GRR: College Men
Cal Poly defeated Texas A&M Tuesday night in a pre-playoff tour match.
The Mustangs got a big defensive effort from No. 8 Ryan Wenstrom, and the big loose forward also scored two tries on the night.
There are complaints about the D1A brackets this year, but CRAA’s Paul Santinelli says that’s normal.
Santinelli, who oversees the rankings process, among other things, points to the NCAA basketball tournament or the FBS football rankings as other sources of conversation … and consternation.
What in the world is going on in D1AA rugby in the spring?
The D1A playoff brackets have been announced by the College Rugby Association of America.
Not surprisingly, Navy and Lindenwood will get byes to the quarterfinals in the East, and Central Washington and Saint Mary's will garner byes to the quarterfinals in the West.
The final four in the Florida DIAA college competition is set after this weekend's first round of playoffs.
Six teams were in action this week, playing quarterfinals while 1st-place team Florida State had a bye.
Florida won convincingly over North Florida 62-7.