Hooray! Rankings! / Photo: DartmouthSports.com
Full write-up to appear on the “free” side of the site, but the following serves as a preview …
NOTE: TRB rankings do not integrate competitions. So NIRA teams will not be ranked alongside DI Elite teams, and DI/II fall teams will not be ranked with DI/II spring teams. Why? Because teams’ cycles are based off their championships, so if, say, Penn State plays Quinnipiac in the fall, the former can take a developmental approach to the match, because its national championship is in May; whereas, the latter is looking to peak in mid-November. It’s just not a level playing ground.
NIRA PRE-SEASON RANKINGS
1. Quinnipiac
2. Dartmouth
3. Harvard
4. Army
5. Norwich
6. AIC
7. Notre Dame College
8. Brown
9. West Chester
10. New England
11. Bowdoin
12. Sacred Heart
13. Mount St. Mary’s
14. Colby-Sawyer
15. Molloy
16. LIU Post
17. Castleton