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Men D2 2023 Rankings Week 5

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Men D2 2023 Rankings Week 5

Bloomsburg deservedly returns.

Well we really wanted to make some significant changes in these rankings and ... we couldn't, really.

Far too many of the higher-ranked teams beat lower-ranked teams. So, not much change, really.

As we've mentioned in a few places, we had a mistake (our mistake, not anyone else's) in a score that prompted us to drop Bloomsburg out of the Top 40 last week. We were wrong to do that and, guess what? Bloomsburg showed us how wrong by beating #24 Bucknell. Nice. Bloomsburg moves in, and up.

Scranton moves up a bit, and two straight rough losses mean we drop UMass Lowell down. And since Lowell tied with UNH, who also lost, they drop down, too.

As a reminder, teams that don't report their scores or make it difficult to find their scores often find themselves drifting down. When we at GRR make repeated efforts to get information on a team (even one we're pretty sure is good) and we don't get a response, we have no choice but to move them down.

Thank you to everyone (and there are many of you) who help us learn about these teams.

Rk. Prev. College Team Conference  
1 1 IUP (PA) Allegheny Beat Miami (19)
2 2 Loyola (IL) Great MW Beat Northern Illinois (37)
3 3 Northern Iowa (IA) Great MW  
4 4 Norwich (VT) New England-Wide Beat New Hampshire (26)
5 5 Georgetown (DC) MARC  
6 6 Vermont (VT) New England-Wide Beat BU
7 7 Marist (NY) Liberty Beat RIT
8 8 Villanova (PA) MARC Beat Lehigh
9 9 Auburn (AL) SCRC  
10 12 Memphis (TN) SCRC Beat Tennessee Tech
11 13 UW-Whitewater (WI) Great MW Beat Marquette (20)
12 10 SLU (MO) Gateway  
13 11 Coast Guard (CT) New England-Wide  
14 15 GVSU (MI) Great Lakes Beat Central Michigan (28)
15 14 Montana State (MT) High Peaks  
16 16 Chicago (IL) Great MW  
17 17 UNC-Wilmington (NC) Southern Beat Western Carolina
18 18 MSU Mankato (MN) Northern Lights Beat UW Stout
19 19 Miami (OH) Allegheny Lost to IUP (1)
20 20 Marquette (WI) Great MW Lost to Whitewater (13)
21 21 Southern Illinois (IL) MARC  
22 23 Kent State (OH) Allegheny Beat West Virginia
23 22 Washington U. (MO) Gateway  
24 Unr Bloomsburg (PA) MARC Beat ESU, Bucknell (24)
25 24 Bucknell (PA) MARC Lost to Bloomsburg
26 25 UMS&T (MO) Gateway Beat Pitt State
27 28 Central Michigan (MI) Great Lakes Lost to GVSU (15)
28 29 MTSU (TN) Allegheny Beat Eastern Kentucky
29 30 Towson (MD) MARC Beat MSM Dev.
30 34 Illinois State (IL) Great MW Beat UIC
31 36 Scranton (PA) MARC Beat TCNJ
32 31 Cornell (NY) Liberty  
33 32 Virginia (VA) Cardinals  
34 33 UM-Duluth (MN) Northern Lights  
35 37 Northern Illinois (IL) Great MW Lost to Loyola (2)
36 38 RPI (NY) Liberty Beat Albany
37 39 Colorado Mesa (CO) High Peaks Beat UCCS
38 26 UMass-Lowell (MA) New England-Wide Lost to Maine
38 26 New Hampshire (NH) NEWCRC Lost to Norwich (4)
40 40 USMMA (NY) Tri-State Beat Fairfield Dev.