You know the drill: National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) polls its coaches, and they inform weekly rankings. TRB just chimes in with the scores that informs these lists and their reorganization. Read about this week’s Division I iteration, and see the Division II and Small College notes below.
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NCR Women’s DII Coaches Poll – Extras
Current rank (previous rank) Team – Results
1 (1) Grand Valley State – Beat Saginaw Valley (11) 32-31
2 (2) Marquette – Defeated UW La Crosse 108-0
3 (3) Roger Williams – Defeated Middlebury (small college) 62-0
4 (6) Wayne State College – Defeated combined Arkansas/Pittsburg State 97-5
5 (5) UW Eau Claire – Idle
6 (9) Bowling Green State – Beat Western Michigan (10) 61-35
7 (7) Coastal Carolina – Idle
8 (10) Cincinnati – Idle
9 (11) Texas Tech – Idle
10 (4) Western Michigan – Lost 61-35 to Bowling Green (6)
11 (14) Saginaw Valley – Lost 32-31 to Grand Valley State (1)
12 (8) IUPUI – Forfeit win vs. Miami of Ohio
13 (12) UT San Antonio – Lost 41-26 to Texas A&M (DI)
14 (unranked) Georgia Tech – Defeated College of Charleston 57-17
15 (18) Ferris State – Beat Central Michigan (20) 46-0
16 (13) Illinois – Chicago – Idle.
17 (17) Loyola Chicago – Idle.
18 (unranked) UW Oshkosh – Defeated UW Whitewater 83-15
19 (unranked) Illinois – Defeated Northern Illinois 43-12
20 (19) Central Michigan – Lost 46-0 to Ferris State (15)
UM Duluth (20), College of Charleston (16) and Texas State (15) fell off the rankings.
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NCR Women’s Small College Coaches Poll – Extras
Rank (previous rank) Team – Results
1 (2) Lee Univ. – Idle.
2 (7) SUNY Cortland – Idle.
3 (4) Northern Michigan – Beat Michigan Tech 82-10.
4 (10) St. Bonaventure – Defeated Rochester (20) 50-0
5 (8) South Dakota – Defeated South Dakota State 63-7.
6 (6) Chicago – Idle.
7 (11) Ithaca College – Forfeit win vs. Oneonta
8 (3) Salve Regina – Beat UMass Dartmouth 66-7
9 (9) Hamilton – Defeated Clarkson 34-29
10 (1) Endicott – Idle.
11 (13) Niagara – Forfeit win vs. Fredonia
12 (unranked) Gannon – Defeated Baldwin Wallace 36-19
13 (16) Loyola (Md.) – Beat York College 26-19
14 (5) Baldwin Wallace – Lost 35-19 to Gannon
15 (15) Middlebury – Lost 62-0 to DII Roger Williams
16 (17) MSU Moorhead – Idle.
17 (12) Citadel – Lost 52-12 to DI Clemson
18 (18) St. Scholastica – Beat Gustavus Adolphus 57-5
19 (unranked) Maine Farmington – Beat Wentworth 67-5
20 (14) Rochester – Lost 50-0 to St. Bonaventure (4)
SUNY Fredonia (20) and Plymouth State (19) fell out of the top 20 this week.