Photo: Doreen Madalian
Playoff city! The National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) will name three national champions on Sunday, while USA Rugby will finalize its DI fall quarterfinals and DII fall Round of 16 after this weekend’s wild card games. See the full brackets for all four collegiate championships occurring this fall.
COLLEGE
NIRA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sunday, Nov. 17 (ET)
DIII: Bowdoin 27-5 New England (HT: 22-5)
Tier 2: West Chester 15-14 Brown (HT: 0-14)
Tier 1: Harvard 18-7 USMA (HT: 5-7)
USA RUGBY FALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
DI QF PLAY-INS
West
Wyoming 64-7 Texas A&M
East
Davenport 89-26 Northern Iowa
Pittsburgh 55-19 Michigan State
USNA 46-0 Northeastern
DII RD 32
Northeast
Cortland 82-12 Youngstown St
Vassar 76-5 Vermont
Colby 38-12 RIT
Bryant 56-10 Delaware
Mid-Atlantic
Bloomsburg 38-12 Syracuse
Hartford 21-17 Marist
Temple 37-14 Roger Williams
USCGA 47-17 Fairfield
Midwest
Cincinnati 29-5 Kutztown
IUP 57-10 Miami of Ohio
Bye: Colorado School of Mines, Illinois
West
Mankato 39-5 UW Eau Claire
Bye: Winona St, Grand Valley St, UW Oshkosh
Blue Ridge (DI)
UNC 47-29 East Carolina
NC State – USC
Carolinas (DII)
Col of Charleston 27-19 UNCC
WCU fft to App State
Mid-America (DII)
Central Missouri – Benedictine
Non-League
UC Santa Barbara 39-15 UC Davis
Chico State 58-5 Oregon State
Alabama 34-7 Georgia Tech
Columbia 24-15 Coastal Carolina
Eckerd 58-12 Kennesaw St
Pacific Mtn North (DI)
Oregon 32-22 Washington St
Western Washington 48-5 Washington
West Coast (DII)
UN Reno – USF
65-17 CSU Monterey Bay
CLUB
Empire Championship (DII)
Monmouth 27-15 Brooklyn
Red River (DII)
Bay Area 22-19 Austin
True South (DII)
Lagniappe def New Orleans