Cardinal sits at #16 for the second straight ranking, and sometimes no movement tells you everything. An 11-15 record isn't where this program wants to be, but holding a spot in the top 20 signals that voters still see the fight in this group — that there's a foundation here worth believing in. The wins haven't come in bunches, and the margin for error has narrowed. But this is a roster that hasn't fallen off the map, and in a sport where momentum shifts on a single weekend, staying put might just mean the next jump is coming. Cardinal's stock: steady, unspectacular, and very much still in the conversation.
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