[ColoradoTree]

New ITA rankings are out, and Stanford climbs to #3 on the strength of that Pepperdine win. Here's the top 25, plus the other teams on our schedule:

1. Oklahoma State (L)
2. Michigan
3. Stanford
4. UNC
5. UVA
6. Georgia
7. Pepperdine (W)
8. Texas (W)
9. Cal (Apr. 19)
10. USC (W)
11. Texas A&M (W)
12. NC State
13. Florida (W)
14. Auburn
15. UCLA (L)
16. Ohio State (W)
17. Tennessee
18. South Carolina
19. Miami
20. Oklahoma
21. Duke
22. San Diego (W, away)
23. Florida State
24. Georgia Tech
25. Wisconsin
***
26. Washington (Apr. 14)
31. Arizona State (W)
42. Arizona (W)
48. Utah (W)
52. Maryland (W)
53. UCSB (W)
67. Oregon (W)
75. Colorado (cancelled)

Not ranked: Pacific (W), UC Davis (W), St. Mary's (W), Washington State (Apr. 12).

So, you can see how the rankings giveth and how they taketh away. Right now, we get the points for beating the #3 team in the country. But that same win, in next week's calculation, will be only worth the points for beating the #7 team. Sigh. But we're still in good shape, as long as we finish the season well. As things stand, the #3 seed nationally is a pretty good place to be. It would mean a semi against Michigan and potentially a final against the winner of Oklahoma State-UNC, who will have just been through the wringer by playing the other. There's not a team in the country that I think we can't beat, but when you look at matches on paper, certainly there are some you feel slightly more confident in than others. And I would feel slightly more confident about getting past Michigan than I would either of the other two. I don't say that to call down the woofing gods by any means--I'm just looking at what the path would be and how it looks on paper. You still have to play the matches, and we could absolutely lose to Michigan. (Or to our QF opponent.)

[ColoradoTree]

New ITA rankings are out, and Stanford climbs to #3 on the strength of that Pepperdine win. Here's the top 25, plus the other teams on our schedule:

1. Oklahoma State (L)
2. Michigan
3. Stanford
4. UNC
5. UVA
6. Georgia
7. Pepperdine (W)
8. Texas (W)
9. Cal (Apr. 19)
10. USC (W)
11. Texas A&M (W)
12. NC State
13. Florida (W)
14. Auburn
15. UCLA (L)
16. Ohio State (W)
17. Tennessee
18. South Carolina
19. Miami
20. Oklahoma
21. Duke
22. San Diego (W, away)
23. Florida State
24. Georgia Tech
25. Wisconsin
***
26. Washington (Apr. 14)
31. Arizona State (W)
42. Arizona (W)
48. Utah (W)
52. Maryland (W)
53. UCSB (W)
67. Oregon (W)
75. Colorado (cancelled)

Not ranked: Pacific (W), UC Davis (W), St. Mary's (W), Washington State (Apr. 12).

So, you can see how the rankings giveth and how they taketh away. Right now, we get the points for beating the #3 team in the country. But that same win, in next week's calculation, will be only worth the points for beating the #7 team. Sigh. But we're still in good shape, as long as we finish the season well. As things stand, the #3 seed nationally is a pretty good place to be. It would mean a semi against Michigan and potentially a final against the winner of Oklahoma State-UNC, who will have just been through the wringer by playing the other. There's not a team in the country that I think we can't beat, but when you look at matches on paper, certainly there are some you feel slightly more confident in than others. And I would feel slightly more confident about getting past Michigan than I would either of the other two. I don't say that to call down the woofing gods by any means--I'm just looking at what the path would be and how it looks on paper. You still have to play the matches, and we could absolutely lose to Michigan. (Or to our QF opponent.)