Rowan and Florida Gulf State were the biggest movers in the first ACHA DII Southeast Region ranking, just released.

Rowan, winner of all nine of its games, soared from No. 9 at the end of last season to No. 2 behind 8-0-0-0 Miami.

Florida Gulf Coast, last season’s national champion and a fixture in the ranking’s top slot in recent years, tumbled all the way to No. 9 after compiling a 3-4-1-0 record out of the gate.

Unranked last season, 5-3-0-0 Toledo sits in the No. 6 position, while Delaware’s 6-4-0-0 record was good enough for No. 11.

Ranked last season but on the outside looking in this weekend is Kentucky. No. 6 last season, Kennesaw State consolidated its DII and DIII teams into a single squad and is competing at the lower level in 2012-13.

Nine of the 15 ranked teams are from Mid-Atlantic College Hockey. Three of the others are members of the Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League.

The entire ranking, with each team’s 2011-12 final regular-season position in parentheses and its record through Nov. 1 on the right, is:

1.   Miami (4)   8-0-0-0
2.   Rowan (9)   9-0-0-0
3.   Bowling Green State (8)   7-2-0-1
4.   Penn State (2)   5-1-0-1
5.   Maryland-Baltimore County (3)   4-6-0-0
6.   Toledo (NA)   5-3-0-0
7.   Liberty (5)   8-2-0-0
8.   Rider (10)   6-2-1-0
9.   Florida Gulf Coast (1)   3-4-1-0
10. Maryland (13)   3-5-0-0
11. Delaware (NA)   6-4-0-0
12. Virginia Tech (7)   6-5-0-1
13. Temple (11)   7-6-0-0
14. Pittsburgh (15)   5-4-0-0
15. Dayton (14)   6-1-0-1

Jim Davis

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