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.
This Week in Men's College Rugby Action
About 20 games are on the slate on men's college rugby this weekend, with four conferences and some international games, too.
We've been tracking Saint Mary's on their tour of the UK and Ireland.
Top DIAA Players of the Fall: Lock
And we're almost done with our lists of top DIAA players from the fall.
This time it's the locks, and second row is often a tough one to populate partly because you can be a great lock and not get seen (no matter how big you are) because you do a lot of in-tight work—hitting rucks, making tackles around the breakdown, pushing in the scrum.
Competitive Florida Conference Looks to Week 3
Week #3 of the Florida College season sees everyone enter competition with only one … one team at 2-0.
South Florida is the only team to not have lost a game and USF will host North Florida this weekend in a quest to go 3-0.
Sure they won by a lone point over Florida Atlantic, but they still won.
Top DIAA Players of the Fall: Loose Forward
Loose forwards are next in our list for the top DIAA players of the fall.
Whether they are openside flankers, blindside flankers, or No. 8s, we lump them all together, often because many of these players suit up in all of those positions.
We have 43 players in this list.
Top DIAA Players of the Fall: Flyhalf and Scrumhalf
Now we're at halfback with scrumhalf and flyhalf.
This is an important category—OK all of them are important—in that in the USA we're still working on getting US-raised flyhalves and scrumhalves. Maybe three or four of these will be in that pathway.
We have 14 #9s and 18 #10s in this list.
