Naismith D2 Dynasty Rankings Topic

I know this was done in the past, but I got bored and decided to make a Dynasty Rankings for Naismith DII. I created a very basic numbering system to calculate the rankings. The rankings are based on the last 5 seasons played taking into account how far you got in the NT and the PI. If you didn't make either one you got zero points. Then I created a numbering system to account for RPI as well that was then broken down into a cumulative average score over the past five seasons. With both of those things combined you get the overall score(Total Points). So for example if you won the NT Championship every year(last 5 seasons) and had an RPI under 10 (last 5 seasons) the highest score you could achieve is 205 total Points. Hopefully some of you will enjoy this, and I can keep this going season over season.

Update: Made an update to the rankings to take into weighting the latest season more than the season 5 seasons ago. Just a simple times 5 for the latest season down to 1x on the season 5 seasons ago. Which in turn created a new overall total of 205 points.

With that being said here are the rankings (Top 100):
Naismith DII Dynasty Rankings (Last 5 Seasons)
Rank School Prestige Coach Conference Total Points (out of 205)
1 CSU, Stanislaus A+ danpilgrim1 Cal. CAA 183.8
2 Coker A+ topdogggbm CVAC 175
3 N. Alabama A+ _theprofesso Heartland 161.4
4 N. Colorado A+ bhansalid00 N. Central 161
5 Texas A&M, Commerce A+ qb4usf Lone Star 157.8
6 S. Illinois, Edwardsville A+ bhbum GLV 154.8
7 West Georgia A+ Arfy Gulf South 152.2
8 Texas A&M, Kingsville A+ kevodaphenom Lone Star 148.4
9 Adams St. A+ favre3xmvp Rocky Mtn. 145.6
10 Tiffin A+ BergPride N.American 143.8
11 N. Florida A+ crites18 Peach Belt 138
12 St. Mary's (TX) A jojoe Heartland 137.2
13 Lewis A+ cherrycokeze GLV 137
14 S. Dakota A Nathan14 N. Central 136.8
15 Florida Southern A+ irrev0cable Sunshine 136.6
16 CSU, San Bernardino A- deroches Cal. CAA 134
17 Wisconsin, Parkside A+ arssanguinus GLV 131.2
18 Kentucky Wesleyan A- emy1013 GLV 129.8
19 Shaw A+ rozellium Central 129.8
20 Colorado Mesa A ab90 Rocky Mtn. 128.6
21 Georgia College A rocksolid33 Peach Belt 126
22 U. of Indianapolis A- mcbellows GLV 125.8
23 Kennesaw St. A- clayolson1 Peach Belt 124.2
24 LIU, Southampton A- showofforce ECC 123.4
25 California, San Diego A mike1004 Cal. CAA 122.2
26 W. Chester (PA) A byeags25 N.American 122.2
27 E. New Mexico B+ Reps Lone Star 117.8
28 Minnesota St., Mankato A mpollon N. Central 113.4
29 W. Oregon B+ coach_dk N.American 113.2
30 Alaska Fairbanks B+ mrslam34 N.American 112
31 Slippery Rock A kyjack N.American 111.6
32 St. Joseph's (IN) B+ GLV 110.4
33 Pfeiffer A brantm217 CVAC 110
34 CSU, Los Angeles B+ dewdeebomb Cal. CAA 109.8
35 Benedict A Southern 107.4
36 Tampa A- osgonlz Sunshine 106.2
37 Pittsburgh, Johnstown B+ 43tj N. Central 104.8
38 San Francisco St. B+ Tristram5 Cal. CAA 104.8
39 Augustana (SD) A- coachcjinatl N. Central 100.2
40 W. Florida B+ goochks Heartland 98.4
41 Lock Haven B+ Penn. St. 94.6
42 Barry B+ Sunshine 93.8
43 W. Texas A&M A- hulnder MidAmerica 93.2
44 S. New Hampshire B+ N.American 93
45 Grand Canyon B+ Cal. CAA 89.8
46 Quincy B- pharrop GLV 85.8
47 Tarleton St. B hickman1b Lone Star 83.8
48 Lenoir-Rhyne B tdowdy3 S.Atlantic 77.2
49 Missouri, St. Louis B postmike2020 GLV 76.4
50 Ferris St. B GLIAC 76
51 Abilene Christian B+ regiso Lone Star 72.8
52 N. Carolina Central B+ chasecannon Central 72.4
53 American International B+ jeffblakney N10 69.6
54 Bentley B nova20147 N10 69.4
55 Concordia, St. Paul C+ N. Sun 66.2
56 Chadron St. B- Rocky Mtn. 60.2
57 Chaminade B- Great NW 60
58 N.W. Nazarene B Great NW 60
59 Seattle C+ Great NW 57.8
60 Franklin Pierce B- N10 56.2
61 Carson-Newman B- stmd S.Atlantic 51.6
62 BYU, Hawaii B- Great NW 48.6
63 Florida Gulf Coast B- mildog Southern 47.8
64 Morehouse C+ dreski Southern 46.6
65 Bridgeport B- ECC 46.2
66 Nyack B- C.Atlantic 45.8
67 Fairmont St. B WVIAC 45.8
68 Holy Family C+ C.Atlantic 45.6
69 Tuskegee B Southern 45.2
70 Clark Atlanta B Southern 44.6
71 New York Tech. B- ECC 43.2
72 Humboldt St. B- Great NW 42
73 Mansfield C+ Penn. St. 41.8
74 SW Oklahoma St. B- Lone Star 41.6
75 Fayetteville St. B- Central 41.4
76 Philadelphia B- C.Atlantic 39.6
77 New Mexico Highlands C+ meinrad1337 N. Sun 38.6
78 Salem International B WVIAC 38
79 Pittsburg St. B- MidAmerica 38
80 Northern St. B- N. Sun 37.4
81 Concord B- WVIAC 37.2
82 New Jersey Tech. B- lions318 C.Atlantic 37.2
83 Colorado School of Mines B- asher413 Rocky Mtn. 36.6
84 Grand Valley St. B- GLIAC 36.4
85 Erskine C+ CVAC 36.4
86 St. Paul's B- Central 36.2
87 Delta St. B- Gulf South 35
88 Nebraska, Kearney C+ N. Sun 34
89 Winona St. B- N. Sun 31.6
90 St. Martin's B- Great NW 30
91 Indiana U. (PA) B- Penn. St. 29.6
92 Montana St., Billings C+ Great NW 28.6
93 Fort Lewis B- Rocky Mtn. 27.8
94 Ohio Valley C+ WVIAC 27.6
95 Albany St. C+ Southern 27.4
96 Arkansas, Monticello B- Gulf South 27.4
97 Ouachita Baptist B- Gulf South 27.4
98 N. Kentucky C sethstorer GLV 26.2
99 Western Colorado C+ tyger1147 Rocky Mtn. 24.6
100 Wingate C+ S.Atlantic 21
5/6/2020 3:02 PM (edited)
Thanks for the list! I thought about doing one as well. Glad you are taking the initiative. My team definitely has some work to do.
4/26/2020 2:00 AM (edited)
nice job!! this is pretty cool and i'm sure the coaches in that world appreciate it.

if you are up for some ranking theory conversations, like about the underlying algorithms and stuff, i'd definitely join in! i tried to get folks to engage with me when i set mine up, about the algorithm and stuff, especially since it was all programmatic and it was trivial for me to re-compute - plus i was doing it for all 30 divisions/worlds so i felt more people would care. but almost nobody did! alblack had some rankings he did for a while and we discussed the differences in our approaches and such, but that was about it.

anyway if you enjoy that stuff, if you want to talk about a couple of the choices you made, i'd definitely get down in the weeds with you. just offering - i fully expect *not* to be taken up on that offer!

its awesome when folks do stuff to contribute to the game, whether its running a tournament, maintaining rpi lists, doing rankings - whatever. pretty cool of you to do this!
4/24/2020 6:53 PM
Coker power!

Nice list! Man those teams at the top of this world/division are lethal! What a great D2 world to play in!
4/25/2020 11:24 AM
Thanks fellas. I’m open ears gillispie. Where can I find the one you did for all 30 divisions/worlds?
4/25/2020 6:00 PM
Just spotted this. Very cool to do for a world!!!!
4/27/2020 9:23 PM
Posted by gillispie1 on 4/24/2020 6:53:00 PM (view original):
nice job!! this is pretty cool and i'm sure the coaches in that world appreciate it.

if you are up for some ranking theory conversations, like about the underlying algorithms and stuff, i'd definitely join in! i tried to get folks to engage with me when i set mine up, about the algorithm and stuff, especially since it was all programmatic and it was trivial for me to re-compute - plus i was doing it for all 30 divisions/worlds so i felt more people would care. but almost nobody did! alblack had some rankings he did for a while and we discussed the differences in our approaches and such, but that was about it.

anyway if you enjoy that stuff, if you want to talk about a couple of the choices you made, i'd definitely get down in the weeds with you. just offering - i fully expect *not* to be taken up on that offer!

its awesome when folks do stuff to contribute to the game, whether its running a tournament, maintaining rpi lists, doing rankings - whatever. pretty cool of you to do this!
I was thinking about doing something like this for Rupp Div 3, and have done similar things in HBD for awhile, so I'd be very curious to hear about how you go about doing this in HD if you're willing to share!
5/3/2020 9:06 PM
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