This was a week of several rankings upsets. 

Most of them came about because a) a team that had built its ranking on good early results faded due to injuries, or other challenges; b) the opposite happened, and a team that lost an early game or two just got better, got players back from injury, or got some late recruits; or c) we just had it wrong.

That last one was our judgment that the Great Midwest North was stronger than the Great Midwest South. Not so. The problem was that Northern Iowa's massive scores (78-0, 146-0, 55-15) made it seem like the conference wasn't strong. We also overlooked the early UNI win over Illinois State 34-17. In retrospect, that was a pretty competitive scoreline for ISU.

We got it wrong that the Gateway West was stronger than Gateway East. Then SLU beat Pitt State, and Principia beat everyone. Again, massive scores made it seem like that side was not strong.

So we're a little unhappy that Central Michigan drops down despite winning, but there are other teams that move up, way up, because of playoff results. Principia moves up 19 spots to #5. Illinois State moved up five spots, Bucknell six, and Northern Iowa four spots to #2.

SLU, East Carolina (beat Belmont Abbey), and RPI (beat USMMA in overtime) all join or rejoin the Top 40. UW-Whitewater and Marquette take a hit, but one of those teams will still join the national playoffs, so they could both move up. 

The Men's DII College Bracket So Far

Men's DII College Scores from this Past Weekend

Rank	Prev	Team	Conference	Notes
1	1	Norwich (VT)	New England-Wide	Beat Vermont (12)
2	6	Northern Iowa (IA)	Great MW	Beat UW-Whitewater (6)
3	2	Adrian (MI)	Great Lakes	Another forfeit win
4	5	Marian (IN)	MCRC	Another forfeit win
5	24	Principia (IL)	Gateway	Beat UMS&T (21), SLU
6	7	UNC-Charlotte (NC)	Southern	Beat UNC Chapel Hill (31)
7	8	Furman (SC)	Southern
8	9	UMass-Lowell (MA)	New England-Wide	Beat Providence (26)
9	14	Illinois State (IL)	Great MW	Beat Marquette (3)
10	10	IUP (PA)	Allegheny	Forfeit win
11	17	Bucknell (PA)	MARC	Beat Shippensburg
12	3	Marquette (WI)	Great MW	Lost to Illinois State (14)
13	11	Central Michigan (MI)	Great Lakes	Beat Saginaw Valley State
14	4	UW-Whitewater (WI)	Great MW	Lost to Northern Iowa (6)
15	12	Vermont (VT)	New England-Wide	Lost to Norwich (1)
16	13	Memphis (TN)	SCRC
17	16	Auburn (AL)	SCRC	Forfeit win
18	18	Georgia Tech (GA)	SCRC
19	20	Montana State (MT)	Rocky Mountain
20	22	UNC-Wilmington (NC)	Southern
21	23	Villanova (PA)	MARC	Forfeit win
22	Unr	SLU (MO)	Gateway	Beat Pitt State (19), lost to Principia (24)
23	Unr	East Carolina	Southern	Beat Belmont Abbey (15)
24	26	Providence (RI)	New England-Wide	Lost to UMass-Lowell (9)
25	19	Pitt State (KS)	Gateway	Lost to St. Louis U.
26	29	Marist (NY)	Tri-State	Beat Seton Hall
27	27	Coast Guard (CT)	New England-Wide
28	31	UNC (NC)	Southern	Lost to UNC-Charlotte (7)
29	21	UMS&T (MO)	Gateway	Lost to Principia (24)
30	28	Boston University (MA)	New England-Wide
31	15	Belmont Abbey (NC)	Southern	Lost to East Carolina
32	32	Citadel (SC)	Southern	Beat Lander
33	33	Virginia (VA)	Cardinals
34	36	Thomas More (KY)	MCRC
35	25	UW-Platteville (WI)	Great MW
36	30	USMMA (NY)	Tri-State	Lost to RPI in OT
37	Unr	RPI	Tri-State	Beat USMMA (30)
38	35	Grand Valley State (MI)	Great Lakes
39	38	Georgetown (DC)	MARC
40	37	Central Missouri (MO)	Gateway