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NCR D1 Rankings Week 2

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NCR D1 Rankings Week 2

Walsh moves to #1. Alex Goff photo.

As we said in our opening rankings, expect some changes.

It really does depend more on what happens on the field. In the last two weeks Iowa Central CC had produced two very good performances against strong teams—one of the D1AA contenders, and then a higher-ranked NCR D1 team. Marian, too, won a game against a higher-ranked team and, tellingly, we at GRR were warned that we had both ICCC and Marian ranked too low.

Well the warnings proved correct.

Walsh ... well you know we were a little cautious with Walsh because, while so much was the same, much was new, as well. They impressed us and move to #1. Iowa Central moves up six spots and Marian five spots.

As loathe as we are to move a team down that won a game, Michigan, ranked at #20, gets bumped out. AIC moves in after a 6-5 win over Fairfield. Of course that's a really close score, so it's a shaky platform that AIC needs to make stronger.

Fairfield drops down five spots for now, but their 6-5 loss to AIC can likewise be tossed out if they find stronger performances going forward.


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Rk. Prev. College Team Conference Notes
1 2 Walsh Rugby East Beat Thomas More (8)
2 3 Brown Liberty Beat Siena (7)
3 1 St. Bonaventure Rugby East  
4 4 Queens Rugby East Bt. South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama
5 5 Kutztown Rugby East  
6 6 Indiana Big 10 Lost to Army
7 7 Siena Liberty Lost to Brown (3)
8 8 Thomas More Big Rivers Lost to Walsh (2)
9 15 Iowa Central Big Rivers Beat Iowa State, S. Nazarene (12)
10 9 Belmont Abbey Rugby East Beat Clemson, UNC
11 11 Dartmouth Liberty Beat Syracuse
12 10 Principia Principia  
13 16 Wheeling Big Rivers  
14 19 Marian Big Rivers Beat Notre Dame (17)
15 18 Iona Liberty Beat Fordham (14)
16 12 Southern Nazarene Gateway Lost to Iowa Central CC (15)
17 Unr AIC Liberty Beat Fairfield (13)
18 13 Fairfield Liberty Close loss to AIC
19 17 Notre Dame Big 10 Beat WMU. Lost to Marian (19)
20 14 Fordham Liberty Lost to Iona (18)