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09.29.2025College Men, Rankings
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Well, here we go. Strength of schedule has a significant influence on the rankings and we kind of suspected that UNC Wilmington's difficult run of opponents might help them.

Of course, a lightning-halted game meant we couldn't hinge a ranking on that result ... we had to wait. This week's win over ranked Virginia boosts the Seahawks to #1.

IUP hasn't done anything wrong, really. It's just that their conference schedule isn't as tough.

Moving up also this week is Villanova, which we at GRR saw in person an we feel is objectively one of the better sides in the nation. Also moving up is Boise State. Now, this is us fixing a mistake. We had Boise State down as a D1AA team, but, in fact, they have moved to D2 because it fits better with their schedule and with a full-time male undergraduate enrollment of about 6,000, they are well below NCR's threshold of 10,000 (which is the maximum for D2 teams). We had moved Montana State up a bit too far, also, and since Boise State did beat MSU in a close one two weeks ago, we've basically fixed that.

John Brown beat UMS&T and they move up to #27. Penn beats a ranked team and comes into the Top 40. Same story for RIT. 

This has so far been a really interesting D2 season in which newer names are putting their hands up—Boise State, Cornell, Coastal Carolina, John Brown, Benedictine, and Penn, to name just a few. We told you these rankings will shift markedly. And now here we are.

Rk.Prev.College TeamConferenceNotes
12UNC-Wilmington (NC)SouthernBeat Virginia (18)
21IUP (PA)AlleghenyBeat John Carroll
33Norwich (VT)NACRBeat Boston University
45Northern Iowa (IA)Great MWBeat Marquette (21)
57Towson (MD)MARCBeat Georgetown (10)
66Vermont (VT)NACRBeat Maine (39)
715Villanova (PA)MARCBeat UMBC (30)
88GVSU (MI)Great LakesBeat Calvin Coll.
99Memphis (TN)SCRCBeat North Alabama
1010Georgetown (DC)MARCLost to Towson (7)
11UnrBoise State (ID)Independent 
124Montana State (MT)High PeaksBeat Idaho
1311Loyola (IL)Great MWBeat Benedictine Ill.
1413Cornell (NY)LibertyBeat SUNY Oswego (37)
1512Chicago (IL)Great MWBeat UIC
1614Salisbury (MD)MARC 
1716SLU (MO)Gateway 
1818Virginia (VA)SouthernLost to UNC-Wilmington (2)
1919Coastal Carolina (SC)SouthernLost to Wingate
2020RPI (NY)Liberty 
2121Marquette (WI)Great MWLost to Northern Iowa (5)
2222Scranton (PA)MARCBeat Bloomsburg
2323Miami (OH)Great LakesBeat SVSU
2424Northwestern (IL)Great MWBeat De Paul
2526UW-Whitewater (WI)Great MWBeat Illinois State
2629East CarolinaSouthernBeat VCU
2731John Brown (MO)GatewayBeat UMS&T (17)
2817UMS&T (MO)GatewayLost to John Brown (31)
2927UMass-LowellNACR 
3028Colorado Mesa (CO)High PeaksForfeit win
3134UM-Duluth (MN)Northern LightsBeat MSU Moorhead
3233Benedictine (KS)Gateway 
3335Marist (NY)LibertyBeat SUNY Albany
34UnrPenn (PA)MARCBeat Widener (25)
3525Widener (PA)MARCLost to Penn
3630UMBC (MD)MARCLost to Villanova (15)
3736Central Michigan (MI)Great Lakes 
3837SUNY Oswego (NY)LibertyLost to Cornell (13)
3938UW-Milwaukee (WI)Great MW 
40UnrRIT (NY)LibertyBeat Stony Brook (40)

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