UConn men's soccer is 34th in the latest RPI ranking.
RPI Update: Men's Soccer: RPI Rank
The Huskies are playing better of late, and beating a very good South Florida team (32 in the RPI) on the road did a world of good. However, considering only 48 teams make the NCAA tournament with 24 automatic bids going to conference champs, to me that further solidifies the idea that right now UConn is a bubble team that can't afford to lose games at this point. The Huskies are also currently 0-2-1 against the RPI top 25, which wouldn't seem to help their chances. Their loss to Iona and that tie to North Florida were bad results were RPI killers as well.
UConn has the following games left on their schedule prior to the AAC tournament. Also listed is the current RPI of the teams they are to play.
@ Boston College - 59
Central Florida - 92
@ Dartmouth - 24
Memphis - 167
Yale - 148
@ SMU - 18
I'm inclined to think that if UConn loses two of these regular season games, they will not get an at large bid. They might be ok with 1 loss, since that would mean they would end up having another quality road win at either Dartmouth or SMU. But right now there best chance at getting a tourney bid is to win the AAC regular season so they can host the AAC tournament. To do that they probably need to go undefeated in the conference.
RPI Update: Men's Soccer: RPI Rank
The Huskies are playing better of late, and beating a very good South Florida team (32 in the RPI) on the road did a world of good. However, considering only 48 teams make the NCAA tournament with 24 automatic bids going to conference champs, to me that further solidifies the idea that right now UConn is a bubble team that can't afford to lose games at this point. The Huskies are also currently 0-2-1 against the RPI top 25, which wouldn't seem to help their chances. Their loss to Iona and that tie to North Florida were bad results were RPI killers as well.
UConn has the following games left on their schedule prior to the AAC tournament. Also listed is the current RPI of the teams they are to play.
@ Boston College - 59
Central Florida - 92
@ Dartmouth - 24
Memphis - 167
Yale - 148
@ SMU - 18
I'm inclined to think that if UConn loses two of these regular season games, they will not get an at large bid. They might be ok with 1 loss, since that would mean they would end up having another quality road win at either Dartmouth or SMU. But right now there best chance at getting a tourney bid is to win the AAC regular season so they can host the AAC tournament. To do that they probably need to go undefeated in the conference.
