So that is why Harvard is playing at 1 p.m. tomorrow, while Brown is finished.
Is the NCAA methodology fair or accurate? Well, just look at how some of the NCAA's at-large selections have performed in recent years, across all sports.
The 1999 Dartmouth women's soccer team may have only finished fifth-place in the league, but it was the only Ivy team to win a NCAA game.
In men's basketball last year, everyone cried foul when Virginia, with its 70th-ranked RPI, got rejected in lieu of North Carolina, with the 30th-ranked RPI and two head-to-head losses to Virginia. North Carolina made it to Final Four.
Further questions as to whether this methodology is fair can be left to the philosophy concentrators. In the meantime, we'll see how deep this Harvard women's soccer team can go.