CRAA Fall Classic Confirms Fixtures for 2025 Event
Spartanburg, SC— The College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) has announced the complete fixture lineup for the 2025 CRAA Fall Classic, returning to Spartanburg, SC, on December 6–7, 2025.
The event will once again be hosted at the Louis P. Howell Athletic Complex at the University of South Carolina Upstate, in partnership with OneSpartanburg, Inc.
Men NCR D1 Rankings Week 12 2025
Four big games directed our rankings here.
But it's not just that. After we bumped up Belmont Abbey earlier, we dropped them down again due to their big loss to Walsh. Well, as it turned out they fielded a different lineup. OK, fine, we might have dropped them down regardless, but maybe not five spots.
Oddly, back they go to #10.
Mary Washington Edges Ohio State in Solid Outing for Two Changed Teams
Mary Washington defeated Ohio State 25-17 over the weekend in a cross-conference meeting of two teams that, last year, were in CRAA's new Challenge Cup postseason.
OSU and UMW, in fact, met in the 2024-25 Challenge Cup semifinals, which Mary Washington winning and going on to defeat Grand Canyon in the Challenge Cup final.
Iowa State vs Iowa Headlines Heart of America Finals Day
Saturday at the Westwick Rugby Complex in Lawrence, Kans. the Heart of America welcomed 11 of its 12 teams to play in an all-encompassing day of rugby.
NCR Men's College Brackets Set
With Sunday's matches wrapped up we know who is in the Round of 8 or Round of 16 in NCR's D1, D1AA, D2, and D3.
D1
With St. Bonaventure beating Southern Nazarene on Sunday we have the final eight for this division:
St. Bonaventure (ranked #3 by GRR) vs Brown (#1)
Marian (#6) vs Walsh (#5)
Notre Dame (#7) vs Belmont Abbey (#15)
Queens (#2) vs Wheeling (#11)
