Fall Men DI College Rankings Week 4
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 |