2019 Week 2 regional rankings: NACC teams rise in Midwest

The second regional rankings of the season have been published.

Central Region (Week 1 rank) 1 (1). St. Olaf 2 (2). Saint Benedict 3 (3). Augsburg 4 (4). Washington-St. Louis 5 (5). St. Thomas (Minn.) 6 (7). Northwestern 7 (8). Wartburg 8 (6). Loras

Northwestern instead of Bethel remains debatable to me. The MIAC order will work itself out soon.

Midwest Region (Week 1 rank) 1 (1). Chicago 2 (3). Carthage 3 (2). Wisconsin-Whitewater 4 (4). Wisconsin-Eau Claire 5 (5). Wisconsin-Stevens Point 6 (NR). Aurora 7 (NR). Concordia Wisconsin 8 (NR). Millikin

I still like UWW over Carthage despite UWW’s stumbles last weekend. I also had lengthy internal debates about teams 6-8, especially where to slot Millikin. In the end I had Stout ahead of Millikin and the rest flowed from there. I understand the logic behind the official order, but the pivot point that dictated my order makes more sense to me.

Top 4 in other regions Great Lakes: Calvin; Muskingum; Ohio Northern; Transylvania. Mid-Atlantic: Johns Hopkins; Susquehanna; Carnegie Mellon; Juniata. New England: Tufts; Babson; Wesleyan; Wellesley. New York: Stockton; Clarkson; Ithaca; NYU. South: Emory; Berry; Randolph-Macon; Birmingham-Southern. West: Trinity (Texas); Claremont-Mudd-Scripps; Colorado College; Texas Dallas.

-Ricky Nelson