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10.12.2016College Men
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The latest Men's DII College rankings don't see a lot of movement in the top region. We do have a few moves in the lower levels, so we'll talk about that.

RIT, LeMoyne, Plymouth State, and Springfield all lost and drop out as Hartford, Siena, Oakland, and Pitt State all move in. There weren't too many upsets, although unranked Siena's defeat of #31 RPI qualifies RPI stays in, but drops 14 points.

The big question, of course, is whether we should be ranking NC State at all. NC State is a DI school in the NCAA, and that's usually what USA Rugby follows. NC State doesn't have a DI conference to play in at the moment, and while the Wolfpack could have played an independent DI schedule, USA Rugby is trying to de-emphasize that road for teams. So ... what? Keep NC State out of the conversation? We're not sure that's right, either. 

Ultimately, a DI school needs to be playing DI rugby. But if they're in a DII conference and everyone's fine with that, we at GRR World Headquarters are not going to play enforcer. So NC State stays ranked #3, and that's that.

(Also, we had a score wrong with Vermont and Rhode Island)

 

Goff Rugby Report 2016-17 Men DII College Rankings #4
RankPrevTeamConferenceNotes
11UW-Whitewater (Wisc.)WIILIdle
22Minnesota-Duluth (Minn.)Northern LightsBt. UWRF
33NC State (NC)SouthernIdle
45Grand Valley State (Mich.)Great LakesBt. Ferris State
56Norwich (Vt.)NECRCBt. Middlebury
67Furman (SC)SouthBt. UNC-Charlotte (24)
74Rowan (NJ)MARCBt. Drexel
88Northern Michigan (Mich.)WIILBt. Marquette
99VMI (Va.)CardinalsBt. Virginia Griffins
1010UNC Wilminton (NC)SouthernIdle
1111Coast Guard Academy (Conn.)New England-WideBt. CCSU
1212Bentley (Mass.)Rugby NortheastLost to Army
1313SUNY Cortland (NY)Upstate NYBt. Buffalo State
1414Western State (Colo.)Rocky MountainBt. Colorado Mesa
1515IUP (Pa.)MARCBt. California of Pa
1617Northern Iowa (Iowa)WIIL SouthBt. Illinois-Wesleyan
1721Colorado Sch. of Mines (Colo.)Rocky MountainBt. Montana State
1818Southern Illinois (Ill.)GatewayIdle
1919Spring Hill (Ala.)Deep SouthIdle
2020Coastal Carolina (SC)SouthernIdle
2122UW-Milwaukee (Wisc.)WIILBt. UW-Stout (35)
2224UNC-Charlotte (NC)SouthernLost to Furman (7)
2328Winona State (Minn.)Northern LightsBt. Bemidji
2429North Dakota State (ND)Northern LightsBt. SCSU
2523York (Pa.)MARCBt. Kutztown 3
2625The Citadel (SC)SouthernIdle
2726East Carolina (NC)SouthernIdle
2827Old Dominion (Va.)CardinalsIdle
2930Sacred Heart (Conn.)Tri-StateIdle
3033UMS&T (Mo.)GatewayBt. Washington University
3132Illinois State (Ill.)WIILBt. UIC
3236Appalachian State (NC)SouthernBt. Elon
3339William Paterson (NY)Tri-StateBt. College of NJ
3438Vermont (Vt.)NECRCBt. Rhode Island (16)
3516Rhode Island (RI)NECRCLost to Vermont (38)
3637Salve Regina (RI)Colonial CoastBt. Endicott
3735UW-Stout (Wisc.)WIILLost to UW-Milwaukee (22)
38UnrHartford (Conn.)New England-WideBt. Springfield (42)
39UnrSiena (NY)Tri-StateBt. RPI (31)
4041UMass-Lowell (Mass.)Rugby NortheastBt. Roger Williams (49)
4140Geneseo (NY)Upstate NYBt. LeMoyne (48)
4243Principia (Ill.)GatewayIdle
4344SUNY New Paltz (NY)Tri-StateIdle
4445Providence College (RI)Rugby NortheastBt. Bryant
4531RPI (NY)Tri-StateLost to Siena
4646Vassar (NY)Tri-StateBt. SUNY-Oneonta
4747SUNY Oswego (NY)Upstate NYBt. RIT (34)
48UnrOakland (Mich.)Great LakesBt. Saginaw Valley State
49UnrPitt State (Kans.)GatewayIdle
5049Roger Williams (RI)Rugby NortheastLost to UMass-Lowell (41)

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