Such a great time of year for ranking DII colleges, as everyone is active and playing meaningful games.

This past weekend was very educational for us in many ways, and almost every team moved up or down.

Some quick housekeeping items: Iowa Central and Sam Houston State are in DIAA now so they are taken out of this ranking. 

Norwich moves up and past UMass-Lowell on the basis of a really, really strong performance that, along with Lowell's defeat of Bentley, finally puts to bed that Bentley win over Norwich in September.

Montana State and UMS&T both won their conferences and get a nice boost as a result. Virginia drops down because they bailed on their championship game and you know we're not a fan of forfeits.

A week after dropping out of the Top 40 (a decision that was very difficult to make), RPI is back after beating Kings Point. We also welcome Deep South top dog Southeastern Louisiana.

Goff Rugby Report Fall 2019 Men's DII College Rankings Nov 5 2019
Rank	Prev	Team	Conference	Notes
1	1	UW-Whitewater (WI)	Great MW	Beat UIC
2	3	Furman (SC)	Southern	Beat UNC Wilmington (23)
3	4	Vermont (VT)	New England-Wide	Game postponed
4	5	Villanova (PA)	MARC	Beat Scranton
5	7	Norwich (VT)	Rugby Northeast	Beat Providence (32)
6	6	UMass-Lowell (MA)	Rugby Northeast	Beat Bentley (11)
7	8	Queens (NC)	Cardinals	Forfeit win
8	9	Grand Valley State (MI)	Great Lakes	Beat Oakland University
9	12	Illinois State (IL)	Great MW	Beat Northern Michigan (27)
10	10	Bethel (IN)	Great Lakes	Beat Calvin
11	11	Bentley (MA)	Rugby Northeast	Lost to UMass-Lowell (6)
12	14	Marquette (WI)	Great MW	Beat Northern Iowa
13	15	Boston University (MA)	New England-Wide	Beat Coast Guard
14	16	Loyola-Chicago (IL)	Great MW	Beat Minnesota-Duluth (19)
15	20	UMS&T (MO)	Gateway	Beat SIU, Pitt State
16	24	Montana State (MT)	Rocky Mountain	Beat Colorado Mesa (22), Northern Colo. (17)
17	17	Northern Colorado	Rocky Mountain	Beat Western Colorado, Lost to Montana State (24)
18	18	UNC (NC)	Southern	Beat ECU
19	25	MSU-Moorhead (MN)	Northern Lights
20	19	Minnesota-Duluth (MI)	Great Midwest	Lost to Loyola (16)
Goff Rugby Report Fall 2019 Men's DII College Rankings Nov 5 2019
21	22	Colorado Mesa (CO)	Rocky Mountain	Lost to Montana State (22)
22	23	UNC-Wilmington (NC)	Southern	Lost Furman (3)
23	30	Lehigh (PA)	MARC	Beat York (36), Lost to Villanova (5)
24	34	William Paterson (NJ)	Tri-State	Beat Marist (31)
25	26	SLU (MO)	Gateway	Lost to Pitt State
26	Unr	RPI (NY)	Tri-State	Beat USMMA (21)
27	33	Memphis (TN)	SCRC	Beat MTSU (38)
28	29	Central Michigan (MI)	Great Lakes	Forfeit win
29	21	USMMA (NY)	Tri-State	Lost to RPI
30	31	Marist (NY)	Tri-State	Lost to William Paterson (34)
31	27	Northern Michigan (MI)	Great MW	Lost to Illinois State (12)
32	28	UW-Platteville (WI)	Great MW
33	38	MTSU (TN)	SCRC	Lost to Memphis (33)
34	35	Shippensburg (PA)	MARC
35	36	York (PA)	MARC	Lost to Lehigh (30)
36	13	Virginia (VA)	Cardinals	Forfeit loss
37	37	North Dakota State (ND)	Northern Lights
38	32	Providence (RI)	Rugby Northeast	Lost to Norwich (7)
39	39	UNC-Charlotte (NC)	Southern	Beat Citadel
40	Unr	Southeastern Louisiana (LA)	Deep South	Beat New Orleans
Goff Rugby Report Fall 2019 Men's DII College Rankings Nov 5 2019