D3VbWest Top 25 (11/4/2024)

I’m really hoping this won’t take long. The need for these rankings are really just for show now. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read and then re-read this ranking. You should commit it to memory, in fact. Don’t let me down! Of course, at the back of my mind, I know I have to drop a loved one.

Here are my rankings:

My rank, (my previous rank, AVCA rank), record; key results; Points/Set.1 (1, 1) Juniata 25-0, W: Scranton; 19.1. 2 (2, 4) MIT 26-0, W: Wesleyan; 18.31. 3 (3, 3) Johns Hopkins 25-2, W: Swarthmore; 18.57. 4 (4, 5) Emory 20-1, W: None; 17.95. 5 (5, 6) UW-Oshkosh 24-4, W: UW-Eau Claire, Chicago; 17.66. 6 (6, 2) Hope 22-2, W: Calvin; 17.96. 7 (7, 7) UW-Whitewater 21-3, W: UW-Platteville; 18.62.  8 (9, 8) WashU 24-4, W: IWU; 17.61.  9 (8, 9) Millikin 26-4, W: None L: North Central; 17.35.   10 (10, 10) Marietta 21-0, W: None; 17.23.  11 (11, 11) East Texas Baptist 23-1, W: Southwestern; 18.20. 12 (12, 20) Colby 22-2, W: None; 16.98. 13 (13, 17) UW-Platteville 23-5, W: Carthage L: UW-Whitewater; 17.37. 14 (14, 14) Case Western Reserve 22-4, W: None; 15.87. 15 (15, 15) Washington & Lee 26-2, W: Chris Newport; 16.93. 16 (18, 12) Claremont-M-S 19-4, W: La Verne; 18.25. 17 (17, 13) La Verne 18-5, W: None L: CMS; 17.72. 18 (20, 21) Ithaca 19-5, W: None; 17.27. 19 (21, 19) Trinity 18-6, W: None; 17.39. 20 (24, 24) UW-Eau Claire 19-7, W: None L: UWO; 17.10. 21 (25, NR) Carnegie Mellon 15-10, W: None; 16.50. 22 (16, 25) Salisbury 21-4; W: None L: Chris Newport, Gettysburg; 17.79. 23 (22, NR) Centre 19-5, W: None L: Berry; 16.05.  24 (NR, NR) UW-Stevens Point 19-9, W: Chicago; 16.26. 25 (19, 18) Chicago 20-9, W: None L: UWO, UWSP, CWRU; 16.67.

Dropped:  Southwestern (23)

Dropping out are my Pirates. They played so well at the beginning of the year but they suffered a big injury that knocked out an outside for the year and are banged up in a few spots. No excuses. Every team has issues and it’s just how well you do to compensate. Coming in is a team they actually beat in UW-Stevens Point. I wanted them in last week but they had some recent losses that stopped me. Their win over Chicago this week puts them here. A number of other teams were looked at but everyone has warts. I could have dropped Chicago and even Centre but they get another week.

Very little movement otherwise. CMS moves ahead of La Verne with their recent win but I liked the look of both teams in that match. Chicago drops the most with a tough week against great teams. I did move WashU ahead of Millikin just due to recent play. Both teams are outstanding.

Keeping it short to give you less to read and re-read and memorize. You are welcome.