Written by RUGBYMag Staff    Tuesday, 23 October 2012 21:08    PDF Print Write e-mail
Men's DII College Top 25, Oct. 16, 2012 - Now Free
Rankings - Men DII College


There are some very good leagues in DII - The Northern Lights, Potomac, New England, Rugby Northeast and WIIL, to name a few. And teams within those leagues are beating each other up.

In the WIIL's North Division, UW-Stout knocked off UW-Milwaukee to move to 4-0 on the weekend. Former DI Stout is now on a war path to clash with the 2011 National Champion UW-Whitewater.

In the Potomac, Georgetown continues to be better than anyone other than Towson and Salisbury. If the Hoyas were in some other DII conference, they might be favored to win the league and make a run at Nationals. Meanwhile, Towson and Salisbury remain among the best in the country.

In New England, Norwich and Rhode Island are 3-1, but both are behind former National Champs Coast Guard. If USCG beats URI Saturday, then it'll be nearly free and clear for a league title. If not, the league will bottleneck much like the Northern Lights.

In the Northern Lights, UM-Duluth, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa and Winona State are all 4-1 having lost to each other. Most recently, Duluth knocked off ND State, so they're the highest ranked Northern Lights team. Recently DI UNI rejoins the Top 25 this week after scoring a lopsided win over North Dakota.

In Rugby Northeast, Providence and Holy Cross have separated with their undefeated records. So both move up. Bentley drops after a narrow loss to Holy Cross. If Bentley scores a win over Providence later this month, it's right back in the playoff hunt.

1. (1) UW-Whitewater  4-0 Won 61-0 over Northern Michigan  
2. (2) Salisbury  5-0 Won via forfeit over George Washington
3. (3) Towson  4-0 Won 41-18 over UMBC    
4. (4) Coast Guard  3-0  Won 27-24 over Norwich
5. (7) UW-Stout  4-0 Won 34-7 over UW-Milwaukee  
6. (8) Colgate  5-0    
7. (9) SLU  4-0 Won via forfeit over UMKC  
8. (10) Providence  6-0 Won 57-5 over Stonehill  
9. (6) UNC-Wilmington
10. (10) Radford  2-0  
11. (12) Holy Cross 4-0 Won 17-10 over Bentley  
12. (13) IUP  5-0 Won 81-13 over Louisville
13. (5) UW-Milwaukee  2-1 Lost 7-34 to UW-Stout
14. (15) Mary Washington  1-1  
15. (16) Niagara  5-0   
16. (14) Bentley  3-2 Lost 17-10 to Holy Cross  
17. (19) Idaho State
18. (20) Appalachian State
19. (21) E. Stroudsburg  4-0 Won 51-0 over Lafayette  
20 (22) Vassar  4-0  
21. (18) Norwich 4-2  Lost 27-24 to Coast Guard
22. (23) Minnesota-Duluth  4-1 Won 32-5 over Mankato  
23. (17) North Dakota State 4-1 Lost 17-12 to Winona  
24. (Unr.) Northern Iowa 4-1 Won 108-5 over North Dakota
25. (25) Georgetown  3-1 Won 26-22 to Johns Hopkins  

Dropped out:

24. (12) Rhode Island  3-2 Won 25-10 over New Hampshire