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Men DI College Rankings Week 16

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Men DI College Rankings Week 16

Arizona State moves up, Cal judges ahead too. David Barpal photo.

In the latest Goff Rugby Report Men's DI College Rankings, there is some notable movement. Life remains at #1 after beating two very strong ranked teams. But we might well see a new #1 after this weekend, because #2 BYU plays #3 St. Mary's. The winner could very well move up to the top spot.

Cal had trouble putting away UCLA, but we've rewarded UCLA for that rather than penalized Cal. This in part because a) UCLA's loss to Utah by 38 was in part due to injures, and b) watching the game film Cal didn't play poorly so much as UCLA defended very well.

Meanwhile, Arkansas State lost to Davenport, moving the Red Wolves down. The result also prompted us to move Davenport above Lindenwood. You will remember that Davenport edged Lindenwood 7-3 last fall. We decided to wait for corroboration of that result, saw it this weekend, and so the Panthers are at #7.

Arizona State moves up 15 spots after an impressive win over Arizona. UCLA moves up 23 spots.Texas A&M keeps winning and so they jump up eight places.

Coming in to the Top 50 are UC-Davis, who have beaten all the top teams in the Pac West, Long Beach State, who beat one of their chief rivals in the Gold Coast, and Oregon, who beat ranked Washington, who had previously beaten ranked Western Washington. All three of those teams are very close in quality. 

Watch out also for Arkansas, Central Florida, and Middle Tennessee State (who dropped from 50 to being unranked). We think all of those teams have the potential to move into the rankings as they have big games this weekend.

 

 

Goff Rugby Report 2014-15 Men DI College Rankings Wk 16

Rank Prev Team Notes
1 1 Life Defeated Navy (10), Clemson (13)
2 2 BYU Idle
3 3 St. Mary's Defeated San Diego State (47)
4 5 Cal Defeated UCLA (37) 18-12
5 6 Army Idle
6 7 Kutztown Idle
7 12 Davenport Defeated Arkansas State (4)
8 4 Arkansas State Lost to Davenport (12)
9 8 Lindenwood Idle
10 10 Navy Defeated Clemson (13), lost to Life (1)
11 11 Central Washington Defeated Western Oregon
12 15 Utah 7s
13 9 Air Force Snowed Out
14 37 UCLA Lost 18-12 to Cal (5)
15 13 Clemson Lost to Navy (10), Life (1)
16 31 Arizona State Defeated Arizona (44)
17 14 Oklahoma Idle
18 26 Texas A&M Idle
19 16 Penn State Idle
20 17 Dartmouth 7s
21 18 Indiana Idle
22 19 AIC 7s
23 20 Bowling Green 7s
24 21 Wisconsin Idle
25 22 Maryland Idle
26 23 Ohio State Idle
27 24 South Carolina Defeated Virginia Tech
28 35 Colorado State Defeated Boulder Men's Club
29 25 Wheeling Jesuit 7s
30 27 Stony Brook 7s
31 28 WVU Idle
32 29 St. Joseph's 7s
33 30 NC State Weather cancelation
34 32 Notre Dame Idle
35 33 Boston College Idle
36 34 Western Michigan 7s
37 36 Kings Point Idle
39 44 Arizona Defeated Wyoming, Lost to Arizona State (31)
38 Unr UC-Davis Defeated Nevada-Reno
39 Unr Long Beach State Defeated Santa Barbara City College
41 46 Cal Poly Idle
42 Unr Oregon Defeated Washington (45)
43 47 San Diego State Lost to St. Mary's (3)
44 45 Washington Lost to Oregon
45 38 Middlebury Idle
46 39 Iowa Idle
47 40 Michigan Idle
48 41 Alabama Idle
49 42 Tennessee Idle
50 43 Dayton Idle