Well this is a strange all-D1 rankings week as they sort some things out.
We decided to bring together all of the D1A, NCR D1, D1AA, and NCR D1AA-Club teams into one ranking. The only limit is that we're ranking teams that are schedule to play a significant fall season (so one or two games don't really count).
This week we see some teams play their first game, or at least their first game against a fellow D1 team. Hence the shifting. Queens bumps up (for now) significantly because they beat Penn State by 17. St. Bonaventure barely squeaked by Notre Dame College, but while that kind of result might have prompted us to move a team down. But Ohio State barely got by Tennessee, and we're prompted to move them down too. And because, until further notice, we have Indiana and Ohio State linked because of their fall 2021 results. OK, that's a long time ago, but we know neither team has undergone massive changes.
So ... well we think Ohio State has to move down a little further than St. Bonaventure, meanwhile we end up moving St. Bonaventure down two spots, only to have two teams above Bonnies move down further. So Bonnies slips just one spot thanks to a less-than-astounding win while Kutztown moves up thanks to a competitive loss against Army. Rankings can be like that.
Davenport beats Adrian, and that result was fine, but might have produced less of a bump up. However, Ohio State and Indiana drop down, offering an opportunity for Davenport this fall. By the way, Davenport hosts Indiana next week, which will help. Unless they tie. Notre Dame College, meanwhile, could easily have beaten St. Bonaventure, and deserve a bump up.
Thomas More with their win over Kentucky, and Michigan State with their win over Illinois, and Brown, with a convincing win over Syracuse, also move up.
Next week there are a lot of good rankings-relevant games.
Air Force is at BYU as the Rocky Mountain kicks off. Army hosts Queens and Kutztown is at Penn State. Indiana is at Davenport, as we noted, and LSU plays Clemson in a game that could be LSU's return to the rankings spotlight.
