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Fall Men DI College Rankings Week 7

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Fall Men DI College Rankings Week 7

Kutztown wins a scrum against Army. Alex Goff photo.

We have a new #1 for the second week in a row in the Goff Rugby Report Men's DI College Fall Rankings.

We've got some other changes - Bowling Green drops down because of their loss to Cincinnati, and Western Michigan drops down too as we're thinking that the MAC teams might all need to drop down a bit. Miami drops out after winning, but only 12-7 over Louisville. Ohio beats Dayton and moves in. Oddly, Ohio did tie Louisville earlier in the season, but we've got to give credit for improvement, something Ohio and Cincinnati have both shown.

OK, now to #1. By coincidence, Goff Rugby Report was able to see AIC and Kutztown in person this past weekend. Both are very strong, but Kutztown was just a little bit more polished and more precise in a game against tougher opposition. AIC blew out UConn, but by their own admission, could have played better. Kutztown defeated Army, and Army was #1 earlier this season. It's a tough call, and perhaps just as tough a call to drop Indiana down from #2 to #3 even though IU won big, but that's how it is.

For the moment, it seems that Kutztown is the #1 team in the country this fall. However, Penn State could knock them off, and Indiana and AIC aren't done making their point. AIC will play Clemson in the ACRC Bowl Series. That's a game that could well crown the #1 team. Several other teams have a really good shot at getting there, too, even #13 South Carolina (if they beat Tennessee convincingly that will move the Gamecocks up a few spots). 

 

 

Goff Rugby Report 2015-16 Men FALL DI College Rankings Week #7
Rank Prev Team Comp Notes
1 3 Kutztown (Pa.) ACRC, DIA, Rugby East Defeated Army (8)
2 1 AIC (Mass.) DIAA, ACRC, ECRC Defeated UConn
3 2 Indiana (Ind.) DIA, Big Ten Defeated Michigan State
4 4 Utah (Utah) VC, DIA, Pac Rugby Idle
5 7 Davenport (Mich.) DIA, Mid-South Defeated Notre Dame College (16)
6 6 Navy (Md.) VC, Ind. Idle
7 5 Arkansas State (Ark.) Varsity Cup Little Rock Men's Club
8 9 Clemson (SC) ACRC, VC, ACRL Defeated Maryland (34), Virginia
9 8 Army (NY) ACRC, DIA, Rugby East Lost to Kutztown (3)
10 10 Penn State (Pa.) ACRC, DIA, Rugby East Idle
11 11 Wheeling Jesuit (WV) ACRC, DIA, Rugby East Defeated Buffalo
12 12 Iona (NY) DIA, ACRC, Rugby East Idle
13 15 South Carolina VC, ACRC, SCRC Idle
14 17 Tennessee (Tenn.) VC, ACRC, SCRC Defeated Georgia
15 19 Boston College (Mass.) DIAA, ACRC, ECRC Defeated Fairfield
16 16 Notre Dame College (Ohio) DIAA Independent Lost to Davenport (7)
17 20 Ohio State (Ohio) DIA, Big Ten Tied Wisconsin (18)
17 18 Wisconsin (Wisc.) DIA, Big Ten Tied Ohio State (20)
19 21 MTSU (Tenn.) DIAA, SIRC Idle
20 22 Michigan (Mich.) DIA, Big Ten Defeated Iowa
21 23 LSU (La.) DIA, Red River Idle
22 24 Oklahoma (Okla.) DIA, Red River Defeated Texas Tech
23 13 Western Michigan (Mich.) DIAA, ACRC, MAC Idle
24 25 Texas A&M (Texas) DIA, Red River Texas State
25 26 Alabama (Ala.) VC, ACRC, SCRC Idle
26 42 Syracuse (NY) DIAA, ACRC, Empire Defeated Colgate (31)
27 27 Stony Brook (NY) DIAA, ACRC, Empire Defeated Kings Point
28 28 Kansas (Kans.) DIAA, Heart of America Defeated Missouri (29)
29 29 Missouri (Mo.) DIAA, Heart of America Lost to Kansas (28)
30 30 Delaware (Del.) DIA Independent Defeated Rutgers
31 43 Cincinnati (Ohio) DIAA, ACRC, MAC Defeated Bowling Green (14)
32 14 Bowling Green (Ohio) DIAA, ACRC, MAC Lost to Cincinnati (43)
33 32 NC State (NC) ACRC, VC, ACRL Defeated Wake Forest
34 33 Florida International (Fla.) DIAA, SIRC Defeated Florida State
35 34 Maryland (Md.) ACRC, VC, ACRL Lost to Clemson (9)
36 31 Colgate (NY) DIAA, ACRC, Empire Lost to Syracuse (42)
37 35 Colorado (Colo.) DIA, ACRC, West DIA Lost to Air Force (37)
38 36 Colorado State (Colo.) DIA, DIA West Defeated Wyoming
39 37 Air Force (Colo.) DIA, VC, DIA West Defeated Colorado (35)
40 38 Arkansas (Ark.) DIAA, Heart of America Idle
41 40 New England College (NH) DIAA, ACRC, ECRC Defeated Northeastern
42 48 Dartmouth (NH) DIAA, ACRC, Varsity Cup, Ivy Defeated Penn, Princeton
43 Unr Ohio (Ohio) DIAA, ACRC, MAC Defeated Miami (47)
44 41 Kansas State (Kans.) DIAA, Heart of America Oklahoma State
45 44 Pitt (Pa.) DIAA, ACRC, Keystone Idle
46 45 UMass (Mass.) DIAA, ACRC, ECRC Defeated Albany
47 46 St. Joseph's (Pa.) DIAA, ACRC, Keystone Idle
48 39 Dayton (Ohio) DIAA, ACRC, MAC Lost to Ohio
49 49 Harvard (Mass.) DIAA, ACRC, Ivy Defeated Columbia
50 50 North Texas (Texas) DIAA, ACRC, SWC Ppd