November 30, 2007 -
The University of Illinois received 45 of a possible 48 first-place votes and continued to hold the top spot in the fiffth ranking of the regular season. Coming off a 2-week hiatus, the Fighting Illini jump back into action against #17 Western Michigan this weekend. Penn State received the other 3 first-place votes and held at #2. Lindenwood jumped up to the #3 spot, while Rhode Island fell to #4 and Oklahoma, Delaware, Ohio, and Liberty held ground at #5-8 respectively. The rankings highest movers were Kent State, which jumped up four spots to the #9 position and Western Michigan, which jumped up three spots to the #17 position. Adrian College, led by Head Coach Mike Buchan, appear in the rankings for the first time in its brief history, coming in at #24. The sixth ranking of the regular season will be released on Friday, December 14.
2007-2008 Ranking #5 |
Rank |
School Name |
1st Votes |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
1 |
Illinois |
45 |
13-0-0 |
1099 |
1 |
2 |
Penn State |
3 |
13-1-3 |
1051 |
2 |
3 |
Lindenwood |
|
13-5-1 |
979 |
4 |
4 |
Rhode Island |
|
14-5-0 |
951 |
3 |
5 |
Oklahoma |
|
16-2-1 |
921 |
5 |
6 |
Delaware |
|
13-2-1 |
871 |
6 |
7 |
Ohio |
|
12-7-0 |
836 |
7 |
8 |
Liberty |
|
12-4-1 |
832 |
8 |
9 |
Kent State |
|
13-6-0 |
677 |
13 |
10 |
West Chester |
|
13-4-2 |
661 |
9 |
11 |
Oakland |
|
9-6-0 |
648 |
10 |
12 |
Iowa State |
|
12-8-0 |
627 |
12 |
13 |
West Virginia |
|
13-5-1 |
614 |
11 |
14 |
Niagara |
|
14-2-0 |
542 |
14 |
15 |
Eastern Michigan |
|
12-8-1 |
476 |
16 |
16 |
Stony Brook |
|
11-4-0 |
404 |
18 |
17 |
Western Michigan |
|
12-6-1 |
366 |
20 |
18 |
Washington & Jefferson |
|
11-8-1 |
362 |
17 |
19 |
Central Oklahoma |
|
10-10-1 |
336 |
15 |
20 |
Slippery Rock |
|
10-6-1 |
223 |
21 |
21 |
Robert Morris (PA) |
|
7-5-2 |
199 |
19 |
22 |
Robert Morris (IL) |
|
8-10-0 |
155 |
22 |
23 |
Duquesne |
|
7-7-0 |
95 |
23 |
24 |
Adrian |
|
7-11-0 |
68 |
NR |
25 |
Navy |
|
6-11-1 |
44 |
24 |
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Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh, Arizona, Rutgers, John Carroll, Oswego State, Arizona State, Michigan-Dearborn, Saint Louis, Penn State-Berks, and Scranton.
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