With two weeks of playoff games to energize the latest D1A rankings we were excited to see what changes those results would bring.

Ultimately, despite a new #1, we don't have much. Saint Mary's, Life, and Navy all could be #1. There are compelling reasons for any of them. Ultimately we picked the one two that had the most impressive victories, understanding that the other two played slightly higher-ranked teams overall. We also figured, hey, Navy and Life had their time at #1, maybe Saint Mary's deserves a moment there. 

Who knows? Maybe BYU will come in blow the rankings to pieces.

Army's performance against Life, coupled with their earlier defeat of Cal, moves them up. Cal had their moments this season, for sure, but ultimately can only hang their hat on their win over Navy; having lost to Saint Mary's twice, BYU once, and Army once, Cal doesn't have a huge argument that they should be ranked ahead of the likes of Army (beat Cal), and Central Washington (split with BYU this season).

Almost every ranking requires us to toss out some result with a big ol' "yeah, but ...". Readers could certainly look at it all a little differently. 

BYU should be #4? It's tough. BYU did lose to Lindenwood, and Lindenwood wasn't too far behind Life. So we'll keep them at #5 for now. Obviously the rankings are self-correcting. BYU wins this coming weekend yet another loss—actually two losses—get thrown out.