Many, many changes in the rankings thanks to a couple of weeks' data.
The MARC teams get a big boost, in part because the 2016 conference winner, Rowan, has been tearing it up in DI. At some point, that has to indicate that this is a very, very competitive conference. So the undefeated teams get a big boost.
Top 10 teams Middlebury and VMI lost recently and drop. Hartford put in two superb results against ranked opponents, and move up. Southern Indiana is out because, actually, they are officially NSCRO (sorry, SIU, you're great and all but it's a different competition). Millersville and Marist come in thanks to solid results there's also good news for UW-Milwaukee and Bethel.
| Goff Rugby Report Fall 2016 Men DII College Rankings #5 | ||||
| Rank | Prev | Team | Conference | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | UW-Whitewater (Wisc.) | WIIL | In to WIIL semis |
| 2 | 2 | Norwich (Vt.) | Rugby Northeast | Undefeated in conference play |
| 3 | 4 | UNC-Charlotte (NC) | Southern | In to South Final |
| 4 | 6 | North Dakota State (ND) | Northern Lights | Undefeated in conference play |
| 5 | 22 | Bloomsburg | MARC | Undefeated in conference play |
| 6 | 19 | York (Pa.) | MARC | Undefeated in conference play |
| 7 | 7 | Illinois State (Ill.) | WIIL | Beat UW-Stout (34) |
| 8 | 11 | NC State (NC) | Cardinals | Undefeated in conference play |
| 9 | 9 | Montana State (Mont.) | Rocky Mountain | Undefeated in conference play |
| 10 | 8 | Minnesota-Duluth (Minn.) | Northern Lights | 3-1 in conference play |
| 11 | 10 | Northern Michigan (Mich.) | WIIL | In to WIIL semis |
| 12 | 12 | Furman (SC) | Southern | Beat ECU (33) |
| 13 | 3 | VMI (Va.) | Cardinals | Won SW division in Cardinals, 6-1 |
| 14 | 14 | IUPUI (Ind.) | Midwest | Beat Xavier |
| 15 | 15 | Grand Valley State (Mich.) | Great Lakes | Undefeated in conference play |
| 16 | 13 | Western State (Colo.) | Rocky Mountain | 2nd in Rocky Mountain |
| 17 | 17 | SUNY Oswego (NY) | Upstate NY | In to conference final |
| 18 | 18 | Geneseo (NY) | Upstate NY | In to conference final |
| 19 | 20 | RPI (NY) | Tri-State | In to Tri-State semis, Beat USMMA (39) |
| 20 | 27 | Bethel (Ind.) | Great Lakes | Beat Calvin, 5-1. |
| 21 | 35 | UW-Milwaukee (Wisc.) | WIIL | Beat Marquette (16) |
| 22 | 24 | Southern Connecticut (Conn.) | Rugby Northeast | Beat Middlebury (5) |
| 23 | 5 | Middlebury (Vt.) | Rugby Northeast | Lost to SoConn (24), Norwich (2) |
| 24 | Unr | Hartford (Conn.) | New England-Wide | Beat Quinnipiac (38), CGA (32) |
| 25 | 25 | UMass-Lowell (Mass.) | Rugby Northeast | 5-2 in Rugby Northeast |
| 26 | 28 | Sacred Heart (Conn.) | Tri-State | Beat Molloy in playoffs |
| 27 | 30 | Bentley (Mass.) | Rugby Northeast | Beat Providence (49) |
| 28 | 31 | Vermont (Vt.) | Independent | Beat New Hampshire |
| 29 | 32 | Coast Guard Academy (Conn.) | New England-Wide | Lost to Hartford |
| 30 | 38 | Quinnipiac (Conn.) | New England-Wide | Lost to Hartford |
| 31 | 21 | Scranton (Pa.) | MARC | Lost to Bloomsburg (22), Drexel |
| 32 | 33 | East Carolina (NC) | Southern | Lost to Furman (12) |
| 33 | 16 | Marquette (Wisc.) | WIIL | Lost to UW-Milwaukee (35) |
| 34 | 34 | UW-Stout (Wisc.) | WIIL | Lost to Illinois State |
| 35 | 36 | The Citadel (SC) | Southern | 4-1-1 in conference |
| 36 | Unr | Millersville (Pa) | MARC | 4-2 in conference play |
| 37 | Unr | Marist (NY) | Tri-State | Beat William Paterson (23) |
| 38 | 23 | William Paterson (NY) | Tri-State | Lost to Marist in playoffs |
| 39 | 42 | Pitt State (Kans.) | Gateway | Beat SIU (47), UMS&T (29) to win conf. |
| 40 | 29 | UMS&T (Mo.) | Gateway | Beat SLU (37), lost to Pitt State (42) |
| 41 | 39 | USMMA (NY) | Tri-State | Lost to RPI (20) |
| 42 | 45 | Old Dominion (Va.) | Cardinals | 5-1 in conference |
| 43 | 37 | SLU (Mo.) | Gateway | Lost to UMS&T (29) |
| 44 | 40 | Appalachian State (NC) | Southern | 4-2 in conference |
| 45 | 41 | UNC (NC) | Southern | 3-3 in conference |
| 46 | 44 | DePaul (Ill.) | WIIL | Lost to Marquette (16), Northern Michigan (10) |
| 47 | 49 | Providence College (RI) | Rugby Northeast | Lost to Bentley (30) |
| 48 | 46 | Siena (NY) | Tri-State | Beat Seton Hall |
| 49 | 48 | Coastal Carolina (SC) | Southern | Lost to UNC-C (4) in playoffs |
| 50 | 47 | Southern Illinois (Ill.) | Gateway | Lost to Pitt State (42) |
