GRR: College Men
Saturday saw another convincing win for Colorado School of Mines, as the Orediggers have celebrated their return to DII college rugby with three wins, 194 points scores, and seven allowed.
Going into the fall season in the Gateway Conference, the expectation was that St. Louis University would be favored to win, and Principia would, as the Thunder Chickens did last year, be the main challenger; but nobody asked the UMS&T players.
In Week 4 of the fall-only Men's DI college rankings, there's little change at the top, but lower down there's plenty of shifting.
(Note: Teams that play exclusively in the Spring - which, for our purposes, starts in January - are not ranked in the Fall.)
Well, the University of Cincinnati finally won one, and they won big.
After losing two games by razor-thin margins and another slightly less close one to Dayton, the Bearcats exploded to beat #35 Miami of Ohio.
It’s been a year of college teams moving up a division and testing their mettle - some have done well, while others have struggled, and certainly in the former category would be New England College, as the defending National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) champions defeated #28 UMass 18-8 Saturday in ECRC conerence action.