The #1 team won this past week (we were there, which was nice), but don't count out the team they beat.
We are still high on Western Michigan and they could still be a rankings mover and shaker.
At the same time, Mary Washington keeps winning, and we are reminded this week that UMW also almost beat Penn State, who just beat (barely) Kutztown. So we figure UMW is just as good as Kutztown, and that D1A team would certainly be tops in this ranking wouldn't they? Probably. UMW moves up to #2 is what we're saying.
We are also saying that we're seeing a pretty big split between the strong and the teams that struggled to get out of the COVID shutdown. A few teams have surprised us, including Salisbury, Rowan, and Arkansas in how well they have started. Clemson looks very strong and beating two solid conference opponents without allowing a try makes us take notice.
Wheeling almost beat Notre Dame College this week and could well be a team to watch.
And shame on all of you, because no one noticed that we had two teams ranked #35 last week and in fact had 46, not 45, teams in our ranking. Someone should have said something.
Lots of games to consider this week:
Queens vs Mount St. Mary's
Kentucky vs Tennessee (!)
West Chester vs Salisbury
Arkansas vs Kansas
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All those games are massive.
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| Rank | Prev | Team | Conference | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Bowling Green | MAC | Beat Western Michigan (13) |
| 2 | 5 | Mary Washington | Chesapeake | Beat Southern Virginia (9) |
| 3 | 2 | Tennessee | SCRC | |
| 4 | 3 | Iowa Central CC | Independent | |
| 5 | 10 | Kentucky | SCRC | Beat Alabama (40) |
| 6 | 4 | U. Notre Dame | Independent | |
| 7 | 11 | Clemson | SCRC | Beat Georgia (35) |
| 8 | 6 | Queens University | Chesapeake | Lost to Navy |
| 9 | 12 | St. Joseph's | MARC | Beat James Madison |
| 10 | 7 | Mount St. Mary's | Chesapeake | Beat Maryland |
| 11 | 8 | Dartmouth | Ivy League | |
| 12 | 13 | Western Michigan | MAC | Lost to Bowling Green (1) |
| 13 | 16 | Wheeling | Independent | Lost to Notre Dame College |
| 14 | 14 | Louisville | MAC | Beat Cincinnati (15) |
| 15 | 15 | Cincinnati | MAC | Lost to Louisville (14) |
| 16 | 17 | Arkansas | Heart of America | Beat Oklahoma State |
| 17 | 18 | Kansas | Heart of America | Beat MIssouri (37) |
| 18 | 9 | Southern Virginia | Chesapeake | Lost to Mary Washington (5) |
| 19 | 19 | Iowa State | Heart of America | Beat Truman State |
| 20 | 20 | Brown | Ivy League | Game canceled |
| 21 | 21 | CSULB | Gold Coast | |
| 22 | 22 | Florida Atlantic | Florida | |
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| 23 | 23 | Arizona State | Gold Coast | |
| 24 | 24 | South Florida | Florida | |
| 25 | 25 | Central Florida | Florida | |
| 26 | 32 | IUPUI | MAC | Beat Ohio |
| 27 | 34 | Salisbury | MARC | Beat Delaware (42) |
| 28 | 26 | Western Washington | NCRC | |
| 29 | 27 | Oregon State | NCRC | |
| 30 | 28 | Fresno State | Pac West | |
| 31 | 29 | UCSC | Pac West | |
| 32 | 31 | Iowa | Heart of America | |
| 33 | 30 | Texas State | Lonestar | |
| 34 | 33 | Chico State | Pac West | |
| 35 | 44 | Rowan | MARC | Beat Temple |
| 36 | 35 | Georgia | SCRC | Lost to Clemson (11) |
| 37 | 36 | Virginia Tech | Chesapeake | Beat NC State |
| 38 | 35 | Sam Houston State | Lonestar | |
| 39 | 37 | Mizzou | Heart of America | Lost to Kansas (18) |
| 40 | 39 | West Chester | MARC | Forfeit win |
| 41 | 42 | Delaware | MARC | Lost to Salisbury (34) |
| 42 | 38 | Oregon | NCRC | |
| 43 | 40 | Alabama | SCRC | Lost to Kentucky (10) |
| 44 | 41 | Kennesaw State | SCRC | |
| 45 | 43 | UT San Antonio | Lonestar | UT |
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