As we stated in our D1 rankings, we shifted Liberty teams to this ranking, which is a combination of CRAA's D1A and NCR's D1, which is made up of teams that used to play under the D1A banner.
The change is slight, with the ranking expanded to 50 we don't see too many teams drastically changed because of the Liberty programs getting ranked. Iona is the highest, albeit an insecure #20. But let's face it, most of these rankings are insecure. Nazareth comes in after a nice win and Northeastern is possibly the next most dangerous Liberty team behind Iona.
We drop Wisconsin down significantly after a big loss and yet we didn't do the same for Air Force nor for Notre Dame College. That's because we think Army and Navy are stronger than Indiana. Still, there's an argument for having the Badgers ranked a bit higher, and the best way to make that argument is to perform well in rugby games.
Navy does get a bump after shutting out Air Force. We decided not to penalize Penn State for almost losing to Mary Washington, but we'll keep an eye out.
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| Rank | Prev | Team | Conference | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Cal | PAC | |
| 2 | 2 | Saint Mary's | California | |
| 3 | 3 | Life | Mid-South | |
| 4 | 4 | Lindenwood | Mid-South | Won series of 15s and 7s warmups |
| 5 | 5 | Army | Rugby East | Beat Notre Dame College (26) |
| 6 | 6 | Central Washington | Independent | |
| 7 | 10 | Navy | Rugby East | Beat Air Force (25) |
| 8 | 7 | Arkansas State | Mid-South | |
| 9 | 8 | BYU | Rocky Mountain | |
| 10 | 9 | Kutztown | Rugby East | Beat Schuylkill River |
| 11 | 11 | Arizona | PAC | |
| 12 | 12 | Penn State | Rugby East | Beat Mary Washington |
| 13 | 15 | Indiana | Big Ten | Beat Wisconsin (30) |
| 14 | 13 | UCLA | PAC | |
| 15 | 14 | Davenport | Mid-South | Beat Legacy Center Academy |
| 16 | 16 | Ohio State | Big Ten | |
| 17 | 21 | St. Bonaventure | Rugby East | Beat Syracuse |
| 18 | 17 | Cal Poly | California | |
| 19 | 18 | Grand Canyon | California | |
| 20 | Unr | Iona | Liberty | Beat Fordham |
| 21 | 19 | Texas A&M | Red River | |
| 22 | 20 | Illinois | Big Ten | Beat Purdue (28) |
| 23 | 22 | Colorado | Rocky Mountain | |
| 24 | 23 | Colorado State | Rocky Mountain | |
| 25 | 28 | Purdue | Big Ten | Close loss to Illinois (20) |
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| 26 | 24 | Oklahoma | Red River | |
| 27 | 26 | Notre Dame College | Rugby East | Lost to Army (5) |
| 28 | 27 | Utah | Rocky Mountain | |
| 29 | Unr | Northeastern | Liberty | Beat UMass |
| 30 | 29 | UC Santa Barbara | California | |
| 31 | Unr | Boston College | Liberty | |
| 32 | 25 | Air Force | Rocky Mountain | Lost to Navy (10) |
| 33 | 31 | Utah Valley | Rocky Mountain | |
| 34 | 32 | Michigan State | Big Ten | |
| 35 | 33 | San Diego State | California | |
| 36 | 34 | Santa Clara | California | |
| 37 | Unr | Fairfield | Liberty | |
| 38 | Unr | AIC | Liberty | |
| 39 | 35 | UC Davis | California | |
| 40 | 36 | Baylor | Red River | |
| 41 | 38 | Michigan | Big Ten | Lost to U. Notre Dame |
| 42 | Unr | Buffalo | Liberty | Beat Cortland |
| 43 | Unr | Nazareth | Liberty | Beat Brockport |
| 44 | Unr | Fordham | Liberty | Lost to Iona |
| 45 | 39 | North Texas | Red River | |
| 46 | 30 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | Lost to Indiana (15) |
| 47 | 37 | Texas | Red River | |
| 48 | 40 | Utah State | Rocky Mountain | |
| 49 | Unr | Wyoming | Rocky Mountain | |
| 50 | Unr | Texas Tech | Red River | |
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