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10.13.2015College Men
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While the top two teams have not moved in the Goff Rugby Report Men's DII College Rankings, the rest of the rankings have seen plenty of upheaval, including a previously non-ranked team threatening the top ten.

Towson gets a boost to #3 after another good win, and VMI moves up for the same reason. Grand Valley State, idle this week, gets penalzied a little because of the strength of its conference, but really only a few conferences can brag about being strong past the top couple of programs.

UMS&T is in one of those conferences, which has three or four good teams and some others that struggle. Given how well St. Louis did last year, and that UMS&T beat SLU and Principia, we've decided they were too low, and bumped them up. #8. Is that because we're reluctant to promote a Georgetown team that is likely #3 in their conference? Yes. Or that we're reluctant to pump up too much a brand-new Lindenwood-Belleville team? Yes, although the Lynx are still in at #10. 

Almost coming into the top ten is Spring Hill. We didn't make much of a move with the Deep South teams due to slow score reporting last week. But now we look at it, Spring Hill is slamming everyone they play, and did so again, this time over a ranked South Alabama team. We've got a feeling about them. Northern Michigan, beating #4 UW-Lacrosse, moves up 23 spots to #15. They could be higher, but their 80-0 loss to UW-Whitewater at the beginning of the fall is still in our minds.

Losing, UW-Lacrosse, of course, drops. In this ranking, one loss can make all the difference. Three NECRC teams are locked in at 21, 22, and 23. We put Vermont at the front because their early loss to Coast Guard was a close one, and we're pretty sure UVM has improved since then. Rhode Island beat USCGA this past weekend, so slots ahead of Coast Guard.

And finally, RPI upset Vassar, and did so by such a large margin that we have to put the Engineers in there.

 

Goff Rugby Report 2015-16 Men DII College Rankings #6
RankPrevTeamConferenceNotes
11Minnesota-Duluth (Minn.)Northern LightsDefeated Winona (18)
22UW-Whitewater (Wisc.)WIIL NorthDefeated Marquette
35Towson (Md.)CapitalDefeated George Washington
47VMI (Va.)CardinalsDefeated Radford
53Grand Valley State (Mich.)Great Lakes NorthIdle
68UNC Wilminton (NC)SouthernIdle
79Salisbury (Md.)CapitalDefeated UMBC
815UMS&T (Mo.)GatewayDefeated UCM
910Georgetown (DC)CapitalIdle
1011Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.)WIIL SouthDefeated Northwestern
1112Northern Iowa (Iowa)WIIL SouthIdle
1213SUNY Cortland (NY)Upstate NYDefeated SUNY Oswego (21)
13UnrSpring Hill (Ala.)Deep SouthDefeated South Alabama (48)
1414Rowan (NJ)MARCIdle
1538Northern Michigan (Mich.)WIILDefeated UW Lacrosse (4)
1616Roger Williams (RI)Rugby NortheastDefeated St. Michael's
1719Colorado Sch. of Mines (Colo.)Rocky MountainIdle
1817Coastal Carolina (SC)SouthernIdle
1918Winona (Minn.)Northern LightsLost to UM-Duluth (1)
204UW-Lacrosse (Wisc.)WIIL NorthLost to Northern Michigan (38)
2123Vermont (Vt.)NECRCDefeated Boston University
2232Rhode Island (RI)NECRCDefeated Coast Guard (6)
236Coast Guard Academy (Conn.)NECRCLost to Rhode Island (32)
2420St. Louis (Mo.)GatewayIdle
2521SUNY Oswego (NY)Upstate NYLost to SUNY Cortland (13)
2627Molloy (NY)Tri-StateDefeated Montclair State
2722Furman (SC)SouthIdle
2824Illinois State (Ill.)WIIL SouthDefeated DePaul
2925Old Dominion (Va.)CardinalsIdle
3026Mary Washington (Va.)CardinalsIdle
3129East Carolina (NC)SouthernIdle
3231Xavier (Ohio)Great Lakes SouthIdle
3334Salve Regina (RI)Colonial CoastDefeated Johnson & Wales
3433Bentley (Mass.)Rugby NortheastDefeated So. Conn.
3535York (Pa.)MARCLost to Drexel
3636Plymouth State (NH)Colonial CoastDefeated Endicott (30)
3730Endicott (Mass.)Colonial CoastLost to Plymouth State (36)
38UnrRPI (NY)Tri-StateDefeated Vassar (28)
3937Bryant (RI)Rugby NortheastDefeated Stonehill
4039Buffalo State (NY)Upstate NYDefeated Fredonia
4140Providence College (RI)Rugby NortheastPpd.
4241Minnesota-Mankato (Minn.)Northern LightsDefeated Bemidji State
4328Vassar (NY)Tri-StateLost to RPI
4442NJIT (NJ)Tri-StateForfeit win
4543UW-Milwaukee (Wisc.)WIIL NorthIdle
4644UMass Lowell (Mass.)Rugby NortheastDefeated Merrimack
4750Springfield (Mass.)New England-WideDefeated Hartford (45)
4845Hartford (Conn.)New England-WideLost to Springfield (50)
4949Western State (Colo.)Rocky MountainIdle
5046Niagara (NY)Upstate NYTied Ithaca

 

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