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Men DII College Rankings Week Oct 5

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Men DII College Rankings Week Oct 5

Well guess what, we've got College DII rankings right here.

It's been a few weeks since you saw any, so don't be surprised that you will see some major changes.

Such as ...Furman, Vermont, and especially Kings Point move up, especially Kings Point. 

Bethel drops down a bit as Grand Valley State beat them. UMass-Lowell moves up, and we have Marist, Pitt State, Colorado Mesa, and Angelo State all jump in.

The big movement in these rankings is in part because the conferences are getting more competitive. This is probably a direct result of the quality of high school rugby players going to these schools. You can't just roll through a conference anymore; you might be a group with a solid group of athletes, but that's not enough. Another team could unseat you fairly quickly.

 

Goff Rugby Report Fall 2019 Men's DII College Rankings Oct 8 2019
  Rank Team Conference Notes
  1 UW-Whitewater (WI) Great MW Bt. NMU (31), Marquette (18)
  2 Iowa Central CC (IA) Independent Beat Notre Dame College (D1A)
  3 Furman (SC) Southern Beat North Carolina (16)
  4 Vermont (VT) New England-Wide Beat Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart
  5 USMMA (NY) Tri-State Beat RPI (36), WPU (25)
  6 Villanova (PA) MARC Beat Lehigh, TCNJ
  7 Queens (NC) Cardinals Bt. VCU, Lost to Southern Virginia
  8 Virginia (VA) Cardinals Beat Christendom
  9 Grand Valley State (MI) Great Lakes Beat Bethel (4)
  10 Bethel (IN) Great Lakes Lost to GVSU (23)
  11 Minnesota-Duluth (MI) Northern Lights Beat UW-Platteville (32), UW-Stout
  12 North Dakota State (ND) Northern Lights Beat Mankato, S. Dakota State
  13 Illinois State (IL) Great MW Beat DePaul (39)
  14 UMass-Lowell (MA) Rugby Northeast Beat NEC, Bentley (8)
  15 Bentley (MA) Rugby Northeast Beat Middlebury (35), Lost to UM-Lowell (38)
  16 UNC (NC) Southern Lost to Furman (5)
  17 Marquette (WI) Great MW Beat UW-Milwaukee (14), Lost to UW-Whitewater (1)
  18 UMS&T (MO) Gateway Beat Pitt State
  19 Norwich (VT) Rugby Northeast Beat NEC
  20 UNC-Wilmington (NC) Southern Beat UNC-Charlotte (19)
  21 Loyola-Chicago (IL) Great MW Beat DePaul (39), Northern Iowa
  22 UW-Platteville (WI) Great MW Lost to UM-Duluth (10), Beat UW-Milwaukee (14)
  23 Northern Colorado Rocky Mountain Beat Idaho State, Tied Montana St. (21)
  23 Montana State (MT) Rocky Mountain Beat Weber State, Tied N. Colo (13)
  25 SLU (MO) Gateway Bt. Maryville, Washington U.
  26 Shippensburg (PA) MARC  
  27 St. Thomas (MN) Northern Lights Beat Winona State, MSU-Moorhead
  28 Marist (NY) Tri-State Beat RPI (36), Seton Hall
  29 Northern Michigan (MI) Great MW Lost to UW-Whitewater (1)
  30 Providence (RI) Rugby Northeast Beat MIddlebury (35)
  31 Western Colorado (CO) Rocky Mountain Lost to Colorado Mesa
  32 Central Michigan (MI) Great Lakes Beat Ferris State
  33 UNC-Charlotte (NC) Southern Lost to UNC-Wilmington (33)
  34 Middlebury (VT) Rugby Northeast Lost to Bentley (8), Providence (40)
  35 RPI (NY) Tri-State Lost to USMMA (26), Marist
  36 UW-Milwaukee (WI) Great MW Lost to Marquette (18), UW-Platteville (32)
  37 Scranton (PA) MARC Tied Bloomsburg
  38 Pitt State (KS) Gateway  
  39 Colorado Mesa (CO) Rocky Mountain Beat Western Colorado (24)
  40 Angelo State (TX) Lonestar Beat Dallas