D2 Men's Soccer Ratings

Updated Oct 2, 6:34 a.m. ET · 2026 season · 915 games between D2 teams so far

Rankings · Conference Carolinas · Super Region 2

Young Harris College

Ranked 22nd of 202 D2 teams (likely between 9th and 70th) and 1st of 15 in the Carolinas. 65% chance of making the NCAA tournament.

Record 6-0-3 (W-L-T) · 6-0-3 against D2 teams

NCAA tournament chance

65%

With 4 or more wins from its last 7 games against D2 teams, its NCAA chance is about 77%; with fewer, about 31%.

Top-four seed in Super Region 2 (first chance to host games): 35%

Rank

22 of 202

Likely between 9th and 70th

1st of 15 in the Carolinas (likely 1st to 4th)

Rating

+0.83

Would beat an average D2 team by about 0.8 goals a game, on a neutral field.

Likely range +0.35 to +1.29

Attack and defense

Attack +0.62: scores 0.62 more goals a game than an average D2 team.

Defense +0.22: concedes 0.22 fewer goals a game than an average D2 team.

Attack + defense = rating.

What it takes to make the NCAA tournament

There are two ways in. How qualifying works.

How many more wins it needs

Its last 7 games against D2 teams: how many it might win, and its NCAA chance in each case. A tie counts as half a win.

WinsHow likelyNCAA chance then
0 under 1% –
1 1% –
2 5% about 20%
3 20% about 35%
4 30% about 55%
5 28% about 85%
6 13% about 100%
7 (all) 3% over 99%

– means too few simulated seasons to say. Which games are won matters as well as how many: wins over strong teams and away wins count for more.

If Young Harris wins all 7: it makes the NCAA tournament as an at-large team, even without the conference title.

Rating over the season

Line: rating after each daily update. Shaded: likely range. Above 0 is better than an average D2 team.

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How sure is the rank?

Taller bars are more likely. Young Harris likely (8 in 10) ranks between 9th and 70th.

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Still to play

win tie loss chances for each game. A tie can be the likeliest single score even when a win is more likely overall.

Oct 3 v Mount Olive W 87% · T 8% · L 6% likeliest 4–0
Oct 6 at Southern Wesleyan W 60% · T 20% · L 20% likeliest 2–1
Oct 10 at Chowan W 42% · T 20% · L 38% likeliest 1–1
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W 49% · T 22% · L 30% likeliest 1–1
Oct 17 at Emmanuel (GA) W 59% · T 20% · L 21% likeliest 2–1
Oct 20 v Shorter W 96% · T 3% · L 1% likeliest 5–0
Oct 24 at Lees-McRae W 38% · T 28% · L 34% likeliest 1–1

Results

How much each result changed the rating. A win can lower it if the model expected a bigger win; a narrow loss to a strong team can raise it.

Sep 30 v Erskine W 2–0 Rating −0.05
Sep 26 at Clayton St. T 2–2 Rating −0.00
Sep 23 v Emmanuel (GA) W 2–0 Rating +0.03
Sep 16 at Shorter W 3–1 Rating −0.07
Sep 12 v King (TN) W 7–0 Rating +0.28
Sep 8 at Erskine W 2–0 Rating −0.03
Sep 5 v Southern Wesleyan W 3–2 Rating −0.03
Sep 2 v Palm Beach Atl. T 1–1 Rating −0.00
Aug 30 v Lynn T 1–1 Rating +0.03