DIA Rugby News
The ACRC Bowl Series has finalized its schedule, with ten games involving 19 ranked teams.
The games will be webcast live (check back to Goff Rugby Report for the live feeds). Next Level Rugby will run the feed, with Ryan Ginty and Alex Goff providing commentary. John Broker and one other will provide commentary for the Iona v Delaware Ice Bucket Challenge Bowl.
Some clashes between ranked teams, for the most part, went as expected, and because of that there aren't major changes in this fall's DI rankings.
Michigan's big loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten 3rd/4th game shunts the Wolverines down a bit; Alabama's close loss to South Carolina moves the Tide up a bit; Arkansas beating Kansas shows us the Razorbacks are back ... so they move up.
St. Mary's opened up their season this weekend with a convincing 50-7 victory over San Francisco State.
The Gaels also won the B-side game as the two-time defending DIA champions look ahead to a very challenging schedule that includes, of course, California Conference opponents San Diego State, UCSB, Santa Clara, and Cal Poly.
Indiana University defeated Ohio State 34-14 to win the Big Ten Universities Conference Saturday in Rockford, Ill.
The teams battled in a tight contest where Ohio State tried to assert their dominance in the forwards, and Indiana tried burn the Buckeyes on the outside. And this is how the two teams stayed deadlocked, 14-14 at halftime.
Here's what's going on in men's DI rugby this weekend:
The ACRL gets decided in Virginia Tech v Clemson. The same goes for the Ivy League with Dartmouth v Harvard.