This ranking took a while to wade through because there are some major shifts coming as teams get all their players and enter league play.
We moved the Charlotte Tigers down somewhat dramatically, and really the Top10 ranking was unfair for them as they worked their way through a new-look season. We rearranged Royal Irish, Fort Hunt, and Aspetuck because we should have done that earlier.
Raleigh Redhawks were bounced hard after Charlotte Ruggerfest, but as you know, we say that tournament play is nice, but not a heavy influence on the rankings, at least not for long. We're still waiting to see how all of North Carolina shakes out.
Welcome Layton Christian into the club rankings, and also Lamorinda. We're a bit not-sold on Lamorinda yet because when they've lost games, they've lost by large margins. They haven't hung tough with a really-strong team yet. Will be looking for that. As it is, do we have too many Northern California teams in here? Seems possible, but enough of them have looked for competition outside their region to give us a little more to compare.
Our feeling is someone or some-two in NorCal will slip. And we've got the likes of Greer, Cape Fear, Maryland Exiles, Liberty, Phoenix Alpharetta, and some in Oregon waiting to take their spots.
Up top, Woodlands slides into #2, but the team we think might burst into the top is United.
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Rank |
Prev Rank |
Team |
Notes |
1 |
1 |
Granite Bay (CA) |
Beat Mother Lode (17) |
2 |
6 |
Woodlands (TX) |
Beat SOC Raptors (2) |
3 |
3 |
Thunder Rugby (CA) |
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4 |
2 |
SOC Raptors (CA) |
Lost to Woodlands (6) |
5 |
8 |
United (UT) |
Beat SLV Rhinos (18) |
6 |
4 |
Tempe (AZ) |
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7 |
10 |
Royal Irish (IN) |
Beat Fort Hunt (9), lost to Gonzaga (S2) |
8 |
9 |
Fort Hunt (VA) |
Lost to Royal Irish (10), beat Berks (29) |
9 |
5 |
Aspetuck (CT) |
Beat Vienna (16) |
10 |
11 |
SFGG (CA) |
Beat East Palo Alto (26) |
11 |
12 |
San Diego Mustangs (CA) |
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12 |
13 |
Snow Canyon (UT) |
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13 |
14 |
Boca Raton (FL) |
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14 |
15 |
Belmont Shore (CA) |
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15 |
16 |
Vienna (VA) |
Lost to Aspetuck (5) |
16 |
17 |
Mother Lode (CA) |
Lost to Granite Bay (1) |
17 |
23 |
Charlotte Cardinals (NC) |
Beat Greer, Clayton (42) |
18 |
45 |
Raleigh Redhawks (NC) |
Beat Charlotte Tigers (7), Glen Ellyn |
19 |
18 |
SLV Rhinos (UT) |
Lost to United (8) |
20 |
19 |
Genesis (UT) |
Beat West |
21 |
7 |
Charlotte Tigers (NC) |
Lost to Raleigh Redhawks (45), St. Edward (S16) |
22 |
21 |
Kansas City Jr. Blues (MO) |
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23 |
22 |
Harlequin (TN) |
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24 |
24 |
Danville (CA) |
Lost to De La Salle (S1) |
25 |
25 |
San Mateo (CA) |
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26 |
26 |
East Palo Alto (CA) |
Lost to SFGG (11) |
27 |
27 |
Okapi (FL) |
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28 |
28 |
Germantown (TN) |
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29 |
29 |
Berks (PA) |
Lost to Fort Hunt (9) |
30 |
30 |
Wellington (FL) |
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31 |
31 |
Hough Huskies (NC) |
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32 |
32 |
West Houston (TX) |
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33 |
33 |
Pendleton (IN) |
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34 |
34 |
Eastside (WA) |
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35 |
35 |
HSE-Fishers (IN) |
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36 |
36 |
Morris (NJ) |
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37 |
37 |
Red Mountain (AZ) |
|
38 |
Unr |
Layton Christian (UT) |
Beat West Valley Warriors (40) |
39 |
20 |
West Valley Warriors (UT) |
Lost to Layton Christian |
40 |
42 |
Clayton (NC) |
Lost close game to Charlotte Cardinals (23) |
41 |
38 |
Key Biscayne (FL) |
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42 |
39 |
Marin (CA) |
Lost to Jesuit Sac. (S17) |
43 |
40 |
Doylestown (PA) |
|
44 |
49 |
Neuqua (IL) |
Beat Chesterton |
45 |
41 |
Raptor Rugby (TN) |
|
46 |
Unr |
Lamorinda (CA) |
Beat Elsie Allen (44) |
47 |
47 |
West Shore Utd (PA) |
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48 |
43 |
Roswell Rebels (GA) |
Greer Tournament |
49 |
44 |
Elsie Allen (CA) |
Lost to Lamorinda |
50 |
48 |
Eagan (MN) |
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