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(Shippensburg slips into the Top 25. Alex Goff photo)
Very little change in the women's Top 25 as most of the ranked teams did what was expected.
Of note, Army's freshman Anne Lee, who nailed 11 our of 11 conversions in her team's rout of an improving Vassar team.
Colorado State beat Air Force, which was ranked above them, so that has precipitated a change.
West Chester drops out after losing to Shippensburg, which comes in at #22.
Coming up, #1 and #2 Brown and Army play each other this weekend, finally, and we're excited to find out how that goes. And #3 Penn State plays at #5 Navy, so that could be a big game, too.
Then a week after that we have the Midwest and Northeast playoffs. The New England teams are annoyed because of the number of seeds New York State gets, so if you're from upstate New York, maybe you're hoping the New Englanders get put in their place. It is, at least, a chance for Syracuse, Cornell and Hamilton to show their stuff. Worth noting that at least one, and likely two of those New England teams will be from New York as well.
We talk about all this because playoff games give us the best indication of where a team is. Over the next two weeks we will see who can win when it matters.
2009-2010 RugbyMag.com Women DI College Top 25 Oct. 27, 2009
1 (1) Brown 6-1 (8-1) 21-5 over UMass (9)
2 (2) Army 6-1 77-5 over Vassar
3 (3) Penn State 4-0 (11-1)
4 (4) BYU 3-0 (6-0)
5 (5) Navy 4-0 45-10 over Longwood
6 (6) Virginia 3-0 (10-0)
7 (7) Eastern Illinois 8-0 60-0 over Illinois
8 (8) Northern Iowa 3-1 (4-1) 31-10 over Iowa State
9 (9) UMass 5-1 (6-3) Lost 21-5 to Brown (1)
10 (10) Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2-2 (6-2-1) 61-5 over Minnesota (23)
11 (11) Colorado 3-0 (5-4) 36-7 over New Mexico (13)
12 (14) Colorado State 2-2 (7-2) 23-5 over Air Force (12)
13 (12) Air Force 1-3 (5-3) Lost 23-5 to Colorado State (14)
14 (15) Texas A&M 0-0 (3-1) Defeated HARC women club
15 (16) Michigan 6-0 (8-2) 47-0 over Purdue
16 (13) New Mexico 0-2 (1-2) Lost 36-7 to Colorado (11)
17 (17) Oregon 0-0 (2-1) U19 all-stars
18 (19) Syracuse 5-1 5-0 over Cornell (20)
19 (20) Cornell 4-2 (6-3) Lost 5-0 to Syracuse (19)
20 (18) Hamilton 5-1 22-10 over Brockport
21 (21) Delaware 6-0 34-0 over Salisbury
22 (Unr) Shippensburg 4-1 14-7 over West Chester (22)
23 (24) Ohio State 3-0-1 (4-1) 42-21 over Indiana (25)
24 (25) Indiana 3-2 (9-3) lost 42-21 to Ohio State (24)
25 (23) Minnesota 1-2 (3-6) Lost 61-5 to UW-M (10)
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