Big Ten Rugby Conference

The Big Ten Rugby Conference (B1G Rugby) is a collegiate rugby league composed primarily of universities that are members of the Big Ten academic and athletic institutions, but it operates independently from the official Big Ten athletic conference. The league was formed to build on the traditional rivalries among these universities, but because of travel challenges, not every original Big 10 is in the rugby conference. Only seven of the teams that made up the Big 10 NCAA conference starting in the 1950s are in the Big Ten Rugby Conference. To even things out, the rugby conference added Notre Dame, which is a University with similar history and background to the Big Ten Universities.

This conference is split into West and East, with teams playing three conference games each. The top two from each side then play in semifinals, and the bottom two from each side play in 5th-place semifinals. Then all of the teams meet for a day of championship rugby in which all eight are placed 1st through 8th.

Of the eight teams in B1G Rugby, five play in the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) postseason, while the other three play toward a College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) postseason.

Division: Men's D1A
Division: Men's NCR D1
Division: Women's D1AA

Conference Website

Men's D1A

Updated: October 28, 2025

11.03.2015College Women

Notre Dame Finish With Michigan Shutout

Notre Dame got a nice boost heading into the Big Ten championship this weekend, defeating Michigan 22-0 in a wet, physical game. The Irish finish the regular season 4-1, losing only to Penn State and unable to reschedule its game against Indiana. The latter are traditionally the top two teams in the conference and have committed to the DI Elite championship in the spring.

10.24.2015College Men

Tie Sets Up Wild Big 10 Finish

Indiana remains on top of the Big Ten after hammering Michigan State 64-3, and got some good news (for IU) when the two teams trying to catch them, Wisconsin and Ohio State, tied 18-18.

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10.21.2015College Women

Penn State Wins 3rd Doubleheader

Reigning DI champion Penn State capped its Big Ten regular season with a 60-12 win over Indiana on Sunday, and takes the top seed into the conference championship on Nov. 7-8. The victory came a day after the team’s 29-14 win over the Pittsburgh Angels, the former DII club champion and a DI semifinalist last spring.

10.17.2015College Men

Indiana Comes Back to Beat Davenport

Indiana University got tries from Teddy Terezis and Alex Dorrier, and a conversion and two penalty goals from Terezis to help Indiana come back from a 14-3 deficit to beat #7 Davenport 18-17.

10.10.2015College Men

Big Ten Latest - Blowouts All Around

The Big Ten Universities Conference is quickly becoming a three-horse race to the top, with a fourth horse chugging along trying to catch up.

Indiana and Ohio State remained undefeated after big victories Saturday, while Wisconsin was idle and stayed at 2-0, Michigan improved to 2-1 with a blowout victory over Minnesota.