Written by RUGBYMag Staff    Monday, 28 January 2013 18:47    PDF Print Write e-mail
All Divisions College Top 25 Jan. 28, 2013, presented by Selective Service
Rankings - College DI-A Rankings


selective service


Virtually all men living in the U.S. must register with Selective Service within 30 days of their 18th birthday. Men who fail to register become ineligible for important opportunities such as student loans, job training programs, citizenship for male immigrants, and driver’s license renewal in most states. In addition, registration is required for employment with the federal government, numerous state and local agencies, and a growing number of private employers. Men who fail to register by age 26 can be PERMANENTLY barred from these opportunities. Learn more, check your status, or register today at www.sss.gov.


Many of the country’s top teams were back in action last weekend. BYU, Cal and Life all registered extraordinarily lopsided victories.

Cal put Stanford to the sword, scoring 176 points on The Cardinal. BYU clobbered UCLA a couple of days after beating San Diego State in a much closer contest. And Life pounded visiting Florida State 99-3.

While the wins were all impressive, none was impressive enough to shake up the top four. Arkansas State was idle, but the Red Wolves start their season Saturday against Texas A&M. The magnitude of Cal’s win is big, but keep in mind Stanford has lost to Cal Maritime and San Jose State this spring, too.

St. Mary’s was also impressive on the weekend, beating Olympic Club 53-11. Outside of an expected loss to San Francisco Golden Gate, the Gaels have been lights out this spring, beating three DI men’s clubs, as well as DI-AA Chico State 83-10.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, we’ve corrected an error from our last ranking. We missed some fall results, but have taken them into account and put Penn State above Army. The Nittany Lions beat the Black Knights in the fall.

UCLA, San Diego State and Texas A&M were the only ranked teams to lose since our last ranking. UCLA has dropped two games this spring, to Cal and BYU. The Cal match was just 40 minutes long. The Bruins won’t be punished too much for falling to the Bears and Cougars in the same fashion we figure most any team in the country would.

However, SDSU played BYU’s top team much closer on Thursday, 41-21. The Aztecs, undoubtedly sore from playing maybe the hardest running team in the country, then climbed into their cars and traveled to Tucson for a second game in three days against a fresh Arizona squad. So, we don’t drop the hammer on 0-2 SDSU.

Texas A&M does fall from the list for its home loss to LSU. The Tigers take their place.

1 Life Won 99-3 over Florida State
2 Arkansas State Idle
3 Cal Won 176-0 over Stanford
4 BYU Won 84-14 over UCLA, 41-21 over SDSU
5 St. Mary's Won 53-11 over Olympic Club
6 Utah Idle
7 Penn State Idle
8 Army Idle
9 Air Force Idle
10 Davenport Idle
11 Kutztown Idle
12 Lindenwood Idle
13 Navy Idle
14 Central Washington Won 61-0 over Santa Clara
15 Arizona State Idle
16 Dartmouth Idle
17 Tennessee Idle
18 Arizona Won 34-19 over SDSU
19 San Diego State Lost 41-21 to BYU, 34-19 to Arizona
20 UCLA Lost 84-14 to BYU
21 Delaware Idle
22 Colorado Idle
23 Bowling Green Idle
24 Cal Poly Won 34-10 over UCSB
25 LSU Won 31-19 over Texas A&M


 

Free Rugby Coaching Drills & Skills
e-Newsletter by Better Rugby Coaching!