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Unfortunately there are many factors that go into the rankings. What teams did you beat and then what teams did they beat (or lose to).

Stony Brook beat USC and Hopkins but lost to Denver (while SBU was ranked higher) lost to Princeton (not a terrible loss until Princeton lost to Brown) lost to unranked Stanford and lost to similarly ranked UF. Not the best resume. Especially the loss to Stanford and the weak conference schedule they play.

USC has lost to BC (so has everyone else). USC beat Stanford twice (SBU lost to them). USC split w Colorado (SBU).

Princeton loss to Brown really hurts them. Loyola loss to Hopkins hurts them. Dartmouth win over Penn is big for Dartmouth but also helps Michigan because Michigan beat them. Michigan beat Colorado and Denver (See above USC and SBU who have losses against those teams). Beat Hopkins (who beat Loyola). Plus they have wins against Penn State and Towson (who were ranked when they played.). Their only loss is to #2 Maryland (who has beaten everyone) and they play Northwestern on Thu. A win would be big, but a loss to the #6 team won't hurt them.

JMU has losses to UNC, UVA and MD. Wins vs VATech (#14 at the time) And Penn State (#19 at the time). Plus they beat High Point (who has beaten Hopkins).

Definitely tough to figure out the polls but this year, Duke and VATech are down. (Duke isn't a #13 team). Terrible non-conference plus zero quality wins). VATech has only beaten Denver (maybe UVA this Saturday). None of the polls can justify moving Navy up, UF up, USC up, IVies are up and down.

Selection Sunday should be fun!