Get used to it for the first couple weeks of the season, but with so many national team conflicts a lot of the top teams are going to lose early this year. I don't think it's that big of a deal and all of these teams (like UCLA and UNC) are going to be among the best at the end of the year, but I don't set the playoff field. What is the NCAA going to do come tournament time? Let's say UCLA loses 2-3 games early (they are missing 5 starters) but then goes on a great run. In years past Santa Clara was punished for early losses even when they wen't undeated in conference play. It's going to be an interesting year.
Women's giants fall on the road before big crowds Soccer America UCLA fell to Penn State, 3-1, Friday before Jeffrey Field women's record crowd of 3,208... Florida State jumped three places to No. 1 by beating defending champion Portland, 2-1, on Sunday in front of 1,625 fans, the second-largest crowd in Seminole history... North Carolina dropped its season opener for the first time since 1983 as Texas A&M beat the Tar Heels, 1-0, Friday night before a NCAA regular-season record-setting crowd of 8,204 at the Aggie Soccer Stadium.