CSN West

I am using our GPI to determine the teams (selected teams in orange) and believe this is a pretty good group based on if the season would end today. Remember there are 10 automatic qualifiers (listed with the projected Conf. champion in my list) and 10 at-large teams (listed as At-Large 1, 2, ect) that make the Division I playoffs.

Here are my selections and how I see the teams playing each other somewhat based on regionality as we know that the playoff committee will look to place games between teams that are in close proximity to each other if possible. The top five ranked teams in the GPI are my top five seeds.

I will put together these projections each week after the GPI is released. I will see how close these come to what our actual 20 teams will be when the group of 20 is announced on Nov. 20.

1. Ga Southern (1.29) SoCon #1
2. Northern Iowa (2.57) MVFC #2
3. Wofford (3.00) At-Large 1 #3
4. N Dakota St (5.00) At-Large 2 #4
5. Montana St (5.43) BSC #5
6. James Madison (9.00) CAA Home -2nd
7. New Hampshire (10.00) At-Large 3 Home -2nd
8. Sam Houston St (10.71) SLC Home -2nd
9. Maine (11.57) At-Large 4 Bye
10T. Furman (12.00) At-Large 5 Bye
10T. Appalachian St (12.00) At-Large 6 Bye
12. Indiana St (15.14) At-Large 7 Bye
13. Lehigh (15.86) Patriot Home - 1st
14. South Dakota (16.14) NOT ELIG
15. McNeese St (18.14) At-Large 8 Home - 1st
16. Southern Utah (20.71) At-Large 9 Home - 1st
17. Delaware (21.29) At-Large 10 Home - 1st
18. Chattanooga (21.43)
19. Montana (21.57)
20. Coastal Carolina (26.43) Big South
21. Samford (27.29)
22. Youngstown St (27.43)
23. Towson (28.00)
24. Tennessee Tech (28.43) OVC
25T. Richmond (28.57)
25T. S Illinois (28.57)
31. Norfolk St (29.14) MEAC
58. Duquesne (49.14) NEC

1st Round
Duquesne @ Lehigh
Norfolk St @ Delaware
Tenn Tech @ McNeese St
Coastal Carolina @ S Utah

2nd Round
Duquesne/Lehigh @ #3 Wofford
Norfolk St/Delaware @ #1 GA Southern
Tenn Tech/McNeese St @ #2 N Iowa
C Carolina/S Utah @ #4 N Dakota St
Indiana St @ #5 Montana St
App St @ James Madison
Furman @ N. Hampshire
Maine @ Sam Houston St

Conf Breakdown
SoCon 4
MVFC 3
BSC 1
CAA 4
SLC 2
Patriot 1
Big South 1
OVC 1
MEAC 1
NEC 1
GWC 1