Men’s Division 1AA (D1AA) represents a highly competitive tier of collegiate rugby in the United States, featuring programs governed by both National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) and the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA). It serves as a bridge between elite Division I play and developing Division II or Small College levels, offering strong regional competition and a pathway to national championships under each organization’s structure. While NCR and CRAA operate independently, both use the D1AA designation for schools with established programs that may not have the depth or resources of top-tier D1A teams.
CRAA 15s Season Capped With Finals Weekend in Houston CRAA’s Finalist Weekend kicks off on Friday with the pool play for the Women’s Premier and Women’s College-Club 7s. But there’s plenty more going on in Houston (aside form the thunderstorms delaying air traffic). Saturday and Sunday will see four championship matches plus two bowl games.
Dramatic End Puts USD in D1AA CRAA Final University of San Diego will be facing Iowa State in the CRAA D1AA final during the CRAA Finals Weekend. The game itself will be held at about 1:30PM May 4. Western Washington took on American River College in the Western semifinal on Saturday, beating ARC 35-3. This was still an excellent season for ARC, which is a new program.
Florida D1AA Final Pits Old vs New Florida’s D1AA league comes down to this Saturday as St. Thomas takes on Florida. This is definitely an old-vs-new matchup with Florida being a club program that has been in action, and successful for a very long time. St. Thomas, on the other hand, is a quite new school-supported program with a paid coach and athletic-department status. For St.
Men D1AA College Rankings Week 24 We took a couple of weeks off from the D1AA rankings because there were so few 15s games going on. Of course, there were some games going on in Florida, and as a result we had significant changes. Florida State ran into trouble late in the season and drop significantly.
