GRR: College Men
We finally come out with our first D2 rankings.
Starting off from scratch is tough so we like to see a couple of weeks of results. Teams to watch right now include UNC-Wilmington, Cornell, Towson, UMS&T, and Miami of Ohio. We're not saying they're going to be major champions, necessarily, but we do think they are all stronger than last year.
It's easy to overlook Utah State.
The Aggies play in the Rocky Mountain Conference with some higher-profile teams, such as BYU, Utah, Air Force, Colorado, and Colorado State. But USU has done pretty well for itself as a rugby entity, and last year made the semis of the D1A Challenge Cup.
Nobody else might have expectations, but Utah State does.
We're still moving a little slowly this early in the season for D1A, but we have had some impressive showings.
Navy's win over Mary Washington was a head-turner for us. They move past Life, but remember that Life is coming back onto the field this week.
Illinois comes into the Top 25 after a good showing against Purdue. Utah State moves up after beating Air Force.
What was really great about this past week in D1AA was how many close games there were.
We had a tie, and at least three high-level games decided bby a try or less. This is exciting for the division. You want like-minded, like-ability teams playing against each other.
We have a little bit of shifting this week in our NCR D1 rankings.
Walsh lost big to Army and drops a spot because of that. But, as usual, we try not to react too quickly on one result. Wisconsin comes into the Top 20 after a nicely-taken win over Michigan State. We also have Syracuse and Virginia Tech lurking close to the Top 20.