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NCR D1 Rankings Week 7

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NCR D1 Rankings Week 7

Wheeling moves up. Photo Terry Hancock Photography.

We didn't update the NCR D1 rankings last week because we've found we can best do three in a week most of the time.

So someone has to have a bye week and this past week was the bye week for NCR D1.

The fun part of that is that we get to incorporate two weeks worth of results, which can make for some big movers. Principia, no surprise, moves up. They are helped by a couple of other teams slipping a bit. We're not quite ready to bump Thomas More or Principia ahead of AIC or Dartmouth ... yet ... but we're close to doing that. 

Notre Dame's win over Ohio State bumps them up, and Wisconsin comes into the Top 20 this week. We were waiting on the Michigan State result and they did superbly. Indiana did indeed lose to hio State and Notre Dame beat OSU, so why do we have Indiana well above Notre Dame? Strength of schedule and Marian beating Notre Dame earlier in the fall. So yes Notre Dame could be stronger than Indiana, but we might have to wait for October 26, when IU plays Wisconsin and Notre Dame hosts Navy.

Wheeling also shoots up, climbing four spots to #6.

But ... but ... the top two don't change. We might have put Brown at #1. We'll see how that pans out but right now we're looking at Queens and Brown being very close. And really the top six ... maybe the top 10 ... are quite close.

Rk. Prev. College Team Conference Notes
1 1 Queens Rugby East Beat Belmont Abbey (14)
2 2 Brown Liberty Beat AIC (7)
3 3 Kutztown Rugby East Beat Southern Virginia
4 4 St. Bonaventure Rugby East Beat Walsh (5)
5 5 Walsh Rugby East Close loss to St. Bonaventure (4). Lost to Navy
6 10 Wheeling Big Rivers Beat Thomas More (9)
7 6 Indiana Big 10 Lost to UCLA, Ohio State
8 7 AIC Liberty Lost to Brown (2). Beat Harvard
9 8 Dartmouth Liberty Beat Fairfield (16)
10 9 Thomas More Big Rivers Beat Rio Grande (19). Close loss to Wheeling (10)
11 17 Principia Big Rivers Beat Marian (15), ICCC (13)
12 11 Siena Liberty Beat Fordham, Iona
13 13 Iowa Central Big Rivers Close loss to Principia (17).
14 15 Marian Big Rivers Close loss to Principia (17). Beat Aquinas (12)
15 18 Notre Dame Big 10 Beat Ohio State, Louisville
16 Unr Wisconsin Big 10 Beat Michigan State
17 14 Belmont Abbey Rugby East Lost to Walsh (5), Queens (1).
18 12 Aquinas Big Rivers Close loss to Marian (15). Lost to Davenport.
19 20 Southern Nazarene Gateway Lost to Lindenwood. Beat Drury.
20 16 Fairfield Liberty Lost to Dartmouth (8)