St. Mary's retains the #1 ranking in USA Rugby's D1A Rugby rankings as voted on by a panel of coaches and journalists.

The Gaels kept their ranking thanks in part to a defeat of Lindenwood, which stays at #3.

Here's the top 5 (previous week's ranking in parentheses):

1) Saint Mary’s (1)
2) Life (2)
3) Lindenwood (3)
4) Indiana (4)
5) Utah (5)

For the full ranking and accompanying article, go here.