Men D1A Rankings Week 1
Men D1A Rankings Week 1
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We open up the 2024-25 collegiate season with our Men's D1A Top 25.
It's difficult to change much from the final ranking from the 2023-24 season. We were tempted to move Saint Mary's out of #1 because they are graduating some very good players, but in the end we know also they are reloading quite nicely.
The one team we made a major move on was Cal. The Bears ended the season ranked #8 but we're not sure that is a good place to start them. So Cal moves up. We make one or two other adjustments, but the games will change things as we move on.
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| Rk. | End of 24 Rank | College Team | Conference | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Saint Mary's | California | 7 finals and 4 championship since 2013 |
| 2 | 2 | Navy | Rugby East | 2 Finals and 1 Championship in last 3 years |
| 3 | 3 | Life University | Rugby East | 7 finals and 4 championship since 2013 |
| 4 | 4 | Lindenwood | Midwest | 7 semifinals since 2014 |
| 5 | 8 | Cal | PAC | Champs in 2011, finalists 3 times since 2018 |
| 6 | 5 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | Champs in 2012; 3-time semifinals since 2017 |
| 7 | 7 | Army | Rugby East | Champs in 2022 |
| 8 | 6 | Central Washington | Independent | |
| 9 | 9 | Arkansas State | Independent | 3-time semifinalists (made final in 2012) |
| 10 | 10 | Cal Poly | California | |
| 11 | 11 | Arizona | PAC | |
| 12 | 12 | Davenport | Midwest | |
| 13 | 13 | UCLA | PAC | |
| 14 | 14 | Mary Washington | Rugby East | |
| 15 | 15 | Mount St. Mary's | Rugby East | |
| 16 | 16 | Grand Canyon | Independent | |
| 17 | 18 | CSULB | California | |
| 18 | 19 | Penn State | Rugby East | |
| 19 | 17 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | |
| 20 | 21 | Adrian | Midwest | |
| 21 | 24 | Michigan State | Big 10 | |
| 22 | 20 | Texas A&M | Lonestar | |
| 23 | 25 | UC Santa Barbara | California | |
| 24 | 22 | Air Force | Rocky Mountain | |
| 25 | 23 | Texas | Lonestar | cbcbccb |
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