 25-3 25-3
South Region Record Overall Record
1. Christopher Newport 27-0 28-0
2. Louisiana College 21-2 24-2
3. Roanoke 21-3 23-3
4. Howard Payne 21-7 21-7
5. Ferrum 19-6 21-7
6. Mary Hardin-Baylor 20-6 21-6
West Region Record Overall Record
1. George Fox 19-1 25-2
2. Puget Sound 18-3 23-4
3. Redlands 21-4 22-5
4. Simpson 18-4 22-5
5. Gustavus Adolphus 20-5 20-6
6. St. Thomas 21-7 21-7
I am not familiar with how the bracket was decided as I am with football. I am trying to figure out how UMHB has to travel to UT-Dallas when they won the ASC conference and beat UT-Dallas in the conference title. Strength of schedule appears to be the same. Only thing I can come up with is that UT-Dallas was ranked most of the season. Would someone please explain and bring me up to speed.
Twister.
Usually my standard answer is that the selection process includes all 25-plus games and not just one, but let’s look a little more closely.
First off, whether a team gets in via the automatic bid or an at-large is not part of how they get ranked.
UTD’s non-conference games included two against regionally ranked opponents. Both were against Austin College, but that gave a significant boost to UTD’s strength of schedule. One of UMHB’s non-conf games was against a regionally ranked opponent as well.
Regional record, regional winning percentage, strength of schedule
Texas-Dallas 18-7 .720 .524
Mary Hardin-Baylor 20-6 .769 .495
Remember, too, that UTD and UMHB split against each other this season. The November game counts too.
I’m glad someone explained this. I still don’t think it’s fair that UT-Dallas after losing the conference championship game got a first round bye AND are hosting. You almost have to wonder the point of them playing the championship game and risking injury if it doesn’t even affect how they get ranked.
Also, part of the NCAA experience is to play against different teams around the nation. It’s strange to see two teams in the same conference potentially meet each other so soon.
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texas2355, the point of the D1 tournament might be the experience of playing against different teams! 🙂
In all seriousness, there is only so much the committee can do in the Texas area of the country. They have two teams down there and they can not send both out to other areas because it would require flights most likely. The same is true on the west coast where Chapman and CMS will face each other again. The SCIAC teams and Chapman seem to face each other quite often out there, simply because there are only so many options.
As for UTD getting the nod to host… not really a surprise there. I think UTD’s SOS got the nod there along with Pat’s breakdown. And there is always the chance UMHB didn’t fill out hosting paper-work… but I doubt it.
Dave,
I hear what you are saying and I understand TO A POINT….the problem, is… we hear that year after year with all sports. Texas teams just have to “suck it up” and …”understand”. I’m sure you can understand..that gets old after a while…”we” all to often, eliminate each other in the first couple of rounds of the playoffs. (UMHB is hosting the first game…so, seems that they did the paper-work)