Written by Pat Clifton    Monday, 28 January 2013 16:31    PDF Print Write e-mail
College Playoff Locations Announced
Colleges - College News


USA Rugby has announced the bulk of the playoff locations for its spring college playoffs. On the women's side, the Southeast location for the DI and DII regionals has not yet been determined and the National Championship site has not yet been announced.

On the men's side, the DI-AA and DII final fours will be hosted at Bowling Green State University's soccer stadium. The regional pairings were devised by the College Competitions Committee before the locations were identified by staff at USA Rugby's national office, which lends some explanation to why the winner of the Keystone Conference will travel to Wisconsin for its championships while a regional is being hosted squarely in the conference's footprint in Pittsburgh. Another puzzling regional has the winner of three West Coast competitions traveling to Austin, Texas. 

The Women's College Competitions Committee made a bold move by expanding, potentially, the DII playoff field to 32. The committee will set the play-in games in a manner that allows the visiting team a reasonable drive to the match, according to the email announcing the playoff structure. At-Large selections will be filled by deserving teams from a pool of independent and/or deserving runners-up. Not all at-large slots will necessarily be filled. Some teams may receive an automatic berth directly into the Regionals due to geographic isolation/distance from potential play-in opponents.


Men's DI-AA
Regionals April 27-28     Final Four May 11-12
NE (Pittsburgh, PA) South (Knoxville, TN) MW (Madison, WI) West (Austin, TX)
Middlebury Atlantic Coast Heart of America Northwest
St. Bonaventure Southeastern Keystone Pacific Mountain West
Ivy South Independent Bowling Green Pacific Western
At Large At Large At Large At Large




Men's DII
Regionals April 27-28     Final Four May 11-12
NE (Pittsburgh, PA) Mid-Atl. (Pittsburgh, PA) South (Knoxville, TN) MW (Madison, WI)
Colgate Rowan Cardinals Gateway
IUP Salisbury Southern UM-Duluth
Coast Guard Marist At Large WIIL
Providence At Large At Large At Large




Women's DI
Play-In April 5-7    Regionals April 12-14    Final Four May 3-4
NE (Pittsburgh, PA) Southeast (TBD) MW (Grand Rapids, MI) West (Palo Alto, CA)
Ivy Mason-Dixon Big Ten Pacific Mountain
New England South Midwest Southwestern
At Large At Large At Large At Large
At Large At Large At Large At Large




Women's DII
Play-In April 5-7    Regionals April 12-14    Final Four May 3-4
NE (Pittsburgh, PA) Southeast (TBD) MW (Grand Rapids, MI) West (Palo Alto, CA)
NY Upstate Carolinas Allegheny Cascade
Excelsior Potomac CARFU-IRU Southern California
Mid-Atlantic Rugby South Great Lakes West
New England Small College Tri-State Great Waters West Coast
Rugby Northeast True South Northern Lights At Large
At Large At Large Ohio At Large
At Large At Large At Large At Large
At Large At Large At Large At Large