IdaGriz01
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With eight ranked teams losing, there is bound to be another big shakeup in the rankings. However, half of those loses were to other ranked teams, so it shouldn’t be quite the blood bath it might have been.
Guess, Team (Record), [Current Rank]
#1 NDSU (8-0) [1]
#2 James Madison (8-1) [2]
#3 Weber State (6-2) [4]
#4 South Dakota State (6-2) [3]
#5 Kennesaw State (7-1) [6]
#6 Sacramento State (6-2) [7]
#7 Illinois State (6-2) [8]
#8 Montana (6-2) [10]
#9 Northern Iowa (5-3) [11]
#10 Villanova (6-2) [5]
#11 Central Arkansas (6-2) [12]
#12 Princeton (6-0) [13]
#13 Furman (5-3) [14]
#14 Dartmouth (6-0) [17]
#15 North Carolina A&T (5-2) [18]
#16 Florida A&M (7-1) [20]
#17 Montana State (5-3) [9]
#18 Central Connecticut (7-1) [23]
#19 SEMo State (5-3) [24]
#20 Towson (4-4) [16]
#21 Jacksonville State (6-3) [25]
#22 Stony Brook (5-3) NR
#23 Nicholls (4-4) [15]
#24 Wofford (5-2) NR
#25 SHSU (5-4) [21]
NR Delaware (4-4) [19]
NR UC Davis (4-5) [22]
The first thing you might notice is that #3 SDSU only slipped a spot, when two or three is more normal. That’s not just because they played NDSU pretty tough (which they did). Dropping them two or three would have put the Jacks’ below Kennesaw State and I thought … “No way.” I think the pollsters will see it that way too.
#5 Villanova, on the other hand, lost a home game to an unranked Stony Brook team. Still, because Stony is actually a pretty good team, I only dropped ‘Nova by five. I could easily see them dropping another spot or two. On the flip side, I invoked my new mid-season rule and jumped Stony Brook into the top-25.
You will note that I expect the pollsters to crush #9 MSU after their lost to unranked North Dakota, even though the kitties still have a winning record. But that is also two losses in a row for MSU, so it would not shock me to seem them go even lower.
#15 Nicholls also lost to an unranked opponent and it was also their second loss in a row. I slammed them pretty good and it would not surprise me to see the pollsters hit them even harder.
#16 Towson lost to a high-ranked team, so they might not drop quite as much as I’m guessing. On the other hand, the pollsters could be much harsher on the Tigers … they are now just 1-3 in the CAA.
Next in line came #19 Delaware. They lost a home game to unranked, and not very good, Richmond. Richmond did not receive any votes in last week’s poll, so I think Delaware drops out of the top-25.
#21 Sam Houston State lost on the road by just 4 points to a pretty good #12 Central Arkansas (6-2) team. I’m guessing they will barely hang onto a spot in the top-25.
The same cannot be said for #22 UC-Davis. As we’ve seen most times before, teams ranked in the bottom three or so simply cannot afford to lose a game, even if it is to a highly ranked opponent. I replaced them with Wofford, the second highest “Other” vote-getter in last week’s poll. (The top Other vote-getter, UT-Martin, lost.)
Guess, Team (Record), [Current Rank]
#1 NDSU (8-0) [1]
#2 James Madison (8-1) [2]
#3 Weber State (6-2) [4]
#4 South Dakota State (6-2) [3]
#5 Kennesaw State (7-1) [6]
#6 Sacramento State (6-2) [7]
#7 Illinois State (6-2) [8]
#8 Montana (6-2) [10]
#9 Northern Iowa (5-3) [11]
#10 Villanova (6-2) [5]
#11 Central Arkansas (6-2) [12]
#12 Princeton (6-0) [13]
#13 Furman (5-3) [14]
#14 Dartmouth (6-0) [17]
#15 North Carolina A&T (5-2) [18]
#16 Florida A&M (7-1) [20]
#17 Montana State (5-3) [9]
#18 Central Connecticut (7-1) [23]
#19 SEMo State (5-3) [24]
#20 Towson (4-4) [16]
#21 Jacksonville State (6-3) [25]
#22 Stony Brook (5-3) NR
#23 Nicholls (4-4) [15]
#24 Wofford (5-2) NR
#25 SHSU (5-4) [21]
NR Delaware (4-4) [19]
NR UC Davis (4-5) [22]
The first thing you might notice is that #3 SDSU only slipped a spot, when two or three is more normal. That’s not just because they played NDSU pretty tough (which they did). Dropping them two or three would have put the Jacks’ below Kennesaw State and I thought … “No way.” I think the pollsters will see it that way too.
#5 Villanova, on the other hand, lost a home game to an unranked Stony Brook team. Still, because Stony is actually a pretty good team, I only dropped ‘Nova by five. I could easily see them dropping another spot or two. On the flip side, I invoked my new mid-season rule and jumped Stony Brook into the top-25.
You will note that I expect the pollsters to crush #9 MSU after their lost to unranked North Dakota, even though the kitties still have a winning record. But that is also two losses in a row for MSU, so it would not shock me to seem them go even lower.
#15 Nicholls also lost to an unranked opponent and it was also their second loss in a row. I slammed them pretty good and it would not surprise me to see the pollsters hit them even harder.
#16 Towson lost to a high-ranked team, so they might not drop quite as much as I’m guessing. On the other hand, the pollsters could be much harsher on the Tigers … they are now just 1-3 in the CAA.
Next in line came #19 Delaware. They lost a home game to unranked, and not very good, Richmond. Richmond did not receive any votes in last week’s poll, so I think Delaware drops out of the top-25.
#21 Sam Houston State lost on the road by just 4 points to a pretty good #12 Central Arkansas (6-2) team. I’m guessing they will barely hang onto a spot in the top-25.
The same cannot be said for #22 UC-Davis. As we’ve seen most times before, teams ranked in the bottom three or so simply cannot afford to lose a game, even if it is to a highly ranked opponent. I replaced them with Wofford, the second highest “Other” vote-getter in last week’s poll. (The top Other vote-getter, UT-Martin, lost.)
