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10.17.2023College Men, Rankings
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We didn't think we'd unseat St. Bonaventure for losing to Navy 15-3, but in the end we did.

We did that not because St. Bonaventure lost to a Navy team that has been dominant through the fall; we did it because Brown beat #8-ranked Iona. If we're going to look at a team beating a #8 team and saying "eh, what have you done for me lately?" seems a bit wrong. 

(Remember this when we decide to keep a #2 team at #2 when this happens again.)

Dartmouth slips down after a loss to Fairfield while Southern Nazarene edges up. Despite an independent schedule, we think SNU will get into the NCR playoffs (if they want it). There are two at-large positions in the NCR D1 playoffs and SNU should surely get one (and we think Notre Dame College gets the other).

By the way, when we listed our combined NCR D1 and D1A sugested ranking last week we forgot about Brown! Sorry about that. 

Rk.Prev.College TeamConferenceNotes
12BrownLibertyBeat Iona (8)
21St. BonaventureRugby EastLost to Navy
33QueensRugby EastLost to Army
44Notre Dame CollegeRugby EastBeat Kutztown (5)
56IndianaBig 10Beat Illinois
65KutztownRugby EastLost to NDC (4)
77SienaLiberty 
88IonaLibertyLost to Brown (2)
910Belmont AbbeySouthernBeat UNC Wilmington
1011PrincipiaBig Rivers 
1112MarianBig RiversBeat Rio Grande
1215Southern NazareneGatewayBeat Texas Christian
1313FairfieldLibertyBeat Dartmouth (9)
149DartmouthLibertyLost to Fairfield (13)
1514AICLibertyBeat Harvard
1616WheelingBig RiversBeat Aquinas
1719Thomas MoreBig RiversBeat Iowa Central (18)
1817FordhamLibertyBeat Syracuse
1918Iowa CentralBig RiversLost to Thomas More (19)
2020MichiganBig 10 

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