Men DII College Rankings 2014-15 #8
With the play-ins for the final spots for the national playoffs done, we get a better send of the relative strengths of the various conferences. It's a small sample, to be sure, but something to go on.
This is what we found out: Cardinals is legit, even with their #2 losing to Potomac's #2, Towson was a heavy favorite and VMI (badly under-ranked last week) made them sweat.
Men DII Brackets SetThe Men’s DII College National Championship Round of 16 matchups are now set after this weekend's results. Northeast Regional
Kingston, RI (University of Rhode Island)
Wisconsin-Whitewater v BentleyVermont v SUNY Oswego Mid-Atlantic Regional
Harrisonburg, VA (James Madison University)
Oswego Completes DII Top 16
SUNY Oswego defeated top-seeded SUNY Cortland 37-12 Sunday in the final of the Upstate NY Men’s DII league.
That game finalized the 16 teams in the USA Rugby National Playoffs.
Playing on a snowy, muddy pitch at the SUNY Oswego campus, both teams won their semifinals on Saturday, with Cortland dominating Niagara 20-3 and Oswego edging Buffalo State 19-12.
CWU, Washington WinnersCentral Washington made quite the statement Sunday with a 124-0 pasting of Washington State in the NCRC league opener for both teams. There’s nothing much to say about this game except that it was one-way traffic and didn’t get any easier for the Cougars when the subs came on. Josh Bower kicked 12 conversions for 24 points.
Navy Beats Clemson
A week before the ACRC Bowls, the ACRL champion Clemson Tigers took on the US Naval Academy.
Navy has been following a challenging fall schedule, playing highly-regarded teams every month or so. They defeated Ohio State 48-10 August 29, lost to Air Force 38-26 October 3, and beat Maryland 54-21 October 25.
