National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) publishes its own coaches poll for its Division I, Division II and Small College competitions, and this week marked the first iteration since the pre-season rankings. TRB has added some context – i.e., scores – to the list, which has expanded from 10 to 20 teams.
RELATED: Division I & Division II Coaches Polls
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Rank (pre-season rank) Team (conference) – League record (excludes friendlies). Results
1 (8) Endicott (Colonial Coast) – 1-0. Defeated Plymouth State 22-12.
2 (6) Lee Univ. (South Atlantic) – 1-0. Defeated Georgia Tech 52-10.
3 (unranked) Salve Regina (Colonial Coast) – 1-0. Defeated Univ. Maine Farmington 52-17.
4 (1) Northern Michigan (Great Waters) – 0-1. Lost 43-10 to DII UW Eau Claire.
5 (5) Baldwin Wallace (Ohio Valley) – 1-0. Forfeit win vs. Kenyon College.
6 (4) Univ. Chicago (Great Waters) – 0-0. Idle. Season opener is 10. 1 vs. DePaul.
7 (2) SUNY Cortland (Upstate NY) – 2-0. Forfeit win vs. LeMoyne, 32-0 W vs. Ithaca.
8 (3) Univ. South Dakota (Prairie States) – 0-0. Scrimmaged Iowa State, defeated Prairie State 60-12. League game: 9.24 vs. South Dakota State.
9 (unranked) Hamilton College (Upstate NY) – 1-0. Defeated LeMoyne 60-17.
10 (unranked) St. Bonaventure (Upstate NY) – 2-0. Defeated Niagara 37-26, forfeit win vs. Geneseo.
11 (7) Ithaca College (Upstate NY) – 2-0. 32-0 L vs. Cortland, 25-0 W vs. Clarkson.
12 (unranked) Citadel (South Atlantic) – 0-0. Round robin: 12-5 W vs. DII Coastal Carolina, 26-0 W vs. College of Charleston.
13 (unranked) Niagara (Upstate NY) – 1-1. Lost 37-26 vs. St. Bonaventure, defeated Rochester 13-5.
14 (unranked) Rochester (Upstate NY) – 1-1. Lost 13-5 vs. Niagara, forfeit win vs. Buffalo State.
15 (9) Middlebury (Rugby Northeast) – 0-0. Idle. Season opener: 9.24 Roger Williams.
16 (10) Loyola (Md.) (Eastern Penn) – 0-0. Idle. Season opener: 9.24 York College.
17 (unranked) Univ Minn Moorhead (Northern Lights) – 1-0. Forfeit win vs. North Dakota State (played 10s)
18 (unranked) St. Scholastica (Northern Lights) – Defeated UM Duluth 56-0
19 (unranked) Plymouth State (Colonial Coast) – 0-1. Lost 22-12 to Endicott College
20 (unranked) Fredonia (Upstate NY) – 1-1. Forfeited to Geneseo, forfeit win vs. Buffalo State