October 11, 2021
Upcoming Top Matches - Week7
Each Monday during the season we plan to highlight matches in the upcoming week (Monday through Sunday, between the teams believed to be stronger sides in Division III soccer. We will use Massey Ratings to identify these teams. There are two sections below:
- Matches where both sides are ranked in the top 25.
- Contests between teams ranked 1 through 75.
- Ratings are from Monday, October 11; using results through Sunday, October 10.
While there are still a few "head scratching" anomalies, and we all have our own opinions, team rankings are settling in as the Massey Ratings system learn's from this season's results. As most teams have now completed at least one third of their regular season schedules. Note that we are still using Massey here rather than our own Top 25 poll is the desire to go deeper in the ratings pool to 75 teams.
Matches between Top 25 teams
| Date | Away | Home |
| Wed 10.13 | No. 11 Johns Hopkins (9-0-1) | No. 6 McDaniel (12-0) |
| Fri 10.15 | No. 17 Case Western Reserve (11-0) | No. 16 Emory (8-3-1) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 25 Connecticut College (7-1-1) | No. 21 Bowdoin (7-4-1) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 2 Amherst (9-1-1) | No. 23 Tufts (5-5) |
| Sun 10.17 | No. 18 Carnegie Mellon (9-2) | No. 16 Emory (8-3-1) |
Contests featuring other highly competitive sides
| Date | Away | Home |
| Tue 10.12 | No. 28 Trinity (Conn.) (6-3-1) | No. 3 Wesleyan (6-1) |
| Wed 10.13 | No. 75 Virginia Wesleyan (6-4-1) | No. 20 Lynchburg (10-1) |
| Wed 10.13 | No. 64 Occidental (6-2-3) | No. 35 Cal Lutheran (8-3-3) |
| Wed 10.13 | No. 32 Gettysburg (7-2-1) | No. 39 Dickinson (8-3) |
| Wed 10.13 | No. 15 Franklin and Marshall (9-1-1) | No. 54 Haverford (6-4-2) |
| Wed 10.13 | No. 51 UW-La Crosse (10-2-1) | No. 55 Wheaton (Ill.) (6-5-1) |
| Wed 10.13 | No. 67 Babson (6-5-1) | No. 63 Springfield (6-4) |
| Wed 10.13 | No. 74 Rowan (9-3) | No. 70 Stockton (10-2-2) |
| Fri 10.15 | No. 45 Brandeis (5-3-2) | No. 1 Chicago (10-0-2) |
| Fri 10.15 | No. 49 New York University (7-4) | No. 14 Washington U. (9-0-1) |
| Fri 10.15 | No. 71 Skidmore (6-3-1) | No. 38 Ithaca (9-2) |
| Fri 10.15 | No. 18 Carnegie Mellon (9-2) | No. 43 Rochester (5-3-2) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 60 Stevens (4-4-3) | No. 4 Misericordia (10-1) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 54 Haverford (6-4-2) | No. 6 McDaniel (12-0) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 28 Trinity (Conn.) (6-3-1) | No. 12 Hamilton (8-0-2) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 47 Swarthmore (4-3-2) | No. 15 Franklin and Marshall (9-1-1) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 69 Roanoke (7-3-1) | No. 20 Lynchburg (10-1) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 71 Skidmore (6-3-1) | No. 46 RIT (6-2-3) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 22 Pomona-Pitzer (8-1-2) | No. 50 Chapman (6-2-2) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 36 Geneseo State (9-2-1) | No. 68 Plattsburgh State (8-2-2) |
| Sat 10.16 | No. 42 Washington and Lee (7-2-2) | No. 75 Virginia Wesleyan (6-4-1) |
| Sun 10.17 | No. 49 New York University (7-4) | No. 1 Chicago (10-0-2) |
| Sun 10.17 | No. 45 Brandeis (5-3-2) | No. 14 Washington U. (9-0-1) |
| Sun 10.17 | No. 17 Case Western Reserve (11-0) | No. 43 Rochester (5-3-2) |
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