DIA Rugby News
Not playing does cost teams in rankings.
It costs you more if you're not ranked as highly to begin with. Why is that? Because usually a team started being ranked highly because it is good every year. So you need more results to dislodge such a team.
The first two rounds in the new Midwest D1A Conference didn’t yield much in the way of drama, but we got it this past weekend.
Lindenwood and Davenport came into the game having both beaten Adrian and McKendree (those two meet this coming weekend) and ready for what has become a nicely heated rivalry match.
We're getting into playoff time for conferences and NCR.
Navy has ruled the roost in the Rugby East, but Notre Dame College continues to come on strong.
The body of work of a team matters a lot in these rankings so with Life playing what is currently a tougher schedule than Lindenwood, their results have been strong enough to move them past Lindenwood.
This past weekend's effort against Queens was kind of a tipping point with that.
The steady improvement of Mary Washington and Mount St. Mary's is evidenced in their move up.
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