Only #3? Yes, that's how tough this competition is.

The Royal Irish season is relatively short, but very intense. With the Indiana Super League, they don't really need to get bogged down playing easy games, and so look for trouble wherever they can find it. So the Royal Irish played Gonzaga and Penn (three times), KC Jr. Blues, Doylestown, United, and Granite Bay. They benefited from Fishers having a strong season, thus getting ranked and bolstering the Royal Irish schedule strength.

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And while Royal Irish played nine times against Top-10 opponents, and also played against eight other ranked teams, they're not #1. Why? Because the next two teams played more Top-10 opponents, and more teams ranked 11-25.

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