Week 7 Projected Regional Rankings

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Lindenwood's SOS is currently .619, compared to .541 for UNK and .561 for NWMSU. LU's will only get worse from this point, especially when they play William...

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Updated map: https://i.imgur.com/RSjvVj2.jpeg

Featuring New Mexico Highlands, Missouri Southern, West Liberty, Morehouse, and Erskine.

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The official NCAA mileage calculator has Duluth to Grand Valley at 645 miles....

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It reduces flights. Three flights are necessary in this bracket, and it would be four if Henderson State had to fly....

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I think it becomes less of a factor as the season goes on. There's more of a difference between 5 and 7 games than there is between 9 and 11....

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I don't think that would save any potential flights....

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When three teams are 10-1 with a .500 SOS, it's necessary to use the secondary criteria. I believe it was record against teams with winning records that...

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The traditional thing to do is add SOS and Win% together, but that's not a strict rule.

I have been looking at some of the other criteria....

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Here's the bracket image: https://i.imgur.com/hr5nLg1.png

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One thing to remember is that GAC teams will all have .500 SOS (assuming no cancellations). The MIAA would usually be the same, but the NWMSU–Lincoln...

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That's part of it. It also doesn't hurt that Kutztown's SOS is the second-best in SR1....

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Margin of victory is not a consideration....

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Matchups with these rankings: https://i.imgur.com/hr5nLg1.png

1.1 Bentley
1.5 Notre Dame at 1.4 Indiana
1.7 Charleston at 1.2...

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Well, this was quite the week. After next week's games we'll get our first set of actual rankings.

SR1

1. Bentley (7-0)
2. Kutztown (6-1)
3. Shepherd

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If HSU, Harding, and SEOSU all win out it's a three-way tie at 10-1....

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They were independent. Four years later they switched to NAIA Division I and were a championship contender there for a decade... until the NAIA Division...

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SOS is 2/3 opponents' records and 1/3 opponents' opponents' records. Note that games against you do not count in the "opponents' records" p...

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Truman would almost certainly be in if they go 10-1....

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I would be very surprised if 7-1 CWU didn't get in....

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Updated map: https://i.imgur.com/XV4BTcp.jpeg