Who's Where In D1 Rugby?
Who's Where In D1 Rugby?
USA Rugby's D1A seems to have emerged as the dominant post-season in college rugby.
We haven't heard anything specific about the Varsity Cup, but that's the problem. With perennial Varsity Cup teams seemingly getting closer to D1A, it looks as though things might drift that way even more.
We at Goff Rugby Report have been shifting most of our DI college content to FloRugby.com. So if you want to see more of what we're writing, you should go there.
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But, if you just want to know who's where and what, we can accommodate you here.
There are 69 teams in D1A, with one more expected to join the rolls:
Air Force | Grand Canyon | San Diego State |
Albany | Houston | Santa Clara |
Arizona | Illinois | St. Bonaventure |
Arizona State | Indiana | St. Mary's |
Arkansas | Iona | Stony Brook |
Arkansas State | Iowa | Syracuse |
Army | Kutztown | TCU |
Baylor | Life | Texas |
Binghamton | Lindenwood | Texas A&M |
Brockport | LSU | Texas Tech |
Buffalo | Michigan | Tufts |
BYU | Michigan State | UC Davis |
Cal Poly | Minnesota | UC Santa Barbara |
California | Navy | UCLA |
Clemson | New Mexico | UConn |
Colgate | Northeastern | UMass |
Colorado | Notre Dame College | USC |
Colorado State | Ohio State | Utah |
Cortland | Oklahoma | Utah State |
Davenport | Penn State | Utah Valley University |
Delaware | Purdue | Wheeling Jesuit |
Fairfield | Rhode Island | Wisconsin |
Fordham | Rutgers | Wyoming |
This list includes teams playing an affiliated conference schedule (BYU and Utah Valley), and teams playing an independent schedule (Navy, Grand Canyon). It does not include Central Washington.
We also have 85 teams in D1AA. This list below does include independent teams such as AIC, NEC, and Lindenwood-Belleville, but does not include Boston College. BC is playing an independent season without a conference, but considers its season D1A. BC, however, has not been accepted as a D1A independent team. This list also doesn't include Texas State and North Texas, who compete in a hybrid D1/D2 league in the Lonestar.
AIC | IUP | San Diego |
Alabama | James Madison | San Francisco State |
Auburn | Kansas | San Jose State |
Boise State | Kansas State | Sanford |
Boston College | Kentucky | Santa Barbara CC |
Bowling Green | KSU | South Carolina |
Brown | Lindenwood-Belleville | Tennessee |
Cal State Fullerton | Louisville | Towson |
Central Michigan | Mary Washington | Truman State |
Chico State | Maryland | UC Irvine |
Cincinnati | Memphis | UC San Diego |
Columbia | Miami | UCCS |
Cornell | Mississippi State | UCF |
CSULB | Missouri | UNF |
Dartmouth | Mount St. Mary's | USC |
Dayton | MTSU | USF |
FAU | Nebraska | Virginia |
FIU | NEC | Virginia Tech |
Florida | Nevada | Washington State |
Fresno State | NIU | Western Michigan |
FSU | Ohio | Yale |
Georgetown | Oklahoma State | Rowan |
Georgia | Ole Miss | West Chester |
Georgia Southern | Oregon | Temple |
Georgia Tech | Oregon State | Villanova |
Gonzaga | Penn | Saint Joseph's |
Harvard | Pittsburgh | West Virginia |
Idaho | Princeton | |
Iowa State | Salisbury |