Along with the updated rankings is a look at a team in each of the three divisions which is a strong dark horse candidate to take home the national title. For the purposes of what defines a dark horse; each of the trio were unranked to start the year, but with a strong finish they…

Being selected as the No. 1 team in the preseason rarely bides well for teams. It actually is almost more of a kiss of death than a blessing. If you go back and read the preseason prognostications for pretty much every sport at any highly-competitive level, you’ll find that more often than not, a team…

These are the final small school rankings of the month of April. While each of the team’s listed have demonstrated they belong among the elite this spring, undoubtedly a few of these schools will be left out of their division’s national postseason tournaments due to the limited number of teams which can advance. When unlikely…

With the Continental Navy seemingly headed for surrender, Captain John Paul Jones responded to a request to surrender to British forces with a resilient retort of “I have not yet begun to fight!” The fiery naval commander rallied his crew from defeat and captured the enemy vessel and sailed into American history and immortality.  The…

With West Texas taking two-of-three from Angelo State, only Tennessee Wesleyan has the potential to run the gauntlet from preseason to postseason as the top-ranked team. Despite ASU being knocked from the No. 1 position, they’re still undeniably one of the top teams in the nation and on the short-short list of clubs likely to…

This week seems to have an unprecedented number of big time matchups with several ranked teams colliding in each of the three small school divisions. These matchups don’t just joggle the rankings outlook going forward, but also have considerable impact for each team’s postseason prospects going forward as they compete for conference and national tournament…