SoCon Power Rankings

1) Wofford
2) College of Charleston
3) Furman
4) Chattanooga
5) The Citadel
6) Western Carolina
7) Davidson
8) UNC-Greensboro
9) Appalachian State
10) Samford
11) Elon
12) Georgia Southern

BREAKDOWN
OK- things are as muddled as they have been all year. How do you sort out the power rankings? Wofford and Chattanooga are tied for the best record, but have gone just 1-2 against the others of the big four. Wofford lost at home to both College of Charleston and Furman. But both CofC and Wofford have losses to 3-7 Davidson. Chattanooga was battered on the road by Wofford and Furman. For now, Wofford, with no bad losses and both losses being very close, jumps to number one. College of Charleston beat Furman head-to-head, but lost to Chattanooga. But the Mocs blowout losses on the road put them behind the other three, and CofC having the better record than Furman puts them on top.

The Citadel is ahead of Western Carolina because of their head-to-head win- a 22 point blowout just over a week ago. Western has the quality win over Furman, though, that The Citadel doesn't have. That win makes it very close on who gets the number five spot.

Davidson is also very strange. They are 1-6 against teams not in the Top Four. But they are 2-1 against the Top Four. UNCG is 4-6, and owns a head-to-head win over Davidson. However, Davidson's big wins put them just ahead of UNCG. The Spartans nearly had a high quality win on Thursday night at Chattanooga, but lost in double overtime.

Appalachian State is next based on where they probably fit at this point. You could make a case that they belong ahead of Davidson since they beat and have a half game better record in conference play than them.

I believe Elon is better than Samford, but Samford just beat Elon on Thursday night. So, for now, Samford is ahead of Elon, despite what I believe.

Georgia Southern has to be last.

So there is very little separation between 1 and 4. There is also not much separation between 5 and 11, but the biggest gaps are between 6 and 7, and 9 and 10. The number 12 team is clear at this point.

GO MOCS!