This week's results told us a lot.
We see that Kansas is a strong program and as now a spring finalist, and they could well push for a higher ranking still. KU didn't win by massive margins, however, and winning big can help get you moved up. We'll see how they handle against the Western finalist, which we identify next week. Our gut feeling at the moment is that if Fresno State continues to roll through, they could be in the top 3, maybe #1.
The Lonestar Conference showed themselves to be stronger than we though. Both playoff teams, plus Sam Houston State, who were competitive with Texas State and UTSA, also get pulled up.
Florida State and Central Florida? Well the Florida Conference is independent, so they don't have a playoff outside their borders. That makes it hard to move them up higher. Still, we've got a small amount of ata that indicates that, yes, they are worthy of Top 10 consideration.
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| Rank | Prev | Team | Conference | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Tennessee | SCRC | |
| 2 | 2 | Queens University | Chesapeake | |
| 3 | 3 | Brown | Ivy League | |
| 4 | 4 | U. Notre Dame | Independent | |
| 5 | 5 | Fresno State | Pac West | |
| 6 | 6 | Mary Washington | Chesapeake | |
| 7 | 7 | Bowling Green | MAC | |
| 8 | 8 | Clemson | SCRC | |
| 9 | 11 | Florida State | Florida | Beat North Florida (41) |
| 10 | 9 | Dartmouth | Ivy League | |
| 11 | 10 | Wheeling | Independent | |
| 12 | 12 | Western Washington | NCRC | |
| 13 | 13 | Mount St. Mary's | Chesapeake | |
| 14 | 14 | U. San Diego | Gold Coast | |
| 15 | 15 | Iowa Central CC | Independent | |
| 16 | 16 | Central Florida | Florida | Beat FIU (44) |
| 17 | 17 | Virginia Tech | Chesapeake | |
| 18 | 18 | Kentucky | SCRC | |
| 19 | 19 | Western Michigan | MAC | |
| 20 | 22 | Kansas | Heart of America | Beat UT San Antonio (42), Texas State (31) |
| 21 | 31 | Texas State | Lonestar | Beat Minnesota (23), lost to Kansas (22) |
| 22 | 20 | CSULB | Gold Coast | |
| 23 | 21 | Oregon | NCRC | |
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| 24 | 24 | Louisville | MAC | |
| 25 | 25 | West Chester | MARC | |
| 26 | 26 | UCSC | Pac West | |
| 27 | 42 | UT San Antonio | Lonestar | Lost to Kansas (22), beat Minnesota (23) |
| 28 | 27 | Sacramento State | Pac West | |
| 29 | 23 | Minnesota | Heart of America | Lost to UT San Antonio (42), Texas State (31) |
| 30 | 34 | Sam Houston State | Lonestar | |
| 31 | 28 | St. Joseph's | MARC | |
| 32 | 29 | Boise State | NCRC | |
| 33 | 30 | Rowan | MARC | |
| 34 | 32 | Iowa State | Heart of America | |
| 35 | 33 | Chico State | Pac West | |
| 36 | 35 | IUPUI | MAC | |
| 37 | 36 | Arkansas | Heart of America | |
| 38 | 37 | Oregon State | NCRC | |
| 39 | 38 | Cincinnati | MAC | |
| 40 | 39 | Kansas State | Heart of America | |
| 41 | 40 | Southern Virginia | Chesapeake | |
| 42 | 41 | North Florida | Florida | Lost to Florida State (11) |
| 43 | 43 | Iowa | Heart of America | |
| 44 | 44 | Florida International | Florida | Lost to Central Florida (16) |
| 45 | 45 | Arizona State | Gold Coast | |
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