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Congrats to West Florence and Clover for breaking into the 4A rankings! Outstanding Irmo fell out, however still remains as the 25th All-Class rankings. I think they'll be back up top come next weekend. Blue Ridge falls out in AAA with Wade Hampton jumping in.
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Congrats to West Florence and Clover for breaking into the 4A rankings! Outstanding Irmo fell out, however still remains as the 25th All-Class rankings. I think they'll be back up top come next weekend. Blue Ridge falls out in AAA with Wade Hampton jumping in.
psssst. I know it's a secret but the Lady Bengals also slipped into the top 15 along with Wade Hampton.
.....but don't tell anyone!
tk
Tony King
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Congrats to Clover! Well deserved. I dunno about dropping Irmo. They're awfully tough too. Just not enough room, I guess. We need room for more than 15 teams in the top 15 
Doin' it the hard way...
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Good to see WF on there. They have alot of promise, especially considering the majority of the team are freshmen and sophomores.
'A ten-foot keeper really should have stopped that' -Ron Atkinson
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The rankings are always fascinating. I spent 15 minutes trying to understand what was going on here quantitatively. Here's an interesting exercise: take each of the top 15 teams, examine win/loss/tie records, examine top-25 teams played to date, and examine ranking. From these you can create a deviation from expectation on a number of axes. Here's an upshot of some of the more interesting results. - Riverside was moved to #2 in 3A despite the fact that they have played against a lot more top-25 teams (10) than any other 3A programs. The Mauldin (4-A) loss that moved them into #2 typifies this.
- South Aiken has played 15% more top-25 teams than the average of the top 16 teams in 4A and is by far the lowest ranked 12-win team.
- North Augusta is ranked far below other 11-win teams; however, an excuse here could be that they have played fewer top-25 teams than average (4 versus 6.1.)
- Nation Ford is the only 10-win team that is unranked; however, they've played only 2 top-25 teams (average 6.1.)
- West Florence has played a single top-25 team.
What's the bottom line? In terms of ranking, it doesn't seem to pay to play a tough schedule. My guess is that it might be rather advantageous in the playoffs, however. We're close to seeing...
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I had to go to 2002 to find a second round playoff team from West Florence's region (it was West Florence). I know playoffs are the ultimate measuring stick and it's hard to get a ranking too wrong after it's all said and done. They played SV close and that'll help come playoffs. Looks like they'll get a piece of Berkley and Coach Chass. Should they make it past it's West Ashley or Ridge View. That's not a bad match up the first two rounds there.
I'd like to see Region 3 and how they do after round 1. They have been beating on each other and it's been hard to gauge how good they are. Fort Mill is looking good and is tested, but how up and coming Clover and Nation Ford perform is going to key. NF hasn't played a single top 25 team outside their region and Clover has only played 2 matches.
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Yeah, IF we can take care of business this week...lucky me, I get out of facing Summerville or West Ashley in the first round and wind up looking down the barrel of a #11-ranked West Florence...where did THAT come from? Ah, well...I promised my team I'd wear a bright pink shirt to school if they knocked off a ranked team...nothing like giving them another chance! 
I've got good news and bad news...
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Anybody know the tiebreaker for region 3???? IF NW could pull the upset and beat Clover; and FM sweeps NF, there will be a 3 way tie between NW, NF, and Clover for 2nd 3rd and 4th. That would indeed be very strange.
"Boys, even if it means dying on the pitch, we must win!" Marc-Vivien Foe 1975 - 2003
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I definitely want to vote for Kyle and Kevin to keep doing the rankings. Mom used to say: "Be careful what you ask for, you might get it."
Let's get real. There is no one anywhere who spends more time on soccer for others. Every once in a while, a thank you is warranted.
From the unranked, who were ranked, to those who just watch the Fox Soccer Channel when we aren't eating or sleeping, thanks to the Heises.
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OK, another idea. Everyone is ranked #1 in AAAA, AAA, AA, and A.
There, that should do it.
Retired, Old, Happy, and off into the sunset
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