Well we have some shakeups in this week's D2 rankings.
Wins over ranked or at the very least strong teams moved several teams up and bumped Grand Valley down. No criticism of GVSU but there is a bit of the "what have you done for me lately?" aspect here. Having said that, we think #5 through to around #18 are pretty close.
New Hampshire was, as we said earlier, a team we were waiting on. We had Vermont and UMass-Lowell very close because they tied when they met. But since then the results have been a little different. UNH lost to Vermont so we were like "OK, there's a separation, we'll have UNH hang out in the 30s." Then UNH beat Lowell, so what do we do? In the end what we do is separate that tie, move Lowell down four spots, and move UNH just ahead of them.
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UW Whitewater is another we were waiting on. The Warhawks beat UW-Platteville, a team that's been circling the rankings for a while, and we decided that now was the time. They move up nine spots. MTSU, UMS&T, and Boston University all move up significantly.
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