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Division 1-A Rugby - Wikipedia

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Highest level of college rugby in the USA

Division 1-A Rugby Formerly College Premier Division Sport Rugby union Founded 1980 (as National Collegiate Championship)
2010 (as Division 1-A) First season 2011 Director Paul Santinelli[1] Commissioner Scott Zavrel[1] Organising body USA Rugby No. of teams 40 Country United States Most recent
champion(s) California
(2025) Most titles California (27 titles) Broadcaster(s) CBSSN, ESPN+, The Rugby Network Official website craa.rugby/d1a

Division 1-A Rugby (formerly known as the College Premier Division) is the highest level of men's college rugby within the United States and is administered by USA Rugby. Division 1-A rugby is modeled after NCAA athletic competitions, with the 40 D1-A rugby schools divided into seven conferences: East, Midwest, Rocky Mountain, California, Big Ten, Lonestar River, and Independent.[2]

The regular season sees all teams in the conference play one another, with the two top seeds qualifying for the playoffs. Playoffs are a single-elimination format, occurring each year in April and May, with the winner of D1-A declared the National Champion.[3] Regular seasons for most conferences are played in the spring, although some cold-weather conferences, such as the Big Ten Universities, play their regular season in the fall.

The competition's first season was played during 2011 and consisted of teams from 31 schools from across the United States. The first ever match of the competition was played on Friday March 4, the Arizona State Sun Devils hosted the Colorado Buffaloes at the Arizona State University Soccer Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.[4] The 2011 final was played at Rio Tinto Stadium, in Sandy, Utah, on the 21 May 2011.

Several players who have excelled in the top-level competitions in college rugby have also represented their country as part of the United States national under-20 rugby union team or the All Americans rugby union team.

History of college rugby in the U.S.[edit] One of the Harvard v McGill games played in 1874

A group of British Army officers organized a game of rugby against the students of McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) in 1865; the Canadians were so enamored of the game that they decided to continue to play football by the Rugby code. In 1874 McGill organized two games of football against Harvard, one was played under Harvard's rules, the other under "McGill" rugby rules.[5][6][7] In late 1874, the Harvard team traveled to Montreal to play McGill in rugby, and won by three tries in front of 2,000 spectators.[8][9][10] In 1875 Harvard athlete Nathaniel Curtis challenged Yale's captain, William Arnold to a rugby-style game.[11][12] Columbia, Princeton and Yale were persuaded by Harvard to play football according to the Rugby School code in 1876. These four colleges formed the Intercollegiate Football Association (IFA), an organization that eventually expanded to become the "Ivy League." In fact, the governing body of all American intercollegiate varsity sports, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) traces its roots to the IFA and is thus a product of rugby rather than any of the sports it now governs.

By 1886 the Yale coach Walter Camp had modified rugby's rules in order to solve the problem of tackled players lying on the ball by introducing a series of four downs to gain ten yards; ironically in the same year the Rugby Football Union in England solved the same problem by requiring that tackled players release the ball. This is still one of the most fundamental differences between Rugby Union and American Football but one further modification, that of allowing one forward pass per down, was suggested by the Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne which, when accepted in 1905, gave rise to that distinctly American form of football.

1924 USA Olympic team that won the gold medal

Around the turn of the century American football was being frowned upon for its violence. Publication of graphic photographs of a harsh game between Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania[13] caused a stir; President Theodore Roosevelt was forced to insist upon reform or abolition of the game. During this period of uncertainty, rugby made a brief but important reappearance in many colleges, most notably at the University of California and at Stanford. It was Stanford that supplied most of the players to the two US Olympic rugby teams (1920 and 1924), along with Santa Clara University and the University of California, who claimed fame by winning both gold medals. As 1924 was the last time the Olympic Games staged a rugby competition, this made the USA the defending Olympic champions when rugby was re-introduced after almost a century at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In 1934, there was only one official rugby body in the United States, the Eastern Rugby Union, with a total of 9 member teams. By 1950, there were 30 clubs in the US, existing only in small pockets on the East and West Coasts.

Duke Blue Devils (hoops jersey) match in 1968

It was not until the mid-1960s that rugby began to re-appear with regular fixtures and competitions; the game suited the mildly anarchistic temperament of American College students of the period;[citation needed] it required minimal costs for the individual, the style of the game provided constant action, there was an emphasis on enjoyment rather than winning because rugby was not part of the now rigidly institutionalized athletic system that American Universities had developed. The formation of the United States of America Rugby Football Union (USARFU, now USA Rugby) in 1976 was a major organizational milestone for the sport in the US, and by 1980 there were over 1,000 clubs nationwide.

In 2011, there were 2,433 clubs in the United States with more than 88,000 registered players, approximately 40% of which are college players (about three-quarters being male and one quarter female).[14]

Formation of Division 1-A[edit] The 2011 CPD participants, colored by conference
Pacific gold -- West green -- Mid-South blue -- East red

Prior to the formation of Division 1-A, there had been some difficulty in determining how many teams each territory would send to the Sweet 16 tournament, as the relative strengths of the rugby teams in each territory fluctuated over time, and despite the disparity in the levels of rugby, it was politically difficult to deny a union any playoff bids, even though the team that came third or fourth in a more powerful territory might be a better side. Further problems occurred because of the different competitive seasons across the continent; in the East the league season is played in the fall while in the South and West spring is the primary season, so this structure was frequently open to criticism.

Because of these issues, and to raise the level of rugby in the consciousness of the American public, USA Rugby restructured Division 1 college rugby. In 2010, several of the top college teams agreed to form the College Premier League to begin play in spring 2011.[15] USA Rugby and the top colleges believed that an elite level college rugby competition would make it easier to get college rugby onto TV and attract sponsors.[15] D1-A Rugby secured sponsorships in 2012 with World Rugby Shop and Veloce. USA Rugby also believed that a higher level college competition would develop players to potentially play for the U.S. national team.[16]

The governance of collegiate rugby was split and diverged in 2021. National Collegiate Rugby (NCR), formerly NSCRO, emerged as a rival by expanding beyond small colleges to include the higher divisions. The umbrella of the USA Rugby Collegiate Council includes College Rugby Association of America (CRAA), among several other organizations.[17] In 2021, there were five men's DIA conferences plus independents under USA Rugby/CRAA. Two men's conferences that played DIA in 2019 joined NCR in 2021.[17]

D1-A Championships results[edit] Collegiate Championship results prior to D1-A Formation[edit]

The earliest claims to a national title go back to the mid-1960s when Sports Illustrated Magazine started demonstrating an interest in Collegiate rugby. During the 1965-1966 season, the University of Notre Dame won several cups and tournaments and, in the absence of a bona fide national championship, Sports Illustrated named them unofficial Collegiate Rugby Champions.[20] The next year, under the authority of USARFU, Notre Dame played a match on April 8, 1967 against California at Memorial Stadium for the unofficial national championship, again as a result of both teams being highly rated by Sports Illustrated; Cal won 37-3.[21]

National Invitational Championship[edit] National Collegiate Rugby Championship[edit]

The first official National Collegiate Championship series began in 1980. Rugby in the United States is divided into territorial unions (the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Pacific Coast, the South, Southern California, and the West). Each of these unions organized collegiate rugby into "Division One" and "Division Two" league competitions, generally with promotion and relegation between the divisions. Between 1980 and 2010 each Territory qualified Division One and Two teams for the Sweet 16 of a D1 and D2 National championship.

California was dominant in Division One for the 31 years that the competition was run in this format, winning 25 titles. Air Force won three titles; Harvard, San Diego State, and Brigham Young University each won one D1 national championship.

Year Location Champion Score Runner-up 3rd Place 4th Place 1980 Davenport, IA California 15–9 Air Force Illinois Navy 1981 Dayton, OH California 6–3 OT Harvard Miami (OH) Kansas St. 1982 Greeley, CO California 15–14 Life College Michigan New Mexico St. 1983 Athens, GA California 13–3 Air Force Navy Illinois 1984 Pebble Beach, CA Harvard 12–4 Colorado Long Beach St. Miami (OH) 1985 Pebble Beach, CA California 31–6 Maryland Colorado Illinois 1986 Pebble Beach, CA California 6–4 Dartmouth Air Force Bowling Green 1987 Pebble Beach, CA San Diego State 10–9 Air Force Bowling Green Dartmouth 1988 Pebble Beach, CA California 9–3 Dartmouth Air Force Bowling Green 1989 Colorado Springs, CO Air Force 25–7 Penn State Army Long Beach St. 1990 Pebble Beach, CA Air Force 18–12 Army Ohio State Long Beach St. 1991 Houston, TX California 20–14 Army Ohio State Wyoming 1992 Colorado Springs, CO California 27–17 Army Air Force Penn State 1993 Houston, TX California 36–6 Air Force Harvard Wisconsin 1994 Washington, DC California 27–13 Navy Air Force Penn State 1995 Berkeley, CA California 48–16 Air Force Penn State Army 1996 Colorado Springs, CO California 47–6 Penn State Stanford Navy 1997 Berkeley, CA California 41–15 Penn State UC Davis Stanford 1998 San Francisco, CA California 34–15 Stanford Navy Indiana Univ. 1999 San Francisco, CA California 36–5 Penn State Navy Army 2000 Tampa Bay, FL California 62–16 Wyoming Army Indiana Univ. of PA (IUP) 2001 Virginia Beach, VA California 86–11 Penn State Navy Army 2002 Virginia Beach, VA California 43–22 Utah Army Wyoming 2003 Stanford, CA Air Force 45–37 Harvard California Army 2004 Stanford, CA California 46–24 Cal Poly, SLO Navy / Air Force 2005 Stanford, CA California 44–7 Utah BYU / Navy 2006 Stanford, CA California 29–26 BYU Utah / Penn State 2007 Stanford, CA California 37–7 BYU Navy / Penn State 2008 Stanford, CA California 59–7 BYU St. Mary's / Colorado 2009 Stanford, CA BYU 25–22 California Army / San Diego State 2010 Stanford, CA California 19–7 BYU Arkansas State / Army Map of Conferences in D1-A Rugby for the 2019 season

Below is the list of Division 1A conference participants for the 2024–2025 season.[2]

Lonestar Conference[edit] Lonestar Conference School NCAA Conference City Coach Stadium Founded Joined D1-A Texas SEC Austin, TX Brian Hannon 1985 2013 Former Conferences[edit] Final 2011 (CPD) Rank College CPD 1 California 10-0 2 BYU 9-1 3 Arkansas State 8-1 4 Life University 5-2 5 St. Mary's 6-2 6 Utah 7-2 7 Cent. Washington 5-2 8 Army 7-1 9 Navy 6-2 10 Arizona State 5-2 11 Penn State 5-2 12 Arizona 4-3 13 Air Force 3-4 14 Kutztown 4-4 15 San Diego State 5-5 16 Dartmouth 3-4 17 Delaware 2-5 18 Cal Poly 3-4 19 Notre Dame 2-3 20 LSU 3-3 Final 2012 (D1A)[47] Rank College 1 BYU 2 Life University 3 Arkansas State 4 St. Mary's 5 Utah 6 Army 7 Penn State 8 Air Force 9 Kutztown 10 Navy 11 UCLA 12 Central Washington 13 Delaware 14 Colorado 15 Cal Poly 16 Texas A&M 17 Wyoming 18 Arizona 19 Arizona State 20 Ohio State Final 2013 (All College)[48] Rank College 1 BYU 2 California 3 Life University 4 Arkansas St. 5 St. Mary's 6 Central Washington 7 UCLA 8 Army 9 Kutztown 10 Cal Poly 11 Navy 12 Davenport 13 Central Florida 14 Penn State 15 Lindenwood 16 Dartmouth 17 Western Washington 18 Clemson 19 Tennessee 20 Bowling Green Final 2014 (All College)[49] Rank College 1 St. Mary's 2 BYU 3 Life University 4 California 5 Arkansas State 6 UCLA 7 Central Florida 8 Navy 9 Central Washington 10 Utah 11 Kutztown 12 Lindenwood 13 Davenport 14 Arizona 15 Arizona State 16 Bowling Green 17 Santa Clara 18 Cal Poly 19 Dartmouth 20 Army Final 2015 (All College)[50] Rank College 1 BYU 2 California 3 St. Mary's 4 Life University 5 Central Washington 6 Davenport 7 Lindenwood 8 Utah 9 Army 10 Navy 11 Clemson 12 UCLA 13 Arkansas State 14 Kutztown 15 Dartmouth 16 Cal Poly 17 Penn State 18 Wheeling Jesuit 19 Colorado State 20 Air Force Final 2016 (All College)[51] Rank College 1 California 2 Life University 3 BYU 4 Central Washington 5 St. Mary's 6 Lindenwood 7 Arkansas State 8 Indiana 9 Army 10 Navy 11 Dartmouth 12 Penn State 13 Kutztown 14 UCLA 15 Utah 16 UC Davis 17 Notre Dame College 18 Davenport 19 AIC 20 Arizona Final 2017 (All College)[52] Rank College 1 Saint Mary's 2 Life University 3 BYU 4 California 5 Arkansas State 6 Indiana 7 Penn State 8 Lindenwood 9 Army 10 Navy 11 Central Washington 12 Notre Dame College 13 San Diego State 14 Utah 15 Arizona 16 UC-Davis 17 Davenport 18 Wisconsin 19 Ohio State 20 Chico State Final 2018[53] Rank College 1 Life 2 California 3 Lindenwood 4 Saint Mary's 5 Penn State 6 BYU 7 Army 8 Navy 9 Notre Dame College 10 Arkansas State 11 Arizona 12 Grand Canyon 13 Kutztown 14 Iona 15 Cal Poly 16 San Diego State 17 Davenport 18 Central Washington 19 Indiana 20 Texas A&M Final 2019[54] Rank College 1 Life 2 California 3 Saint Mary's 4 Lindenwood 5 Navy 6 Arkansas State 7 Army 8 BYU 9 Arizona 10 Penn State 11 Central Washington 12 UCLA 13 Kutztown 14 St. Bonaventure 15 Grand Canyon 16 Davenport 17 Iona 18 Wisconsin 19 Notre Dame College 20 UC Davis Final 2022[55] Rank College 1 Army 2 Saint Mary's 3 California 4 Lindenwood 5 BYU 6 Central Washington 7 Life 8 Navy 9 St. Bonaventure 10 Penn State 11 Ohio State 12 Indiana 13 Arkansas State 14 Davenport 15 Arizona 16 Grand Canyon 17 UCLA 18 Cal Poly 19 Texas A&M 20 Kutztown Final 2023[56] Rank College 1 Navy 2 California 3 Lindenwood 4 Life 5 Saint Mary's 6 BYU 7 Central Washington 8 Army 9 Davenport 10 Arizona 11 Cal Poly 12 Penn State 13 Grand Canyon 14 UCLA 15 Mary Washington 16 Arkansas State 17 Texas A&M 18 Mount St. Mary's 19 Colorado 20 Ohio State Final 2024[57] Rank College 1 Saint Mary's 2 Navy 3 Life 4 Lindenwood 5 BYU 6 Central Washington 7 Army 8 California 9 Arkansas State 10 Cal Poly 11 Arizona 12 Davenport 13 UCLA 14 Mary Washington 15 Mount St. Mary's 16 Grand Canyon 17 Colorado State 18 CSU Long Beach 19 Penn State 20 Texas A&M Final 2025[58] Rank College 1 California 2 Life 3 Lindenwood 4 Navy 5 Saint Mary's 6 Central Washington 7 Army 8 UCLA 9 Arizona 10 Cal Poly 11 Mount St. Mary's 12 BYU 13 Penn State 14 Davenport 15 Arkansas State 16 Mary Washington 17 Grand Canyon 18 Colorado State 19 Ohio State 20 Air Force 21 UC Santa Barbra 22 CSU Long Beach 23 Utah State 24 Utah 25 UC Santa Cruz

Notes:

Key   Green shading indicates the highest-ranked team to debut in the rankings that year.   Silver shading indicates the team that increased the largest number of places in the rankings that year.
Notable events
Regular season

Records and final standings for 2011.

Pacific Conference # School Conf.
record +/- 1 x-California 7-0 +344 2 y-St. Mary's 6-1 +143 3 Cent. Washington 5-2 +55 4 San Diego State 4-3 -8 5 Cal Poly 3-4 -66 6 UCLA 2-5 -107 7 UC-Davis 2-5 -169 8 Claremont 0-7 -192

x-Conference champion
y-Qualified for playoffs
Gold = national champion
Silver = national runner-up
Bronze = national semifinalists

Western Conference # School Conf.
record +/- 1 x-BYU 7-0 +376 2 y-Utah 6-1 +176 3 Arizona State 5-2 +49 4 Arizona 4-3 34 5 Air Force 3-4 -9 6 Colorado 2-4 -48 7 Colorado State 1-7 -251 8 Wyoming 0-7 -307 Mid-South Conference # School Conf.
record +/- 1 x-Arkansas St. 6-0 +227 2 y-Life University 5-1 +243 3 LSU 3-3 -56 4 Texas A&M 2-4 -48 5 Tennessee 2-3 -115 6 Notre Dame 2-3 -85 7 Oklahoma 0-6 -166 East Conference # School Conf.
record +/- 1 x-Army 7-0 +158 2 y-Navy 6-1 +103 3 Penn State 5-2 -20 4 Kutztown 3-4 +60 5 Dartmouth 3-4 -9 6 Delaware 2-5 -21 7 Rutgers 2-5 -133 8 Ohio State 1-6 -138
Playoffs and final
Quarterfinals (May 7–8)
@Higher Seed Semi-Finals (May 14)
Infinity Park, Glendale, CO
ESPN3 Championship (May 21)
Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT
ESPN3/ESPNU                   W1 Brigham Young 64 E2 Navy 12 W1 Brigham Young 36 MS1 Arkansas State 15 MS1 Arkansas State 30 PC2 St. Mary's (CA) 17 W1 Brigham Young 14 PC1 California 21 PC1 California 43 MS2 Life University 10 PC1 California 62 W2 Utah 14 E1 Army 26 W2 Utah 32
After the season
Regular season

Records and final standings for 2012.

Pacific Coast Conference # School Conf.
record +/- 1 x-Saint Mary's 4-0 +154 2 y-UCLA 3-1 -32 3 Cent. Washington 2-2 -6 4 Cal Poly 1-3 -27 5 UC Davis 0-4 -89 Western Conference # School Conf.
record +/- 1 x-BYU 7-0 +293 2 y-Utah 6-1 +201 3 Air Force 5-2 +127 4 Colorado 3-4 +54 5 Arizona 3-4 -75 6 Wyoming 3-4 -149 7 Arizona State 2-5 -186 8 Colorado State 0-7 -205 Mid-South Conference # School Conf.
record +/- 1 x-Life University 8-0 +360 2 y-Arkansas St. 5-2 +252 3 Texas A&M 3-3 -47 4 Notre Dame 1-6 -216 5 Oklahoma 1-7 -349 East Conference # School Conf.
record +/- 1 x-Army 6-0 +115 2 y-Penn State 5-1 +88 3 Kutztown 4-2 +67 4 Navy 3-3 +55 5 Ohio State 1-4 -74 6 Delaware 0-4 -61 7 Rutgers 0-5 -190

x-Conference champion
y-Qualified for playoffs

Playoffs and final
Quarterfinals (May 5)
@Higher Seed Semi-Finals (May 12)
Location determined by Quarterfinal results Championship (May 19)
Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, UT
ESPN3                   W1 Brigham Young 103 PC2 UCLA 24 W1 Brigham Young 26 MS1 Life University 20 MS1 Life University 75 E2 Penn State 3 W1 Brigham Young 49 MS2 Arkansas State 42 E1 Army 20 MS2 Arkansas State 36 MS2 Arkansas State 31 PC1 Saint Mary's 17 PC1 Saint Mary's 24 W2 Utah 15
After the season
California Conference # School Conf.
W/L 1 x-Saint Mary's 7-0 2 y-Cal Poly 6-1 3 San Diego St. 5-2 4 UC Davis 4-3 5 UC S. Barbara 2-5 6 Sacramento St. 2-5 7 Santa Clara 2-5 8 Stanford 0-7 West Conference # School Conf.
W/L 1 x-Colorado St. 4-0 2 y-Colorado 3-1 3 Wyoming 1-2 4 North. Colorado 0-3 Mid-South Conf. # School Conf.
W/L 1 x-Arkansas St. 3-1 2 y-Life Univ. 3-1 3 Davenport 0-4 East Conference # School Conf.
W/L 1 x-Army 3-0 2 y-Kutztown 2-1 3 Penn State 1-2 4 Delaware 0-3 Big Ten Univ. # School Conf.
W/L 1 z-Wisconsin 5-0 2 Ohio State 3-1-1 3 Illinois 4-1 4 Indiana 3-2 5 Michigan 3-2 6 Michigan St. 2-2-1 7 Iowa 2-3 8 Minnesota 2-3 9 Purdue 0-5 10 Nebraska 0-5 Allied Conference # School Conf.
W/L 1 z-Texas A&M 5-0 2 Texas 4-1 3 Oklahoma 3-2 4 Texas Tech 2-3 5 Sam Houston 1-4 6 Baylor 0-5

x = conference champion and automatic quarterfinal berth
y = conference runner-up and eligible for playoffs
z = conference champion and eligible for playoffs

Playoffs and final
Quarterfinals (April 27)
@ Higher Seed Semi-Finals (May 4)
@ Higher Seed Final (May 18)
Greensboro, NC
ESPN3/ESPNU                   Cal1 St. Mary's 65 W2 Colorado 25 Cal1 St. Mary's 58 Cal2 Cal Poly 24 W1 Colorado State 19 Cal2 Cal Poly 40 Cal1 St. Mary's 14 M/S2 Life University 16 M/S1 Arkansas State 31 East2 Kutztown 10 M/S1 Arkansas State 13 M/S2 Life University 18 East1 Army 29 M/S2 Life University 55
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Playoffs and final
Quarterfinals (April 26)
@ Higher Seed Semifinals (May 3)
@ Higher Seed Final (May 10)
Stanford, CA
USA Rugby TV                   St. Mary's 103 Santa Clara 10 St. Mary's 72 Lindenwood 7 Lindenwood 64 Davenport 32 St. Mary's 21 Life University 6 Arkansas State 43 Cal Poly SLO 12 Arkansas State 27 Life University 34 Life University 57 Colorado 3
After the season

For the 2014–2015 school year, a number of conferences — particularly those in the colder northeast and upper midwest — played their regular seasons in the fall.

California Conference # School Conf.
W/L 1 Saint Mary's 4–0 2 Cal Poly 3–1 3 San Diego St. 2–2 4 Santa Clara 1–3 5 UC S. Barbara 0–4 West Conference # School Conf.
W/L 1 Air Force 6–1 2 Colorado St. 6–1 3 Wyoming 2-4-2 4 y-Colorado 2-4-2 5 New Mexico 0–6 Mid-South Conf.[61] # School Conf.
W/L 1 Life Univ. 4–0 2 Davenport 1–3 3 Lindenwood 1–3 Rugby East # School Conf.
W/L 1 Army 6–0 2 Kutztown 5–1 3 Penn State 4–2 4 Wheeling Jesuit 3–3 5 Iona 2–4 6 St. Bonaventure 1–5 7 Buffalo 0–6
Playoffs and final
Quarterfinals (April 25) Semifinals (May 2) Final (May 9)                   M1 Life 64 E2 Penn State 3 M1 Life 43 M3 Lindenwood 14 W1 Air Force 12 M3 Lindenwood 59 M1 Life 24 C1 St. Mary's 30 E1 Army 24 M2 Davenport 50 M2 Davenport 32 C1 St. Mary's 48 C1 St. Mary's 72 Utah 26
Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final                   1 St. Mary's (CA) 77 Air Force 17 St. Mary's (CA) 81 Utah 32 4 Utah 36 Arizona 14 St. Mary's (CA) 20 Life Univ 24 2 Life Univ 44 Davenport 0 Life Univ. 41 Lindenwood 7 3 Lindenwood 36 Indiana 28
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
April 22 Semifinals
April 29 Final
May 6                   1 St. Mary's (CA) 72 9 San Diego State 5 1 St. Mary's (CA) 43 14 Arizona 7 14 Arizona 48 16 Baylor 5 1 St. Mary's (CA) 30 2 Life Univ 24 Lindenwood 20 2 Life Univ. 37 2 Life Univ. 36 3 BYU 26 3 BYU 44 7 Indiana 17
After the season

The Varsity Cup folded in November 2017 when the organizer, broadcast partner and a major sponsor, Penn Mutual, withdrew their support.[62]

Standings

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Playoffs
Playoffs

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Standings
Playoffs

Sources:[63][64]

Standings
Playoffs

Sources:[69][70][71]

Standings
Playoffs

Sources:[79][80][81][82]

Standings
Playoffs

Sources:[94][95][96][97][98][99]

Rudy Scholz Award Winners[edit]

The Rudy Scholz award goes to the best male Division 1-A rugby player in the country. Below is a list of all prior recipients:[100][101][102]

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