Written by RUGBYMag Staff    Tuesday, 07 February 2012 01:00    PDF Print Write e-mail
Men's DII College Top 25, Jan. 30, 2012
Rankings - Men DII College


(This originally ran Jan. 30 in our premier section. Rankings will be released first to premier readers, then made public at a later date. Our DII college rankings will be published every other week.)

Most of our Top 25 remains inactive and will through much of February, if not into March. However, some great leagues, like Northern California, have kicked off.

Sierra College and fellow NorCal DII junior college Santa Rosa JC usually have a lot of turnover, so it’s hard to expect similar results from year to year. Both have started off league play 1-0, and both have had promising preseasons, so they’re in our list.

Cal Maritime also had a lot of turnover during the offseason, but a fall win over Stanford and a good start to the spring sees the Keelhaulers to No. 20.

We considered moving Lindenwood to No. 1, but decided we need to see them beat a better team college team. So far, their best win is over a DII men’s club, and their best college win is over rebuilding Saint Louis.

Then we looked at the Lions’ spring schedule, and their toughest games in the spring are against more men’s clubs and middle-of-the-road DI-AA Missouri, so it looks like we’re going to have to wait until the West semifinals to see what the Lions can do against quality college competition. 

1. (1) UW-Whitewater 10-0  Idle
2. (2) Lindenwood 8-0  Idle
3. (3) Salisbury 8-0  Idle
4. (4) Northern Colorado 6-0-1  Idle
5. (5) Utah Valley 8-0  Beat Dixie men's club 50-5
6. (6) Northern Illinois 8-1  Idle
7. (7) Towson 8-2  Idle
8. (8) Boston Univ. 7-1  Idle
9. (9) Sierra College 1-0 Won 38-3 over Humboldt State
10. (14) UNC Wilmington 5-1 25-12 over NC State
11. (10) UW-Milwaukee 8-2  Idle
12. (11) Central Missouri 3-0  Idle
13. (12) Rhode Island 6-2  Idle
14. (13) Virginia Military Institute 5-1  Idle
15. (15) Radford 4-1 Idle 
16. (16) Colgate 9-0 Idle  
17. (17) ECU 2-1 
18. (18) Coast Guard 5-2  Idle
19. (19) Bentley 6-1  Idle
20. (25) Cal Maritime 4-0  Won over San Jose State
21. (21) Ohio 5-2-1  Idle
22. (22) East Stroudsburg 7-0  Idle
23. (23) Georgetown 5-3  Idle 
24. (24) St. Edward’s 2-0-1  Idle
25. (Unr.) Santa Rosa JC 1-0 Won 31-10 over UC Santa Cruz