The U.S. women’s rugby college season has closed in terms of naming 7s and 15s champions, and the following acknowledges those teams that advanced to their respective finals. The championship list is ordered by event date, and includes 15s and 7s competitions in the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA), National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) and Collegiate Rugby Association of America (CRAA).
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In chronological order, the 2022-23 collegiate champions (see also: visual brackets):
15s CHAMPIONS
NIRA DI: Dartmouth 15-10 Harvard
NIRA DII: Queens 34-27 Davenport (OT)
NIRA DIII: Bowdoin 29-0 Univ. New England
CRAA DI Elite: Lindenwood 17-15 Life
NCR DI: Michigan 41-14 Notre Dame College
NCR DII: UW Eau Claire 78-0 Marquette
NCR Small College: Endicott 24-12 Lee
CRAA DI Fall: Navy 61-28 Utah State
CRAA DII Fall: Vassar 78-24 Coast Guard
CRAA DI Spring: Did not play
CRAA DII Spring: Claremont 47-5 Howard
7S CHAMPIONS
CRC 7s Premier: Brown 21-19 Army
CRC 7s DI Club: Clemson 29-17 UMASS
CRC 7s DII: Roger Williams 10-5 Colorado School of Mines
CRC 7s Small College: Endicott 15-10 Lee
CRAA 7s Premier: Life 17-14 Lindenwood
CRAA 7s DI: Northeastern 19-5 Air Force
CRAA 7s DII: Colorado Mesa Univ 19-14 San Jose St
NCR also holds an all-star 7s competition in January. The West beat the Big 10 conference 19-14 in the larger-school division, and Eastern Pennsylvania topped Colonia Coast 22-17 in overtime.