Our latest list of historical rankings looks at the past five season of D1A.

For this, we're using our own Goff Rugby Report end-of-season rankings from the last five years. We could have done six years, but our 2014-15 rankings were so enmeshed between DIA and DIAA that is was too difficult to unmesh. Not using 2014-15 probably hurt Cal, BYU, Davenport, and Cal Poly most noticeably. Cal would probably have been #1 if we'd used the season before, and BYU would probably have been ranked ahead of Lindenwood.

But the thing to look at it is how tight everything is at the top. Life, Cal, and Saint Mary's could all have been #1, and really that's not a surprise. 

*-We mention that Indiana is the highest-rank straight club team, and that's correct, using the definition that a club doesn't have school or major alumni funding. But Indiana today wouldn't qualify as their endowment has bumped up significantly. The next highest club teams would be Iona, Ohio State, and Wisconsin.

Goff Rugby Report D1A Top 40 2016-2020
Rank	Team	Score	Notes
1	Life	249	#1 twice
2	California	248	Never worse than 4th
3	Saint Mary's	246	Never worse than 4th
4	Lindenwood	234	Never worse than 10th
5	BYU	231	Never worse than 10th
6	Arkansas State	228	Missed Top 10 only once
7	Navy	221	Missed Top 10 only once
8	Army	215	Missed Top 10 only once
9	Central Washington	212	Highest was #3 in 2020
10	Penn State	210	Top 15 every year
11	Arizona	197	Top 15 four times
12	Kutztown	183	Top 15 four times
13	Davenport	181	#17 three times
14	Indiana	181	Highest-ranked straight club team*
15	Notre Dame College	157	Highest was #9 in 2018
16	UCLA	152	Highest was #13 in 2019
17	Iona	146	Top 16 three times
18	Ohio State	145	Top 20 three times
19	Wisconsin	132	Top 20 twice
20	San Diego State	126	Top 20 twice
21	Grand Canyon	115	Top 20 last three years
22	Clemson	112	Ranked #23 three times
23	Texas A&M	110	Highest was #20 in 2018
24	Utah	107	Highest was #14 in 2017
25	St. Bonaventure	107	Top 20 twice
26	Cal Poly	94	Highest was #15 in 2018
27	LSU	93	Highest was #15 in 2016
28	Arkansas	92	Highest was #20 in 2016
29	Colorado State	87	Highest was #25 in 2020
30	Oklahoma	87	Top 30 twice