GRR: Rankings
This is the penultimate NCR D1 ranking for the fall of 2024.
We will let the semifinals play out and then the final, and we'll update at the end. Right now we have our latest rankings and we have zero ... that's right, zero changes. And it speaks to what we often say about the rankings: if the rankings are perfect, that's boring. We're sorry, it's boring.
BUT ...
We skipped some time on this partly because GRR was traveling so we couldn't do everything we wanted.
In the end what this allowed was a shakeout of the weird results that have bubbled through D1A.
Life has beaten Navy, to be sure, but overall Navy's results have impressed a bit more. Beating BYU helped. So Navy moves back into the #1 spot.
We skipped last week because it was a bit slow, but those results do have an impact.
Combine all of those with the play-in games here's what we have:
We skipped last week so as usual that prompts some bigger changes.
Most notable are St. Joseph's and Boston College, just missing out on conference championships, but playing well in getting there.
They are peaking at the right time.
Baylor, Texas State, and West Chester all get a bump.
The big question regarding our latest NCR D1 rankings is ... should Queens return to #1?
We dropped Queens because they lost to Penn State, but then the Royals beat Life. Should that result drop Life out of #1 in D1A? Or both? Or neither?
In the end, we have to recognize that Rugby East is superbly difficult to win and superbly difficult to run through undefeated.
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