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Men’s soccer, women’s soccer and field hockey each have distinct selection criteria, which are voted upon each year, but the three criteria are very similar in their intent...
...Criteria are broken down between primary criteria and secondary criteria. Generally speaking, a team will get selected if it is better than the others in a majority of the primary selection criteria. Secondary criteria are just what the name would suggest...
Record, Strength of Schedule (SOS) and Ratings Percentage Index (RPI)—These three are primary criteria in all sports. RPI is a weighted average of a team’s record, its opponent’s records, and its opponent’s opponent’s records. SOS is a weighted average of the latter two. An important note—teams with records below .500 are not considered for selection...
...teams already selected to participate in the championships, results against teams under consideration for selection—This is what you call the “quality win” category. This means bonus points for beating automatic qualifiers in the tournament or teams above .500. Both are primary criteria for the women’s tournament, only the former counts for field hockey. Neither is a criteria for men’s soccer, but men’s soccer uses an adjusted RPI, which gives bonus points for beating teams with high RPI, and penalty points for losing...
Head-to-head results and record against common opponents—This is the “I beat you, or I beat a team who beat you, so I’m better than you” category. These are primary criteria in women’s soccer and field hockey, but only secondary criteria in men’s soccer...