Concord Ranked Fourth in Super Region One NPI, 11th Nationally

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INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA has released the first set of data rankings for NCAA Power Index (NPI) in men's soccer, the new ratings system that will determine qualification for the NCAA Tournament postseason play.

Concord is fourth in Super Region One and 11^th in Division II in the NPI rating that will be released October 12 and October 19 then beginning daily starting October 26. The top ten teams in each super region will qualify for the NCAA Tournament. In Super Region One, the team ten teams in this week's release are Southern New Hampshire, Davis & Elkins, Charleston, Concord, Millersville, Gannon, Mercy, Queens, Franklin Pierce and East Stroudsburg.

Each conference in Super Region One, Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, East Coast Conference, Mountain East Conference, Northeast-10 and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, will receive an automatic bid for the conference champion followed by the top five at-large teams in the NPI remaining in Super Region One.

NPI is taking the place of the old regional rankings system that determined teams advancing to the NCAA Tournament in previous years.
Sport committees will continue to select and bracket teams regionally. However, the Championships Committee is committed to a review of bracketing principles as part of the new Division II operating plan, which will be released in January 2026. If adopted, NPI could be used to evaluate the placement of teams to balance strength more evenly across the bracket. 

Why NPI?
The NPI is a system that objectively applies the selection criteria to the data based on the sport committee's established weighted criteria. NPI is a combination of the following: winning percentage; strength of schedule; home-away multiplier; quality win bonus; overtime results (when relevant); and minimum wins. One benefit of the NPI is that all data will be analyzed, and the criteria will be applied objectively to establish the championships field (the at-large berths remaining after AQs are awarded). Additionally, based on this objective analysis, teams will know how they compare against other teams in their region and nationally.