Nice to team off to undefeated start. YSU is 49th in RPI, but SOS is 244. Only played 1 team in the top 100, that being Bucknell(RPI 70). Only 1 opponent with RPI of 101-200(Nicholls State 105)... then 5 D1 teams with RPI's of 201+, and 1 non D1 opponents. Canisius entered the game 4-3, but they have an RPI of 251 and SOS of 283. Not sure why they would have been considered a test for a YSU team with RPI of 49?
RMU could provide a test, as game is on the road. RMU is only 2-5, but they have played all D1 teams... Their SOS is 114 and RPI is 152... they have played @Iowa(8-2.. RPI 15), @Illinois(8-3..RPI 34), @Xavier(6-3... RPI 133) and @Hofstra(6-3..RPI 127)... RMU has played only ONE home game, a 75-61 loss to LaSalle(6-2..RPI 158)... Still a game I expect YSU to win.
First true tests will come when playing at PITT(5-3..RPI 55) and then Akron(7-0, all wins over D1 teams and RPI of 69)..... Akron is ranked 15th in the most recent Women's Mid Major Top 25. ..... YSU is 26th with 39 votes...Green Bay is 2nd... Wright State is 16th
http://www.collegeinsider.com/womens-mid-major-top-25.phpGreen Bay looks to once again be the best of the HL..... UIC, CSU, WSU and YSU likely form the next group... Valpo and Detroit could be teams to watch, as both have losing records, but have played multiple teams in the Top 100
GB 8-2... RPI 6th... SOS 11th....Has played ALL D1 teams, including UCONN, Arizona State, Vanderbilt, Purdue, and South Dakota State, all of which are in top 60 RPI.... also played and beat Duquesne(RPI 85)... losses are to UCONN and 68-64 at Vanderbilt(RPI 33)
UIC 5-1 against D1 teams... RPI 94...SOS is only 258
CSU 4-3 against D1 teams... RPI 97...SOS 123...always well coached and team that tends to improve as season continues...Have beaten Toledo(RPI 43) and East Carolina(RPI 65)
WSU 4-2... all games against D1 teams... RPI 196 .... SOS only 296...Best win is over SIU(RPI 89)....lost 79-76 to Dayton(RPI 31)
Detroit could be team to watch.... record is 3-5, but only 1-5 against D1 teams... SOS is 99th...
Valpo is only 3-7, but have played all D1 teams... some quality opponents... @ Indiana(8-1..RPI 90), at Akron, Louisville(8-1...RPI 27), @ South Dakota(7-2.. RPI 92), Illinois(8-3.. RPI 34)
Side note.... The HC at Akron is Jodi Kest. in her 9th season. She was the leading candidate for the YSU job back in 2003, then decided to withdraw her name and remain at UT-Pan American.... Akron made the NCAA Tournament in 2014, and WNIT in 2013 and won 23 games each of the past 2 years.... Took her awhile to get things turned around at Akron, as she inherited a program that had won only 24 games in the previous 6 seasons... Now Akron is one of the top Mid-Major women's programs in the country...