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Men DII College Rankings Week #5

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Men DII College Rankings Week #5

UMS&T keeps moving up.

The latest Men's DII rankings are late because we wanted to wait for the Roger Williams v Bentley game.

So that's done, and we've got the updates. This past weekend, in the six games played that involved two ranked teams, the higher-ranked team won five. Only Vermont's defeat of Rhode Island was an upset. In addition, unranked Northern Michigan and Providence College both beat ranked teams.

So we've got a bit of a shakeup. We drop a few teams - UW-Milwaukee, Rhode Island, UMass-Lowell - for results. We didn't get any contact from South Alabama, IUP (again), and Louisiana Lafayette, so USA and ULL drop down, and IUP drops out after their loss to Rowan. We expand the rankings to 50 with solid showings up Northern Michigan, Providence College, Bryant, NJIT, Niagara, and Springfield boosting them to the top 50.

Moving up the most is Colorado School of Mines (we talk about them here), Vermont (we talk about them here), and Endicott (here). Watch out also for UMS&T (here).

 

Goff Rugby Report 2015-16 Men DII College Rankings #5
Rank Prev Team Conference Notes
1 1 Minnesota-Duluth (Minn.) Northern Lights Defeated Mankato (41)
2 2 UW-Whitewater (Wisc.) WIIL North Defeated UW-Stout
3 3 Grand Valley State (Mich.) Great Lakes North Defeated Oakland
4 4 UW-Lacrosse (Wisc.) WIIL North Defeated UW-PLatteville
5 5 Towson (Md.) Capital Defeated Georgetown (10)
6 6 Coast Guard Academy (Conn.) NECRC Defeated Norwich
7 7 VMI (Va.) Cardinals Rainout
8 8 UNC Wilminton (NC) Southern Rainout
9 9 Salisbury (Md.) Capital Forfeit win
10 10 Georgetown (DC) Capital Lost to Towson (5)
11 11 Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) WIIL South Defeated DePaul
12 12 Northern Iowa (Iowa) WIIL South Defeated Loyola
13 13 SUNY Cortland (NY) Upstate NY Idle
14 14 Rowan (NJ) MARC Defeated IUP (45)
15 16 UMS&T (Mo.) Gateway Defeated Principia
16 19 Roger Williams (RI) Rugby Northeast Defeated Bentley (33)
17 15 Coastal Carolina (SC) Southern Rainout
18 17 Winona (Minn.) Northern Lights Defeated North Dakota
19 27 Colorado Sch. of Mines (Colo.) Rocky Mountain Defeated Colorado College
20 18 St. Louis (Mo.) Gateway Defeated SIU
21 20 SUNY Oswego (NY) Upstate NY Defeated Geneseo
22 22 Furman (SC) South Rainout
23 34 Vermont (Vt.) NECRC Defeated Rhode Island (28)
24 24 Illinois State (Ill.) WIIL South Defeated Northwestern
25 25 Old Dominion (Va.) Cardinals Rainout
26 26 Mary Washington (Va.) Cardinals Rainout
27 29 Molloy (NY) Tri-State Rainout
28 30 Vassar (NY) Tri-State Defeated Marist
29 31 East Carolina (NC) Southern Rainout
30 37 Endicott (Mass.) Colonial Coast Defeated Wheaton
31 35 Xavier (Ohio) Great Lakes South Defeated Marshall
32 28 Rhode Island (RI) NECRC Lost to Vermont (34)
33 33 Bentley (Mass.) Rugby Northeast Lost to RWU (19)
34 39 Salve Regina (RI) Colonial Coast Defeated Plymouth State (40)
35 38 York (Pa.) MARC Defeated College of NJ
36 40 Plymouth State (NH) Colonial Coast Lost to Salve Regina (39)
37 Unr Bryant (RI) Rugby Northeast Defeated Holy Cross
38 Unr Northern Michigan (Mich.) WIIL Defeated UW-Milwaukee (23)
39 36 Buffalo State (NY) Upstate NY Defeated Ithaca
40 Unr Providence College (RI) Rugby Northeast Defeated UMass-Lowell (32)
41 41 Minnesota-Mankato (Minn.) Northern Lights Lost to UM-Duluth (1)
42 Unr NJIT (NJ) Tri-State Defeated Sacred Heart
43 23 UW-Milwaukee (Wisc.) WIIL North Lost to Northern Michigan
44 32 UMass Lowell (Mass.) Rugby Northeast Lost to Providence College
45 44 Hartford (Conn.) New England-Wide Forfeit win
46 Unr Niagara (NY) Upstate NY Defeated Fredonia
47 21 Louisiana-Lafayette (La.) Deep South South Alabama
48 42 South Alabama (Ala.) Deep South Louisiana Lafayette
49 43 Western State (Colo.) Rocky Mountain Regis
50 Unr Springfield (Mass.) New England-Wide Defeated Quinnipiac