The big question as we vote on the DIA rankings is what we do about St. Bonaventure losing to Notre Dame.

We had Notre at #41, and SBU up at #10 but that #10 ranking for Bonnies was heavily dependent on the team having beaten Notre Dame College. SBU had lost to Navy and Penn State, two teams we rate highly, but they weren't close against Navy. So it's a thin argument. Notre Dame, conversely, was held down due to losses, but every loss was very close. And while the Fighting Irish did lose to Tennessee and Bowling Green out of DIAA, they weren't beten badly.

So ... eventually you have to throw out a result. In this case, we decided to not get locked into St. Bonaventure having beaten Notre Dame College. We have to move NDC up after beating Army, and SBU down.

We moved Colorado up after a one-point victory over Utah Valley, and Boston College moves up. But then we come to Michigan State tying Minnesota. We've got no problem moving Michigan State down a bit after failing to close out this game. But Minnesota? They've only beaten Purdue and lost by a large margin to Michigan. Even though we think we might see a different result should the Gophers and the Wolverines meet again, we have to respect that result.

Meaning ... Michigan State ends up not really moving down at all, and Minnesota doesn't really move up at all. That result has to have a backup result.  

Goff Rugby Report D1A Rankings: Week 6
Rank	Prev	Team	Notes
1	1	Life
2	2	Cal
3	3	St Mary's
4	4	Lindenwood	Beat Army (13)
5	5	Navy
6	6	Kutztown	Beat Penn State (7)
7	7	Penn State	Lost to Kutztown (6)
8	8	Arkansas State
9	9	BYU	Beat Air Force (33)
10	12	Notre Dame College
11	14	Davenport	Beat Grand Rapids Men's Club
12	11	Arizona
13	13	Army	Lost to Lindenwood (4)
14	16	Iona	Beat Stony Brook
15	17	Indiana	Beat Wisconsin (26)
16	18	Ohio State	Beat Michigan (35)
17	15	Central Washington
18	19	Colorado State
19	10	St. Bonaventure	Lost to U. Notre Dame (41)
20	20	UCLA
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21	24	Illinois	Beat Purdue (46)
22	21	Grand Canyon
23	22	UC Davis
24	23	Clemson
25	27	Texas A&M
26	28	Oklahoma
27	29	San Diego State
28	41	Notre Dame	Beat St. Bonaventure (10)
29	30	Michigan State	Tied Minnesota (37)
30	36	Boston College	Beat Tufts
31	31	Utah State
32	38	Colorado	Beat Utah Valley (25)
33	32	Northeastern	Beat UMass
34	25	Utah Valley	Lost to Colorado (38)
35	26	Wisconsin	Lost to Indiana (17)
36	35	Michigan	Lost to Ohio State (18)
37	37	Minnesota	Tied Michigan State (30)
38	40	American International College	Beat Fordham (44)
39	39	Baylor
40	33	Air Force	Lost to BYU (9)
Goff Rugby Report D1A Rankings: Week 6