GRR: College Men
There was much to prove when North Texas took on Rutgers Saturday in the ACRC Bowl Series.
UNT entered the weekend ranked #50 by Goff Rugby Report among fall DI teams. A loss to unranked Rutgers (a team close to the top 50 for sure) would likely have seen UNT dropped from the rankings.
After a long fall sprinkled with losses, St. Bonaventure won games against Notre Dame College and Buffalo in November, and then capped off their fall with a 19-17 victory over MAC Runner-up Western Michigan in the ACRC Bowl Series.
Last week Goff Rugby Report previewed the Greenville, NC bracket of the Men’s DII college playoffs by saying that the only non conference-winner, Salisbury, might be the team to watch out for.
Salisbury Coach Bill Creese jokingly texted us after the article was published, saying we were making it hard for them to fly under the radar.
Minnesota-Duluth dominated about as much as you could in the Men’s DII College playoffs this past weekend, overcoming a snowy field and two extremely difficult opponents to make the national semis.
Here are the latest DII College brackets.
For the most part, the higher-ranked teams held on.
In Pittsburgh, #4 Rowan continued a brilliant run, defeated #17 UMass-Lowell 52-10. Rowan takes on #5 Towson as Towson defeated#21 Coast Guard 36-12.