Just for shits and giggles, I looked at the early season rankings and came across something interesting. In the current top 10 in NCS, you have a teams with terrible SOS. Which one of these stands out the most? Why schedule easy games where you know you're gonna blow teams out? just makes no sense...
#1 Cal 2.8 (1-5 decent games)
#2 Piedmont 4.3 (average 40 point wins)
#3 Acalanes 12.2 (good schedule so far, 3 good opponents)
#4 San Marin 3.5 (20-point average victory)
#5 St. Bernards (Eureka) 2.4 (30 ppg victory against some terrible schools-low for even a D4 school)
#6 Cornerstone .06 (not great teams except one on the schedule).
#7 Casa Grande 3.3 (not great teams, but playing c-Let this week)
#8 San Ramon 8.7 (has played some good teams. early tough games will have them battle-tested)
#9 Carondelet .09 (the teams they've played this early are actually embarrassing for a Norcal Premier school. It makes you wonder if they're padding stats or intentionally trying not to overschedule to get into the open-could be a good strategy).
#10 Ygnacio Valley 1.3 (not the toughest schedule but see some easy wins)
Others to Note
#26 Cardinal Newman 10.6
#27 Justin Sienna 10.2
#14 Maria Carillo 11.9
It does make me think back to a few years ago when SHC had a monster of a schedule, barely made WCAL playoffs, then went to the Norcal semis in D1. Only to be followed the next year by not making the post-season at all.
#1 Cal 2.8 (1-5 decent games)
#2 Piedmont 4.3 (average 40 point wins)
#3 Acalanes 12.2 (good schedule so far, 3 good opponents)
#4 San Marin 3.5 (20-point average victory)
#5 St. Bernards (Eureka) 2.4 (30 ppg victory against some terrible schools-low for even a D4 school)
#6 Cornerstone .06 (not great teams except one on the schedule).
#7 Casa Grande 3.3 (not great teams, but playing c-Let this week)
#8 San Ramon 8.7 (has played some good teams. early tough games will have them battle-tested)
#9 Carondelet .09 (the teams they've played this early are actually embarrassing for a Norcal Premier school. It makes you wonder if they're padding stats or intentionally trying not to overschedule to get into the open-could be a good strategy).
#10 Ygnacio Valley 1.3 (not the toughest schedule but see some easy wins)
Others to Note
#26 Cardinal Newman 10.6
#27 Justin Sienna 10.2
#14 Maria Carillo 11.9
It does make me think back to a few years ago when SHC had a monster of a schedule, barely made WCAL playoffs, then went to the Norcal semis in D1. Only to be followed the next year by not making the post-season at all.
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