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09.23.2025HS Boys, Rankings
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Before we get into the new rankings we have to acknowledge a mistake.

With the hybrid leagues where teams from D2 and D3 are mixed occasionally we lose focus. We knocked it on last week (and exacerbated it with a video) saying Loyola of Maryland was D2. They are D3. They are a very good team in D3. They're not in D2. So, sorry about that. We'll take a close look at D3 this week later on. But right now, they get moved out of our D2 Top 40, of course.

So do a few other teams. There is a lot of guesswork in the opening weeks, and player turnover is a massive factor in how teams reload each year. Sometimes we find out how that went after a few games.

D2 Roundup. Who Has Started Strong?

Teams Moving Up

Benedictine's win over Pitt State prompted us to move them up, and as a result, the team that beat them in a close one, John Brown, moves up too. This is all very good news for the Gateway Conference. 

SUNY Oswego beat Stony Brook, who, the week before had pushed Marist. We're not sure if all five Liberty teams that we have in the rankings will remain there, but right now there's a bit of a cluster for three of them, with RPI (up three spots) and Cornell ahead of them.

Despite losing, UW-Milwaukee comes into the Top 40. They put 33 on Northern Iowa and that's notable. The competition within the Great Midwest is going to heat up.

Rk.Prev.College TeamConferenceNotes
11IUP (PA)AlleghenyBeat GVSU (8)
22UNC-Wilmington (NC)SouthernClose loss to South Carolina
34Norwich (VT)NACRBeat New Hampshire (40)
45Montana State (MT)High PeaksClose loss to Boise State
53Northern Iowa (IA)Great MWBeat UW-Milwaukee
66Vermont (VT)NACRBeat Coast Guard (33)
77Towson (MD)MARCPpd
88GVSU (MI)Great LakesLost to IUP (1)
910Memphis (TN)SCRCBeat Tulane
109Georgetown (DC)MARCPpd
1111Loyola (IL)Great MWBeat DePaul
1212Chicago (IL)Great MW 
1313Cornell (NY)Liberty 
1414Salisbury (MD)MARC 
1515Villanova (PA)MARCBeat Lehigh
1616SLU (MO)GatewayBeat Southern Illinois
1717UMS&T (MO)Gateway 
1818Virginia (VA)SouthernTied North Carolina
1919Coastal Carolina (SC)SouthernBeat VCU
2023RPI (NY)LibertyBeat Marist
2121Marquette (WI)Great MWBeat Illinois State (39)
2224Scranton (PA)MARCBeat Bucknell
2320Miami (OH)Great Lakes 
2422Northwestern (IL)Great MW 
2525Widener (PA)MARC 
2626UW-Whitewater (WI)Great MW 
2728UMass-LowellNACR 
2830Colorado Mesa (CO)High Peaks 
2934East CarolinaSouthern 
3032UMBC (MD)MARC 
31UnrJohn Brown (MO)Gateway 
3235MSU Mankato (MN)Northern Lights 
33UnrBenedictine (KS)GatewayBeat Pitt State
3436UM-Duluth (MN)Northern LightsBeat North Dakota State
3531Marist (NY)LibertyLost to RPI (23)
3638Central Michigan (MI)Great Lakes 
37UnrSUNY Oswego (NY)LibertyBeat Stony Brook (27)
38UnrUW-Milwaukee (WI)Great MWCompetitive loss to Northern Iowa (3)
3937Maine (ME)NACRBeat Boston University
4027Stony Brook (NY)LibertyLost to SUNY Oswego

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