Men DII College Rankings Week Oct 5
Men DII College Rankings Week Oct 5
Well guess what, we've got College DII rankings right here.
It's been a few weeks since you saw any, so don't be surprised that you will see some major changes.
Such as ...Furman, Vermont, and especially Kings Point move up, especially Kings Point.
Bethel drops down a bit as Grand Valley State beat them. UMass-Lowell moves up, and we have Marist, Pitt State, Colorado Mesa, and Angelo State all jump in.
The big movement in these rankings is in part because the conferences are getting more competitive. This is probably a direct result of the quality of high school rugby players going to these schools. You can't just roll through a conference anymore; you might be a group with a solid group of athletes, but that's not enough. Another team could unseat you fairly quickly.
Goff Rugby Report Fall 2019 Men's DII College Rankings Oct 8 2019 |
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Rank | Team | Conference | Notes | |
1 | UW-Whitewater (WI) | Great MW | Bt. NMU (31), Marquette (18) | |
2 | Iowa Central CC (IA) | Independent | Beat Notre Dame College (D1A) | |
3 | Furman (SC) | Southern | Beat North Carolina (16) | |
4 | Vermont (VT) | New England-Wide | Beat Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart | |
5 | USMMA (NY) | Tri-State | Beat RPI (36), WPU (25) | |
6 | Villanova (PA) | MARC | Beat Lehigh, TCNJ | |
7 | Queens (NC) | Cardinals | Bt. VCU, Lost to Southern Virginia | |
8 | Virginia (VA) | Cardinals | Beat Christendom | |
9 | Grand Valley State (MI) | Great Lakes | Beat Bethel (4) | |
10 | Bethel (IN) | Great Lakes | Lost to GVSU (23) | |
11 | Minnesota-Duluth (MI) | Northern Lights | Beat UW-Platteville (32), UW-Stout | |
12 | North Dakota State (ND) | Northern Lights | Beat Mankato, S. Dakota State | |
13 | Illinois State (IL) | Great MW | Beat DePaul (39) | |
14 | UMass-Lowell (MA) | Rugby Northeast | Beat NEC, Bentley (8) | |
15 | Bentley (MA) | Rugby Northeast | Beat Middlebury (35), Lost to UM-Lowell (38) | |
16 | UNC (NC) | Southern | Lost to Furman (5) | |
17 | Marquette (WI) | Great MW | Beat UW-Milwaukee (14), Lost to UW-Whitewater (1) | |
18 | UMS&T (MO) | Gateway | Beat Pitt State | |
19 | Norwich (VT) | Rugby Northeast | Beat NEC | |
20 | UNC-Wilmington (NC) | Southern | Beat UNC-Charlotte (19) | |
21 | Loyola-Chicago (IL) | Great MW | Beat DePaul (39), Northern Iowa | |
22 | UW-Platteville (WI) | Great MW | Lost to UM-Duluth (10), Beat UW-Milwaukee (14) | |
23 | Northern Colorado | Rocky Mountain | Beat Idaho State, Tied Montana St. (21) | |
23 | Montana State (MT) | Rocky Mountain | Beat Weber State, Tied N. Colo (13) | |
25 | SLU (MO) | Gateway | Bt. Maryville, Washington U. | |
26 | Shippensburg (PA) | MARC | ||
27 | St. Thomas (MN) | Northern Lights | Beat Winona State, MSU-Moorhead | |
28 | Marist (NY) | Tri-State | Beat RPI (36), Seton Hall | |
29 | Northern Michigan (MI) | Great MW | Lost to UW-Whitewater (1) | |
30 | Providence (RI) | Rugby Northeast | Beat MIddlebury (35) | |
31 | Western Colorado (CO) | Rocky Mountain | Lost to Colorado Mesa | |
32 | Central Michigan (MI) | Great Lakes | Beat Ferris State | |
33 | UNC-Charlotte (NC) | Southern | Lost to UNC-Wilmington (33) | |
34 | Middlebury (VT) | Rugby Northeast | Lost to Bentley (8), Providence (40) | |
35 | RPI (NY) | Tri-State | Lost to USMMA (26), Marist | |
36 | UW-Milwaukee (WI) | Great MW | Lost to Marquette (18), UW-Platteville (32) | |
37 | Scranton (PA) | MARC | Tied Bloomsburg | |
38 | Pitt State (KS) | Gateway | ||
39 | Colorado Mesa (CO) | Rocky Mountain | Beat Western Colorado (24) | |
40 | Angelo State (TX) | Lonestar | Beat Dallas | |