In the 20-40 section of this week's DIAA rankings we don't have a lot of movement, but there are key developments near the top.
Around the late 30s we do need to explain that James Madison was ranked a bit too high. We did one of those things where we move a team down based on a result (in this case Delaware) and didn't maintain the connection that team had with another. Delaware had beaten James Madison, so if Delaware moves down, so does JMU. We corrected that this week.
We had two teams tied at #40 last week. They both drop out because Washington beat Washington State and moves in.
Further up the rankings, Rice was ranked at #20 and we were of course waiting for a big result for them to move up further. They beat Sam Houston State, so that's the big result.
Rice Announces Comeback with Win Over SHSU
In addition, Western Michigan beat Louisville, so WMU moves up. What that means is that several teams that won games saw their ranking drop. What we often have to explain is that a team wasn't moved down, per se, but more that someone else was moved up. So Boston College won and was ranked #11. We actually moved them up a spot, but two teams, WMU and Rice, that were below BC are now above them. so net BC moves from #11 to #12. As it is, four teams—Tennessee, UMass, BC, and Florida—all won games but dropped one or two spots because Rice and Western Michigan passed them.
Sorry.
