Goff Rugby Report is having a closer look now at what collegiate rugby conferences are canceling play for the fall.
It's likely that almost all will actually suspend league play, even if some teams can play. And we are hearing that the Service Academies will have a good shot at playing because of their ability to isolate and test students early. Below is our list of conferences and whether they are playing this fall or not. We have a number of blank entries below, and that's partly because a number of conferences are run by the teams themselves, and often those can be volunteer coaches or student-athlete-coaches, and they haven't necessarily assembled to discuss matters.
In addition, some conferences are in areas where the COVID-19 pandemic doesn't seem to be hitting as hard, but all that does is make people wait to see if it will be a problem in a week or two or three. Then you also have multi-state conferences. The Minnesota Rugby Union highlighted this issue with a policy that all of the states with teams in a specific league will have to be at the stage that allows sports competition for a league to be able to be active. That would include North Dakota and South Dakote.
If you know of a conference having made a decision and we don't have it listed, let us know here.
Here's our latest list (we will be updating this):
| College Conferences And Status Of Fall 2020 Rugby | ||
| Conference Or Union | Status | Divisions |
| Allegheny | Fall Season Canceled | Men D2, Small College; Women D2, Small College |
| Big 10 | Fall Season Canceled | Men D1A, Women D1 |
| Blue Ridge | Women D1 | |
| Capital | Women D2, Small College | |
| Cardinals | Fall Season Canceled | Men D2, Small College |
| California Conference | Play in the Spring (no fall 7s tournaments expected) | Men D1A |
| Carolinas | Women D2, Small College | |
| Cascade | Play in the Spring | Women D2 |
| Cascades Conference | Women Small College | |
| Chesapeake | Fall Season Canceled | Men D1AA |
| Colonial Coast | Fall Season Canceled | Men/Women Small College |
| Deep South | Fall Season Canceled | Men D2, Small College |
| Dixie Collegiate Rugby Conference | Men Small College | |
| East Penn Rugby Union | Women Small College | |
| Florida | Mostly Spring League | Men D1AA, Small College, Women D1, D2 |
| Gateway | Teams Falling Away | Men D2 |
| Georgia Rugby Union | Men Small College | |
| Gold Coast Conference | Play in the Spring (no fall 7s tournaments expected) | Men D1A, Small College |
| Great Lakes | Fall Season Canceled | Men D2/Men Small College, Women D2 |
| Great MW | Most Likely Fall Season Canceled | Men D2, Small College |
| Great Waters | Women D2, Small College | |
| Heart of America | Mostly Spring League | Men D1AA |
| Illinois | Women D2, Small College | |
| Ivy League | Fall Season LIkely Canceled | Men D1AA |
| Liberty | Men D1A | |
| Lonestar | Mostly Spring League (no fall 7s tournaments expected) | Men D1AA, Small College, Women D2 |
| MAC | Fall Season Canceled | Men D1AA, Women D2 |
| MARC | Fall Season Probably Canceled—Not Official | Men D1, D2, Small College; Women D2 |
| MCRC | Men D2, Small College | |
| Mid-South | Mostly Spring League, but Some games might happen in the fall | Men D1A |
| Midwest | Women D1 (NCR Open) | |
| NCRC | Mostly Spring League | Men D1AA, Small College |
| New England Rugby Football Union | Men Small College | |
| NEWCRC | Fall Season Canceled | Men D2, Women D2 |
| NIRA D1 | Fall Season Canceled | Women NCAA |
| NIRA D2 | Fall Season Canceled | Women NCAA |
| NIRA D3 | Fall Season Canceled | Women NCAA |
| Northern California CRC | Play in the Spring | Men Small College |
| Northern Lights | Start Delayed | D2 Men and Women, Small College Men and Women |
| Ohio Valley | Women Small College | |
| PAC Conference | Play in the Spring (no fall 7s tournaments expected) | Men D1A |
| Pacific Desert | Mostly Spring League | Women D1, D2, Small College |
| Pacific Mountain | Play in the Spring | Women D1 |
| Pac West | Play in the Spring (no fall 7s tournaments expected) | Men D1AA |
| Potomac | Men D2 | |
| Prairie States | Women Small College | |
| Red River | Mostly Play in the Spring (no fall 7s tournaments expected) | Men D1A |
| Rocky Mountain | Women D1; Men D1A, D2, Small College | |
| Rugby East | Teams falling away | Men D1A |
| Rugby Northeast Conference | Fall Season Likely Canceled | Women Small College |
| SCRC | Fall Season Canceled | Men D1AA, D2 |
| SIRC | Women D2 | |
| SoCal | Play in the Spring | Women D2 |
| Southern | Fall Season Canceled | Men D2, Small College |
| Texas | Women D1, Small College | |
| Three Rivers | Men Small College | |
| Tri-State | Fall Season Canceled | D2 Men and Women, Small College Men and Women |
| Upstate NY | Fall Season Unlikely | Women D2, Men/Women Small College |
| West Coast | Play in the Spring | Women D2 |
| Women D1 Elite | Fall Unlikely | Women D1 Elite |
