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Scores from this weekend.
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ACRC Bowl Series Nov 20
UMass (#47) 41 NC State (#33) 10
Notre Dame College (#41) 33 Syracuse (#23) 28
Boston College (#21) 26 Alabama (#24) 20
Nov 21
Iona 29 Delaware 36
St. Bonaventure 19 Western Michigan 17
Stony Brook 41 Cincinnati 14
The University of Massachusetts pulled off more than an upset, but a drastic upset as the #47 Minutemen defeated the ACRL runner-up, #33 North Carolina State, 41-10 Friday evening at the ACRC Bowl Series in Charlotte, NC.
The ACRC Bowl Series has finalized its schedule, with ten games involving 19 ranked teams.
The games will be webcast live (check back to Goff Rugby Report for the live feeds). Next Level Rugby will run the feed, with Ryan Ginty and Alex Goff providing commentary. John Broker and one other will provide commentary for the Iona v Delaware Ice Bucket Challenge Bowl.
Some clashes between ranked teams, for the most part, went as expected, and because of that there aren't major changes in this fall's DI rankings.
Michigan's big loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten 3rd/4th game shunts the Wolverines down a bit; Alabama's close loss to South Carolina moves the Tide up a bit; Arkansas beating Kansas shows us the Razorbacks are back ... so they move up.
St. Mary's opened up their season this weekend with a convincing 50-7 victory over San Francisco State.
The Gaels also won the B-side game as the two-time defending DIA champions look ahead to a very challenging schedule that includes, of course, California Conference opponents San Diego State, UCSB, Santa Clara, and Cal Poly.