With several of the Top 10 idle the weekend in part came down to whether the Charlotte Tigers looked at all vulnerable playing two games in Florida—no they didn't.

The Tigers won easily of the Florida Jaguares select side and the Jacksonville Wolverines, and retain their #1 ranking.

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The biggest move up has to be Vienna, which is a team we could have moved up a week ago, but you know we tend to be somewhat conservative when it comes to head-turning results. Vienna was close with Fort Hunt, but we needed them to back it up. In the end, a convincing win against a league opponent did the trick. Had Vienna won, say, 29-24, we would have kept them in the 40s. Instead, Vienna jumps 17 spots to #29.

Other teams saw small incremental moves up or down. Raleigh beat the same two opponents as did Charlotte, but by smaller numbers, and move up two places. Danville and SFGG move up one—we actually suspect SFGG is stronger than injury-plagued Danville now, but Danville's close win over SFGG remains in effect. Coming in thanks to notable victories are Albert Lea out of Minnesota, Gridley out of Northern California, and (belatedly) Layton Christian out of Utah.  

Rank	Prev	Team	Notes
1	1	Charlotte Tigers (NC)	Beat Jacksonville (31), Florida Jaguares
2	2	Genesis (UT)
3	3	Woodlands (TX)
4	4	Royal Irish (IN)
5	5	West Valley Warriors (UT)
6	7	Fort Hunt (VA)	Beat West End
7	6	Aspetuck (CT)
8	8	SOC Raptors (CA)
9	9	Tempe (AZ)
10	10	Thunder Rugby (CA)	Forfeit win
11	11	San Diego Mustangs (CA)	Beat Belmont Shore (23)
12	13	Danville (CA)	Beat Lamorinda
13	14	SFGG (CA)
14	16	Raleigh Redhawks (NC)	Beat Jacksonville (31), Florida Jaguares
15	12	SLV Rhinos (UT)
16	15	Red Mountain (AZ)
17	19	Granite Bay (CA)	Beat Elk Grove
18	17	Harlequin (TN)
19	20	Fairfield (CT)	Beat Fairfield Prep
20	18	Naples (FL)
21	21	United (UT)
22	22	Doylestown (PA)
23	26	Pendleton (IN)	Beat Leo/Angola
24	27	Kansas City Jr. Blues (MO)	Beat SLUH (S20)
25	23	Belmont Shore (CA)	Lost to San Diego Mustangs (11)
26	24	Berks (PA)
27	25	West Shore Utd (PA)
28	28	Liberty (WA)	Beat Rainier
29	46	Vienna (VA)	Beat Richmond
30	30	Boca Raton (FL)
31	29	Eagan (MN)	Lost to St. Thomas Aquinas (S3)
32	31	Jacksonville (FL)	Lost to Charlotte (1), Raleigh (16)
33	32	Downingtown (PA)
34	33	Germantown (TN)
35	34	West Houston (TX)
36	35	Avon (IN)	Beat Westfield
37	37	Colorado Springs Falcons (CO)	Beat East HS
38	36	Maryland Exiles (MD)
39	38	Allen (TX)
40	39	Phoenix Alpharetta (GA)
41	40	Eastside (WA)	Beat Budd Bay
42	41	Okapi (FL)
43	42	Snow Canyon (UT)
44	Unr	Albert Lea (MN)	Beat Minnetonka
45	44	West Allegheny (PA)
46	45	Morris (NJ)	Beat Bridgewater
47	Unr	Gridley (CA)	Beat Sac PAL
48	Unr	Layton CA (UT)
49	48	Raptors (TN)
50	50	Charlotte Squadron (NC)