Men DI College Rankings Week 8
Ranking Men's DI teams is very difficult. This write has been doing it for over ten years (the first ranking, posted on GoffonRugby, was in January of 2004), and it only gets harder.
Arizona State Makes Impact in 7sThe Battle in the Bay 7s produce several results of note, and perhaps a series of them came thanks to Arizona State University. Not necessarily expected to get out of their pool, the Sun Devils almost won the group, losing to Cal 19-14 and beating UCSB and Utah. That set them up for a buzz-saw on Day Two, against NCRC champions Central Was
Close-Knit AIC Happy at 6-0
AIC clinched 1st in the ECRC conference with an impressive 45-20 victory over Middlebury Saturday, finishing a 6-0 campaign.
In a game where Middlebury had a shot at taking 1st, the teams were in a tight contest in the first half, with the teams changing ends 17-10 AIC.
It was 20-13 early in the second half before AIC started to pull away.
NSCRO Update Around the Country
Here's a rundown of some of the NSCRO action this weekend:
St. John’s University out of Minnesota, the defending National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) champions, are champions of Minnesota once again as they cut a swatch through the state this fall.
Notre Dame, York Win Key Games in MARC
(Some standings details have been corrected in this updated story.)
Notre Dame College has all but clinched 1st in the MARC Men’s DII College conference after edging IUP 22-19 Saturday.
That put the Falcons at 5-0 with one game to play, and, coincidentally, that is against the one team that can catch them, Rowan.
