Men DIAA Rankings Week Of Oct 5
Men DIAA Rankings Week Of Oct 5
This past week our picks were pretty good. We got 15 winners right, with one tie (so that's a wrong pick) and one loss; we'll take that.
That, along with last week's results, now influences our DIAA rankings. Jumping into the Top 40 is Middle Tennessee State and Boise State. Dropping from #1 is Bowling Green, which lost to Western Michigan.
St. Joe's is you #1. Dartmouth might have done enough to get there, but it's difficult to rank a team #1 after a loss, even a loss against a really strong DIA team.
The big issue was what to do in the MAC. When a group of teams is relatively equal, and everyone has lost at some point, sometimes you have to throw out a result. In this case, Louisville's 22-17 loss to Cincinnati ends up carrying less weight than Cincinnati's 38-0 loss to IUPUI, and IUPUI's subsequent 48-12 loss to Louisville.
Then we also take a look at some tied games. Right now, with Maryland and Salisbury tying, we've got both teams equal in the rankings because they really haven't played much yet. But with the Towson-Rowan tie, Towson also played Temple, and lost, while Roan beat Temple. They are all very close. The three games between those three were 29-29, 34-31, and 22-17.
GoffRugbyReport Men's D1AA Rankings 2019-20 Oct. 9 2019 |
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Rank | College Team | Notes | |
1 | St. Joseph's | Beat WVU, Temple (26) | |
2 | Dartmouth | Lost to Penn State (DIA) | |
3 | Chico State | ||
4 | CSULB | ||
5 | Kennesaw State | Beat Kentucky (6) | |
6 | Western Michigan | Beat BGSU (1), Ohio | |
7 | Western Washington | ||
8 | Bowling Green | Beat U. Notre Dame (D1A), lost to Western Michigan (19) | |
9 | Lindenwood-Belleville | Beat Purdue | |
10 | West Chester | Beat Rowan (21), Delaware | |
11 | UCF | ||
12 | Kansas | Beat Iowa State (13) | |
13 | Kentucky | Beat Georgia, Lost to Kennesaw State (10) | |
14 | Virginia Tech | Beat NC State (14) | |
15 | Iowa | Beat Nebraska | |
16 | South Florida | ||
17 | Iowa State | Beat Missouri (38), Lost to Kansas (23) | |
18 | Tennessee | Beat South Carolina | |
19 | Louisville | Beat IUPUI (24) | |
20 | Mount St. Mary's | Beat JMU, Georgetown | |
21 | NC State | Beat Georgetown, Lost to Va. Tech (18) | |
22 | Alabama | ||
23 | IUPUI | Lost to Louisville (27), Beat Dayton | |
24 | Cincinnati | Beat Dayton, Miami | |
25 | Rowan | Lost to West Chester (16), Tied Towson (34) | |
26 | Temple | Beat WVU, Lost to St. Joseph's (4) | |
27 | Towson | Tied Rowan (21) | |
28 | Stanford | ||
29 | Salisbury | Tied Maryland (36), beat JMU | |
29 | Maryland | Tied Salisbury (22) | |
31 | San Diego | ||
32 | Kansas State | Beat Truman State | |
33 | Fresno State | ||
34 | Florida State | ||
35 | MTSU | Beat Mississippi State | |
36 | Brown | Beat Cornell | |
37 | Oregon State | ||
38 | Missouri | Lost to Iowa State (13) | |
39 | Nevada | ||
40 | Boise State | Beat Washington State, Gonzaga | |