So far this week we have a few games that do some re-ordering of the list.
Stone (South #6) beats LR (South #4) on Monday (15-8) for the SAC championship.
Bentley (North #6) beats Adelphi (North #2) on Wednesday (7-4)
Colorado Mesa (South #7) beats Adams State on Thursday (23-3)
Colorado Mesa (South #7) beats Westminster (UT) on Friday (21-16)
Indianapolis (South #5) loses to Lewis on Friday (12-11)
Limestone (South #6) beats Belmont Abbey on Friday (20-5)
North record changes for above teams in the mix:
Bentley from 9-4 to 10-4
Adelphi from 15-2 to 15-3 (13-2 to 13-3 in region)
South record changes for above teams in the mix:
Indianapolis from 11-2 to 11-3 (9-1 to 9-2 in region)
Limestone from 13-4 to 15-4
Colorado Mesa from 14-2 to 16-2 (13-2 to 15-2 in region)
My best guess at this point is that Adelphi drops to 3/4 and not sure what happens to Bentley in the North in terms of how much up they go.
For the South, I suspect Mesa has a small chance to replace Indy and get the #6 seed, and Stone goes to either 4/5 with LR the other. I looked at InkBlot sports calculations of RPIs, SOS, and PI, and while Mesa's record is better than Indy (2 losses vs 3) the SOS, RPI and PI numbers are so much better for Indy that I think Indy stays in the field. (Stone has the #2 Performance Indicator in the South, and is #4 in RPI. Indy is #4 in PI and #6 in RPI. Mesa is #7 in PI and #9 in RPI. LR is #5 in PI and RPI. See the numbers below from InkBlot's data at
https://inkblotsports.com/d2stats/2223/mla/s.html)
South games remaining should not affect the standings (although they could impact the Indy/Mesa issue due to changes in SOS measures)
From InkBlot's numbers for the South, some key teams and their numbers after games yesterday (in the last regional rank order):
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Team Record SOS In-reg RPI RPI Rk PI PI Rk
Rollins 15-1 .611 15-1 .692 1 17.562 1
Wingate 12-2 .601 12-2 .666 2 16.357 3
Tampa 13-3 .611 11-2 .663 3 15.688 6
LR 14-3 .604 14-3 .660 5 16.000 5
Indy 11-3 .615 9-2 .628 6 16.286 4
Stone 15-4 .617 15-4 .660 4 16.368 2
Mesa 15-2 .493 15-2 .588 9 14.706 7
FSC 12-5 .575 11-5 .611 7 14.529 9