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Preseason Men D2 College Rankings for Fall 2022

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Preseason Men D2 College Rankings for Fall 2022

IUP #1? Well, sure. David Arnold photo.

Goff Rugby Report's preseason Men's DII College rankings is a massive piece of guesswork.

We have a large chunk of teams that have moved out of D2 and into NCR's D1—the 2021 Champions, Thomas More; the 2021 Runners-up, Adrian; and another playoff team that narrowly missed out on the top 4, Marian all are out of DII.

So what do we do? Do we automatically bump #3 and #4 into the top two spots. We don't. How these teams return players and build their depth and their traditions is important. Northern Iowa or Norwich could well win it all, but we're going to wait on them. Our #1 is a team that returned a lot of talent and were very close to a top four place. Yes they lost to Norwich in the playoffs last fall, but it's not just about that.

We have some large schools in D2 in Virginia and now NC State and West Virginia, and were waiting on them. But we give a little boost to a Marist team that returns most of their starters, and a Georgetown team we think pretty highly of.

Expect this list to move around a lot. 


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Rank   Team Div/Conf Notes
1   IUP (PA) Allegheny Strong returning group. Were really good last year.
2   Georgetown (DC) MARC Expect them to reload.
3   Norwich (VT) New England-Wide Expect them to reload.
4   Northern Iowa (IA) Great MW Strong returning group. Were really good last year.
5   UMass-Lowell (MA) New England-Wide  
6   Auburn (AL) SCRC Some exciting incoming talent.
7   UNC-Wilmington (NC) Southern  
8   Illinois State (IL) Great MW  
9   UM-Duluth Northern Lights We just think they will march their way back.
10   Villanova (PA) MARC Good pool of players. Always a contender.
11   Vermont (VT) New England-Wide Always a contender.
12   Central Michigan (MI) Great Lakes  
13   Marquette (WI) Great MW  
14   Marist (NY) Tri-State Lots of returners. 
15   Principia (IL) Gateway  
16   Memphis (TN) SCRC  
16   UW-Whitewater (WI) Great MW We have a feeling.
17   UNC-Charlotte (NC) Southern  
18   Furman (SC) Southern  
19   West Virginia (WV) Allegheny  
20   NC State (NC) Southern  
21   Virginia (VA) Cardinals  
22   MTSU (TN) Mid-East A move to a new conference might be interesting.
23   UMS&T (MO) Gateway  
24   Montana State (MT) Rocky Mountain  
25   Georgia Tech (GA) SCRC  
27   Bucknell (PA) MARC Big season last year. We'll wait on them.
28   Providence (RI) New England-Wide  
30   Drexel (PA) MARC  
31   SLU (MO) Gateway  
32   Pitt State (KS) Gateway  
33   East Carolina Southern  
34   Boston University (MA) New England-Wide  
35   Coast Guard (CT) New England-Wide  
36   USMMA (NY) Tri-State  
36   Alderson Broaddus (WV) Allegheny  
37   RPI (NY) Tri-State  
38   UW-Platteville (WI) Great MW  
39   Bentley (MA) New England-Wide  
40   GVSU (MI) Great Lakes We're banking on a comeback.