Men DII College News
It's a big weekend for several DII college conferences, as we find out who is the best among some leading or undefeated teams.
Among the most intriguing might be Illinois State against Northern Iowa. Both teams are unbeaten in the WIIL South, but ISU has not even allowed a point.
The Great Lakes Men’s DII Conference has come down to this weekend, as Grand Valley State takes on Oakland University.
GVSU is normally the favored team in this conference, and in fact did very well last year, winning the Great Lakes, beating Northern Iowa in the first round of the playoffs, and losing to eventual national champs Minnesota-Duluth 24-3 - a very creditable scoreline.
It’s playoff speculation time.
Here’s a look at what we might see in the Men’s DII College playoffs:
Pittsburgh Brackets
(two groups of four teams will play here)
Rugby Northeast
MARC
New England Wide
Upstate NY
NECRC
Colonial Coast
WIIL
At least one at-large
The regular season is done in the Tri-State Men's DII Conference, and the playoff matchups are set.
The two most interesting results of the final weekend came in the Tri-State North, where 4-0 Sacred Heart played 3-1 RPI, the defending conference champs, and 3-1 Siena took on 1-3 Union.
Hartford and Coast Guard both won big, setting up a likely all-marbles clash in two weeks in the New England Wide Conference.
Coast Guard ran out to a 43-7 halftime lead over Quinnipiac and cruised to a 69-7 win.