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09.14.2016College Men
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This is the first week of Men's DII Rankings from Goff Rugby Report, and of course there is so much rugby to be played and much proving to do.

So we rely heavily on last year, with a smattering of current results, some scouting, and a bunch of guesswork. Two of the top four from last season are now in DI, and a few others have moved up, too. In addition, some other teams have moved to DII from DI. We're waiting on some results on those teams. Wake Forest and UNC we're on the fence about, and Middlebury hasn't played a league game yet.  But NC State already pulled off a big win over a good team, so we put them into the Top 10.

Expect plenty of shifts as the teams get going

 

Goff Rugby Report 2016-17 Men DII College Rankings #1
Rank TeamConferenceNotes
1 Minnesota-Duluth (Minn.)Northern LightsDefeated Iowa CCC
2 UW-Whitewater (Wisc.)WIILDefeated Marquette
3 Rowan (NJ)MARCIdle
4 Grand Valley State (Mich.)Great Lakes NorthIdle
5 NC State (NC)CardinalsDefeated Old Dominion
6 Colorado Sch. of Mines (Colo.)Rocky MountainDefeated UCCS
7 Vermont (Vt.)NECRCDefeated UNH
8 VMI (Va.)CardinalsDefeated UMBC
9 UNC Wilmington (NC)SouthernIdle
10 Norwich (Vt.)NECRCDefeated Rhode Island
11 Northern Iowa (Iowa)WIIL SouthDefeated Loyola
12 Furman (SC)SouthDefeated Elon
13 Bentley (Mass.)Rugby NortheastDefeated UMass Lowell
14 Coast Guard Academy (Conn.)NEWCRCDefeated USMMA
15 UW-Stout (Wisc.)WIILDefeated UW-Lacrosse
16 Spring Hill (Ala.)Deep SouthDefeated U. Alabama XV
17 St. Louis (Mo.)GatewayDefeated Maryville
18 York (Pa.)MARCDefeated Bloomsburg
19 Northern Michigan (Mich.)WIILIdle
20 The Citadel (SC)SouthernDefeated East Carolina
21 East Carolina (NC)SouthernLost to The Citadel
22 IUP (Pa.)MARCDefeated Lehigh
23 Coastal Carolina (SC)SouthernIdle
24 Old Dominion (Va.)CardinalsLost to NC State
25 Roger Williams (RI)Rugby NortheastDefeated Stonehill
26 SUNY Oswego (NY)Upstate NYDefeated LeMoyne
27 SUNY Cortland (NY)Upstate NYDefeated Fredonia
28 UW-Milwaukee (Wisc.)WIILDefeated UW-Platteville
29 Buffalo State (NY)Upstate NYDefeated Niagara
30 Winona (Minn.)Northern LightsIdle
31 UW-Lacrosse (Wisc.)WIILLost to UW-Stout
32 North Dakota State (ND)Northern LightsIdle
33 Bryant (RI)Rugby NortheastIdle
34 RPI (NY)Tri-StateIdle
35 Illinois State (Ill.)WIILIdle
36 UMS&T (Mo.)GatewayDefeated Truman State
37 Salve Regina (RI)Colonial CoastIdle
38 Rhode Island (RI)NECRCLost to Norwich
39 Springfield (Mass.)New England-WideIdle
40 Molloy (NY)Tri-StateIdle

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