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

12.08.2022College Men

Big Ten Names All-Conference Selections

The Big Ten Rugby Conference has named its all-conference selections as well as the conference MVP.

Indiana naturally pulled in much of the recognition after winning the conference championship.

Indiana Edges Ohio State to Win Big Ten

11.14.2022College Men

Big Ten Finals Day Roundup: Shining in the Snow

The Big Ten Universities held their championship weekend at the University of Notre Dame on Saturday.

All eight teams were in action plying for 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th respectively.

11.13.2022College Men

Indiana Edges Ohio State to Win Big Ten

In a tense, dramatic final worthy of the name Indiana eked by Ohio State to win the Big Ten Conference final Saturday night in South Bend, Ind.

Played at the University of Notre Dame, which hosted four games for placement from 1st to 8th in the conference, the final capped off an entertaining day of rugby.

Indiana took the conference title, Ohio State is second.

10.24.2022College Men

Stadium Game Highlights Big 10 Weekend

Indiana defeated Wisconsin Saturday to move to 2-0 in their Big 10 East schedule.

For IU, the win, secured their top spot in the Big 10 East. But bigger than that, it was their first on-campus game in close to three years, and played at Memorial Stadium, the school's football stadium.