Who Makes the NCR D1 Playoffs?
NCR's D1 playoff picture ...
Ten teams will be in the playoff, with four teams participating in play-in games on November 11, and six teams going directly to the quarterfinals on November 18.
2022 NCR D1 Quarterfinals
Thomas More 70-21 Fairfield
St. Bonaventure 29-24 Indiana
Brown 27-7 Wheeling
Queens 33-14 AIC
Competitive Quarterfinals Show How Big Rivers Works as a Conference
Big Rivers is down to four semifinalists after Saturday’s quarterfinals, with all of the games being very close.
Fairfield, Brown Take Wins in Liberty
Brown and Fairfield won two key games in the Liberty Conference Saturday.
Brown took a big step toward being top dog in the Liberty NCR D1 with a 31-23 defeat of Iona Saturday.
Both teams entered the game undefeated in the conference.
Brown’s defense did well to frustrate Iona, especially in the first half where they took a 24-9 lead.
Major D1A and NCR D1 Games This Weekend
One more big game for Navy as we see the massive showdown between St. Bonaventure and Navy, two unbeaten teams in the Rugby East.
Liberty Update as Playoffs Loom in D1, D1AA
It's already time to think about the playoff scenarios in some conferences, and since the Liberty has multiple levels, let's look at them.
(We'll talk about DII in a separate article. Why? Because we said so.)
Liberty NCR D1
As expected there are three undefeated teams in the Liberty NCR D1 league now after the weekend's action.