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Men D2 2023 Rankings Week 7

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Men D2 2023 Rankings Week 7

IUP stays #1. We kind of explain why. Alex Goff photo.

We made several changes this week, although not at #1.

Why IUP Is Ranked #1

Scranton, on further reflection, has been hard-done-by. Maybe we were just not good with the MARC this year. It could be. We have them up near the top teams now.

Norwich moves up a spot after a really good win over Vermont. And also in hte NEWCRC, we were waiting on Maine to play a higher-ranked team, and they did, beating Coast Guard quite well.

MSU Mankato, Miami, Virginia, and the US Merchant Marine Academy all move up.

New into the Top 40 are Northwestern and Tennessee Tech, both accomplishing that feat by beating a ranked team. 

Rk. Prev. College Team Conference  
1 1 IUP (PA) Allegheny Beat West Virginia
2 2 Northern Iowa (IA) Great MW Beat UW-Milwaukee
3 4 Norwich (VT) New England-Wide Beat Vermont (5)
4 3 Loyola (IL) Great MW Beat Chicago (19)
5 5 Vermont (VT) New England-Wide Lost to Norwich (4)
6 7 Villanova (PA) MARC Beat Bloomsburg (27)
7 6 Georgetown (DC) MARC Forfeit win
8 8 Auburn (AL) SCRC  
9 9 Memphis (TN) SCRC  
10 10 Marist (NY) Liberty Forfeit win
11 11 SLU (MO) Gateway  
12 14 Montana State (MT) High Peaks Beat Colorado Mesa (38)
13 30 Maine (ME) New England-Wide Beat Coast Guard (12)
14 33 Scranton (PA) MARC Beat Bucknell (28)
15 13 GVSU (MI) Great Lakes Lost to Trine, beat Calvin
16 16 Illinois State (IL) Great MW  
17 21 MSU Mankato (MN) Northern Lights Beat St. John's
18 20 Miami (OH) Allegheny Beat Kent State (23)
19 12 Coast Guard (CT) New England-Wide Lost to Main (30)
20 17 UNC-Wilmington (NC) Southern Lost to Belmont Abbey
21 18 RPI (NY) Liberty  
22 19 Chicago (IL) Great MW Lost to Loyola (3)
23 22 Southern Illinois (IL) Gateway  
24 23 Kent State (OH) Allegheny Lost to Miami (20)
25 34 Virginia (VA) Cardinals Tied Christendom
26 24 Washington U. (MO) Gateway  
27 25 UW-Whitewater (WI) Great MW  
28 26 Marquette (WI) Great MW Beat UW-Platteville
29 27 Bloomsburg (PA) MARC Lost to Villanova (7)
30 28 Bucknell (PA) MARC Lost to Scranton (33)
31 29 Central Michigan (MI) Great Lakes  
32 31 UMS&T (MO) Gateway  
33 32 MTSU (TN) Allegheny Beat Western Kentucky
34 36 UMBC (MD) MARC  
35 39 USMMA (NY) Tri-State Beat SUNY Maritime
36 Unr Northwestern (IL) Great MW Beat Northern Illinois (37)
37 38 Colorado Mesa (CO) High Peaks Lost to Montana State (14)
38 15 Cornell (NY) Liberty Forfeit loss
39 Unr Tennessee Tech (TN) SCRC Beat Georgia Tech (40)
40 40 Georgia Tech (GA) SCRC Lost to Tennessee Tech