Key Seedings Results in D1A In the final D1A weekend before the rankings and playoff seedings come out, here's what we have so far: Saint Mary's beat Cal on a late try. With the score 26-24 in favor of Saint Mary's, Cal found a gap near the Saint Mary's line and then sent it wide for a try by Cal's top try-scorer, wing Joe Kirsten. With the conversion Cal led 31-26 with 17 minutes to go.
Big Second Half Sees Lindenwood Past McKendree Midwest D1A Conference powerhouse Lindenwood University hosted an intense game on its home turf at Hunter Stadium on March 22 against the McKendree Bearcats.
Cal Faces Saint Mary's in Storied Rivalry Decades-long rivals Saint Mary's and Cal meet up in Moragain a game that has massive playoff and rankings implications. After losing games to BYU and Army, Cal has once again performed a turnaround, beating #1-ranked Navy in Berkeley last week to shake up the entire D1A pecking order. Saint Mary's meanwhile has as much claim to the #1 spot at the moment as anyone.
Pre-Playoff Put-up Time in D1A and D1AA While there are some D1A games next week, the games this week are the final salvo before the playoff seedings come out. At present, if you look at GRR's rankings, we have this in the East: Mount St.
GRR D1A Rankings 2023-24 Week 22 The #1 team, Navy, lost over the weekend. So this week's question is: who should be #1 now? Let's look at the candidates: Navy: Remember, losing to Cal doesn't negate their body of work. The Midshipmen ran the table in Rugby East, beating Life and Notre Dame College in the process, and also beat Army (who, you'll remember, beat Army last week). Does one loss knock them off?
