opponents that are terrible that are dragging down their rpi (13th) — KState, UC Irvine, Long Beach and SUU. On the other hand, BYU's 5 top 50 wins and 9 top 100 wins are more than almost all the teams ranked close to them have. BYU made the effort to schedule multiple good non-conference opponents and they beat all of them. It was unfortunate that teams like Long Beach and UC Irvine which are typically pretty decent ended up being awful. BYU is #4 on the coaches poll, Top Drawer Soccer and the Bennett rankings. So common sense would say the rpi is the odd duck here and is not an accurate measure for them this year. However, historically the soccer committee has relied on it a lot. Then again, the rpi when it's good hasn't exactly saved BYU in the past as they typically get seeded below it.
It will be interesting to see what the committee does because BYU does have several good wins and has been very strong on the road. And it's also hard to argue against undefeated. I think there is a good shot at a 2 seed because of the positives on BYU's resume, but a 3 I guess is possible. I don't expect worse than that. For one thing, the committee is stuck with Kansas now earning a good seeding based on winning the Big 12 tournament, and BYU beat them pretty handily at their place.
Wins:
10 @Kansas
22 Texas A&M
39 @Alabama
43 Pepperdine
50 Utah
69 @Portland
76 @USF
81 @Mississippi State
84 @Gonzaga
108 @UVU
150 San Diego
183 @Kansas State
195 LMU
208 UC Irvine
234 St. Mary's
243 @Long Beach St.
311 Pacific
314 S. Utah
Draws:
30 @Santa Clara