Women DII Top 25
Tuesday Apr 28, 2009 in Rankings DII Women's College
(Stonehill v. UM-Duluth at the playoffs in Florida. Alex Goff photo.)
April 28, 2009 – ErugbyNews had the top four right in their women’s DII college rankings, as Shippensburg, Stonehill, Washington State and Delaware all move on to the national semifinals.
We do, however, swap #1 and #2 around and the same with #3 and #4. Just being contrary? Maybe, but it is all to do with who looked more impressive in the first rounds of the playoffs.
As for the rest of the rankings, they got blown out of the water. Michigan was much stronger than we though – big, tough, and aggressive. Bowdoin moves up simply because they were so close to Stonehill last fall.
Slippery Rock also showed well, prompting us to finally fill out our 25, with Illinois State coming in as a testament to the strength of the Midwest. Minnesota-Duluth moves up too.
Central Florida moves up seven places based on their close loss to Delaware. Moving down because of poor results or by association (they are from the same region as those with poor results) are Wyoming, Wayne State, and Texas Tech.
| Erugbynews.com Women DII College Top 25 April 28, 2009 | |
| 1 | Stonehill 15-0 (2) |
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| 46-5 over Sacramento State (8), 64-8 over UM-Duluth(22) |
| 2 | Shippensburg 14-0 (15-1) (1) |
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| 25-5 over Marist (12), 17-0 over Michigan (21) |
| 3 | Washington State 10-0 (4) |
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| 36-5 over LaSalle (19), 26-20 over East Carolina (6) |
| 4 | Delaware 11-3 (3) |
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| 24-15 over Central Fla (18), 24-21 over Slippery Rock (11) |
| 5 | Bowdoin 7-2 (13) |
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| Idle |
| 6 | Michigan 10-2 (10-3) (21) |
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| 77-0 over Wayne St. (9), lost 17-10 to Shippensburg (1) |
| 7 | Slippery Rock 6-1 (10-2) (11) |
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| 46-22 over Wyoming (5), lost 24-21 to Delaware (3) |
| 8 | East Carolina 8-1 (11-1) (5) |
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| 31-10 over Arizona (20), lost 26-20 to WSU (4) |
| 9 | UM-Duluth 6-4 (7-5) (22) |
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| 15-7 over Claremont (7), lost 64-8 to Stonehill (2) |
| 10 | Marist 8-3 (12) |
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| Lost 25-5 to Shippensburg (1), 39-0 over Wayne St. (9) |
| 11 | Central Florida 7-1 (18) |
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| Lost 24-15 to Delaware (3), 26-10 over Wyoming (5) |
| 12 | Claremont Colleges 7-1 (7) |
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| Lost 15-7 to UM-Duluth (22), 15-5 over Sac. State (8) |
| 13 | Sacramento State 4-3 (8) |
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| Lost 46-5 to Stonehill (2), lost 15-5 to Claremont (7) |
| 14 | Norwich 8-4 (14) |
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| Idle |
| 15 | LaSalle 9-5 (19) |
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| Lost 36-5 to Washington St. (4), 41-17 over Arizona (20) |
| 16 | University of Vermont 5-3 (16) |
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| Idle |
| 17 | Illinois State (Unr) |
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| Idle |
| 18 | Wyoming 4-5-1 (5) |
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| Lost 46-22 to Slippery Rock (11), 26-10 to Central Fla. (18) |
| 19 | Texas Tech 6-1 (6-3) (10) |
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| Idle |
| 20 | UC Santa Cruz 4-2 (15) |
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| Idle |
| 21 | Arizona 5-5 (20) |
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| Lost 31-10 to E. Carolina (6), lost 41-17 to LaSalle (19) |
| 22 | Western Washington 4-2 (6-2) (17) |
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| Idle |
| 23 | Texas State 3-1 (23) |
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| Idle |
| 24 | Utah State 4-7 (24) |
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| Idle |
| 25 | Wayne St. Neb. 7-3 (9) |
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| Lost 77-0 to Michigan (21), 39-0 to Marist (12) |
| Erugbynews.com Women DII College Top 25 April 28, 2009 | |
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