kwyjibo Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 SLU was ranked pre-season by pretty much everybody (except Soccer America) and they have won two games (Memphis looks like they are going to be absolutely terrible as they already 0-4 against a middling schedule but road win at Tulsa will help). They are now ranked by everyone. The next two games are on the road and against good teams. These games will be good tests. In general, the non-conf schedule is looking better than I thought as Akron seems to be back on form and same is probably true of Denver. Akron is 3-1 with all 4 games on the road against good teams--they won at VCU--so they are looking great. Louisville is 3-1 as well and ranked (only loss to a very good Stanford team). The bad news so far is that the A-10 sucks even worse than usual. Davidson has played really well and Dayton has at least been competitive but the rest have been pretty terrible (ok George Mason has had a tough schedule at least). The bottom 8 teams are 4-27!!!! I think SLU's RPI is already shot to hell. Polls: NSCAA (coaches)--16th (last week 14th) College Soccer News (websperts)--15th (last week 21st) Top Drawer Soccer (websperts)--14th (last week 22nd) Soccer America (websperts)--17th (last week not ranked) Rankings: Official RPI: not ready yet Gaucho Dan RPI: 86th (it's early but this shows how badly winning over an 0-4 team hurts you) Massey Ratings (computer with MOV): 27th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 -so the games against the bottom 8 should equate to all w's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUBALLS Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'd settle for a 2-1 record against Louisville, Akron, and Indiana. Love to get one of those wins at home versus Indy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwyjibo Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'd settle for a 2-1 record against Louisville, Akron, and Indiana. Love to get one of those wins at home versus Indy. I would expect a top 10 ranking if we go 2-1 in those 3 games. Indiana is off to good start (3-1) as well losing only in OT to #1 Notre Dame. Denver is 3-0-1 with a win over a pretty good San Diego team so we cannot overlook them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I would expect a top 10 ranking if we go 2-1 in those 3 games. Indiana is off to good start (3-1) as well losing only in OT to #1 Notre Dame. Denver is 3-0-1 with a win over a pretty good San Diego team so we cannot overlook them. We can overlook them because we are fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizziken Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 SLU was ranked pre-season by pretty much everybody (except Soccer America) and they have won two games (Memphis looks like they are going to be absolutely terrible as they already 0-4 against a middling schedule but road win at Tulsa will help). They are now ranked by everyone. The next two games are on the road and against good teams. These games will be good tests. In general, the non-conf schedule is looking better than I thought as Akron seems to be back on form and same is probably true of Denver. Akron is 3-1 with all 4 games on the road against good teams--they won at VCU--so they are looking great. Louisville is 3-1 as well and ranked (only loss to a very good Stanford team). The bad news so far is that the A-10 sucks even worse than usual. Davidson has played really well and Dayton has at least been competitive but the rest have been pretty terrible (ok George Mason has had a tough schedule at least). The bottom 8 teams are 4-27!!!! I think SLU's RPI is already shot to hell. Polls: NSCAA (coaches)--16th (last week 14th) College Soccer News (websperts)--15th (last week 21st) Top Drawer Soccer (websperts)--14th (last week 22nd) Soccer America (websperts)--17th (last week not ranked) Rankings: Official RPI: not ready yet Gaucho Dan RPI: 86th (it's early but this shows how badly winning over an 0-4 team hurts you) Massey Ratings (computer with MOV): 27th Thanks for these periodic updates, kwyjibo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WUH Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 The University of Akron is streaming the game tonight free of charge. The games starts at 6:00 pm central for those who are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 The University of Akron is streaming the game tonight free of charge. The games starts at 6:00 pm central for those who are interested. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 SLU was ranked pre-season by pretty much everybody (except Soccer America) and they have won two games (Memphis looks like they are going to be absolutely terrible as they already 0-4 against a middling schedule but road win at Tulsa will help). They are now ranked by everyone. The next two games are on the road and against good teams. These games will be good tests. In general, the non-conf schedule is looking better than I thought as Akron seems to be back on form and same is probably true of Denver. Akron is 3-1 with all 4 games on the road against good teams--they won at VCU--so they are looking great. Louisville is 3-1 as well and ranked (only loss to a very good Stanford team). The bad news so far is that the A-10 sucks even worse than usual. Davidson has played really well and Dayton has at least been competitive but the rest have been pretty terrible (ok George Mason has had a tough schedule at least). The bottom 8 teams are 4-27!!!! I think SLU's RPI is already shot to hell. Polls: NSCAA (coaches)--16th (last week 14th) College Soccer News (websperts)--15th (last week 21st) Top Drawer Soccer (websperts)--14th (last week 22nd) Soccer America (websperts)--17th (last week not ranked) Rankings: Official RPI: not ready yet Gaucho Dan RPI: 86th (it's early but this shows how badly winning over an 0-4 team hurts you) Massey Ratings (computer with MOV): 27th Well beating a 0-4 team is better than losing to them but I get your point - we have to schedule more aggressively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUBALLS Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Damn....followed the game on twitter last night as I was at the Art Fair and was so excited with how it started with SLU going up 2-0 in the first half. Then we simply collapsed and Akron brought it all and scored three unanswered goals. So either we are right there in being able to compete with anyone or we got lucky and then Akron imposed their will on us Regardless, hat damn 2-0 lead....always THE most dangerous lead in soccer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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