(These rankings originally ran Feb. 7 on the premier side.)

It’s that time of year, when teams who were dormant much of the fall ascend with big winter wins. South Carolina, Oregon State and Florida State are good examples.

South Carolina is still undefeated in college play, and a 100-point win is always impressive, so the Gamecocks hop over idle Miami (OH) and Wisconsin after drubbing Kentucky.

Oregon State has started NCRC play very well, sweeping Canadian teams Univ. British Columbia and Simon Fraser. Though the UBC win wasn’t UBC’s top side, it’s still impressive.

Florida State played in the fall, but not particularly well throughout. Now, when the games count, the Seminoles are winning. The latest victory, over UCF, avenged a fall loss.

No. 4 UCSB and fifth-ranked San Diego State clashed Saturday, with the Gauchos earning the high ranking as 21-14 winners. But, the win isn’t enough to catapult UCSB over Dartmouth or Davenport, and the loss wasn’t enough to drop the Aztecs.


1 (1) Davenport  7-0 Idle
2 (2) Dartmouth  7-0  Idle
3 (3) UC Santa Barbara  2-3  Won 21-14 over SDSU
4 (4) Florida  7-0  Won 29-3 over Georgia
5 (5) San Diego State  1-1  Lost 21-14 to UCSB
6 (6) Northeastern  6-0  Idle
7 (7) Bowling Green  5-1  Idle
8 (10) South Carolina  5-0  Won 104-3 over Kentucky
9 (8) Miami (OH)  4-2  Idle
10 (9) Wisconsin  6-1  Idle
11 (11) Indiana  3-4  Idle
12 (12) Minnesota  5-1  Idle
13 (13) Stanford  0-3  Lost 85-0 to St. Mary’s
14 (14) U. San Diego 3-0  Won 63-45 over USC
15 (15) Sacramento State  0-2-1 Played Sacramento Capitals
16 (16) Maryland  2-1  Idle
17 (17) Tennessee  4-2  Won 61-3 over Kentucky
18 (24) Oregon State 2-0 Won 17-15 over UBC
19 (18) St. Bonaventure  7-1  Idle  
20 (19) Texas  2-0  Idle
21 (20) Stony Brook  5-1  Idle
22 (25) Florida State 8-2 Beat UCF 26-22
23 (22) Virginia Tech  2-1  Idle
24 (22) Arkansas  1-0  Idle
25 (Unr) Washington  1-0  Won 27-10 over Oregon

Dropped out:
23 (20) Loyola Marymount 1-2 Lost 40-23 to Claremont Colleges