Big Ten Rugby Conference | Goff Rugby Report

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

11.07.2014College Men

Big Ten Reaches Big Finish

It’s a strange journey to the Big Ten Universities championship game as the team without any losses, Indiana, has to stay home.

10.25.2014College Men

Big Ten Down to Wire

The battle for the playoff spots in the Big Ten Universities conference is still on even after the penultimate games of the regular season.

Indiana remains undefeated, sitting at 5-0 after beating Michigan State 69-13 Saturday. Jake Hidalgo scored five tries in the game. Indiana has one more game, against Purdue in two weeks, to finish unbeaten.

10.18.2014College Men

Indiana Big Win in Big Ten

Indiana took sole possession of 1st place in the Big Ten Universities Conference with a dramatic 19-17 win over Michigan Saturday.

Michigan, previously undefeated, falls to 3-1, while Indiana improves to 4-0.

In other action, Wisconsin moved to 3-1 thanks to a forfeit win over Nebraska.

10.17.2014College Men

Michigan v Indiana Highlights Big Ten Weekend

After beating rivals Michigan State last weekend, the University of Michigan Wolverines look ahead to a difficult task against Indiana.

10.14.2014College Men

Health, Wins Returning for OSU

The respiratory illness that has hit many colleges students this fall hit the Ohio State men’s rugby team especially hard, and for three weeks the Buckeyes have had to cobble together a team made up of those who were healthy enough to play.

They were fortunate, though, to have two of those games be against non-conference opponents.