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Rankings PreviewTomorrow’s set of rankings will be the 1st of the year to use the computers so we’ll see some decent size swings from where teams were ranked in the 2/17 rankings which were the last to be voted on by the ITA National Rankings Committee.
Below is what I came up with using the ITA’s formula which is listed down below my chart. There’s always a chance I made a calculation error somewhere but by in large they are usually pretty close. These 2/24 rankings utilize each team’s 4 best wins (with best being determined by who gives you the most ranking points). Road wins are given a 10% bonus so beating the 65th ranked team on the road would get your more points than beating the 64th ranked team at home.
It usually takes until the end of March before the rankings get leveled out because by then we’re up to using the team’s top 7 wins (goes up to top 9 before NCAA selections). Many teams may have 4 or 5 good wins, which will keep them ranked higher for the 1st few rankings, but once they hit the meat of their schedule they’ll likely take on a few more losses with not as many higher ranked wins. So what I’m saying is if your team is lower than you thought they should be (i.e Virginia #11) don’t worry because if they take care of business against tougher competition as expected they’ll quickly climb up as they replace wins over teams in the 40-60s with wins over teams in the 5-20s.
If anybody is running rankings themselves and they don’t match mine let me know in the comments section so we can see where the variance came from.
| Rank |
School |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 |
USC |
85.56 |
2 |
| 2 |
Oklahoma |
83.02 |
1 |
| 3 |
Illinois |
76.77 |
6 |
| 4 |
Duke |
70.93 |
7 |
| 5 |
Baylor |
68.84 |
5 |
| 6 |
Georgia |
62.86 |
3 |
| 7 |
Texas |
62.62 |
10 |
| 8 |
Ohio State |
55.00 |
9 |
| 9 |
Ole Miss |
53.42 |
15 |
| 10 |
Texas A&M |
53.41 |
13 |
| 11 |
Virginia |
53.12 |
4 |
| 12 |
Wake Forest |
52.58 |
19 |
| 13 |
Columbia |
51.98 |
14 |
| 14 |
Notre Dame |
45.56 |
17 |
| 15 |
TCU |
41.54 |
18 |
| 16 |
Florida* |
40.25 |
16 |
| 17 |
Vanderbilt |
39.75 |
23 |
| 18 |
California |
35.77 |
14 |
| 19 |
North Carolina |
34.89 |
8 |
| 20 |
Northwestern |
32.71 |
26 |
| 21 |
UCLA |
32.16 |
12 |
| 22 |
Harvard |
31.67 |
25 |
| 23 |
South Florida |
31.34 |
24 |
| 24 |
Princeton |
30.92 |
50 |
| 25 |
Oklahoma State |
30.00 |
32 |
* not 100% certain due to a counted victory over an opponent ranked below 75.
1. The first six national top 75 team rankings of the spring will be decided by vote of the ITA National Ranking Committee. For the remainder of the spring dual match season, the rankings will be based on the ITA computer ranking system (beginning February 24). For each countable victory and all losses a team receives a prescribed number of points (see point chart) based upon the national ranking of the opponent defeated. Victories and losses in ITAsanctioned college dual matches will count towards the team ranking.
2. A team is worth its current value/ranking. If a team drops or climbs during the season, it will always be worth its current ranking each given period. Each ranking period, the ranking average will be figured with the total of countable victories and all loses. If the team has fewer ranked victories than the countable victory total for the period, the rest of the counted victories will be its unranked victories. If the team has more ranked victories than the countable victory totals, the team’s highest countable victories will be those counted. All losses will be considered as countable matches, but losses are also weighted according to opponent rank.
3. The way the points are distributed points for wins; percentages deducted for losses they consider a team’s wonloss record, strength of schedule and depth of wins and losses; and significant wins and losses (with bonus points for road wins). The formula works as follows: Sum of points from x’ best wins for that rankings period divided by [the x’ best countable wins for that particular ranking period + Points from all losses].
4. The ITA National Ranking Committee can review Nos. 51 through 75 in the first five ITA computer team rankings and has the authority to adjust the rankings in that area to ensure the most-deserving teams enter into the rankings.
5. Shortened or different formats approved by the ITA can also count towards rankings (if both coaches have agreed on this prior to the match).
6. Non-division I opponents count as unranked wins and/or losses.
7. The NCAA team champion automatically goes to No. 1 in final ranking. Bonus points are awarded for advancement in the NCAA Team Championships (see point chart).
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