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Fall Men DI College Rankings Week 9

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Fall Men DI College Rankings Week 9

Penn State might have beaten Kutztown, but they lost to Army, who were beaten by Iona (pictured v Penn State, Mimi Goodman photo). You see how this can get complicated.

Here in the latest Men's Fall DI college rankings, Kutztown fell from #1 after losing to Penn State, and that's not all.

Kutztown's loss might not have dropped them from #1 if it was considered a bit of a flukey win - it wasn't. Penn State beat the #1 team, but already lost to Army and, tellingly, AIC (yes, a long time ago, but still), so #1 isn't for them, anyway. So we start looking at teams that could move up. Arkansas State beat Davenport convincingly, and the only thing really holding them back is the small number of games they've played this fall. 

Indiana could move up, but the closeness of their win over Davenport and then Wisconsin this past weekend keep us a little wary. So, AIC, which won big over a very strong Boston College team, and has beaten Penn State, moves back to #1. Any of the top seven teams could conceivably still move up to #1, including ASU even though they have no more games to play this fall. 

We have the SCRC playoffs coming up, and there's also a solid possibility that Tennessee or Alabama could vault up to the upper echelon (we panlized Alabama for a loss last week that was their B team ... so our apologies about that - the Tide moves up this weekend). Indiana has a shot with the Big Ten final this coming weekend, and a big victory could get them to the top. 

And then we've got the ACRC Bowl Series, which will put AIC against Clemson, and Kutztown against Indiana. What if Kutztown beats Indiana? Maybe the Bears can say, legitimately, that they had one iffy day and beat everybody else.

Then again, AIC beats Clemson and they can secure the top spot.

Then again, Indiana wins the Big Ten and beats Kutztown by 15 or 20 and they could be #1.

 

 

 

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