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11.15.2015College Men
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Fewer games don't seem to make producing the rankings any easier, but here is the latest set of Men's DII College rankings.

Our rankings held up nicely over the weekend, as the higher-ranked team won nine out of 12 games. Those results included some close wins among teams close in the standings: #21 Rhode Island beat #23 Vermont 15-7; #9 GVSU beat #11 Northern Iowa 23-17; #10 Lindenwood-Belleville beat #12 UMS&T 16-3; #22 Coast Guard 24-21 over #31 IUP.

But ... we got UMass-Lowell wrong and had them way too low as they beat #19 Roger Williams. We had Springfield way too low, as they beat #26 Salve Regina. And ... we discounted SUNY Oswego's close loss to Cortland State earlier this season. Those two should have been, as the NECRC teams were, closer.

In our defense, Oswego's results against like opponents weren't as good as Cortland's. And Lowell did also lose to Providence College. And the Colonial Coast and New England Wide conferences are somewhat isolated, and as a result tough to rank, at times.

But overall we think we've got it close to right. The teams ranked #3 to #10 are almost interchangeable, so we might see some changes there.

Big shifts - UNC-Wilmington drops because of results by teams playing this weekend - being idle sometimes hurts you. UMass-Lowell moves up from #36 to #17. Oswego moves tom #46 to #19. Given GVSU's strong result against avery tough Northern Iowa, we push Xavier, which lost a close one to GVSU last week, up a few spots. Springfield also gets a boost, and Niagara, which lost but in overtime to Oswego, returns to the top 50.

 

 

Goff Rugby Report 2015-16 Men DII College Rankings #11
RankPrevTeamConferenceNotes
11Minnesota-Duluth (Minn.)Northern LightsIdle
22UW-Whitewater (Wisc.)WIIL NorthIdle
33VMI (Va.)CardinalsIdle
44Rowan (NJ)MARCIdle
55Towson (Md.)CapitalIdle
66Salisbury (Md.)CapitalDefeated Coastal Carolina (15)
78Colorado Sch. of Mines (Colo.)Rocky MountainDefeated Winona (20)
89Grand Valley State (Mich.)Great Lakes NorthDefeated Northern Iowa (11)
910Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.)WIIL SouthDefeated UMS&T (12)
107UNC Wilminton (NC)SouthernIdle
1111Northern Iowa (Iowa)WIIL SouthLost to Grand Valley State (9)
1212UMS&T (Mo.)GatewayLost to Lindenwood-Belleville (10)
1313Northern Michigan (Mich.)WIIL NorthIdle
1414Old Dominion (Va.)CardinalsIdle
1515Coastal Carolina (SC)SouthernLost to Salisbury (6)
1616East Carolina (NC)SouthernIdle
1736UMass Lowell (Mass.)Rugby NortheastDefeated Roger Williams (19)
1818UW-Lacrosse (Wisc.)WIIL NorthIdle
1946SUNY Oswego (NY)Upstate NYDefeated Niagara, Cortland (17)
2021Rhode Island (RI)NECRCDefeated Vermont (23)
2122Coast Guard Academy (Conn.)NECRCDefeated IUP (31)
2228Xavier (Ohio)Great Lakes SouthIdle
2323Vermont (Vt.)NECRCLost to Vermont (21)
2424RPI (NY)Tri-StateIdle
2525Georgetown (DC)CapitalIdle
2619Roger Williams (RI)Rugby NortheastLost to UMass-Lowell (36)
2717SUNY Cortland (NY)Upstate NYDefeated Geneseo, Lost to Oswego (46)
2831IUP (Pa)MARCLost to Coast Guard (22)
2927St. Louis (Mo.)GatewayIdle
3020Winona (Minn.)Northern LightsLost to School of Mines (8)
3129North Dakota State (ND)Northern LightsIdle
3247Springfield (Mass.)New England-WideDefeated Salve Regina (26)
3330Spring Hill (Ala.)Deep SouthBattleship Men's Club
3432York (Pa.)MARCIdle
3533Mary Washington (Va.)CardinalsIdle
3634Bryant (RI)Rugby NortheastIdle
3735Molloy (NY)Tri-StateIdle
3837Illinois State (Ill.)WIIL SouthIdle
3939Plymouth State (NH)Colonial CoastDefeated Westfield State
40Unr.Niagara (NY)Upstate NYLost to Oswego (46) in OT)
4126Salve Regina (RI)Colonial CoastLost to Springfield (47)
4238Furman (SC)SouthIdle
4340Bentley (Mass.)Rugby NortheastIdle
4441Sacred Heart (NY)Tri-StateIdle
4542Endicott (Mass.)Colonial CoastIdle
4643UW-Milwaukee (Wisc.)WIIL NorthIdle
4744Louisiana-Lafayette (La.)Deep SouthIdle
4845Minnesota-Mankato (Minn.)Northern LightsIdle
4948NJIT (NJ)Tri-StateIdle
5049Providence College (RI)Rugby NortheastIdle

 

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