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09.17.2025College Men, Rankings
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What was really great about this past week in D1AA was how many close games there were.

We had a tie, and at least three high-level games decided bby a try or less. This is exciting for the division. You want like-minded, like-ability teams playing against each other. 

We have been forced to drop UHSP and Alabama out of the Top 30. That's no slight on them, but two teams put in results we felt warranted a move up. Interestingly, neither was a win. NC State lost to a very good Virginia Tech team by the score of 24-17. That is enough, we think, to bump them up. Meanwhile, UNC Charlotte tied South Carolina. So they move in, as well. This bodes well for the Southern teams, which play in a hybrid conference with another D1AA team, Appalachian State, and NCR D1 teams Lander anf Wingate. Not a lot of teams, but some good competition, it seems.

A few other teams nudge up. Tennessee keeps daring us to move them up with these big victories. Bowling Green lost to Ohio State, who lost to Tennessee. We're not prepared yet to make that switch, but we're close. Sam Houston State moves up to #2. But it could be that the top three teams in this division are SCRC teams. We're keep an eye on it.

RankPrevTeamConferenceNotes
11KentuckySCRC 
32Bowling GreenMACLost to Ohio State
23Sam Houston StateLonestar 
44ClemsonSCRC 
55Western WashingtonNCRC 
66IowaHeart of AmericaBeat Missouri
77Iowa StateHeart of AmericaBeat Northern Iowa
88LouisvilleMACBeat Ohio
910TennesseeSCRCBeat Georgia
119Texas A&MLonestarLost to Notre Dame
1011Virginia TechMARCBeat NC State 
1212UMassLibertyBeat Niagara
1313Western MichiganMACBeat Pitt
1414Boston CollegeLibertyBeat Buffalo
1515Wayne StateHeart of AmericaBeat Nebraska
1616KansasHeart of AmericaBeat Oklahoma (19)
1719OklahomaHeart of AmericaClose loss to Kansas (16)
1818LSUSCRCBeat Texas State (24)
1917St. Joseph'sMARC 
2020South CarolinaSCRCTied UNC Charlotte
20UnrUNC CharlotteSouthernTied USC (20)
2121Kansas StateHeart of AmericaBeat Arkansas (26)
2323Texas StateLonestarClose loss to LSU (18)
2426ArkansasHeart of AmericaClose loss to K-State (21)
2524TexasLonestarBeat Baylor
2625YaleLibertyBeat UConn
2728West ChesterMARCBeat Rutgers
2822Central WashingtonNCRC 
2927James MadisonMARC 
30UnrNC StateSouthernCompetitive loss to Va. Tech (11)

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