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A bit of movement again this week in the Down Under Endeavours Top 25, and again it’s mainly in the bottom half of the rankings. Four teams move up, three fall, and there’s one other team that makes its debut in the ARN rankings.

The big mover is Delaware which climbs five places behind its first ever win against Penn State in the Mid-Atlantic Premier league. Conversely, the Nittany Lions drop the same number of spots because of their loss. Everyone else in the top half remains as they were last week.

Further down the order, the US Merchant Marine Academy, Buffalo and Dartmouth have all moved up the rankings based on their wins, while Ohio State slips after a defeat by Navy and Maryland has dropped out altogether despite being at .500 at this stage of the game. The Terps are having a tough go of it and their lack of depth means they’re staring down the barrel of a difficult second half of the season.

Meantime, Rutgers makes its first ever appearance in the ARN rankings behind a solid start to the Met New York season. So, with all the latest data plugged into the ARN spreadsheet, here is this week’s Down Under Endeavours Top 25.

1 (1) California (idle) [5]
2 (2) BYU (2-0) [5]
3 (3) Navy (4-0) [4]
4 (4) St Mary’s (idle) [5]
5 (5) Army (4-0) [2]
6 (6) Kutztown (4-0) [4]
7 (12) Delaware (3-1) [4]
8 (8) Cal Poly (idle) [3]
9 (9) Tennessee (2-0) [2]
10 (10) Utah (0-1) [5]
11 (11) Wyoming (3-0) [3]
12 (7) Penn State (1-2) [4]
13 (13) San Diego State (idle) [3]
14 (14) New Mexico (0-1) [3]
15 (15) UC Santa Barbara (idle) [3]
16 (16) Texas A&M (idle) [3]
17 (17) UC Davis (idle) [5]
18 (18) Harvard (2-1-1) [2]
19 (19) Boston College (2-1-1) [2]
20 (20) Bowling Green (5-0) [1]
21 (22) USMMA (4-0) [2]
22 (23) Buffalo (4-0) [2]
23 (24) Dartmouth (3-1) [2]
24 (unranked) Rutgers (4-1) [2]
25 (21) Ohio State (2-3) [1]