The Race to Regionals:  Week of February 21st

February 21st, 2006

Welcome to the first Race to Regionals article for the 2006 season!  It is too early to do any serious analysis (there are 23 schools that do not yet have an RQS), but a peek at where things currently stand may prove interesting.  We will take our first look at potential individual qualifiers next week.

Central Region

Teams with no RQS:
Ball State
Centenary
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Kent State

Seeded teams:

#4 Alabama
#11 LSU
#13 Auburn
#18 Kentucky

Unseeded teams currently in position to qualify to Regionals:

#23 Michigan State
#26 Ohio State
#31 Western Michigan

Next in line:

#43 Bowling Green

North Central Region

Teams with no RQS:
Brigham Young
Hamline

Seeded teams:

#3 Utah
#7 Iowa State
#16 Denver

Unseeded teams currently in position to qualify for Regionals:

#20 Minnesota
#22 Southern Utah
#24 Utah State

Next in line:

#32 Iowa
#50 Wisconsin-La Crosse

Northeast Region

Teams with no RQS:

Bridgeport
Brown
Cortland State
Penn State
Rhode Island U.
Temple
Ursinus
West Chester

Seeded teams:

#8 Michigan

Unseeded teams currently in position to qualify for Regionals:

#25 New Hampshire
#37 Pittsburgh
#38 Rutgers

Next in line:

#44 Yale
#45 Penn

South Central Region

Teams with no RQS:

Northern Illinois
Texas Woman’s
 

Seeded teams:

#5 Oklahoma
#9 Missouri
#10 Nebraska
#14 Arizona
#15 Arizona State

Unseeded teams currently in position to qualify to Regionals:

#19 Arkansas
#21 Illinois-Champaign
#27 Illinois-Chicago

Next in line:

#41 Southeast Missouri
#46 Illinois State
 

Southeast Region

Teams with no RQS:

George Washington
William and Mary
North Carolina

Seeded teams:

#1 Georgia
#2 Florida

Unseeded teams currently in position to qualify to Regionals:

#29 West Virginia
#34 Maryland
#35 North Carolina State

Next in line:

#39 Towson
#48 James Madison

West Region

Teams with no RQS:

Boise State
Cal State-Fullerton
UC Davis

Seeded teams:

#6 UCLA
#12 Stanford
#17 Oregon State

Unseeded teams currently in position to qualify to Regionals:

#28 San Jose State
#30 Washington
#33 Sacramento State

Next in line:

#36 California
#40 Seattle Pacific