Not too many major changes after this past weekend's conference playoffs, as we didn't see too many surprises.
Sacred Heart showed that tey are the best team in the Tri-State, by a decent margin, and got a bump. Also, as a result, the teams Sacred Heart beat in their division to get there also ride SH's coat tails - that would be Siena and RPI. Vermont lost to unranked Middlebury and we drop Vermont down a bit and bring Middlebury up a bit, but Middelbury needed one or two more good results to get higher.
VMI takes a big drop after a rough Cardinals playoff, but they've got a shot at moving back up with the national playoffs coming.
| Goff Rugby Report 2016-17 Men DII College Rankings #7 | ||||
| Rank | Prev | Team | Conference | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | UW-Whitewater (Wisc.) | WIIL | Bt. UNI (23), Illinois State (6) |
| 2 | 2 | Minnesota-Duluth (Minn.) | Northern Lights | Idle |
| 3 | 4 | Furman (SC) | South | Bt. UNC-Charlotte (11) |
| 4 | 3 | Norwich (Vt.) | NECRC | Idle |
| 5 | 5 | NC State (NC) | Southern | Bt. Old Dominion (36), No. Va Griffins |
| 6 | 6 | Illinois State (Ill.) | WIIL | Bt. UW-Mil (14), lost to UW-Whitewater (1) |
| 7 | 7 | Grand Valley State (Mich.) | Great Lakes | Idle |
| 8 | 8 | Rowan (NJ) | MARC | Bt. Scranton, York (32) |
| 9 | 10 | Coast Guard Academy (Conn.) | New England-Wide | Idle |
| 10 | 12 | Western State (Colo.) | Rocky Mountain | Idle |
| 11 | 11 | UNC-Charlotte (NC) | Southern | Lost to Furman (4) |
| 12 | 30 | Sacred Heart (Conn.) | Tri-State | Bt. William Paterson (26) |
| 13 | 13 | North Dakota State (ND) | Northern Lights | Idle |
| 14 | 15 | SUNY Cortland (NY) | Upstate NY | Bt. RIT, Geneseo (38) |
| 15 | 14 | UW-Milwaukee (Wisc.) | WIIL | Lost to ISU (6), Bt. UNI (23) |
| 16 | 17 | Rhode Island (RI) | NECRC | Bt. New Hampshire |
| 17 | 19 | Southern Connecticut | Rugby Northeast | Bt. St. Michael's |
| 18 | 20 | Bentley (Mass.) | Rugby Northeast | Bt. Providence College (18) |
| 19 | 18 | Providence College (RI) | Rugby Northeast | Lost to Bentley (20) |
| 20 | 21 | Principia (Ill.) | Gateway | Idle |
| 21 | 22 | Colorado Sch. of Mines (Colo.) | Rocky Mountain | Idle |
| 22 | 24 | Winona State (Minn.) | Northern Lights | Idle |
| 23 | 16 | Vermont (Vt.) | NECRC | Lost to Middlebury |
| 24 | 26 | William Paterson (NY) | Tri-State | Lost to Sacred Heart (30) |
| 25 | 32 | York (Pa.) | MARC | Bt. IUP (25) |
| 26 | 27 | UNC Wilminton (NC) | Southern | Idle |
| 27 | 28 | Northern Michigan (Mich.) | WIIL | Idle |
| 28 | 29 | Coastal Carolina (SC) | Southern | Idle |
| 29 | 9 | VMI (Va.) | Cardinals | Lost to No Va Griffins, Bt. ODU (36) |
| 30 | 31 | Oakland (Mich.) | Great Lakes | Idle |
| 31 | 25 | IUP (Pa.) | MARC | Lost to York (32) |
| 32 | 33 | Montana State (Mont.) | Rocky Mountain | Idle |
| 33 | 34 | Southern Illinois (Ill.) | Gateway | Idle |
| 34 | 38 | Geneseo (NY) | Upstate NY | Bt. Oswego (45), lost to Cortland (15) |
| 35 | 35 | Appalachian State (NC) | Southern | Idle |
| 36 | 23 | Northern Iowa (Iowa) | WIIL | Lost to UW-Whitewater (1), UW-Mil (14) |
| 37 | 39 | UMass-Lowell (Mass.) | Rugby Northeast | Bt. Stonehill |
| 38 | 40 | Pitt State (Kans.) | Gateway | Idle |
| 39 | 46 | Siena (NY) | Tri-State | Idle |
| 40 | 47 | RPI (NY) | Tri-State | Idle |
| 41 | 45 | SUNY Oswego (NY) | Upstate NY | Lost to Geneseo (38) |
| 42 | Unr | Plymouth State (NH) | Colonial Coast | Bt. Salve Regina (37) |
| 43 | 37 | Salve Regina (RI) | Colonial Coast | Lost to Plymouth State |
| 44 | 36 | Old Dominion (Va.) | Cardinals | Lost to VMI (9), NC State (5) |
| 45 | 44 | UMS&T (Mo.) | Gateway | Idle |
| 46 | 41 | The Citadel (SC) | Southern | Idle |
| 47 | 42 | East Carolina (NC) | Southern | Idle |
| 48 | Unr | Middlebury (Vt.) | NECRC | Bt. Vermont (16) |
| 49 | 48 | Spring Hill (Ala.) | Independent | Idle |
| 50 | 49 | Tulane (La.) | Independent | 3-1 at Battleship Tournament |
