Tennessee won huge over South Carolina Saturday, making it easy to bump the Vols over San Diego State. Though the Aztecs scored a big win over U. San Diego, they have an in-league loss. Tennessee does not. Tennessee has also recorded back-to-back road wins, and in the Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference, there’s a whole lot more road to cover.

Those lopsided games have bumped South Carolina and U. San Diego out of the Top 25 altogether. South Carolina has three wins over Atlantic Coast Rugby League teams but none against a ranked opponent. And the Gamecocks are, for all intents and purposes, eliminated from postseason contention after just three league games.

Florida has rebounded from the Tennessee loss with a 53-point win over Vanderbilt and been moved up. Tennessee’s destruction of South Carolina made the eight-point loss to the Vols look a little better, too.

Sacramento State has jumped into the top 10 with a narrow defeat of Chico State, and Chico enters the rankings after the competitive loss. Chico nearly made the list after losing relatively respectably to St. Mary’s in the preseason. The third NorCal team in the rankings is Santa Clara, who pounded previously-ranked Stanford 38-12.

Bowling Green slides just a few spots after losing to Clemson Sunday. The Falcons did so after beating North Carolina on Saturday, while Clemson’s first side didn’t play Saturday. Additionally, it was the Falcons’ first venture outdoor this spring, and they didn’t take the game until Tuesday. Originally, Ohio State was supposed to travel to Clemson and UNC, but when the Buckeyes opted not to, Bowling Green filled in on short notice.

South Florida is the second team to jump into the Top 25 after a loss this week. The Bulls started the South Independent season with three-straight wins, but we still weren’t convinced. Losing by two to Florida State is a respectable loss.


1 (1) Davenport  7-0 Idle
2 (2) Dartmouth  7-0 Idle
3 (3) UC Santa Barbara  2-3 Idle
4 (6) Tennessee  6-2 Won 71-17 over South Carolina
5 (4) San Diego State  2-1 Won 55 -17 over U. San Diego
6 (5) Northeastern  6-0 Idle
7 (7) LSU  3-2 Idle
8 (9) Florida  8-1 Won 60-7 over Vanderbilt
9 (17) Sacramento State  1-1 Won 32-27 over Chico State
10 (8) Bowling Green  6-2 Won 34-17 over North Carolina, lost 22-18 to Clemson
11 (10) Miami (OH)  4-2 Idle
12 (12) Wisconsin  6-1 Idle
13 (11) Indiana  3-4 Idle
14 (14) Minnesota  5-1 Idle
15 (Unr.) Chico State 0-2 Lost 32-27 to Sacramento State
16 (18) Maryland  2-2 Lost 22-19 to Delaware
17 (19) Oregon State  2-0 Idle
18 (20) St. Bonaventure  7-1 Idle
19 (21) Texas  3-0 Won 17-5 over North Texas
20 (22) Stony Brook  5-1 Idle
21 (23) Florida State  9-2 Won 26-24 over South Florida
22 (24) Virginia Tech  3-1 Won 66-38 over VMI
23 (Unr.) Santa Clara  1-0 Won 38-12 over Stanford
24 (Unr.) South Florida  3-1 Lost 26-24 to Florida State
25 (22) Arkansas  1-1 Beat Arkansas Gryphons (DIII Men)

Dropped out:
15 (13) Stanford  0-4  Lost 38-12 to Santa Clara
16 (14) U. San Diego 3-1  Lost 55-17 to SDSU
13 (10) South Carolina  5-2  Lost 17-71 to Tennessee