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11.27.2015College Men
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Most of our Men's DII College Rankings have held up nicely in the final stages of the national playoffs, but not perfectly.

The biggest issue for us was Salisbury and Towson. Salisbury's early-season non-conference loss to Mount St. Mary's hung heavy on their ranking, and when they beat Towson, only to lose to Towson in the conference final. All of that had us in a bit of a state, because we were pretty sure that Salisbury and Towson were very strong, but they both had losses on their record, enough to bump them out of the top four. The difference between those two and the other two, Rowan and VMI, weren't exactly out of place - Rowan lost to Towson by three, and and VMI lost to Salisbury by nine. 

Mines drops behind Lindenwood-Belleville on the basis of a one-point loss to to the Lynx. The Lynx are behind Grand Valley State because GVSU had a better score v Minnesota-Duluth than did Lindenwood-Belleville.

Rhode Island moves up after pushing Wisconsin-Whitewater in the closest game of the season for the Warhawks. Georgetown moves up because the teams that beat them, Towson and Salisbury, proved they are really good. Coast Guard moves up after a strong performance against Towson, and after beating IUP. And so it goes. Teams that were beaten badly in the playoffs drop down. The teams in their conferences sometimes move down, too.

This is the second-last DII rankings for the fall. We will update them after the final-four weekend. 

 

Goff Rugby Report 2015-16 Men DII College Rankings #12
RankPrevTeamConferenceNotes
11Minnesota-Duluth (Minn.)Northern LightsDefeated GVSU (8), Lindenwood-B (9)
22UW-Whitewater (Wisc.)WIIL NorthDefeated Springfield (32), URI (20)
35Towson (Md.)CapitalDefeated Coast Guard (21), Rowan (5)
46Salisbury (Md.)CapitalDefeated VI (3), UNC-W (10)
54Rowan (NJ)MARCDefeated UM-Lowell (17), lost to Towson (5)
63VMI (Va.)CardinalsLost to Salisbury (6)
78Grand Valley State (Mich.)Great Lakes NorthLost to UM-Duluth (1)
89Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.)WIIL SouthDefeated Mines (7), lost to UM-Duluth (1)
97Colorado Sch. of Mines (Colo.)Rocky MountainLost to Lindenwood-Belleville (9)
1010UNC Wilminton (NC)SouthernDefeated RPI (24), lost to Salisbury (6)
1111Northern Iowa (Iowa)WIIL SouthIdle
1212UMS&T (Mo.)GatewayIdle
1320Rhode Island (RI)NECRCDefeated Oswego (19), lost to UW-Whitewater (2)
1425Georgetown (DC)CapitalIdle
1521Coast Guard Academy (Conn.)NECRCLost to Towson (5)
1615Coastal Carolina (SC)SouthernIdle
1728IUP (Pa)MARCIdle
1814Old Dominion (Va.)CardinalsIdle
1922Xavier (Ohio)Great Lakes SouthIdle
2013Northern Michigan (Mich.)WIIL NorthIdle
2116East Carolina (NC)SouthernIdle
2218UW-Lacrosse (Wisc.)WIIL NorthIdle
2323Vermont (Vt.)NECRCIdle
2417UMass Lowell (Mass.)Rugby NortheastLost to Rowan (4)
2524RPI (NY)Tri-StateIdle
2629St. Louis (Mo.)GatewayIdle
2735Mary Washington (Va.)CardinalsIdle
2834York (Pa.)MARCIdle
2919SUNY Oswego (NY)Upstate NYLost to Rhode Island (20)
3026Roger Williams (RI)Rugby NortheastIdle
3127SUNY Cortland (NY)Upstate NYIdle
3230Winona (Minn.)Northern LightsIdle
3331North Dakota State (ND)Northern LightsIdle
3432Springfield (Mass.)New England-WideLost to UW-Whitewater (2)
3533Spring Hill (Ala.)Deep SouthIdle
3636Bryant (RI)Rugby NortheastIdle
3737Molloy (NY)Tri-StateIdle
3838Illinois State (Ill.)WIIL SouthIdle
3939Plymouth State (NH)Colonial CoastIdle
4040Niagara (NY)Upstate NYIdle
4141Salve Regina (RI)Colonial CoastIdle
4242Furman (SC)SouthIdle
4343Bentley (Mass.)Rugby NortheastIdle
44UnrWestfield State (Mass.)New England-WideIdle
4544Sacred Heart (NY)Tri-StateIdle
4646UW-Milwaukee (Wisc.)WIIL NorthIdle
4745Endicott (Mass.)Colonial CoastIdle
4847Louisiana-Lafayette (La.)Deep SouthIdle
4949NJIT (NJ)Tri-StateIdle
5050Providence College (RI)Rugby NortheastIdle

 

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