FHSU Athletics
INDIANAPOLIS – Fort Hays State Men's Soccer moved up to third in the latest NCAA NPI Super Region rankings released on Monday. FHSU was initially ninth in the first release, climbed to fourth in last week's release, and now sit in third at the start of this week. The NPI rankings are a new system the NCAA is using in place of the previous regional rankings system used for several years in NCAA Division II.
The NCAA Power Index, or NPI, is a ranking system used in Division II and Division III to evaluate team performance. NPI considers game results and the strength of opponents to calculate a team's NPI value and ranking. NPI calculations update throughout the season as teams continue to play game and opponent NPI values change. A team's final NPI is not determined until the final games and rankings of the season are complete.
Four of 10 teams selected to the Super Region 3 field of the NCAA Tournament will be automatic selections, which includes conference tournament champions from the GAC, GLVC, GMAC, and GLIAC conferences. The six remaining at-large bids will be determined from the NPI rankings for each Super Region.
Below is the top 12 of the Super Region 3 NPI rankings for October 26, 2026.
Rank Team Conference NPI Rank NPI PrevNPI DIIWL
1 Lincoln (MO) GLVC 6 60.23 11 11-0-4
2 Saginaw Valley GLIAC 9 59.547 9 9-1-6
3 Fort Hays St. GAC 26 56.226 29 12-2-3
4 Northern Mich. GLIAC 29 55.815 26 10-5-2
5 Tiffin G-MAC 30 55.807 43 9-2-6
6 Drury GLVC 33 55.406 30 11-3-3
7 Maryville (MO) GLVC 36 55.278 40 11-4-3
8 Lake Erie G-MAC 40 54.641 42 10-4-3
9 Findlay G-MAC 41 54.627 35 10-4-2
10 Thomas More G-MAC 42 54.556 47 10-3-4
11 Purdue Northwest GLIAC 43 54.511 64 9-5-2
12 UIndy GLVC 48 54.123 44 8-3-6