GRR: College Men
The Des Moines bracket of the Men’s DII College Playoffs might well have been a forgone conclusion a few weeks ago, but maybe it’s not anymore.
The four teams in it have their own reasons for thinking they could get through to the semis.
Two ranked teams, #20 Middle Tennessee State and #26 Florida International, join three-time DIAA national finalists Central Florida and 5-1 Georgia Southern in the SIRC final four this weekend.
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.
Clemson clinched the ACRL Saturday with a 53-12 defeat of Virginia Tech to finish the ACRL conference season 6-0.
With the Virginia Tech loss, NC State has clinched 2nd in the conference.
Clemson was led by scrumhalf Ryan Gilroy, who was impressive in keeping the pace of the game high and marshaling the defense.
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.
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