Saint Mary's Wins Big One at BYU If there has been a knock on Saint Mary's it's been that they haven't played a lot of the major teams in the D1A Top 10. That changed this weekend as the Gaels traveled to Provo and beat BYU 38-21 in a wild one where Saint Mary's seemed in total control, only to be reminded that there's no such thing. Saint Mary's has won games by 87, 33, 65, 67, 53, 39, and 97.
Davenport Makes Statement in Road Win In a result that was a bit of an upset, Davenport defeated Arkansas State 17-16 in Jonesboro Saturday. These two teams had played a deceptively close game in Grand Rapids in the fall—ASU eventually won 30 but it was a 17-8 game as late as 65 minutes in. This time, Davenport was determined not to allow a late-game points surge. As it was, the Red Wolves got their points early. At halftime Arkan
Shakeups in D1A After Saturday Results Almost as expected the D1A collegiate landscape has been turned on its head once more. This week's GRR D1A College Rankings>> This weekend: Cal beat Navy. Running out to a 24-7 lead at halftime the Bears cruised to a 47-24 victory.
Cal v Navy, SMC v BYU, and More in College Rugby It's a smaller but more intense weekend in D1AA D1AA Playoffs Ramifications The California D1AA North has their playoffs this weekend and the champion, as well as, possibly, the 2nd-place team will get into the Western Regionals. University of San Diego is almost guaranteed to join them and will secure that top-dog status in the Southwest with a win over Arizona State. Finally (hopefully
Top D2 Players of the Fall: No. 8 The position of No. 8 is one of the largest, proportionally, in our D2 list of top players. While, based on the total number of players we're recognizing (just under 140 right now), you'd expect nine players to be named for each number on their jersey. We have 18 players with the number eight on their backs. And we've discussed that a bit in some earlier releases.
