Several Northern Utah boys soccer teams rate high in the UHSAA’s RPI ratings as teams emerge from spring break into the swing of region play.

RPI is calculated using a team’s winning percentage, opponents’ winning percentage and their opponents’ strength as well, and is the determining number for seeding state tournament brackets.

No. 2 Syracuse (4-2) is the area’s top Class 6A team entering Tuesday with No. 3 Farmington (5-1) close behind. No. 7 Fremont (4-2), No. 8 Davis (3-2) and No. 10 Layton (2-2) are all in the top 10. Weber (3-3) is No. 13.

Seeds 14-19 contest first-round matches in the 6A playoffs while the top 13 bye to the second round.

In 5A, Box Elder (5-0) is currently No. 2 in the RPI ranking with five one-goal victories in region play; due to the eight-team format, Region 5 teams have only region games on the schedule.

The top eight teams earn a bye in the 5A playoffs, so No. 7 Roy (3-2) is currently above that threshold.

No. 16 Bonneville (3-2) is currently tracking to make the 5A bracket where 24 of the 28 schools get in. No. 25 Northridge (1-4) and No. 26 Clearfield (1-4) have work to do.

At 6-0 entering Tuesday, Layton Christian sits atop the 4A RPI ratings with road wins at 6A Syracuse and Weber, and a 2-0 mark in Region 10 where LCA handed No. 4 Murray its only loss.

Bear River (1-3) is No. 17 in 4A; 24 of 27 teams make the playoffs with the top eight receiving a first-round bye.

In 3A, Morgan (8-1) is ranked No. 2 with a 31-8 scoring margin and a 6-0 mark in Region 13, and its only loss coming to 6A Syracuse. Ogden (6-3) is No. 4; despite being 3-2 in region play, the Tigers have wins over 6A Davis and Layton, and a 1-0 road loss to 4A’s No. 2 team, Green Canyon. Ben Lomond (3-6) is No. 8.

All 18 teams make the 3A boys soccer playoffs, with seeds 15-18 matched up for play-in games to start the bracket on April 26.

In 2A, Utah Military-Hill Field (Riverdale) is No. 17 with a 2-3 record, currently above the threshold where 20 of the classification’s 22 teams reach the playoffs.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Salt Lake-area and Utah County clubs seem to be excelling in the inaugural season of boys volleyball but several Northern Utah teams have been competitive — with the area’s top-rated team in the RPI being Utah Military-Hill Field (Riverdale), which is 6-2 entering Tuesday and ranked No. 5 in 3A.

Junior Quin Ekberg leads UMA with 38 kills on a .337 hitting percentage and with 27 total blocks.

No. 6 Morgan (7-6) and No. 7 Ogden (6-6) trail just behind UMA entering their matchup against each other Tuesday.

Ben Lomond (3-8) sits at No. 11. All 15 3A teams make the playoffs with No. 1 receiving a first-round bye; the tournament plays May 10-11 at Utah Valley University.

In 6A, No. 7 Davis (7-3) is the top-ranked team in Region 1, though 0-1 in region play entering Tuesday.

No. 13 Syracuse (6-6) and No. 14 Weber (7-5) sit just above the line for play-in first round games for seeds 15-18 — where No. 15 Farmington (5-5), No. 17 Fremont (3-7) and No. 18 Layton (0-5) currently reside. Those first-round matches take place at home sites May 14 and the rest of the tournament is May 16 and 18 at UVU.

Several 5A teams in Region 5 are currently flirting with the cutoff line where 24 of the classification’s 28 teams make the playoff bracket. The top eight receive a first-round bye; No. 14 Clearfield (6-6) is the area’s top team with No. 3 Bountiful (7-1) looking to match its girls volleyball dominance in the region.

After No. 16 Box Elder (5-4), No. 21 Roy (3-10) and No. 22 Northridge (1-4) currently edge past the top-24 mark while No. 26 Bonneville (2-12) is below it.

The 5A bracket follows the same schedule as 6A.

In 4A, Layton Christian (9-1) has found success against teams with losing records and is No. 8 in the RPI ranking, which would be good enough for a first-round bye. In a bracket where 24 of the classification’s 26 teams reach the playoffs, No. 26 Bear River (0-5) needs to pick up some wins to rise above the threshold.

The 4A playoffs begin May 4 with first-round games at home sites, then the final four rounds are May 10-11 at UVU.

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