Playoff Spots Decided in NCR
NCR has finalized their playoff brackets in men's collegiate rugby.
Here is how it all shook out:
NCR D1
Twelve teams will compete with eight facing off this coming weekend while the top four teams await them in the quarterfinals. Those top four are Brown, St. Bonaventure, Indiana, and Marian.
NCR D1 Rankings Fall 2026 Week 11
We skipped last week so here is two weeks worth of rankings updates.
Brown is now #1 and that's pretty clear after a big win over Dartmouth.
Marian moves up a bit and, thanks to a win over Ohio State, Indiana moves up. However, Indiana did lose to Kutztown we it could be that Kutztown is better. We'll see in the next couple of weeks how that pans out.
D1A Rankings for 2026-27 Week 12
Indiana's win over Ohio State bumps the Hoosiers up but it also brings Penn State's win over OSU into play.
Ohio State and Indiana and Penn State are basically in the same region of the rankings so we should see them moving around each other for a while.
NCR D1 Playoff Picture Clearing As Conference Winners Decided
NCR's Men's D1 playoff picture is clearing.
This article will be updated as results come in.
Here's what's going on right now:
Big Rivers: Marian defeated Aquinas 18-12 in the conference final Saturday in Chicago, winning their second-straight conference title.
Big Win for Iowa State Caps 4-0 Run in HOA
Iowa State has wrapped up a undefeated run in the Heart of American with an emphatic 55-17 defeat of Principia.
At 4-0 ISU is tops in the HOA and awaits the winner of a game rescheduled from an earlier postponement. Iowa and Wayne State are both 2-1 and will play next week to secure 2nd in the standings.
Then #1 and #2 will play for the conference championship.
