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10.24.2023College Men, Rankings
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Well we do have some big changes this week.

With Northwestern playing and beating two teams ranked above them in the space of three days, we didn't have time to move them up gradually. Still, as you know we're often conservative with breakout teams that haven't played enough rankings-relevant games. That's how Maine stayed low for a while. Well those two made big moves this week, with Northwest up 28 spots (!) and Maine up six. We still think the likes of Vermont and Loyola are strong and could make a splash nationally. But the top three look fairly solid (and almost interchangable by the way). The next 10 or so (minus Auburn) could make the national playoffs very interesting.

Further down, not playing a lot hurts some teams, while Missouri S&T almost inexplicably lost big to a John Brown team that was struggling to field a full 15. S&T moves out but John Brown doesn't move in yet because of that numbers problem. 

DII College Scores Last Weekend

Three Days, Two Massive Wins, and Northwestern Vaults to GMW Playoffs

Around Men's D2 College Rugby: GMW, Northern Lights, NEWCRC, MARC

Rk.Prev.College TeamConference 
11IUP (PA)Allegheny 
22Northern Iowa (IA)Great MWBeat UW-Platteville
33Norwich (VT)New England-WideBeat Bentley
46Villanova (PA)MARCBeat Scranton (14)
57Georgetown (DC)MARCBeat MSM Dev.
68Auburn (AL)SCRCBeat Ole Miss
713Maine (ME)New England-WideBeat Vermont (5)
836Northwestern (IL)Great MWBeat Illinois State (16), Loyola (4)
94Loyola (IL)Great MWLost to Northwestern (36)
105Vermont (VT)New England-WideLost to Maine (13)
119Memphis (TN)SCRCBeat Valdosta State
1210Marist (NY)Liberty 
1317MSU Mankato (MN)Northern LightsBeat North Dakota State 
1415GVSU (MI)Great LakesBeat Ferris State
1519Coast Guard (CT)New England-WideBeat UNH
1612Montana State (MT)High Peaks 
1714Scranton (PA)MARCLost to Villanova (6)
1811SLU (MO)Gateway 
1916Illinois State (IL)Great MWLost to Northwestern (36)
2018Miami (OH)AlleghenyForfeit win
2120UNC-Wilmington (NC)Southern 
2221RPI (NY)LibertyBeat Oswego
2322Chicago (IL)Great MWBeat UIC, Northern Illinois
2424Kent State (OH)AlleghenyBeat WVU 
2525Virginia (VA)CardinalsBeat Emory and Henry
2627UW-Whitewater (WI)Great MWBeat UW-Milwaukee
2730Bucknell (PA)MARCBeat East Stroudsburg
2823Southern Illinois (IL)Gateway 
2926Washington U. (MO)Gateway 
3031Central Michigan (MI)Great LakesBeat Calvin
3133MTSU (TN)AlleghenyBeat Western Kentucky
3234UMBC (MD)MARC 
3335USMMA (NY)Tri-StateBeat Hofstra
3428Marquette (WI)Great MW 
3529Bloomsburg (PA)MARCLost to Lehigh
36UnrCoastal Carolina (SC)SouthernBeat Appalachian State
3737Colorado Mesa (CO)High PeaksBeat Idaho State
3838Cornell (NY)Liberty 
3939Tennessee Tech (TN)SCRCBeat Mississippi State
40UnrTowson (MD)MARC 

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