Well there's not a lot to say here. We had just a few Round 1 playoff games, and most went according to expectations.

The one game in which the lower-ranked team was victorious was #21 Lehigh over #18 North Carolina 18-15. Lehigh moves up.

Also moving up is Loyola after a nice victory over Middle Tennessee State, and Boston University after a close loss to UMass-Lowell (a game we actually though BU would pull out).

Finally Thomas More comes in after showing a good fight against Wisconsin-Whitewater in a loss.

Grand Valley State and Bethel drop down. GVSU has had to pull out of the playoffs, and we drop down teams that can't get on the field (as opposed to teams that don't feel like it—we drop them down harder). Bethel was kind of in the same situation—small rosters will do that—and lost to GVSU in the Great Lakes season so has to drop down too.

Watch for a lot of movement after this weekend.

Goff Rugby Report Fall 2019 Men's DII College Rankings Nov 20 2019
Rank	Prev	Team	Conference	Notes
1	1	Norwich (VT)	Rugby Northeast
2	2	Furman (SC)	Southern
3	3	Vermont (VT)	New England-Wide
4	4	Villanova (PA)	MARC
5	5	Illinois State (IL)	Great MW
6	6	UW-Whitewater (WI)	Great MW	Beat Thomas More
7	7	Queens (NC)	Cardinals
8	8	UMass-Lowell (MA)	Rugby Northeast	Beat Boston University (8)
9	11	Loyola-Chicago (IL)	Great MW	Beat MTSU (31)
10	13	Boston University (MA)	New England-Wide	Lost to UMass-Lowell (8)
11	10	Bentley (MA)	Rugby Northeast
12	12	Marquette (WI)	Great MW
13	15	UMS&T (MO)	Gateway
14	16	Montana State (MT)	Rocky Mountain
15	23	Lehigh (PA)	MARC	Beat North Carolina (18)
16	9	Grand Valley State (MI)	Great Lakes
17	17	Northern Colorado	Rocky Mountain
18	14	Bethel (IN)	Great Lakes
19	18	UNC (NC)	Southern	Lost to Lehigh (21)
20	19	MSU-Moorhead (MN)	Northern Lights
Goff Rugby Report Fall 2019 Men's DII College Rankings Nov 20 2019
21	20	Minnesota-Duluth (MI)	Great Midwest
22	21	Colorado Mesa (CO)	Rocky Mountain
23	22	UNC-Wilmington (NC)	Southern
24	24	William Paterson (NJ)	Tri-State
25	26	RPI (NY)	Tri-State
26	27	Memphis (TN)	SCRC	Forfeit win
27	Unr	Pitt State (KS)	Gateway
28	25	SLU (MO)	Gateway
29	28	Central Michigan (MI)	Great Lakes
30	29	USMMA (NY)	Tri-State
31	30	Marist (NY)	Tri-State
32	31	MTSU (TN)	SCRC	Lost to Loyola (11)
33	32	Northern Michigan (MI)	Great MW
34	33	UW-Platteville (WI)	Great MW
35	34	Shippensburg (PA)	MARC
36	35	York (PA)	MARC
37	Unr	Thomas More (KY)	MCRC
38	36	UNC-Charlotte (NC)	Southern
39	38	North Dakota State (ND)	Northern Lights
40	40	Providence (RI)	Rugby Northeast
Goff Rugby Report Fall 2019 Men's DII College Rankings Nov 20 2019