Got to admint that we weren't all that surprised that our #1 fell last week.
It was a very tenuous #1, and it remains so, but for slightly different reasons.
Strake Jesuit unseated Brother Martin on the field over the weekend and also in the rankings. We could have put St. Thomas Aquinas or Herriman in at #1. And while we're pretty sure their coaches are quietly saying "please don't tank us #1" we're also just a little wary because of the number of games. Neither has played a ton, yet, and Strake has probably played more. In addition, Herriman had an iffy outing the week before and we're waiting on their consistency.
And then there's the issue that some other teams are going to enter the fray soon, and so any team that is #1 will have a lot of history to battle against when Xavier, Jesuit Sacramento, Greenwich, and, eventually, Gonzaga take the field.
Kingfishers, Aquinas Strong In Kansas
Dwenger Win Sends Tremor Through Indiana
Gibbons Win Harbingers Wild Florida Playoffs
Gregory the Great Rides Team Effort to Preseason Win
Rugby Returns To DC Area as Georgetown Prep Faces Salesianum
Thanks to the games we refer to above, the rankings got a big shakeup. Kingfishers has talent and showed well in their opening games, and move up into the top 15. We caution pushing the turbo button on this bandwagon, however. Gibbons gets a win, and a big one, but the team they beat, Jacksonville, was not itself so while Gibbons gets bumped up four, we're still wary.
Georgetown enters the charts at #19 thanks to a win against a good team. San Clemente enters at #20 thanks to a win over a ranked team, albeit one that has lost some players to the SoCal football season. And Gregory the Great also enters thanks to a win over a ranked team. These are all fair moves, but, again, they are only one game. Things can change quickly.
And it's time to drop Penn a decent amount and time to reward Bishop Dwenger for their win over said Penn team. However, we're keeping an eye on all of these when, on Wednesday March 31, #7 St. Ignatius plays #9 St. Edward. If one team wins big, then that will have ripples throughout the rankings.
Notice also we've expanded to 35. As states and leagues open up we will get to our normal 50.
 Goff Rugby Report Boys Single-School Rankings Week 5 2021 | |||
| Rank | Prev | Team | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Strake Jesuit (TX) | Beat Brother Martin (1) |
| 2 | 2 | Herriman (UT) | Beat Mountain Ridge |
| 3 | 3 | St. Thomas Aquinas (KS) | Beat Liberty North |
| 4 | 4 | Dallas Jesuit (TX) | Beat Allen (C22) |
| 5 | 8 | Bixby (OK) | Beat Jenks |
| 6 | 6 | Jesuit New Orleans (LA) | |
| 7 | 7 | St. Ignatius (OH) | Beat Moeller (15) |
| 8 | 1 | Brother Martin (LA) | Lost to Strake Jesuit (5) |
| 9 | 9 | St. Edward (OH) | Beat Brunswick |
| 10 | Unr | Bishop Dwenger (IN) | Beat Penn (10) |
| 11 | 11 | East HS (UT) | Beat Kearns |
| 12 | Unr | Gregory the Great (PA) | Beat St. Joe's (16) |
| 13 | 17 | Cardinal Gibbons (FL) | Beat Jacksonville (12) |
| 14 | 28 | Kingfishers (KS) | Beat KC Jr. Blues |
| 15 | 12 | Rocky Mountain (ID) | |
| 16 | 10 | Penn (IN) | Lost to Bishop Dwenger |
| 17 | 13 | Olympus (UT) | |
| 18 | 15 | St. Xavier Cincinnati (OH) | Beat Dayton Northern Force |
| 19 | Unr | Georgetown Prep (DC) | Beat Salesianum |
| 20 | Unr | San Clemente (CA) | Beat La Jolla (19) |
| 21 | 15 | Moeller (OH) | Lost to St. Ignatius (7) |
| 22 | 16 | St. Joe's Prep (PA) | Lost to Gregory the Great |
| 23 | 14 | Capital HS (ID) | |
| 24 | 16 | Mountain View (ID) | |
| 25 | 26 | St. Charles (OH) | Beat Dublin |
| 26 | 23 | Lake Travis (TX) | Lost 12-8 to Rock Rugby |
| 27 | 18 | Sacramento Jesuit (CA) | |
| 28 | 20 | St. Paul's (LA) | |
| 29 | 22 | St. Augustine (CA) | |
| 30 | 19 | La Jolla (CA) | Lost to San Clemente |
| 31 | 21 | St. Pius X (TX) | Lost to West Houston |
| 32 | 25 | East HS (CO) | |
| 33 | 24 | Regis Jesuit (CO) | |
| 34 | 27 | Notre Dame de la Salette (IL) | |
| 35 | 29 | St. Louis U High (MO) | |
Goff Rugby Report Boys Single-School Rankings Week 4 2021 | |||
