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10.24.2023College Men, Rankings
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As we have mentioned several times before, we try very hard not to look at any other rankings.

We don't want to be influenced, and also ignoring other rankings allows us plausible deniability if anyone accuses us of copying just because we happen to agree. However, it's difficult to avoid sometimes when we do a search on social media, for example, because often the first post that shows up is NCR's rankings graphics. All of that is to say that we knew that NCR's poll had Kentucky at #1 and ... guess what? We think they were right and we were wrong. While it's entirely possible that Virginia Tech, which was #1 until last week, is the #1 team, it was difficult to put them there when Kentucky beat a fairly highly-ranked South Carolina and did so in convincing fashion.

Meanwhile, last week's #1, Louisville, of course lost, so they couldn't stay. We could have moved Kansas into the #1 but they lost a game, and while we don't penalize college teams for losing to men's clubs, we don't reward them, either. Bowling Green? Maybe, but they did lose to Notre Dame, which was weird. San Diego? They might be the best team in the nation, but they haven't played yet. Sam Houston State? Had they played and won this week, we'd have considered it. Iowa State? Yes, they are in the picture.

We also had several bug movers. UMass is a team we've been a little slow to love and that's in part due to how their schedule panned out. Had they been able to play (and beat) UConn earlier in the season then they might have been higher. In the end they played (and beat) UConn this past week and then beat Boston College. So now they are up 21 spots to #10. Florida beat Florida State (non-league game, we know) and move up 11 spots. We are starting to see something from Boise State and we are also seeing something from Rice. They move up nine and 10 spots, respectively.\

And at #40, Rowan beat Princeton, but overall Princeton has had the better season. We couldn't pick between them so we have them both at #40. For now.

RankPrevTeamConferenceNotes
14KentuckySCRCBeat South Carolina (15)
22Virginia TechMARCBeat Delaware (39)
33KansasHeart of AmericaLost to Wichita RFC
46Bowling GreenMACBeat Louisville (1)
55U. San DiegoGold Coast 
67Sam Houston StateLonestar 
71LouisvilleMACLost to Bowling Green (6)
88Iowa StateHeart of AmericaBeat Nebraska
912TennesseeSCRCBeat Alabama (20)
1031UMassLibertyBeat Boston College (10)
1110Boston CollegeLibertyLost to UMass (31)
1223FloridaFlorida CCBeat Florida State (9)
1313Western MichiganMAC 
1411Fresno StateCalifornia DIAA 
159Florida StateFlorida CCLost to Florida (23)
1614ClemsonSCRCBeat Georgia
1716NC StateSouthern 
1827Boise StateNCRCBeat Oregon State
1917Chico StateCalifornia DIAA 
2030RiceLonestarBeat Texas A&M Grey
2115South CarolinaSCRCLost to Kentucky (4)
2220AlabamaSCRCClose loss to Tennessee (12)
2318Kansas StateHeart of America 
2419Western WashingtonNCRC 
2521West ChesterMARC 
2622St. Joseph'sMARC 
2728BinghamtonLiberty 
2833IowaHeart of AmericaBeat Minnesota (37)
2925South FloridaFlorida CC 
3029MissouriHeart of America 
3132YaleLiberty 
3234UTSALonestar 
3335CincinnatiMACBeat IUPUI
34UnrJames MadisonMARCBeat Maryland (24)
3524Maryland MARCLost to James Madison
3626Florida InternationalFlorida CC 
3736UNC Chapel HillSouthern 
3838Washington StateNCRC 
3939DelawareMARCLost to Virginia Tech (2)
40TUnrPrincetonMARC 
40TUnrRowanMARCBeat Penn

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