Top 25 2022 Preseason Ranking Changes from 2021 Top 25 Final

[The Third Division]

Biggest gains for this year are 4 teams moving up 4 spots (Ithaca #17, Bethel#13, Johns Hopkins #10, Hardin Simmons #6) as well as UW-Oshkosh coming in at #19 having been previously unranked.

5 schools' rankings remain unchanged (Cortland #16, Delaware Valley #15, Mount Union #3, North Central (Ill.) #2, Mary Hardin-Baylor #1).

Biggest L's are a two-way tie for second place moving down 7 spots (RPI #20, Birmingham-Southern #25) with the biggest L going to Central moving down 8 spots at #14 because their Gagliardi Trophy winner quarterback graduated.

I hope you will come to appreciate this list because I spent over an hourmaking this, coloring the teams, and getting the record & points lined up on the right.

Top 25, 2022 preseason
Entering the 2022 season:

Rank           School (No. 1 votes)   W-L   Points
1            Mary Hardin-Baylor (23)  15-0  619
2            North Central (Ill.)           13-1  587
3            Mount Union (2)              13-1  577
4   (-1)   UW-Whitewater               13-1  537
5   (+3)  St. John's                       11-1  480
6   (+4)  Hardin-Simmons              9-1   451
7   (-2)   Linfield                           11-1  445
8   (+1)  Wheaton (Ill.)                 10-2  419
9   (+3)  Trinity (Texas)                 9-1   378
10 (+4)  Johns Hopkins                 10-2  358
11 (-4)   Muhlenberg                     11-2  326
12 (-1)   UW-La Crosse                  9-3   314
13 (+4)  Bethel                             8-3   310
14 (-8)   Central                           12-1  287
15          Delaware Valley              11-1  262
16          Cortland                         11-1  211
17 (+4)  Ithaca                             8-2   183
18 (+2)  UW-River Falls                 9-2   180
19 (NR)  UW-Oshkosh                    6-3  156
20 (-7)   RPI                                 11-2 130
21 (+2)  Randolph-Macon               9-1  121
22 (-3)   Salisbury                         8-2  120
23 (NR)  Hobart                             9-2  94
24 (NR)  Heidelberg                       7-2  81
25 (-7)   Birmingham-Southern      10-2 67

Dropped out: Lake Forest

Others receiving votes: Susquehanna 59; Carnegie Mellon 55; Baldwin Wallace 52; Redlands 49; John Carroll 39; Union 36; Lake Forest 31; Aurora 27; Westminster (Pa.) 24; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 10; Wartburg 7; Gustavus Adolphus 6; Albion 6; DePauw 6; UW-Stout 4; Washington U. 4; Washington & Jefferson 4; Centre 3; Rose-Hulman 3; Huntingdon 2; Williams 2; Coe 1; Grove City 1; Washington and Lee 1.

[Ralph Turner]

Welcome to the Boards, Trombone. +1!

[Shamrock]

Nice work, Trombone.  Much appreciated.

[hazzben]

I know Bethel returns 19 starters plus they got a transfer All Conference WR and several D2 transfers.

[The Third Division]

Small Correction - UWW & MU Traded places in the rankings from last year.