This projection presupposes some very important things — Washington and Lee did not bid to host while the other seven of the top eight did bid to host. This projection went with Salisbury hosting W&L as the top seed. Salisbury is the fourth iteration of the eighth host after previous attempts with Marietta, Ithaca and Cortland all fell by the wayside for varying reasons.
I could not find an alternative to one repeat matchup without adding a flight. The lone repeat matchup is MIT vs. Maine Maritime, which also played Colby on the same day this season (Sept. 7), making a logical partner for the Mariners quite a challenge while maintaining some seeding semblance.
Anyway, here is something to poke holes at while we await the official verdict tomorrow at noon (central).
| 1 Juniata | 2 Johns Hopkins | 3 MIT | 4 Emory | 5 Hope | 6 Wash and Lee | 7 Whitewater | 8 Oshkosh |
| 16 Gettysburg | 19 Chris Newport | 10 Colby | 12 East Texas Baptist | 9 Marietta | 14 Ithaca | 13 Millikin | 11 WashU |
| 24 Franklin & Marshall | 22 Case | 23 Smith | 21 La Verne | 17 Whitworth | 18 Salisbury* | 20 Platteville | 15 Trinity (TX) |
| 31 Stevens | 29 NYU | 27 Cortland | 26 CMS | 30 Otterbein | 25 Virginia Wesleyan | 28 Chicago | 32 Eau Claire |
| 55 Lasell | 37 William Smith | 36 Gallaudet | 35 Transy | 34 Carnegie Mellon | 33 Springfield | 40 Middlebury | 42 Illinois Wesleyan |
| 59 Allegheny | 90 St. John Fisher | 45 Messiah | 92 Berry | 39 Centre | 46 Endicott | 43 Northwestern | 38 Stevens Point |
| 166 John Jay | 236 Bridgewater St. | 60 Dartmouth | 155 Covenant | 58 Edgewood | 47 William Paterson | 88 Saint Benedict | 67 Dubuque |
| 210 Marymount | 240 Altoona | 169 Maine Maritime | 107 Southern Virginia | 143 Greenville | 134 Manhattanville | 95 Ohio Wesleyan | 74 Cornell |
Bold = Flight
* = Host outside top eight
-Ricky Nelson
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