Men's Soccer - No. 11 in RPI!

by **DanFreibergerForHeisman** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:38 am

The first men's soccer RPI is out and SMU is a whopping number 11!

I was hoping we would make a nice dent in the RPI with our non-conference schedule, but this is amazing.

Congratulations to the team and let's keep it going through the rest of the conference season.

by **DanFreibergerForHeisman** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:43 am

FYI - the teams ahead of us are:

Connecticut
Maryland
Creighton
UC Irvine
St. John's
Akron
North Carolina
South Florida
New Mexico
Old Dominion

We are also still ranked No. 2 this week in the NSCAA Midwest Region. The national poll comes out at noon.

by **2ndandlong** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:06 am

good news

by **Junior** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:20 am

that's great to hear. glad they're at 11, but still have a long way to go.

by **DanFreibergerForHeisman** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:51 am

Back in the Top 25 this week at number 21!

by **DanFreibergerForHeisman** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:10 pm

CoxMustangFan wrote:Looks like men's soccer is big in the Big East. Do you think SMU will get better recruits for joining?

Considering Louisville is playing South Florida on ESPNU right now I would guess yes.

by **smupony94** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:22 pm

What happens to current cusa schools?

by **PonyPride** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:40 pm

C-USA will be fine, soccer-wise. If the SMU-to-Big East plan goes through, C-USA still will have some soccer heavyweights in Tulsa (having an off-year, but always good), Kentucky and South Carolina (affiliate members for soccer) and UAB, and teams like Marshall and FIU aren't bad at all. There are no cupcake teams in C-USA.

by **smupony94** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:44 pm

PonyPride wrote:C-USA will be fine, soccer-wise. If the SMU-to-Big East plan goes through, C-USA still will have some soccer heavyweights in Tulsa (having an off-year, but always good), Kentucky and South Carolina (affiliate members for soccer) and UAB, and teams like Marshall and FIU aren't bad at all. There are no cupcake teams in C-USA.

Meant to clarify and say, they are losing two teams, do they have to make additions?

by **DanFreibergerForHeisman** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:47 pm

smupony94 wrote:
PonyPride wrote:C-USA will be fine, soccer-wise. If the SMU-to-Big East plan goes through, C-USA still will have some soccer heavyweights in Tulsa (having an off-year, but always good), Kentucky and South Carolina (affiliate members for soccer) and UAB, and teams like Marshall and FIU aren't bad at all. There are no cupcake teams in C-USA.

Meant to clarify and say, they are losing two teams, do they have to make additions?

Interesting question. The women would be losing three teams as well.

I imagine there would be some additional shuffling - as well as some in volleyball and some of the other sports...

by **ponyscott** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:09 pm

Good news for SMU!