Men DI College Top 25 Jan 31, 2011

Written by RUGBYMag Staff Monday, 31 January 2011 15:46

Rankings - Men DI College

By RUGBYMag.com staff
(California teams like NorCal are back in action. Jim Watje photo)

Despite there being few DI ranked teams in action so far this preseason, there’s a considerable amount of movement in our Top 25. Partially to blame are mistakes we made in the fall. For instance, Maryland flew almost completely under our radar, but posted wins over Buffalo (who have already claimed a spot in the Sweet 16), Virginia and very tough DII squads Salisbury and Towson.

Also, some of the teams in action are teams we really liked in the fall but were inactive, like UC Santa Barbara. UCSB is as close to a full-time varsity squad as there is in DI, sans the actual varsity squad, Davenport. The Gauchos overall record is not great at 4-3, but they played as tough a preseason schedule as anyone and have won their first two league games with ease.

Two other teams we really liked were Chico State and Sacramento State. Outside of the Midwest-East, NorCal might be the most competitive league in America, as Stanford, Chico and Sac. State posted preseason wins over CPL UC Davis. They all also lost heavily to both St. Mary’s and Cal, but who wouldn’t? The cause for Sac. State’s meteoric jump to #16 is the Bees posting the best scores against the triumvirate's common preseason opponents.

Knocking loudly on the door are three teams from the Lone Star State: Texas, Sam Houston and Texas State. They’re currently gridlocked in a three-way tie for tops in that league, which should be broken this weekend, as Texas hosts Sam Houston. Also lining up for a ranking is Stanford. If the Cardinal can bag a home win over Sac. State Saturday, their spot in the Top 25 will be cemented.

1. (1) Bowling Green 10-1 Idle

2. (2) Florida 8-1 (8-2) Won 56-5 over S. Carolina

3. (4) Davenport 6-2 Idle

4. (6) UC Santa Barbara 4-3 Won 35-5 over Loyola Marymount

5. (7) Minnesota 6-1 (6-3) Idle

6. (3) Buffalo 7-1 Idle

7. (9) Florida State 6-3 Won 72-7 over Kennesaw State

8. (10) Chico State 1-2 (1-3) Lost 71-13 to St. Mary's

9. (8) Wisconsin 5-1 (9-2) Idle

10. (5) Syracuse 7-1 (7-1) Idle

11. (11) Kansas State 3-1 (6-1-1) Idle

12. (12) Northeastern 5-1 Idle

13. (13) Northern Colorado 4-2 (5-3) Idle

14. (UR) Maryland 7-2 Idle

15. (14) Clemson 7-0 Idle

16. (UR) Sacramento State 1-2 (6-2) Won 41-19 over UC Davis

17. (15) Miami of Ohio 4-4 Idle

18. (16) Boston College 3-3 Idle

19. (17) Southern Connecticut 5-2 Idle

20. (18) Indiana 5-6 (8-7) Idle

21. (19) Harvard 7-2 Idle

22. (20) Virginia Tech 4-3 Idle

23. (23) University of San Diego 1-1 (2-1-1) Won 58-5 over USC

24. (21) Washington State 2-0 (2-2) Idle

25. (22) Virginia 3-2 Idle

Dropped out:

(25) Oregon State 1-1 (3-1) Idle

(24) Eastern Washington 0-1 Idle

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