This is a little tough because Brown hasn't really done anything wrong.
But we've moved Notre Dame College past Brown to #1. Why? Well, let's take a look. Brown has beaten, most recently, Siena, a team we know is good but how good is difficult to judge. Yes, we know, that's what we're supposed to do but, in isolation, it's tough to know. With the Rugby East teams it's a little easier because there's Navy and Life and those non-NCR teams in the conference.
Brown beat Harvard, Syracuse, Nazareth, Fairfield, Iona, Dartmouth, AIC, and Siena.
Notre Dame College has beaten Thomas More, Adrian, Penn State, Kutztown, Southern Virginia, and, now, St. Bonaventure. They also tied Army and lost to Navy. Of course, everyone loses to Navy, but it is worth noting they were leading Navy going into halftime (but eventually lost by 31).
That is an objectively stronger schedule for NDC. And if a team that has a stronger list of opponents goes 6-1-1, and beats the #2-ranked team, a team we had at #1 at one point, it seems like if they are ever going to be ranked #1 it would be now.
Can Brown unseat NDC? Of course. The NCR D1 playoffs remain up in the air. Indiana could easily win it all. Wheeling? No, actually, we think the Big Rivers teams just don't have the size and power up front. We're pretty sure it's going to come down to the top four we have listed below. How those four organize themselves isn't set in stone.
