College Men
The Liberty Conference D1 schedule kicks off in a week with the first conference games, so this week is a quick runway for everyone.
It's a relatively tight schedule as these teams try to squeeze as many 15s games into the fall as possible. Teams have one week off and other than that go week-to-week to get nine games in before the NCR playoffs kick off.
With the MLR Draft finally done, we can look at a few and background facts.
A previous post on GRR spoke about how many minutes drafted players get.
Op-Ed; What Draft Data Says About Elite College Player Development
The SCRC D1AA season is fairly short, with teams only playing two pool games before the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean the teams’ schedule as whole is short.
The conference itself kicks off September 21 with Kentucky at Alabama, and really gets going with games on October 5, 12, and 19. The conference is split into three pools—East, West, and South.
Let’s take a look.
Major League Rugby has announced its collegiate draft picks for the 2024 College Draft.
Saint Mary’s center Erich Storti was picked #1 overall by Anthem RC out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Storti was a standout at De La Salle HS in Northern California before moving on to Saint Mary’s, where he was pivotal in helping them to a D1A National Championship win this past spring.
As we start the 2024-25 season, and some of the teams have indeed already played games, we are launching our D1AA rankings.