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.
Eastern Regional Headlines D1AA Playoff April
The spring D1AA season is coming to a head with two playoffs this weekend, another next weekend, and a weekend of bowl games and a championship at the beginning of May. In Florida, the semifinals kick off with St. Thomas (8-0) taking on Florida State (5-3). The seedings hinged on the FSU vs South Florida game, in which USF won 39-34 to budge ahead at 5-2-1.
Pre-Playoff Put-up Time in D1A and D1AA While there are some D1A games next week, the games this week are the final salvo before the playoff seedings come out. At present, if you look at GRR's rankings, we have this in the East: Mount St.
And Now We Know: D1AA Playoffs San Diego beat Arizona State in emphatic fashion 41-19 Saturday to clinch the California D1AA South Conference, and get us closer to figuring out who is in the CRAA D1AA playoffs overall. In fact, we are a LOT closer ... as in we're pretty sure we know. The much-ballyhoo'd (OK, we were the ones ballyhooing it) game between Western Washington and Boise State never happened.
Top D1AA Players of the Fall; Wing and Fullback
We have the final installment of our Top D1AA players of the fall.
Here is wing and fullback. As we have requested from people, we do accept corrections and suggestions to add. And in fact we added several to this list for various reasons. Email us here to suggest a change>>
Top D1AA Players of the Fall; Center
Center is perhaps the largest category in our top D1AA players of the fall.
There's a lot of talent throughout the division here and not just in the championship teams.
Of course, if you think we missed someone. Let us know (which people have been doing and we're grateful for that).
