Men DII College News
William Paterson has won the Tri-State Conference, defeating RPI 34-19 in Sunday's championship match to vault WPU into the national playoffs.
Paterson came back from a 16-10 halftime deficit to defeat a very intelligent and savvy RPI team.
"They came at us very hard," said WPU Head Coach Kisset Chirengende. "RPI is a really good team."
Norwich University defeated UMass-Lowell 32-16 Saturday to win the Rugby Northeast conference championship, securing a national playoff spot for the Cadets.
Lowell will likely get an at-large bid, probably to play the runner-up from another conference in the preliminary weekend of the playoff structure.
It's a relatively quiet weekend in Men's DII College, but a few conferences are selecting their champions.
Last week we did OK on our picks, getting 21 games right and three games wrong—an 87.5% accuracy rate. We'll take that.
The Great Midwest finishes up with its two-game final four weekend.
Thomas More may be the best Men’s DII college team we haven’t put in the Top 40
Part of the hybrid MCRC, Thomas More moved up to DII this year, and while the team lost a close game to Xavier of Cincinnati early in the season, the Saints kept on winning, ultimately taking the conference title this past weekend.
Conference championships and key final games mark a big weekend for Men's DII college teams, and