Sorry, meant to say Harvard beat Brown an Cornell beat Harvard etc.Can Opener wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 3:58 pmThis is probably a typo, but Brown beat Yale, not the other way around. Just seems a little weird that Brown beat Penn and Yale in the past 8 days but is ranked below both of them.joewillie78 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 11:03 amCO, what makes it tough is the head to head where Yale beat Brown, but Cornell beat Yale, but Penn beat Cornell and on and on.Can Opener wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 10:48 amThanks for doing the leg work, here, JW. I know that you have been a big believer in Brown all season and I get it that there are all sorts of overlapping wins and losses with common opponents at this point in the season, but I am struggling with how a 5-4 Penn team is ranked above 7-4 Brown when they lost to the Bears last weekend 12-10 in Philly. Penn has only two high quality wins (Duke & Cornell) while Brown has high quality recent wins over Penn and Yale. (I don't think that Penn's Harvard win is going to stand up as a high quality W.) For that matter, I am also not seeing 5-4 Notre Dame earning a spot above Brown. ND's wins are against 1-8 Detroit Mercy, 7-6 Michigan (losers of six straight), 4-8 Syracuse, 10-5 Duke and 4-8 Marquette. I have a little less of a gripe with 7-3 Yale being ranked seven spots above 7-4 Brown after having just been destroyed by the Bears 20-13, but there's a pretty good argument to be made that Brown deserves a higher ranking than the Elis.joewillie78 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 6:54 am My new Top 25.
1. Maryland
2. Georgetown
3. Princeton
4. Rutgers
5. Cornell
6. Yale
7. Army
8. Jacksonville
9. Penn
10. Notre Dame
11. Duke
12. Virginia
13. Brown
14. Ohio State
15. Denver
16. St. Joseph's
17. Boston University
18. North Carolina
19. Harvard
20. Richmond
21. Villanova
22. Stony Brook
23. Utah
24. Lehigh
25. JHU
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Joewillie78
Not trying to take pot shots at your poll since, unfortunately for Brown, it is likely to be close to the "real" polls this week. Just food for thought.
Brown is the hottest and playing the best Lax in the Ivies right now and their game against my beloved Big Red next Saturday will pretty much determine both teams fate nationally and in the ILT.
So many teams are so close that doing these rankings is brutal.
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Joewillie78
Yup, DA, Brown State likes playing with a chip on their shoulder.
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