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Men DI College Rankings Spring 2016 #5

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Men DI College Rankings Spring 2016 #5

Air Force moved up after their defeat of Clemson. Travis Prior photo.

The big moves in this week's rankings are with the Service Academies. 

Both Navy and Air Force showed quite well in the four-team, double-double-header weekend in Charlotte. Navy beat Clemson and pushed Life, and Air Force, while losing to Life by a big score (join the club), the Zoomies beat Clemson. We've nudged LSU and Oklahoma up, while MTSU drops after a loss. We'll see if MTSU bumps back up - it can happen depending on how the playoffs go for their conference, and it'll be interesting to see how Cincinnati builds on that win.

This year sees many more college teams load up on tough schedules - ASU, St. Mary's, BYU, Utah, Air Force ... the list goes on. That will help us hugely in the rankings. Air Force is, in fact, a crucial connection, as the Zoomies played Life last week and Cal this week - you don't see a lot of East-West crossover, even in the better-funded DI teams, so this sort of thing is welcome. Lindenwood playing St. Mary's, and then going into the Mid-South is another crossover that will help.

 

Goff Rugby Report All-DI Men College Rankings Spring 2016 #5
Rank Prev Team Notes
1 1 BYU (Utah) Defeated Dixie State
2 2 California (Calif.) Defeated Arizona (22), Arizona State (21)
3 3 Life (Ga.) Defeated Navy (13), Air Force (29)
4 4 St. Mary's (Calif.) Defeated San Diego State (18)
5 5 Lindenwood (Mo.) Defeated Florida State
6 6 AIC (Mass.) Idle
7 7 Central Washington (Wash.) Idle
8 8 Indiana (Ind.) Idle
9 9 Arkansas State (Ark.) Idle
10 10 Penn State (Pa.) Idle
11 11 Kutztown (Pa.) Idle
12 12 Davenport (Mich.) Idle
13 13 Navy (Md.) Defeated Clemson (17), lost to Life (3)
14 14 Utah (Utah) Idle
15 15 UCLA (Calif.) Idle
16 16 Tennessee (Tenn.) Idle
17 29 Air Force (Colo.) Lost to Life (3), defeated Clemson (17)
18 23 Oklahoma (Okla.) Defeated Oklahoma State
19 24 LSU (La.) Defeated Texas
20 17 Clemson (SC) Lost to Navy (13), Air Force (29)
21 18 San Diego State (Calif.) Lost to St. Mary's (4)
22 19 Cal Poly (Calif.) Idle
23 20 Wisconsin (Wisc.) Idle
24 21 Arizona State Lost to Cal (2)
25 22 Arizona (Ariz.) Lost to Cal (2)
26 25 UC-Davis (Calif.) Defeated UC Santa Cruz
27 26 South Carolina (SC) Idle
28 27 Ohio State (Ohio) Idle
29 28 Wheeling Jesuit (WV) Idle
30 30 Delaware (Del.) Idle
31 31 Iona (NY) Idle
32 32 Army (NY) Idle
33 33 Florida International (Fla.) Defeated Miami Men's Club 2nds
34 34 Boston College (Mass.) Idle
35 36 Alabama (Ala.) Idle
36 37 Texas A&M (Texas) Defeated Baylor
37 38 St. Bonaventure (NY) Idle
38 39 Notre Dame College (Ohio) Idle
39 40 Arkansas (Ark.) Defeated St. Louis U.
40 41 Syracuse (NY) Idle
41 42 Colorado State (Colo.) Idle
42 43 Stony Brook (NY) Idle
43 44 Bowling Green (Ohio) Idle
44 45 Colorado (Colo.) Bt. Northern Colo. in scrimmage
45 46 Cal State Long Beach (Calif.) Forfeit win
46 47 USC (Calif.) Defeated Cal State Fullerton
47 48 San Diego (Calif.) Defeated Santa Barbara City College
48 49 UCSB (Calif.) Idle
49 50 Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Idle
50 35 MTSU (Tenn.) Lost to Cincinnati