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College Fall Schedules: D1A and NCR D1

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College Fall Schedules: D1A and NCR D1

Davenport vs Indiana from fall 2022. Alex Goff photo.
07.25.2023 - Alex Goff

Men's D1A and NCR D1 conference schedules for the fall are here.

We're displaying these together mostly because there are a couple of conferences that include teams from both CRAA's D1A and NCR's D1. While it's generally considered true that NCR's fall D1 playoffs are not as challenging as the CRAA D1A playoffs in the spring, with the mix of teams in the Rugby East and Big 10, there's no reason to separate them in this list.

But, it might be useful to know the affiliation of each conference so fans and players can track what playoff path the teams will follow. We do not list the schedules from conferences that play in the winter/spring because those schedules aren't set yet, but we will list them in our breakdown of conferences.

CRAA D1A-Exclusive Conferences:
Midwest D1A
California D1A
PAC Rugby Conference
Red River Conference
Rocky Mountain
Independents (Arkansas State, Central Washington, Grand Canyon)

Conferences With CRAA and NCR Teams:
Rugby East
Big 10

(Big 10 looks to be close to half-and-half, Rocky Mountain might have one team in NCR, and Rugby East's split this coming fall is yet to be confirmed)

Conferences NCR D1 Exclusively:
Big Rivers
Liberty D1
Independents (Drury, Utah Valley)

Changes
The Midwest D1A Conference is brand new, with two teams from the old Mid-South plus two more teams. Red River adds TCU. Big Rivers adds Principia. Rugby East adds Life University and sees Virginia Tech move to the MARC in NCR's D1AA. Sacramento State is rumored to be moving up from California D1AA to D1A. Arkansas State is expected to be an independent in D1A. Rio Grande has joined NCR's Big Rivers Conference.

Following then is the schedule, with several non-conference games. But we probably don't have all of the non-conference games and we don't have the conferences or independent schedules that are in the winter/spring.

Date Away at Home Conference
8/25 Navy at Notre Dame Non-Conference
8/26 Belmont Abbey at Mount St. Mary's Non-Conference
8/26 Trinity College (IRE) at Navy Non-Conference
8/26 Ohio State vs Thomas More Non-Conference
8/26 Arkansas Farmers at Arkansas State Non-Conference
9/2 Belmont Abbey at Mary Washington Non-Conference
9/2 Delaware at Navy Non-Conference
9/2 Mount St. Mary's at Thomas More Non-Conference
9/2 Western Michigan at Adrian Non-Conference
9/2 Indiana at Purdue Big 10
9/2 Trinity Ireland at Indiana Non Conference
9/2 Trinity Ireland at Ohio State Non Conference
9/2 Thomas More vs Mount St. Mary's Non-Conference
9/8 Belmont Abbey at Southern Virginia Non-Conference
9/9 Kutztown at Adrian Non-Conference
9/9 Delaware at Mount St. Mary's Non-Conference
9/9 Notre Dame College at Thomas More Non-Conference
9/9 Queens at Wheeling Non-Conference
9/9 Iowa Central CC at Davenport Non-Conference
9/9 Kutztown at Adrian Non-Conference
9/9 Dartmouth at Harvard Liberty D1
9/9 Holy Cross at Brown Non-Conference
9/9 Fairfield at Northeastern Liberty D1
9/9 Siena at Iona Liberty D1
9/16 Kutztown at St. Bonaventure Rugby East
9/16 Penn State at Army Rugby East
9/16 Southern Virginia at Mount St. Mary's Rugby East
9/16 Adrian at Notre Dame College Non-Conference
9/16 Belmont Abbey at Queens Non-Conference
9/16 Indiana at Navy Non-Conference
9/16 Mary Washington at Wheeling Non-Conference
9/16 Michigan at Ohio State Big 10
9/16 BYU at Air Force Rocky Mountain
9/16 Colorado at Colorado State Rocky Mountain
9/16 Utah Valley at Wyoming Rocky Mountain
9/16 Northeastern at Dartmouth Liberty D1
9/16 Harvard at Brown Liberty D1
9/16 Fordham at AIC Liberty D1
9/16 Fairfield at Nazareth Liberty D1
9/16 Syracuse at Siena Liberty D1
9/16 Iowa Central CC at Arkansas State Non-Conference
9/22 Notre Dame at Ohio State Big 10
9/22 Arkansas State at Adrian D1A Independent
9/23 Army at St. Bonaventure Rugby East
9/23 Mary Washington at Southern Virginia Rugby East
9/23 Mount St. Mary's at Kutztown Rugby East
9/23 Queens at Navy Rugby East
9/23 Southern Nazarene at Lindenwood Non-Conference
9/23 Utah State at Air Force Rocky Mountain
9/23 Utah Valley at Colorado Rocky Mountain
9/23 Syracuse at Brown Liberty D1
9/23 Nazareth at Harvard Liberty D1
9/23 Northeastern at Fordham Liberty D1
9/23 AIC at Siena Liberty D1
9/23 Iona at Fairfield Liberty D1
9/23 Marian at Aquinas Big Rivers
9/23 Principia at Iowa Central CC Big Rivers
9/23 Rio Grande at Thomas More Big Rivers
9/24 Colorado State at Wyoming Rocky Mountain
9/30 Kutztown at Navy Rugby East
9/30 Life at Mary Washington Rugby East
9/30 Notre Dame College at Army Rugby East
9/30 Southern Virginia at Queens Rugby East
9/30 St. Bonaventure at Penn State Rugby East
9/30 Michigan State at Notre Dame Big 10
9/30 Bowling Green at Ohio State Non Conference
9/30 Colorado State at Air Force Rocky Mountain
9/30 Colorado at Utah State Rocky Mountain
9/30 BYU at Utah Valley Rocky Mountain
9/30 AIC at Dartmouth Liberty D1
9/30 Nazareth at Brown Liberty D1
9/30 Northeastern at Syracuse Liberty D1
9/30 Fairfield at Siena Liberty D1
9/30 Iona at Fordham Liberty D1
9/30 Aquinas at Iowa Central CC Big Rivers
9/30 Marian at Principia Big Rivers
9/30 Thomas More at Wheeling Big Rivers
10/6 Oklahoma vs Texas Red River
10/7 Mount St. Mary's at Mary Washington Rugby East
10/7 Navy at Life Rugby East
10/7 Notre Dame College at Penn State Rugby East
10/7 Notre Dame at Michigan Big 10
10/7 Purdue at Wisconsin Big 10
10/7 Utah State at Colorado State Rocky Mountain
10/7 Dartmouth at Iona Liberty D1
10/7 Brown at Fairfield Liberty D1
10/7 Fordham at Harvard Liberty D1
10/7 Syracuse at AIC Liberty D1
10/7 Siena at Nazareth Liberty D1
10/7 Principia at Aquinas Big Rivers
10/7 Iowa Central CC at Aquinas Big Rivers
10/7 Wheeling at Rio Grande Big Rivers
10/7 TCU at Texas Tech Red River
10/14 Army at Queens Rugby East
10/14 Kutztown at Notre Dame College Rugby East
10/14 Life at Southern Virginia Rugby East
10/14 St. Bonaventure at Navy Rugby East
10/14 Lindenwood at McKendree Midwest D1A
10/14 Adrian at Davenport Midwest D1A
10/14 Illinois at Indiana Big 10
10/14 Ohio State at Michigan State Big 10
10/14 BYU at Utah State Rocky Mountain
10/14 Air Force at Wyoming Rocky Mountain
10/14 Dartmouth at Fairfield Liberty D1
10/14 Brown at Iona Liberty D1
10/14 AIC at Harvard Liberty D1
10/14 Nazareth at Northeastern Liberty D1
10/14 Fordham at Syracuse Liberty D1
10/14 QFs at QFs Big Rivers
10/14 Oklahoma at Texas A&M Red River
10/21 Army at Kutztown Rugby East
10/21 Penn State at Mary Washington Rugby East
10/21 Queens at Life Rugby East
10/21 Southern Virginia at Notre Dame College Rugby East
10/21 St. Bonaventure at Mount St. Mary's Rugby East
10/21 Air Force at Navy Rugby East
10/21 Ohio State at Davenport Non-Conference
10/21 Lindenwood at Iowa Central CC Non-Conference
10/21 Michigan at Michigan State Big 10
10/21 Wisconsin at Illinois Big 10
10/21 Ohio State at Davenport Non Conference
10/21 Wyoming at Colorado Rocky Mountain
10/21 Utah Valley at Colorado State Rocky Mountain
10/21 Brown at Dartmouth Liberty D1
10/21 Harvard at Syracuse Liberty D1
10/21 AIC at Northeastern Liberty D1
10/21 Iona at Nazareth Liberty D1
10/21 Siena at Fordham Liberty D1
10/21 North Texas at Texas Tech Red River
10/21 Texas at Baylor Red River
10/28 Life at Army Rugby East
10/28 Penn State at Kutztown Rugby East
10/28 Notre Dame College at Navy Rugby East
10/28 Mary Washington at St. Bonaventure Rugby East
10/28 Queens at Mount St. Mary's Rugby East
10/28 McKendree at Davenport Midwest D1A
10/28 Lindenwood at Adrian Midwest D1A
10/28 Indiana at Wisconsin Big 10
10/28 Purdue at Illinois Big 10
10/28 Wyoming at BYU Rocky Mountain
10/28 Colorado State at BYU Rocky Mountain
10/28 Air Force at Colorado Rocky Mountain
10/28 Liberty 1 vs Liberty 4 Liberty D1
10/28 Liberty 2 vs Liberty 3 Liberty D1
10/28 SFs at SFs Big Rivers
10/28 Baylor at TCU Red River
10/28 Texas A&M at Arkansas State D1A Independent
11/4 Kutztown at Southern Virginia Rugby East
11/4 Mary Washington at Queens Rugby East
11/4 Mount St. Mary's at Life Rugby East
11/4 Navy at Penn State Rugby East
11/4 St. Bonaventure at Notre Dame College Rugby East
11/4 Army at Air Force Non-Conference
11/4 Big 10 at Semifinals Big 10
11/4 Colorado at BYU Rocky Mountain
11/4 Utah State at Utah Valley Rocky Mountain
11/4 Finals at Finals Liberty D1
11/4 Final at FInal Big Rivers
11/4 North Texas at TCU Red River
11/11 Navy at Army Rugby East
11/11 NCR D1 Play-in     NCR Playoffs
11/11 Arkansas State at Davenport Non-Conference
11/11 McKendree at Adrian Midwest D1A
11/11 Big 10  at Finals Big 10
11/11 Air Force at Utah Valley Rocky Mountain
11/11 Wyoming at Utah State Rocky Mountain
11/11 Texas Tech at Baylor Red River
11/11 Oklahoma at North Texas Red River
11/11 Arkansas State at Davenport D1A Independent
11/14 Lindenwood at Davenport Midwest D1A
11/18 NCR D1 QFs     NCR Playoffs
11/18 BYU at Lindenwood Non-Conference
11/18 Penn State at Davenport Non-Conference
11/18 Thomas More at Tennessee Non-Conference
11/18 Notre Dame College at Thomas More Non-Conference
11/18 Adrian at Arkansas State D1A Independent
12/2 NCR D1 SFs     NCR Playoffs
12/2 CRAA Fall Classic     CRAA
12/9 NCR D1 Final     NCR Playoffs
1/27 TCU at Texas Red River
1/27 Baylor at Texas A&M Red River
2/3 TCU at Oklahoma Red River
2/3 North Texas at Baylor Red River
2/3 Arkansas State at Texas A&M D1A Independent
2/10 Texas A&M at North Texas Red River
2/10 Texas Tech at Texas Red River
2/17 Texas A&M at TCU Red River
2/17 Texas A&M at Texas Red River
2/17 Baylor at Oklahoma Red River
2/17 Lindenwood at Arkansas State D1A Independent
2/24 Texas Tech at Texas A&M Red River
2/24 Texas at North Texas Red River
2/24 McKendree at Lindenwood Midwest D1A
3/2 Oklahoma at Texas Tech Red River
3/2 Davenport at Lindenwood Midwest D1A
3/2 Adrian at McKendree Midwest D1A
3/4 Arkansas State at Life University D1A Independent
3/9 Davenport at McKendree Midwest D1A
3/16 Lindenwood at Central Washington Non-Conference
3/16 Davenport at Adrian Midwest D1A
3/16 Davenport at Arkansas State D1A Independent
3/23 Adrian at Lindenwood Midwest D1A
3/30 Red River   Playoffs Red River
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