The Men DI College Weekend - Our Picks
The Men DI College Weekend - Our Picks
Goff Rugby Report has a look at this week's Men's DI college games, with a little prediction for each. If there's a link on the game, then we've got a more detailed game preview for that matchup.
We list the rankings for teams that are ranked GRR=Goff Rugby Report DI ranking; ACRC= coaches poll for ACRC; DIA is the DIA poll conduction by USA Rugby. ACRC-HM means the team didn't make the top 20, but was honorable mention.
There are only two games featuring two teams that are ranked - Army v Penn State, and Iona v Wheeling Jesuit.
Here's how we see it all.
| Game | League | Notes | Prediction |
| North Carolina at Virginia Tech | ACRL | Too early to tell on these teams, but Va Tech has been tested and might be more ready. | Virginia Tech |
| Colorado at Colorado State (DIA#17) | West | Very early days. | Colorado State |
| Purdue at Michigan State | Big Ten | Not much game time for Boilermakers | MIchigan State |
| Michigan (GRR#24/ACRC#10/DIA#10) at Illinois | Big Ten | All the rankings point to Wolverines | MIchigan State |
| Nebraska at Indiana (GRR#16/ACRC#12/DIA#15) | BIg Ten | Indiana not eligible for playoffs but still good | Indiana |
| Iowa at Wisconsin (ACRC-HM) | Big Ten | A lot to prove this weekend | Wisconson |
| Middlebury (ACRC#11) at UMass | ECRC | Middlebury started just OK, but OK enough | MIddlebury |
| UConn at Boston College (ACRC-HM) | ECRC | BC defense outstanding last week | BC |
| Albany at AIC (GRR#31/ACRC#4) | ECRC | AIC offense way too powerful | AIC |
| Kings Point (ACRC-HM) at Binghamton | Empire | Too early to really tell | Kings Point |
| Brockport at Fordham | Empire | Both lost last weekend | Brockport |
| Syracuse at Stony Brook (ACRC#14) | Empire | Stony Brook started strong | Stony Brook |
| Temple at Millersville | Keystone | Too early | Pick 'em |
| St. Joe's (ACRC-HM) at Pitt | Keystone | Tough away game for St. Joseph's | St. Joe's, probably |
| WVU at West Chester | Keystone | Who has been tested early? | West Virginia |
| Shippensburg at Rutgers | Keystone | Interesting shift for Rutgers | Rutgers |
| Iona (GRR#34/ACRC#13) at Wheeling Jesuit (ACRC#15/DIA#16) | Rugby East | One of THE big games. Huge discrepancy in the rankings of these two. Maybe this game will settle the question. | Iona ... maybe |
| Penn State (GRR#12/ACRC#2/DIA#6) at Army (GRR#20/ACRC#3/DIA#5) | Rugby East | THE big game of the weekend. Penn State has shown more so far. | Penn State |
| Auburn at Ole Miss | SCRC | Auburn | |
| LSU (GRR#32/ACRC#7) at Mississippi State | SCRC | LSU is playing really well | LSU |
| Florida (ACRC#17) at Tennessee (ACRC-HM) | SCRC | Massive SEC rivalry game | Pick 'em |
| Vanderbilt at Kentucky | SCRC | Pick 'em | |
| Columbia at Princeton | Ivy | Good start for Columbia | Columbia |
| Penn at Brown (ACRC-HM) | Ivy | Brown | |
| Cornell (ACRC-HM) at Dartmouth (GRR#15/ACRC#5) | Ivy | Big Green undercooked? | Dartmouth |
| BALL STATE at Miami | MAC | Good early-season clash | Miami |
| CENTRAL MICHIGAN at Univ. Louisville | MAC | Louisiville new to the league | CMU |
| DAYTON UNIV. at Univ. Cincinnati | MAC | Dayton has started well | Dayton |
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS at Ohio Univ. | MAC | Not sure ... | Pick 'em |
| Air Force at New Mexico | West | UNM a bit of an unknown | Air Force |
| TCU at Oklahoma (DIA#14) | Red River | Sooners on the upswing | Oklahoma |
| Ohio State at Notre Dame | Non-Conference | Ohio State struggling with contagion - but looked good last week. | Ohio State, tentative |
| Arkansas State at Florida State | Non-Conference | Well, ASU is pretty good ... | Arkansas State |
