Below is the first week of Goff Rugby Report's Fall DI rankings.
In these rankings, we include only teams with significant 15s activity through the fall. So no Cal, no BYU or Life, no Arkansas State or St. Mary's or any teams from California, Washington, Arizona, or Oregon.
Now we realize that some of the excluded programs - Life and Arkansas State, for example - play a couple of 15s games this fall, but it's not enough to just keep them in the rankings. So we will recalibrate these rankings come the New Year.
As for the current Fall rankings, there's so much to prove that no team is safe anywhere. Army sits at #1 but it's a tenuous position for the Black Knights. And the same goes for the rest of the teams listed. Perhaps the teams to note are Notre Dame College, which has moved up to DI from DII, and Boston College, which won big over Dartmouth. There are many teams waiting for a chance to enter the rankings, which we will likely expand to a Top 50 in the next week or so.
| Goff Rugby Report 2015-16 Men FALL DI College Rankings Week #1 | |||
| Rank | Team | Comp | Notes |
| 1 | Army (NY) | ACRC, DIA, Rugby East | Defeated Buffalo |
| 2 | Wheeling Jesuit (WV) | ACRC, DIA, Rugby East | Defeated Iona |
| 3 | Lindenwood (Mo.) | DIA, Mid-South | 1st team idle |
| 4 | AIC (Mass.) | DIAA, ACRC, ECRC | Defeated NEC |
| 5 | Utah (Utah) | VC, DIA, Pac Rugby | Idle |
| 6 | Davenport (Mich.) | DIA, Mid-South | Beat WMU, lost to Chicago Lions |
| 7 | Penn State (Pa.) | ACRC, DIA, Rugby East | Defeated St. Bonaventure |
| 8 | Navy (Md.) | VC, Ind. | Idle |
| 9 | Kutztown (Pa.) | ACRC, DIA, Rugby East | Defeated Stony Brook |
| 10 | Clemson (SC) | ACRC, VC, ACRL | Idle |
| 11 | Air Force (Colo.) | DIA, VC, DIA West | Defeated No. Colo., Utah State |
| 12 | Indiana (Ind.) | DIA, Big Ten | Defeated Ball State |
| 13 | South Carolina | VC, ACRC, SCRC | Defeated Georgia |
| 14 | Bowling Green (Mich.) | DIAA, ACRC, MAC | Defeated West Virginia |
| 15 | Notre Dame College (Ohio) | DIAA Independent | Defeated Kentucky |
| 16 | Tennessee (Tenn.) | VC, ACRC, SCRC | Defeated Oklahoma |
| 17 | Wisconsin (Wisc.) | DIA, Big Ten | Defeated Lindenwood Dev. Team |
| 18 | Ohio State (Ohio) | DIA, Big Ten | Defeated Pitt |
| 19 | Colorado State (Colo.) | DIA, DIA West | Defeated Montana State |
| 20 | Delaware (Del.) | DIA Independent | Defeated St. Joseph's |
| 21 | Boston College (Mass.) | DIAA, ACRC, ECRC | Defeated Dartmouth |
| 22 | Michigan (Mich.) | DIA, Big Ten | Defeated U. Notre Dame |
| 23 | LSU (La.) | DIA, Red River | Idle |
| 24 | Central Florida (Fla.) | DIAA, SIRC | Idle |
| 25 | Texas A&M (Texas) | DIA, Red River | Idle |
| 26 | MTSU (Tenn.) | DIAA, SIRC | Defeated Kennesaw State |
| 27 | Missouri (Mo.) | DIAA, Heart of America | Defeated Illinois |
| 28 | Kansas State (Kans.) | DIAA, Heart of America | Defeated KC Blues D3 Club |
| 29 | Western Michigan (Mich.) | DIAA, ACRC, MAC | Defeated Kent State |
| 30 | Colgate (NY) | DIAA, ACRC, Empire | Defeated SUNY Brockport |
| 31 | UMass (Mass.) | DIAA, ACRC, ECRC | Defeated UConn |
| 32 | Oklahoma (Okla.) | DIA, Red River | Lost to Tennessee |
| 33 | Maryland (Md.) | ACRC, VC, ACRL | Idle |
| 34 | Stony Brook (NY) | DIAA, ACRC, Empire | Lost to Kutztown |
| 35 | St. Joseph's (Pa.) | DIAA, ACRC, Keystone | Lost to Delaware |
| 36 | NC State (NC) | ACRC, VC, ACRL | Local Club |
| 37 | Alabama (Ala.) | VC, ACRC, SCRC | Game postponed |
| 38 | WVU (WV) | DIA, ACRC, Rugby East | Lost to Bowling Green |
| 39 | Dartmouth (NH) | VC, Ivy | Lost to Boston College |
| 40 | Arkansas (Ark.) | DIAA, Heart of America | Played Little Rock Club |
