Rankings: Top 3 Unchanged as JMU, NDSU, Monmouth Hold Firm

April 11, 2021 by Staff

The top three teams in the Congrove Computer Rankings, released minutes after the end of Sunday's final game, remain unchanged. Top-ranked James Madison was idle, No. 2 North Dakota State eked-out a 23-20 win over Northern Iowa, and 3rd-ranked Monmouth routed Kennesaw State 42-17 to clinch the Big South.

Kennesaw drops from 4th to 10th with the loss.

Montana played its first game of the season against D2 Central Washington and won in a walk-over, 59-3. The Griz are now ranked 4th but won't factor in to the NCAA Playoffs. Neither will Portland State which is ranked 6th and will play their only game of the spring season at Montana next week. Montana and Portland State opted out of the Big Sky spring season and are essentially going rogue as independents.

Weber State inched upward from 6th to 5th after claiming a fourth straight Big Sky title with a 20-15 win at home over Idaho State.

Sam Houston State clinched the Southland title with a 27-13 win over visiting McNeese State and moved up from 9th to 7th.

South Dakota State did not play and stayed at No. 8.

Delaware improved to 4-0 with a 34-14 win over Delaware State and ascended from 10th to 9th.

The three teams ranked 11th through 13th did not play and held their positions with Richmond at No. 11, followed by Holy Cross and North Dakota.

94 teams began the season with at least 1 game scheduled. Since then, these 11 teams have opted-out of playing the remainder of their schedule:
Albany (1-3)
Cal Poly (0-3)
Chattanooga (3-2)
Colgate (0-2)
Illinois State (1-3)
Maine (2-2)
New Hampshire (0-1)
Rhode Island (2-1)
South Dakota (1-3)
Western Illinois (1-5)
Wofford (1-4)

Five of the above schools made their opt-out announcement this past week.

SEE: Complete Rankings