2023 NJCAA Div. 2 Strength of Schedule

ByNoah Sharp

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And here is the first part of the three parts of the Strength of Schedule. In years past we have either just realist the top 25, or just released the teams that were ranked in the Pre-Season Rankings. This year though we have changed that. We will have the entire NJCAA Ranked based on divisions of course. 

 

For Division 2, there are 146 teams that play. And before you ask your self “Wait did these guys really go and look at all 146 teams’ schedules and do this?” yes yes we did… we have a problem. 

 

What is interesting to see is where some of the Toughest schedules lie. Below will be the Regions by Rank of Toughest Schedules which you can interpret as the “Toughest Regions” if you want to:

 

Rank Region # of Teams Highest Ranked Lowest Ranked
1st 11 8 1st – Iowa Lakes 30th – Iowa Central
2nd  3 1 15th – Monroe CC
3rd 24 9 4th – Illinois Central 126th – Danville Area
4th 1 7 5th – GateWay 41st – Scottsdale
5th 23 16 26th – Copiah-Lincoln 81st – Holmes
6th 2 11 22nd – NOC-Enid 77th – UA Rich Mountain
7th 8 6 29th – St. Johns River 103rd- Florida State Jacksonville
8th 4 15 3rd – Bryant & Stratton (WI) 139th – Illinois Valley
9th 21 1 76th – UConn Avery Point
10th 16 3 67th – North Central Missouri 110th – Moberly Area
11th 19 7 40th – Lackawanna 133rd – Lehigh Carbon
12th 10 13 24th – Patrick & Henry 131st – Pitt
13th 20 11 45th – CCBC Essex 115th – Fredrick
14th 12 24 20th – Marian-Ancilla 137th – St. Clair County
15th 13 7 57th – Dakota County Tech 138th – Bismarck State
16th 15 6 11th – Rockland 142nd – Dutchess
17th 6 1 132nd – Hesston

 

Now for the part that you all are really here for the 1st – 146th Strength of Schedule Rankings. These are based on a few different things taking into account our Pre-Season Rankings. 

 

Rank Pre-Season Rank School Reg
1 Iowa Lakes 11
2 23 North Iowa Area 11
3 Bryant & Stratton (WI) 4
4 Illinois Central 24
5 Gateway 1
6 Carl Sandburg 4
7 Vincennes 24
8 31 Southeastern (IA) 11
9 13 Parkland 24
10 Ellsworth 11
11 Rockland 15
12 11 Lincoln Land 24
13 Spoon River 24
14 Lewis & Clark 24
15 Monroe CC 3
16 Glendale 1
17 27 Northeast (NE) 11
18 14 Des Moines Area 11
19 John Wood 24
20 Marian-Ancilla 12
21 3 Kirkwood 11
22 NOC-Enid 2
23 National Park 2
24 Patrick & Henry 10
25 Rock Valley 4
26 Copiah-Lincoln 23
27 South Arkansas 2
28 Chandler Gilbert 1
29 St. Johns River State 8
30 10 Iowa Central 11
31 Lake Michigan 12
32 Mississippi Gulf Coast 23
34 8 Murray State 2
33 15 Kellogg 12
35 19 Phoenix 1
36 East Central (MS) 23
37 Mesa 1
38 Paradise Valley 1
39 Kalamazoo Valley 12
40 26 Lackawanna 19
41 Scottsdale 1
42 Muskegon 12
43 Elgin 4
44 6 LSU-Eunice 23
45 CCBC Essex 20
46 Lake County 4
47 South Florida State 8
48 21 Hinds 23
49 12 Meridian 23
50 Carl Albert State 2
51 NOC- Tonkawa 2
52 Mississippi Delta 23
53 East Mississippi 23
54 Glen Oaks 12
55 Northeast Mississippi 23
56 Southwest Virginia 10
57 Dakota County Tech 13
58 9 Mercer County 19
59 Kankakee 4
60 Southwest Mississippi 23
61 Coahoma 23
62 1 Heartland 24
63 McHenry 4
64 22 Delaware Tech 19
65 Catawba Valley 10
66 Sauk Valley 4
67 North Central Missouri 16
68 Northwest Mississippi 23
69 Black Hawk-Moline 4
70 East Central (MO) 16
72 32 Western Oklahoma State 2
71 Itawamba 23
73 Redlands 2
75 SAU Tech 2
77 20 UA Rich Mountain 2
74 Lake-Sumter State 8
76 24 Jones 23
78 Bryant & Stratton (VA) 10
79 2 Pearl River 23
80 Prairie State 4
81 Holmes 23
85 30 Pasco-Hernando State 8
83 Mott 12
84 Mid Michigan 12
82 Morris 19
86 Palm Beach State 8
87 Southeastern-Whiteville 10
88 Cleveland 10
89 Garrett 20
90 Wake Tech 10
91 Edison State 12
92 Allegany Maryland 20
93 CCBC Catonsville 20
94 Grand Rapids 12
96 5 Lansing 12
95 Anne Arundel 20
97 Cauyhoga 12
98 Cecil 20
99 Southern Maryland 20
100 Sussex County 19
101 Fayetteville Tech 10
102 Moraine Valley 4
103 17 Florida State Jacksonville 8
104 Brunswick 10
105 Clark State 12
106 CCBC Dundalk 20
107 Chesapeake 20
108 Lenoir 10
109 Montgomery 20
110 Moberly Area 16
111 Bryant & Stratton (OH) 12
112 Madison 4
113 Richard Bland 10
114 Westchester 15
115 7 Frederick 20
116 UConn Avery Point 21
117 Dawson 13
118 Guilford Tech 10
119 Lake Region State 13
120 Highland (IL) 4
121 Raritan Valley 19
122 Hocking 12
123 Morton 4
124 Lakeland 12
125 Miles 13
126 Danville Area 24
127 Schoolcraft 12
128 Williston State 13
129 Ivy Tech Fort Wayne 12
130 Jackson 12
131 18 Pitt 10
132 Hesston 6
133 Lehigh Carbon 19
134 Dakota 13
135 Henry Ford 12
136 Macomb 12
137 St. Clair County 12
138 25 Bismarck State 13
139 Illinois Valley 4
140 Orange County 15
141 Sulivan County 15
142 Dutchess 15
NR ASU Mountain Home 2
NR Bay College 12
NR Community Christian (MICH) 12
NR Ulster County 15

 

If you made it this far and are actually reading what is being written then good for you. What did you think? Are we crazy? Did you go how you think it would? Have anything you would like to debate? Let us know!

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