GRR: College Men
This is actually a very difficult NCR D1 ranking to put together.
That is the case because, in part, some of the higher-ranked teams lost, but they lost against very, very strong D1A opposition such as Life University and Mary Washington. At the same time, we have some teams lower down in the Top 20 that won, but they end up moving down.
The Big 10 did actually get to start its season in its expected form last week and this week we have four games on the slate.
A week after beating Illinois, Ohio State put in a very good result over Michigan State.
The Buckeyes were led by wing Jayden Garnes, who scored two tries and set up another in a nice example of OSU playing some open-field rugby.
University of New Hampshire is currently the only team that is 209 in the NACR after they just barely edged past Coast Guard Academy 7-5.
That was a a major early-season clash Friday night and it's pretty clear that these two teams are very close. Still, UNH won by a conversion and go to 2-0. Coash Guard gets a close-loss bonus point so they're not too far away.
Our latest D1AA rankings see not a ton of change up near the top, but we did see #18 Kansas State beat #5 Kansas.
In a wild game with a wild result, Davenport University edged Wheeling University in an 85-point classic 43-42.