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Men's D1 Games This Weekend: Conference and Rankings Matchups

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Men's D1 Games This Weekend: Conference and Rankings Matchups

Boston College has a bi game this weekend. @CoolRugbyPhotos.

Well over 80 teams are in action in D1A, D1AA, and NCR D1 games this weekend.

Some of the bigger games we're looking at:

Indiana at Ohio State. This is not an intra-division game but still a Big 10 team, and one that is between Goff Rugby Report's #11 and #10 in our Fall All-D1 rankings. Indiana is still a little in flux with a new coach and a new system. Ohio State has been dealing with some injuries and is a little in flux because of that. But it's an excellent rivalry and should be a tense, and close, match.

D1 Men's College Rankings Week 6

Penn State at Navy. Penn State might be 1-2 but they have been competitive in their conference losses and could easily cause problems for Navy. The Midshipmen, for their part, have their eye on a Rugby East Conference title 

“We have reached the halfway point of our fall season and we’re very excited to welcome our alumni into town this weekend for our annual with you dinner,” said director of rugby Gavin Hickie. “In terms of our performances, we have areas to be satisfied with to date, including our results, but we’re well aware we have some very tough tests coming up. We expect a ferocious battle against Penn State on Saturday but are looking forward to our alums cheering us on at the Prusmack Rugby Center.”

Louisville at Western Michigan. The Mid American Conference usually comes down to Bowling Green and Western Michigan. The other teams have been working hard to break through to sit at the cool kids' lunch table. They get there once in a while, but it's tough to stay there. Louisville has been really good this year, but their 3-0 record is not against the conference leaders. WMU's schedule has been a bit tougher. However, if you compare a common opponent (Pitt), Louisville looks a little strong. We'll see.

Brown vs Fairfield. Both are undefeated in the Liberty D1 West so this is the game that likely decides who is on top. Also in the Liberty, but in the D1AA level, BC and UMass are unbeaten in conference play and this could well decide who ends up atop the Liberty D1AA East.

Life University at Queens. Finally Life's 1st side gets on the field and takes on Queens in a clash of #4 vs #7. Life has held onto the #4 ranking despite not really playing, and that's on us at GRR World Headquarters. We have given Life the benefit of the doubt. This is the first big test.

Check back for scores

10/7 Lander 0-46 Belmont Abbey Southern Conf D1AA
10/7 Harvard 26-31 Yale Non-Conference
10/7 Notre Dame College 15-8 Wheeling Crossover
10/7 Tennessee 51-0 LSU SCRC D1AA
10/8 Iowa Central CC 17-39 Adrian Big Rivers
10/8 Thomas More 47-14 Aquinas Big Rivers
10/8 McKendree 14-17 Marian Non-Conference
10/8 Mount St. Mary's 17-32 Southern Virginia Rugby East
10/8 Penn State 22-39 Navy Rugby East
10/8 Indiana 30-17 Ohio State Big 10
10/8 Purdue 0-67 Wisconsin Big 10
10/8 Michigan State at Northwestern Non-Conference
10/8 Michigan 45-17 Maryland Non-Conference
10/8 Louisville 19-18 Western Michigan MAC
10/8 Pitt 30-26 Dayton MAC
10/8 Virginia Tech Ccld Citadel Non-Conference
         
10/8 Kennesaw State 0-103 Kentucky SCRC D1AA
10/8 Clemson 10-12 South Carolina SCRC D1AA
10/8 UMass 7-27 Boston College Liberty D1AA Club East
10/8 Columbia 19-17 UConn Liberty D1AA Club East
10/8 Siena 20-0 Cortland Liberty D1AA Club West
10/8 Syracuse 24-28 Fordham Liberty Tier 1
10/8 Brown 44-3 Fairfield Liberty Tier 1
10/8 Northeastern 29-43 Nazareth Liberty Tier 1
10/8 Dartmouth 33-17 Buffalo Liberty Tier 1
10/8 Delaware 31-34 West Chester MARC D1AA
10/8 James Madison 34-10 Temple MARC D1AA
10/8 Salisbury 7-36 St. Joseph's MARC D1AA
10/8 Rutgers 3-24 Rowan MARC D1AA
10/8 Oregon State 7-97 Boise State NCRC
10/8 Oregon at Western Oregon Non-Conference
10/8 Seattle RFC at Washington Non-Conference
         
10/8 Nebraska 12-85 Iowa State Heart of America
10/8 Iowa 18-41 Minnesota Heart of America
10/8 Missouri 31-45 Arkansas Heart of America
10/8 Kansas State 17-8 Kansas Heart of America
10/8 Univ. Dallas at Texas State Lonestar
10/8 Sam Houston State 41-12 UTSA Lonestar
10/8 Life University 76-7 Queens Non-Conference
10/8 Utah Valley 17-34 Arizona Non-Conference
10/8 Air Force at Colorado St. Rocky Mountain D1A
10/8 Utah State at Wyoming Rocky Mountain D1A
10/8 Grand Canyon 31-36 Colorado Non-Conference
10/9 UNC Chapel Hill 21-17 Citadel Southern Conf. D1AA