GRR: No name
It's been a few weeks since we updated this ranking as the schedule slowed down around Thanksgiving.
However, we have had UCLA's very successful tour of England and Ireland, and the CRAA Fall Classic.
The Fall Classic bowl game results forced us into some key decisions.
The USA Women's 7s team's young players made big strides in Cape Town, beating Fiji, Great Britain, and, most notably, Australia to make the final.
USA 31
Tries: Toliver 2, Thomas, Porter 2
Convs: Canett 3
Fiji 0
USA 31
Tries: Toliver, Ramsey, Thomas, Levy
Convs: Canett, Ibarra 2
The first two Tier 1 games of the North Carolina school league ended with big wins for the favored teams.
NCYRU limits official listed winning margins to 35, so a 35-0 winning margin could well be larger in reality. But this allows teams to run on reserves once the result is not in doubt.
South Meck beat Clayton with the official score of 35-0 to start the season.
Wheeling University defeated Southern Nazarene 58-17 Saturday to win the NCR Women's D1 championship.
St. Thomas, Arkansas State, and Mount St. Mary's came out winners on Day Two of the CRAA Fall Classic Sunday in Spartnaburg, SC, but every one of those games required the winning team to overcome a deficit.