LakersFan
11-28-2005, 08:15 PM
Here are this weeks D-III computer rankings for those who do not visit the website. Note, I now include RPI numbers in the table, with more inromation available at the website (http://vortex.bd.psu.edu/~rutter/D3_Rankings.html). Two important things to note.
1) I include D-II teams playing D-III schedules, such as Saint Anselm. I think it is nice to compare all the teams that are in the D-III conferences, even though some are not eligable for the NCAA tournament.
2) This early in the season, there are huge differences in the rankings. Take Bodwin for example. 14th in Rutter and 2nd in RPI. Because they have only played three games, their opponent's win percentage is heavily weighted by Middlebury's great record. A perfect example of how RPI doesn't actually take into account a team's record against a particular team, just the teams' overall records.
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<tr class= firstline >
<th> </th>
<th>Team </th>
<th>Rating </th>
<th>RPI.Rank </th>
<th>RPI</th>
</tr> <tr><td class=firstcolumn>1</td><td class=cellinside>Middlebury</td><td class=cellinside> 1.6351</td><td class=cellinside> 1</td><td class=cellinside>0.7543</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>2</td><td class=cellinside>Saint Anselm</td><td class=cellinside> 1.3921</td><td class=cellinside>10</td><td class=cellinside>0.6116</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>3</td><td class=cellinside>Plattsburgh</td><td class=cellinside> 1.3424</td><td class=cellinside> 4</td><td class=cellinside>0.6852</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>4</td><td class=cellinside>St. Thomas</td><td class=cellinside> 1.1689</td><td class=cellinside> 3</td><td class=cellinside>0.7077</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>5</td><td class=cellinside>Gustavus Adolphus</td><td class=cellinside> 0.9822</td><td class=cellinside> 7</td><td class=cellinside>0.6343</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>6</td><td class=cellinside>Lake Forest</td><td class=cellinside> 0.9753</td><td class=cellinside> 8</td><td class=cellinside>0.6341</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>7</td><td class=cellinside>Manhattanville</td><td class=cellinside> 0.9709</td><td class=cellinside> 9</td><td class=cellinside>0.6272</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>8</td><td class=cellinside>Wis-Stevens Pt.</td><td class=cellinside> 0.8853</td><td class=cellinside> 5</td><td class=cellinside>0.6736</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>9</td><td class=cellinside>Elmira</td><td class=cellinside> 0.7319</td><td class=cellinside>11</td><td class=cellinside>0.5929</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>10</td><td class=cellinside>Wis-Superior</td><td class=cellinside> 0.6679</td><td class=cellinside>15</td><td class=cellinside>0.5476</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>11</td><td class=cellinside>Wis-River Falls</td><td class=cellinside> 0.6653</td><td class=cellinside>12</td><td class=cellinside>0.5798</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>12</td><td class=cellinside>New England</td><td class=cellinside> 0.6635</td><td class=cellinside>16</td><td class=cellinside>0.5428</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>13</td><td class=cellinside>St. Olaf</td><td class=cellinside> 0.6548</td><td class=cellinside>13</td><td class=cellinside>0.5637</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>14</td><td class=cellinside>Bowdoin</td><td class=cellinside> 0.6229</td><td class=cellinside> 2</td><td class=cellinside>0.7114</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>15</td><td class=cellinside>Conn. College</td><td class=cellinside> 0.5237</td><td class=cellinside> 6</td><td class=cellinside>0.6714</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>16</td><td class=cellinside>Utica</td><td class=cellinside> 0.2525</td><td class=cellinside>14</td><td class=cellinside>0.5591</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>17</td><td class=cellinside>RIT</td><td class=cellinside> 0.2497</td><td class=cellinside>17</td><td class=cellinside>0.5255</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>18</td><td class=cellinside>Colby</td><td class=cellinside> 0.2050</td><td class=cellinside>18</td><td class=cellinside>0.5246</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>19</td><td class=cellinside>Trinity</td><td class=cellinside> 0.1100</td><td class=cellinside>27</td><td class=cellinside>0.4397</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>20</td><td class=cellinside>Finlandia</td><td class=cellinside> 0.0720</td><td class=cellinside>19</td><td class=cellinside>0.5114</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>21</td><td class=cellinside>Holy Cross</td><td class=cellinside>-0.0292</td><td class=cellinside>20</td><td class=cellinside>0.5009</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>22</td><td class=cellinside>Williams</td><td class=cellinside>-0.0475</td><td class=cellinside>25</td><td class=cellinside>0.4758</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>23</td><td class=cellinside>Cortland</td><td class=cellinside>-0.1218</td><td class=cellinside>34</td><td class=cellinside>0.3887</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>24</td><td class=cellinside>Hamline</td><td class=cellinside>-0.1369</td><td class=cellinside>28</td><td class=cellinside>0.4297</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>25</td><td class=cellinside>Buffalo State</td><td class=cellinside>-0.2102</td><td class=cellinside>24</td><td class=cellinside>0.4851</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>26</td><td class=cellinside>Saint Michael's</td><td class=cellinside>-0.2457</td><td class=cellinside>26</td><td class=cellinside>0.4573</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>27</td><td class=cellinside>Neumann</td><td class=cellinside>-0.2645</td><td class=cellinside>22</td><td class=cellinside>0.4904</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>28</td><td class=cellinside>Amherst</td><td class=cellinside>-0.3134</td><td class=cellinside>36</td><td class=cellinside>0.3563</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>29</td><td class=cellinside>St. Mary's</td><td class=cellinside>-0.3933</td><td class=cellinside>21</td><td class=cellinside>0.4954</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>30</td><td class=cellinside>Augsburg</td><td class=cellinside>-0.4358</td><td class=cellinside>23</td><td class=cellinside>0.4859</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>31</td><td class=cellinside>Wis-Eau Claire</td><td class=cellinside>-0.4620</td><td class=cellinside>31</td><td class=cellinside>0.4069</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>32</td><td class=cellinside>Bethel</td><td class=cellinside>-0.4920</td><td class=cellinside>33</td><td class=cellinside>0.3992</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>33</td><td class=cellinside>St. Benedict</td><td class=cellinside>-0.6073</td><td class=cellinside>41</td><td class=cellinside>0.2967</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>34</td><td class=cellinside>UMass Boston</td><td class=cellinside>-0.6562</td><td class=cellinside>30</td><td class=cellinside>0.4146</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>35</td><td class=cellinside>Hamilton</td><td class=cellinside>-0.7129</td><td class=cellinside>35</td><td class=cellinside>0.3815</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>36</td><td class=cellinside>Concordia</td><td class=cellinside>-0.8775</td><td class=cellinside>42</td><td class=cellinside>0.2687</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>37</td><td class=cellinside>St. Catherine</td><td class=cellinside>-0.9748</td><td class=cellinside>32</td><td class=cellinside>0.4001</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>38</td><td class=cellinside>Chatham</td><td class=cellinside>-1.0609</td><td class=cellinside>29</td><td class=cellinside>0.4195</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>39</td><td class=cellinside>Castleton State</td><td class=cellinside>-1.1316</td><td class=cellinside>39</td><td class=cellinside>0.3365</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>40</td><td class=cellinside>Southern Maine</td><td class=cellinside>-1.1342</td><td class=cellinside>38</td><td class=cellinside>0.3373</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>41</td><td class=cellinside>Wesleyan</td><td class=cellinside>-1.3735</td><td class=cellinside>43</td><td class=cellinside>0.1062</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>42</td><td class=cellinside>MIT</td><td class=cellinside>-1.5018</td><td class=cellinside>40</td><td class=cellinside>0.3231</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>43</td><td class=cellinside>Salve Regina</td><td class=cellinside>-1.5258</td><td class=cellinside>37</td><td class=cellinside>0.3388</td></tr>
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</table>
1) I include D-II teams playing D-III schedules, such as Saint Anselm. I think it is nice to compare all the teams that are in the D-III conferences, even though some are not eligable for the NCAA tournament.
2) This early in the season, there are huge differences in the rankings. Take Bodwin for example. 14th in Rutter and 2nd in RPI. Because they have only played three games, their opponent's win percentage is heavily weighted by Middlebury's great record. A perfect example of how RPI doesn't actually take into account a team's record against a particular team, just the teams' overall records.
<table border=0 class=dataframe>
<TBODY>
<tr class= firstline >
<th> </th>
<th>Team </th>
<th>Rating </th>
<th>RPI.Rank </th>
<th>RPI</th>
</tr> <tr><td class=firstcolumn>1</td><td class=cellinside>Middlebury</td><td class=cellinside> 1.6351</td><td class=cellinside> 1</td><td class=cellinside>0.7543</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>2</td><td class=cellinside>Saint Anselm</td><td class=cellinside> 1.3921</td><td class=cellinside>10</td><td class=cellinside>0.6116</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>3</td><td class=cellinside>Plattsburgh</td><td class=cellinside> 1.3424</td><td class=cellinside> 4</td><td class=cellinside>0.6852</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>4</td><td class=cellinside>St. Thomas</td><td class=cellinside> 1.1689</td><td class=cellinside> 3</td><td class=cellinside>0.7077</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>5</td><td class=cellinside>Gustavus Adolphus</td><td class=cellinside> 0.9822</td><td class=cellinside> 7</td><td class=cellinside>0.6343</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>6</td><td class=cellinside>Lake Forest</td><td class=cellinside> 0.9753</td><td class=cellinside> 8</td><td class=cellinside>0.6341</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>7</td><td class=cellinside>Manhattanville</td><td class=cellinside> 0.9709</td><td class=cellinside> 9</td><td class=cellinside>0.6272</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>8</td><td class=cellinside>Wis-Stevens Pt.</td><td class=cellinside> 0.8853</td><td class=cellinside> 5</td><td class=cellinside>0.6736</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>9</td><td class=cellinside>Elmira</td><td class=cellinside> 0.7319</td><td class=cellinside>11</td><td class=cellinside>0.5929</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>10</td><td class=cellinside>Wis-Superior</td><td class=cellinside> 0.6679</td><td class=cellinside>15</td><td class=cellinside>0.5476</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>11</td><td class=cellinside>Wis-River Falls</td><td class=cellinside> 0.6653</td><td class=cellinside>12</td><td class=cellinside>0.5798</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>12</td><td class=cellinside>New England</td><td class=cellinside> 0.6635</td><td class=cellinside>16</td><td class=cellinside>0.5428</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>13</td><td class=cellinside>St. Olaf</td><td class=cellinside> 0.6548</td><td class=cellinside>13</td><td class=cellinside>0.5637</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>14</td><td class=cellinside>Bowdoin</td><td class=cellinside> 0.6229</td><td class=cellinside> 2</td><td class=cellinside>0.7114</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>15</td><td class=cellinside>Conn. College</td><td class=cellinside> 0.5237</td><td class=cellinside> 6</td><td class=cellinside>0.6714</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>16</td><td class=cellinside>Utica</td><td class=cellinside> 0.2525</td><td class=cellinside>14</td><td class=cellinside>0.5591</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>17</td><td class=cellinside>RIT</td><td class=cellinside> 0.2497</td><td class=cellinside>17</td><td class=cellinside>0.5255</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>18</td><td class=cellinside>Colby</td><td class=cellinside> 0.2050</td><td class=cellinside>18</td><td class=cellinside>0.5246</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>19</td><td class=cellinside>Trinity</td><td class=cellinside> 0.1100</td><td class=cellinside>27</td><td class=cellinside>0.4397</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>20</td><td class=cellinside>Finlandia</td><td class=cellinside> 0.0720</td><td class=cellinside>19</td><td class=cellinside>0.5114</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>21</td><td class=cellinside>Holy Cross</td><td class=cellinside>-0.0292</td><td class=cellinside>20</td><td class=cellinside>0.5009</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>22</td><td class=cellinside>Williams</td><td class=cellinside>-0.0475</td><td class=cellinside>25</td><td class=cellinside>0.4758</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>23</td><td class=cellinside>Cortland</td><td class=cellinside>-0.1218</td><td class=cellinside>34</td><td class=cellinside>0.3887</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>24</td><td class=cellinside>Hamline</td><td class=cellinside>-0.1369</td><td class=cellinside>28</td><td class=cellinside>0.4297</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>25</td><td class=cellinside>Buffalo State</td><td class=cellinside>-0.2102</td><td class=cellinside>24</td><td class=cellinside>0.4851</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>26</td><td class=cellinside>Saint Michael's</td><td class=cellinside>-0.2457</td><td class=cellinside>26</td><td class=cellinside>0.4573</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>27</td><td class=cellinside>Neumann</td><td class=cellinside>-0.2645</td><td class=cellinside>22</td><td class=cellinside>0.4904</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>28</td><td class=cellinside>Amherst</td><td class=cellinside>-0.3134</td><td class=cellinside>36</td><td class=cellinside>0.3563</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>29</td><td class=cellinside>St. Mary's</td><td class=cellinside>-0.3933</td><td class=cellinside>21</td><td class=cellinside>0.4954</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>30</td><td class=cellinside>Augsburg</td><td class=cellinside>-0.4358</td><td class=cellinside>23</td><td class=cellinside>0.4859</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>31</td><td class=cellinside>Wis-Eau Claire</td><td class=cellinside>-0.4620</td><td class=cellinside>31</td><td class=cellinside>0.4069</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>32</td><td class=cellinside>Bethel</td><td class=cellinside>-0.4920</td><td class=cellinside>33</td><td class=cellinside>0.3992</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>33</td><td class=cellinside>St. Benedict</td><td class=cellinside>-0.6073</td><td class=cellinside>41</td><td class=cellinside>0.2967</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>34</td><td class=cellinside>UMass Boston</td><td class=cellinside>-0.6562</td><td class=cellinside>30</td><td class=cellinside>0.4146</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>35</td><td class=cellinside>Hamilton</td><td class=cellinside>-0.7129</td><td class=cellinside>35</td><td class=cellinside>0.3815</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>36</td><td class=cellinside>Concordia</td><td class=cellinside>-0.8775</td><td class=cellinside>42</td><td class=cellinside>0.2687</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>37</td><td class=cellinside>St. Catherine</td><td class=cellinside>-0.9748</td><td class=cellinside>32</td><td class=cellinside>0.4001</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>38</td><td class=cellinside>Chatham</td><td class=cellinside>-1.0609</td><td class=cellinside>29</td><td class=cellinside>0.4195</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>39</td><td class=cellinside>Castleton State</td><td class=cellinside>-1.1316</td><td class=cellinside>39</td><td class=cellinside>0.3365</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>40</td><td class=cellinside>Southern Maine</td><td class=cellinside>-1.1342</td><td class=cellinside>38</td><td class=cellinside>0.3373</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>41</td><td class=cellinside>Wesleyan</td><td class=cellinside>-1.3735</td><td class=cellinside>43</td><td class=cellinside>0.1062</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>42</td><td class=cellinside>MIT</td><td class=cellinside>-1.5018</td><td class=cellinside>40</td><td class=cellinside>0.3231</td></tr>
<tr><td class=firstcolumn>43</td><td class=cellinside>Salve Regina</td><td class=cellinside>-1.5258</td><td class=cellinside>37</td><td class=cellinside>0.3388</td></tr>
</TBODY>
</table>