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Fall Men DI College Rankings Week 4

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Fall Men DI College Rankings Week 4

In Week 4 of the fall-only Men's DI college rankings, there's little change at the top, but lower down there's plenty of shifting.

(Note: Teams that play exclusively in the Spring - which, for our purposes, starts in January - are not ranked in the Fall.)

The Big Game of the weekend, #1 Army against #3 Penn State produced a game we expected and a result we expected, a close win for Army. Also near the top, #9 Navy beat #11 Air Force, and it was convincing enough to bump Navy up a spot over a less-than-dominant Kutztown team. Bigger things happened lower down. Lower-ranked Stony Brook beat higher-ranked Colgate. Unranked Colorado beat ranked Colorado State. Same goes for NEC over UMass and Cincinnati over Miami.

Now, obviously these unranked winners should be considered for ranking. For Cincinnati it was a little more complicated, since they had lost a close one to Ohio and a less close one to Daytona. We decide to hold off on Ohio, thanks to their tie with Louisville, but Daytona has to come in over Cincy. With all of this, we decided it was finally time to expand the rankings to 50. So teams that might have been pushed out instead just take a hit. Teams that have produced some good results so far but leave us unconvinced come in in the late 40s, including Harvard and Iona.

 

Goff Rugby Report 2015-16 Men FALL DI College Rankings Week #4
Rank Prev Team Comp Notes
1 1 Army (NY) ACRC, DIA, Rugby East Defeated Penn State (3)
2 2 AIC (Mass.) DIAA, ACRC, ECRC Defeated Northeastern
3 3 Penn State (Pa.) ACRC, DIA, Rugby East Lost to Army (1)
4 4 Wheeling Jesuit (WV) ACRC, DIA, Rugby East Idle
5 5 Utah (Utah) VC, DIA, Pac Rugby Defeated Wyoming (34)
6 6 Clemson (SC) ACRC, VC, ACRL Idle
7 7 Davenport (Mich.) DIA, Mid-South Idle
8 9 Navy (Md.) VC, Ind. Defeated Air Force (11)
9 8 Kutztown (Pa.) ACRC, DIA, Rugby East Defeated St. Bonavanture
10 10 Indiana (Ind.) DIA, Big Ten Defeated Michigan (23)
11 11 Air Force (Colo.) DIA, VC, DIA West Lost to Navy (9)
12 12 Western Michigan (Mich.) DIAA, ACRC, MAC Defeated Dayton
13 13 Bowling Green (Mich.) DIAA, ACRC, MAC Defeated Kent State
14 14 South Carolina VC, ACRC, SCRC Defeated Vanderbilt
15 15 Notre Dame College (Ohio) DIAA Independent Defeated James Madison
16 16 Tennessee (Tenn.) VC, ACRC, SCRC Defeated Kentucky
17 17 Wisconsin (Wisc.) DIA, Big Ten Defeated Minnesota
18 19 Boston College (Mass.) DIAA, ACRC, ECRC Defeated Middlebury
19 20 Ohio State (Ohio) DIA, Big Ten Defeated Purdue
20 21 Arkansas State (Arlk.) Varsity Cup Idle
21 22 Delaware (Del.) DIA Independent Idle
22 23 Michigan (Mich.) DIA, Big Ten Lost to Indiana (10)
23 24 LSU (La.) DIA, Red River Idle
24 25 Oklahoma (Okla.) DIA, Red River Idle
25 25 Texas A&M (Texas) DIA, Red River Idle
26 33 Alabama (Ala.) VC, ACRC, SCRC Defeated Florida
27 32 Stony Brook (NY) DIAA, ACRC, Empire Defeated Colgate (27)
28 26 MTSU (Tenn.) DIAA, SIRC Forfeit win
29 29 Missouri (Mo.) DIAA, Heart of America Idle
30 30 Kansas State (Kans.) DIAA, Heart of America Defeated Truman State
31 27 Colgate (NY) DIAA, ACRC, Empire Lost to Stony Brook (32)
32 31 Maryland (Md.) ACRC, VC, ACRL Ppd.
33 36 Florida International (Fla.) DIAA, SIRC Idle
34 37 St. Joseph's (Pa.) DIAA, ACRC, Keystone Defeated Temple
35 38 NC State (NC) ACRC, VC, ACRL Idle
36 39 Arkansas (Ark.) DIAA, Heart of America Ppd.
37 Unr Colorado (Colo.) DIA, ACRC, West DIA Defeated Colorado State (18)
38 Unr Dayton (Ohio) DIAA, ACRC, MAC Lost to WMU (12)
39 40 Kansas (Kans.) DIAA, Heart of America Idle
40 Unr New England College (NH) DIAA, ACRC, ECRC Defeated UMass (28)
41 34 Wyoming (Wyo.) DIA, West DIA Lost to Utah (5)
42 Unr Georgia Southern (Ga.) DIAA, SIRC Defeated Memphis
43 28 UMass (Mass.) DIAA, ACRC, ECRC Lost to NEC
44 Unr South Florida (Fla.) DIAA, SIRC Postponed
45 Unr Cincinnati (Ohio) DIAA, ACRC, MAC Defeated Miami (35)
46 18 Colorado State (Colo.) DIA, DIA West Lost to Colorado
47 35 Miami (Ohio) DIAA, ACRC, MAC Lost to Cincinnati
48 Unr Iona (NY) DIA, ACRC, Rugby East Defeated West Virginia
49 Unr Harvard (Mass.) DIAA, ACRC, Ivy Defeated Penn
50 Unr North Texas (Texas) DIAA, ACRC, SWC Defeated U. Houston