October 18, 2021
Upcoming Top Matches - Week 8
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 18; using results through Sunday, October 17.
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 three fourths 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.
Women's Matches between Top 25 teams
| Date | Away | Home |
| Wed 10.20 | No. 10 TCNJ (13-0) | No. 7 Johns Hopkins (11-0-1) |
| Sat 10.23 | No. 13 Hamilton (10-0-2) | No. 1 Wesleyan (9-1) |
| Sat 10.23 | No. 22 Tufts (5-6) | No. 21 Connecticut College (8-1-2) |
Women's Contests featuring other highly competitive sides
| Date | Away | Home |
| Tue 10.19 | No. 21 Connecticut College (8-1-2) | No. 34 Trinity (Conn.) (6-5-1) |
| Tue 10.19 | No. 27 Western Connecticut (13-0) | No. 51 Stevens (5-5-3) |
| Tue 10.19 | No. 66 Bridgewater (Va.) (11-1-2) | No. 75 Randolph-Macon (7-6) |
| Wed 10.20 | No. 60 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (7-2-3) | No. 20 Pomona-Pitzer (10-1-2) |
| Wed 10.20 | No. 32 Loras (13-0-1) | No. 40 Wartburg (12-1-1) |
| Wed 10.20 | No. 12 Washington U. (11-0-1) | No. 74 Illinois Wesleyan (6-6-1) |
| Sat 10.23 | No. 66 Bridgewater (Va.) (11-1-2) | No. 23 Lynchburg (11-2) |
| Sat 10.23 | No. 54 Haverford (6-6-2) | No. 28 Gettysburg (9-2-1) |
| Sat 10.23 | No. 19 Middlebury (9-3-1) | No. 34 Trinity (Conn.) (6-5-1) |
| Sat 10.23 | No. 46 Dickinson (9-4) | No. 41 Swarthmore (6-3-2) |
| Sat 10.23 | No. 6 Hobart (12-1-1) | No. 45 Vassar (8-4-1) |
| Sat 10.23 | No. 68 Rowan (11-3) | No. 61 Montclair State (9-4) |
| Sat 10.23 | No. 20 Pomona-Pitzer (10-1-2) | No. 71 Occidental (6-3-4) |
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