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DI College Games This Weekend

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DI College Games This Weekend

Davenport looks to a tough Indiana team this weekend in a matchup of #7 v #10. Steven Zomberg photo.

It's a nice busy weekend for Men's DI rugby with most of the ranked teams in action, and several that are close to the rankings - Syracuse, Dartmouth, Pitt, JMU - also on the field.

(Make sure you check back here for scores all weekend.)

 

Delaware continues its schedule of games against teams it wants to play on a regular basis, playing at Penn State. This could be a must-win Rugby East game next year; right now it's just an intriguing game.

Another non-conference game between ranked teams is Davenport at Indiana. Davenport looked good in a win over Bowling Green, while Indiana has been an offensive juggernaut all fall. A big win by one of these teams and we might be thinking #1 ...

Maryland plays at NC State in an important ACRL clash, while another ACRL team, Clemson, hosts Life. Life isn't ranked this fall because this game is the Running Eagles' only fall game for their varsity. But rest assured, it matters.

It's all on the line in the DIA West with Utah at Colorado (Utah may be rebuilding, but they can still score from anywhere), and Air Force at Colorado State (key game for the Rams at home).

If Boston College wants to haul in AIC, the Eagles need to beat the UMass Minutement, who are 3-1 in ECRC play. In the Empire, Syracuse could make the top 50 wiht a good game over Binghamton.

It's still all to play for in the Heart of America. Oklahoma State is just getting started, so we'll see what the Cowboys have. We also get to see where Dartmouth is as the Big Green and Harvard seem to be the top two in the Ivy League. If Dartmouth stuggles against Brown, then maybe the rankings wait. If they win big, then they should be in. This is sort of the situation JMU and Pitt are in, as they play for the Keystone West title, essentially, and likely a place in the GRR rankings, as well. JMU moved up from DII and continues to show the physicality and unity that saw them go deep into the DII playoffs last year. Pitt is 3-0 and has given up only 29 points in those three games, while center Mike Dunleavy leads the conference with six tries.

There are two massive games in the MAC. Bowling Green hosts Central Michigan, with the winner in good position for a conference playoff spot, and the loser not so much. In the MAC South, everyone is still in with a shot, and therefore 1-0 Dayton at 0-1 Miami has all the earmarks of a must-win. If Dayton wins, a 2-0 record makes the playoffs likely. If Miami wins, then it's still all confusion. Ohio at Kent State won't count in the standings. Ball State at Western Michigan should clinch 1st in the North for WMU.

It's always a big deal in the Rugby East. Iona pushed Army hard last year and will want to again. This will be a clash of very physical teams. But if Kutztown wants to catch Army, instead of hoping Iona beats the Knights, the Bears need to think about beating Wheeling Jesuit.

In the SCRC, there's plenty to say. Tennessee needs to win on the road at Florida to stay even with South Carolina. Kentucky could well shock Alabama, as the Wildcats have been playing fairly well despite their 1-2 conference record. And in the SIRC North, Middle Tennessee State can basically clinch 1st with a win over Kennesaw State.  

 

10/16/2015 Regis L-W Wyoming #41 Non Conference
10/16/2015 Baton Rouge RFC 0-61 LSU Non Conference
10/16/2015 Life (Not Ranked) 43-0 Clemson #6 Non Conference
10/17/2015 Delaware #21 19-51 Penn State #3 Non Conference
10/17/2015 Davenport #7 17-18 Indiana #10 Non Conference
10/17/2015 Maryland #32 22-26 NC State #36 ACRL
10/17/2015 Ohio State #20 73-14 Iowa Big Ten
10/17/2015 Wisconsin #18 63-24 Purdue Big Ten
10/17/2015 Minnesota 20-57 Illinois Big Ten
10/17/2015 Utah #5 64-22 Colorado #34 D1A West
10/17/2015 Air Force #11 13-56 Colorado State #46 D1A West
10/17/2015 AIC #2 88-0 Middlebury ECRC
10/17/2015 Albany at Northeastern ECRC
10/17/2015 UMASS #43 20-39 Boston College #19 ECRC
10/17/2015 UCONN 13-51 New England College #40 ECRC
10/17/2015 Colgate #31 44-15 USMMA Empire
10/17/2015 Stony Brook #27 88-19 Brockport Empire
10/17/2015 Syracuse 51-0 Binghamton Empire
10/17/2015 Kansas 58-0 Oklahoma State Heart of America
10/17/2015 Kansas State #30 3-21 Missouri #29 Heart of America
10/17/2015 Dartmouth 76-29 Brown Ivy League
10/17/2015 Princeton 10-24 Harvard #49 Ivy League
10/17/2015 Yale 31-34 Columbia Ivy League
10/17/2015 James Madison 27-31 Pittsburgh Keystone
10/17/2015 Lock Haven at Shippensburg Keystone
10/17/2015 Rutgers 14-15 Saint Joseph's #35 Keystone
10/17/2015 West Chester 8-47 Temple Keystone
10/17/2015 Ball State at Western Michigan #13 MAC
10/17/2015 Central Michigan 12-42 Bowling Green #14 MAC
10/17/2015 Dayton #38 Ccld. Miami #47 MAC
10/17/2015 Ohio 30-5 Kent State MAC
10/17/2015 Wheeling Jesuit #4 14-31 Kutztown #9 Rugby East
10/17/2015 Army #1 26-43 Iona #48 Rugby East
10/17/2015 West Virginia 22-20 Buffalo Rugby East
10/17/2015 Kentucky 5-47 Alabama #26 SCRC
10/17/2015 South Carolina #15 88-5 Auburn SCRC
10/16/2015 Tennessee #17 27-9 Florida SCRC
10/17/2015 Georgia Tech at Memphis SIRC North
10/17/2015 KSU 6-25 MTSU #28 SIRC North
10/17/2015 USF #44 24-31 UCF SIRC South
10/17/2015 Texas State University at University of Houston SWC
10/17/2015 Texas Tech University 28-24 Rice University SWC
10/17/2015 University of North Texas #50 at Dallas Harlequins SWC
10/17/2015 Santa Clara 37-5 Nevada Non Conference
10/17/2015 NCRC 7s   CWU NCRC
10/17/2015 RRRC 7s   Texas A&M Red River