So we delayed our rankings of D1A-level teams because the official D1A rankings came out this week and we were waiting for them.
Seemed only reasonable as we vote in that ranking. Below is the ranking that includes the current D1A teams plus the Liberty teams, which were in D1A before moving to NCR, and are eager to be ranked against this top level, so that's where we rank them.
Indiana had a chance to move up but beating Michigan State 10-0 (yes, we know, mud) wasn't enough while BYU recorded two massive shutouts over the weekend.
Colorado State moves up after beating Colorado, which was ranked higher. And of course Texas comes into the Red River with a big win over Oklahoma, a win that was pretty clear. The Longhorns jump in at #30.
Liberty teams that move up include Iona, Syracuse, and Northeastern, whose 50-20 win over BC was impressive.
(Also - forgot to add this in. As positive as beating Army is for Dartmouth, this was not the regular Army lineup. Now, we somtimes don't care about that, and sometimes we do, just the shake it up. Here, what we do is leave Army be ... for now. They've got Kutztown, Navy, Air Force, and Lindenwood, so if they are stumbling, we;ll see it.)
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| Rank | Prev | Team | Conference | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Cal | PAC | Won West Coast 7s |
| 2 | 2 | Saint Mary's | California | |
| 3 | 3 | Life | Mid-South | |
| 4 | 4 | Lindenwood | Mid-South | |
| 5 | 5 | Army | Rugby East | Lost to Dartmouth |
| 6 | 6 | Central Washington | Independent | |
| 7 | 7 | Navy | Rugby East | |
| 8 | 10 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | Beat Utah Valley (30), Utah State |
| 9 | 9 | Penn State | Rugby East | |
| 10 | 8 | Indiana | Big Ten | Beat Michigan State (35) |
| 11 | 11 | Arkansas State | Mid-South | |
| 12 | 12 | UCLA | PAC | |
| 13 | 13 | Kutztown | Rugby East | Beat Notre Dame College (36) |
| 14 | 16 | Ohio State | Big Ten | Beat U. Notre Dame |
| 15 | 14 | Arizona | PAC | West Coast 7s |
| 16 | 15 | Davenport | Mid-South | Beat Iowa Central CC |
| 17 | 23 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | Beat Colorado (18) |
| 18 | 17 | St. Bonaventure | Rugby East | |
| 19 | 18 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | Lost to Colorado State (23) |
| 20 | 21 | Iona | Liberty | Beat AIC (41) |
| 21 | 25 | Northeastern | Liberty | Beat Boston College (32) |
| 22 | 19 | Cal Poly | California | West Coast 7s |
| 23 | 20 | Grand Canyon | California | |
| 24 | 22 | Texas A&M | Red River | |
| 25 | 24 | Illinois | Big Ten | Beat Michigan (44) |
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| 26 | 26 | Notre Dame College | Rugby East | Lost to Kutztown (13) |
| 27 | 27 | Air Force | Rocky Mountain | |
| 28 | 28 | Utah | PAC | |
| 29 | 31 | Purdue | Big Ten | Beat Wisconsin (49) |
| 30 | Unr | Texas | Red River | Beat Oklahoma (29) |
| 31 | 33 | Syracuse | Liberty | Beat Buffalo (40) |
| 32 | 29 | Oklahoma | Red River | Lost to Texas |
| 33 | 30 | Utah Valley | Rocky Mountain | Lost to BYU (10) |
| 34 | 32 | Boston College | Liberty | Lost to Northeastern (25) |
| 35 | 39 | Fairfield | Liberty | Beat UConn |
| 36 | 34 | UC Santa Barbara | California | West Coast 7s |
| 37 | 35 | Michigan State | Big Ten | Lost to Indiana (8) |
| 38 | 36 | San Diego State | California | |
| 39 | 37 | Nazareth | Liberty | |
| 40 | 38 | Santa Clara | California | |
| 41 | 40 | Buffalo | Liberty | Lost to Syracuse (33) |
| 42 | 41 | AIC | Liberty | Lost to Iona (21) |
| 43 | 42 | Binghamton | Liberty | Beat Brockport |
| 44 | 43 | Fordham | Liberty | Beat Stony Brook |
| 45 | 44 | Michigan | Big Ten | Lost to Illinois (24) |
| 46 | 45 | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | |
| 47 | 46 | UC Davis | California | |
| 48 | 47 | Baylor | Red River | |
| 49 | 49 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | Lost to Purdue (31) |
| 50 | 50 | North Texas | Red River | Idle |
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