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Photo courtesy Mount Athletics There was no movement in the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) rankings but that’s not to say there weren’t interesting outcomes ..
Photo courtesy USCG Women’s Rugby Facebook (see more) The big news in the DII Fall College Ranking occurred in the New England Wide conference and it forced some rearrangement ..
Photo courtesy Univ of Wyoming Women’s Rugby Facebook There were two additions to the USA Rugby DI Fall College Ranking, as well as one swap in positions to reward stellar defense. ..
Photo courtesy AIC Athletics Twitter Just four NCAA varsity teams were idle last weekend, providing plenty of action for the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) and its rankings. ..
Marist’s Players of the Match / Photo courtesy Marist Women’s Rugby Facebook The majority of teams won as they should have but a pair of outcomes saw a couple of moves in the fourth ..
Indiana beat Michigan State / Photo courtesy IU Women’s Rugby Facebook It was mostly subtle moves for the fourth round of the Division I Fall College Ranking, and the “watch ..
Photo courtesy of USCG Academy Women’s Facebook A few interesting results as well as teams’ season-openers see lots of movement in the third round of the DII Fall College ..
Photo courtesy Navy Women’s Rugby Facebook The biggest news of the weekend came out of Annapolis, as the U.S. Naval Academy beat visiting Davenport University 50-12. The Panthers ..
Photo courtesy Army West Point Athletics Just one change in the fourth edition of the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) rankings, and as per custom, more clarification ..
Even more than its Division I counterpart, the DII Fall College Ranking will experience some big reorganizations early on as teams grow toward consistency, leagues produce new leaders, ..
Photo courtesy IU Women’s Rugby Facebook It’s still early in the USA Rugby Division I College Fall Championship season, and so the rankings are going to move around as teams ..
Photo courtesy Queens Univ. of Charlotte Athletics It was an exciting weekend for NCAA varsity games, which produced movement in the Tier 1 and Tier 2 NIRA rankings. Tier 3 remained ..
Photo courtesy Vassar College Athletics Update: The original version of this article stated that Winona State was competing in DI, when in fact it’s competing in a DI/DII hybrid ..
Photo courtesy Winona State Women’s Rugby Facebook Update: The original version of this article indicated that Winona State was competing in Division I this year but the Black ..
No movement in the second iteration of the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) rankings, but some changes have occurred in terms of the records that are reflected in the lists. ..
The following rankings are produced by The Rugby Breakdown – not the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA). The NCAA varsity league polls its coaches, who rank teams ..
Photo: K J Paynter for USA Rugby We took a long break from rankings, as a myriad of obstacles (consecutive spring breaks, poor weather, cancellations, etc.) negated the need for weekly ..
UN Reno scrumhalf Mallory Waldeck / Photo: Jackie Finlan Week seven of the USA Rugby DII College Spring Rankings was all about the West Coast conference – and not just because ..
Photo courtesy Queens University of Charlotte Athletics It was a pretty quiet weekend with only two conference matches occurring among ranked teams, and thus there was no movement in round ..
Saint Mary’s College now leads West Coast / Photo: Jackie Finlan Results in the West Coast conference drew the most interest last weekend and, combined with another round of cancellations ..
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