Columns in order:
Adjusted RPI's 2015-17 (conference rating at top),
2018 non-conf. average RPI's and SOS's based on 2017,
2018 pre-season poll rankings
The Big South Conference essentially swapped Liberty for USC Upstate in all sports, which for men's soccer purposes weakened it further. The top four loaded up their non-conference schedules to give them some opportunities to rack up RPI bonuses and earn, perhaps, at-large bids.
High Point, under the direction of fourth-year head coach and 2017 Big South Coach of the Year EJ O’Keeffe, returns eight starters and 18 letterwinners from a squad that went 10-5-4 overall and 7-1-0 in league action last season. The Panthers, led by fifth-year senior forward Kieran Roberts of England (15 goals in 2017) and senior defender Rashid Tetteh of Ghana, will try to improve on their runner-up finish in the conference tournament.
Radford takes on all comers, hitting the road for its first five games. Its non-conference schedule is ranked 3rd in the country, with the Highlanders visiting a murderer's row of Old Dominion, VCU, Georgetown, James Madison, Coastal Carolina, West Virginia and Virginia and hosting Charlotte.
Campbell returns JJ Donnelly, who ranked 12th in Division I with 13 goals -- four of them game-winning scores. Donnelly started all 19 games and twice posted hat tricks in 2017. Presbyterian also plays a challenging non-conference slate, with an early four-game road trip to NC State, Wake Forest, Furman and Georgia State sure to test the Blue Hose.
More previews to come...follow links to rpiupdate.blogspot.com's daily scoreboards, team schedules, conference standings, NCAA Tournament projection and the most updated, accurately adjusted Division I men's soccer RPI rankings available.
The Big South Conference essentially swapped Liberty for USC Upstate in all sports, which for men's soccer purposes weakened it further. The top four loaded up their non-conference schedules to give them some opportunities to rack up RPI bonuses and earn, perhaps, at-large bids.
High Point, under the direction of fourth-year head coach and 2017 Big South Coach of the Year EJ O’Keeffe, returns eight starters and 18 letterwinners from a squad that went 10-5-4 overall and 7-1-0 in league action last season. The Panthers, led by fifth-year senior forward Kieran Roberts of England (15 goals in 2017) and senior defender Rashid Tetteh of Ghana, will try to improve on their runner-up finish in the conference tournament.
Radford takes on all comers, hitting the road for its first five games. Its non-conference schedule is ranked 3rd in the country, with the Highlanders visiting a murderer's row of Old Dominion, VCU, Georgetown, James Madison, Coastal Carolina, West Virginia and Virginia and hosting Charlotte.
Campbell returns JJ Donnelly, who ranked 12th in Division I with 13 goals -- four of them game-winning scores. Donnelly started all 19 games and twice posted hat tricks in 2017. Presbyterian also plays a challenging non-conference slate, with an early four-game road trip to NC State, Wake Forest, Furman and Georgia State sure to test the Blue Hose.
More previews to come...follow links to rpiupdate.blogspot.com's daily scoreboards, team schedules, conference standings, NCAA Tournament projection and the most updated, accurately adjusted Division I men's soccer RPI rankings available.
