Well they held onto #1.

Kentucky jumped to #1 in Week 8 and held tightly onto it after that. In fact, they weren't really challenged all that much.

And really there wasn't that much change in the top-ranked teams in D1AA this fall. Here's a look at the journey of the top four.

Rice is our #5 and we might see that change in the spring, but that's the one team that wasn't ranked and that shot up to a high rank.

Why is Louisville ranked ahead of Iowa State? Well ISU will be playing heavy 15s in the spring, so they will have every opportunity to move up (as well as down). We do give Western Washington a bit of a boost and we're interested to see how they do in the spring. We suspect WWU could move up in the Top 10, and we'll see how they navigate the spring. Rice, Sam Houston State and U. San Diego will all be active in the spring, so there's plenty of opportunity for these rankings to shift around.

However ... Kentucky has set a pretty high bar.