Conference Playoff Time in D1AA
Conference playoffs and finales wrap up October in D1AA this weekend.
Liberty gets its semifinals, and while Boston College and Northeastern are teams who were expected to be here, but it's fair to say not everyone expected Babson and Yale to be here. Babson's season in D1AA is their first and while the Beavers were known to be strong, this was a challenge.
Big 10 Playoff Schedule, Seedings Set
The Big Ten Universities Rugby Conference has finalized its seeding and schedule for the 2025 Championship Playoffs, set to kick off on Saturday, November 1.
This year’s tournament will feature semifinal matchups in both the Championship Cup and Bowl brackets, with higher-seeded teams hosting each contest.
Men NCR D1 Rankings Week 9 2025
We broke up one of the tied pairs, after St. Bonaventure doubled-up on Wheeling and Walsh lost the same weekend.
We are a bit muted in our response to those results; Belmont Abbey moves up but not past Walsh, because overall Walsh still has more wins against tough teams.
So we'll wait a bit. Can Belmont Abbey back that win up?
D1A Rankings for 2025-26 Week 9
Right now we're waiting on a few major ranked-vs-ranked games to shape up these rankings.
It's still early days, but Arizona will play Utah Valley and Cal Poly this coming weekend, which is, yes, a warmup for both Arizona and CPSLO, and a good cross-border challenge for UVU, but is also an exciting early comparison for those western teams.
Men D1AA Rankings Week 9 25-26
Well we skipped last week because of our site reboot and we just couldn't get to it.
And that was a shame because Kentucky's tie with LSU promised to shake everything up. Which is still did.
Now, with two weeks of results, and some deep soul-search, we have a lot of changes.
Here's what we have:
