Rankings- 1-6-12

RPI

1) Davidson 40
2) College of Charleston 63
3) Wofford 142
4) Elon 163
5) Western Carolina 189
6) Furman 235
7) Georgia Southern 241
8) Appalachian State 251
9) Chattanooga 286
10) UNC-Greensboro 299
11) Samford 315
12) The Citadel 328

SoCon Rank: 21

Sagarin

1) Davidson 64
2) College of Charleston 119
3) Wofford 176
4) Furman 207
5) Chattanooga 228
6) Georgia Southern 233
7) Western Carolina 236
8) Elon 246
9) Appalachian State 252
10) Samford 304
11) UNC-Greensboro 320
12) The Citadel 332

SoCon Rank: 24

Pomeroy

1) Davidson 75
2) College of Charleston 132
3) Wofford 182
4) Chattanooga 198
5) Furman 208
6) Western Carolina 234
7) Elon 240
8) Appalachian State 243
9) Georgia Southern 245
10) UNC-Greensboro 292
11) Samford 294
12) The Citadel 331

ANALYSIS

Davidson, College of Charleston, and Wofford are the top three in that order in all three ranking systems. That shows who are the three clear favorites at this point.

The most interesting development is that the SoCon has moved up to 21st in the conference rankings in the RPI. This is good news. It was not that long ago that the conference was suffering back in the low 20s. Now they are in the high 20s. The SoCon champ will certainly be helped by this development- if they can stay this high. An Elon win over Columbia on Sunday would certainly be useful to this. Any other non-conference win would be useful as well.

Next update: Wednesday, January 11, 2012.