Division 1-A Rugby

Division 1-A Rugby (formerly known as the College Premier Division) is the highest level of 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]

Division 1-A Rugby

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Division 1-A Rugby Championship
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)	Saint Mary's (4th title) (2024)
Most titles	California (26 titles)
TV partner(s)	CBSSN, ESPN+, The Rugby Network
Official website	craa.rugby/d1a

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.

D1-A Rugby secured sponsorships in 2012 with World Rugby Shop and Veloce.

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.

Formation

History of college rugby in the U.S.

See also: History of rugby union in the United States and college rugby

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

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] 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

Main article: National Collegiate Rugby Championship results

Ed.	Year	Champion	Score	Runners-up	Venue	City	Att.	TV Coverage	Semi-finalists
1	2011	California	21–14	BYU	Rio Tinto Stadium	Sandy	11,000[18]	ESPN3 / ESPNU	Arkansas St. / Utah
2	2012	BYU	49–42	Arkansas St.	Rio Tinto Stadium	Sandy	8,733[19]	ESPN3	Life University / St. Mary's
3	2013	Life University	16–14	St. Mary's	UNCG Soccer Stadium	Greensboro	4,000	ESPN3 / ESPNU	Arkansas St. / Cal Poly
4	2014	Saint Mary's	21–6	Life University	Steuber Rugby Stadium	Palo Alto	4,000	USA Rugby TV	Arkansas St. / Lindenwood
5	2015	Saint Mary's	30–24	Life University	Fifth Third Bank	Atlanta	3,100	ESPN3	Lindenwood / Davenport
6	2016	Life University	24–20	St. Mary's	St. Mary's Stadium	Moraga	2,000	Rugby Channel	Lindenwood / Utah
7	2017	Saint Mary's	30–24	Life University	St. Mary's Stadium	Moraga	2,000	CBSSN	BYU / Arizona
8	2018	Life University	60–5	California	Stevens Stadium	Santa Clara	4,000	CBSSN	Penn State / Lindenwood
9	2019	Life University	29–26	California	Stevens Stadium	Santa Clara	4,000	CBSSN	St. Mary's / Lindenwood
10	2022	Army	20–8	St. Mary's	Aveva Stadium	Houston	–	Rugby Network	Lindenwood / California
11	2023	Navy	28–22	California	Aveva Stadium	Houston	–	Rugby Network	Lindenwood / BYU
12	2024	Saint Mary's	26–22	Navy	Aveva Stadium	Houston	–	Rugby Network	BYU / Life University

Collegiate Championship results prior to D1-A Formation

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

Year	Champion	Match Score	Runner-up	Ref.
1972	Palmer College of Chiropractic	28–17	Navy	[22][23][24]
1973	Palmer College of Chiropractic	13–4	Illinois	[22][25]
1974	Texas A&M	12–0	LSU	[22][26]
1975	not held			[27]
1976	LSU	21–3	Palmer College of Chiropractic	[28]
1977	moved from fall to following spring
1978	Palmer College of Chiropractic	19–4	LSU	[29][30]
1979	Palmer College of Chiropractic	24–6	Navy	[31][32]

National Collegiate Rugby Championship

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

Participants

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]

East

East Conference
School	NCAA Conference	City	Coach	Stadium	Founded	Joined D1-A
Life	(NAIA - SSAC)	Marietta, Georgia	Colton Cariaga	Lupo Family Field	1980	2011
Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers	MAAC	Emmitsburg, Maryland	Jay Miles		1973	2023
Army	Patriot League	West Point, NY	Matt Sherman	Anderson Complex, Warrior Field	1961	2011
Penn State	Big Ten	State College, PA	Zac Mizell[33]	PSU West Campus Pitch	1962[34]	2011
Southern Virginia	USA South	Buena Vista, Virginia	Aidyn Ferris Marshall Ferris		2019	2023
Navy	Patriot League and AAC	Annapolis, Maryland	Gavin Hickie	Prusmack Rugby Complex	1963	2011
Mary Washington (Mothers Rugby)	C2C	Fredericksburg, Virginia	Charbel Medlej	Doc Warner Field	1977	2019
Belmont Abbey College	Rugby East Conference	Belmont, North Carolina	Genaro Fessia	Alumni Field	2019	2024[35]

Mid-West

Mid-South Conference
School	NCAA Conference	City	Coach	Stadium	Founded	Joined D1-A
Arkansas State	Sun Belt Conference	Jonesboro, Arkansas	Dominic Shaw	Curt Huckaby Field		2011
Lindenwood	Ohio Valley Conference	St. Charles, Missouri	Josh Macy	Harlen C. Hunter Stadium	2011	2013
Davenport	GLIAC	Caledonia, Michigan	Dustin Steedman	DU Turf Field	2009	2012
Adrian College	MIAA	Adrian, Michigan				2023
McKendree University	GLVC	Lebanon, Illinois	Cameron Wyper[36]			2023

California

California Conference
School	NCAA Conference	City	Coach	Stadium	Founded	Joined D1-A
Cal Poly	BWC	San Luis Obispo, CA	Chris O'Brien	Cal Poly Lower Sports Complex	1965[37]	2011
Saint Mary's	WCC	Moraga, CA	Tim O'Brien	St. Mary's Stadium	1888	2011
San Diego State	MW	San Diego, CA	Jason Merrill	ENS 700 Field	1958	2012
UC Santa Barbara	BWC	Santa Barbara, CA	Neil Foote			2012
Santa Clara	WCC	Santa Clara, CA	Paul Keeler	Bellomy Field	1961	2012
Santa Cruz	C2C	Santa Cruz, CA			1967[38]	2023
UC Davis	BWC	Davis, CA	Andy Malpass	Russell Field		2016
Long Beach	BWC	Long Beach, California	Jason Reynolds	Peter Sio	1974	2023
Sacramento	BSC	Sacramento, California			1964[39]	2023

Rocky Mountain

Rocky Mountain Conference
School	NCAA Conference	City	Coach	Stadium	Founded	Joined D1-A
BYU	Big 12	Provo, Utah	Steve St. Pierre	South Field	1962[40]	2011
Air Force	MW	Colorado Springs, CO	Denny Merideth		1968	2011
Colorado	Big 12	Boulder, Colorado	Chris Hanson	Kittredge Field	1967	2011
Colorado State	MW	Fort Collins, Colorado	Jone Naqica		1970	2011
Wyoming	MW	Laramie, Wyoming	David Finnoff		1972	2011
Utah	Big 12	Salt Lake City, UT	Adam Griffee	Zions Bank Stadium	1972[41]	2011
Utah State	MW	Logan, Utah	Morgan Smith	USU Legacy Field	1967	2016
Utah Valley University	WAC	Orem, Utah				2023

Big Ten

Main article: Big Ten Universities

Big Ten Conference
School	NCAA Conference	City	Coach	Stadium	Founded	Joined D1-A
Illinois	Big Ten	Champaign, Illinois	Martin Russell		1963[42]	2013
Michigan State	Big Ten	East Lansing, Michigan	Jim Rogers	Service Road Fields	1964	2013
Ohio State	Big Ten	Columbus, Ohio	Tom Rooney		1966[43]	2011

Lonestar Conference

Lonestar Conference
School	NCAA Conference	City	Coach	Stadium	Founded	Joined D1-A
Texas	SEC	Austin, TX	Brian Hannon		1985	2013

Independent

Independent Teams
School	NCAA Conference	City	Coach	Stadium	Founded	Joined D1-A
Arizona	Big 12	Tucson, AZ	Sean Duffy	William David Sitton Field	1969	2011
Central Washington	GNAC	Ellensburg, Washington	Todd Thornley	Tomlinson Stadium		2011
Grand Canyon University	WAC	Phoenix, Arizona	Sean O'Leary	GCU Track/Practice Soccer Field
UCLA	Big Ten	Westwood, CA	Harry Bennett	Wallis Annenberg Stadium	1934[44]	2011
California	ACC	Berkeley, CA	Jack Clark	Witter Field	1882[45]	2011
University of Texas at El Paso	CUSA	El Paso, Texas				2024
Texas A&M University	SEC	College Station, Texas				2024

Former Conferences

• PAC Rugby
• Red River Conference

Rankings

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)[46] 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)[47] 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)[48] 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)[49] 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)[50] 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)[51] 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[52] 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[53] 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[54] 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[55] 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[56] 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

Notes:

• 2012: Cal was not included in the D1A rankings because it withdrew from D1A mid-season.
• 2013: Utah was not ranked because its rugby program was suspended by the school. Central Florida, and Bowling Green were new to the rankings; they had been ranked #17 and #19 respectively in D1-AA during the previous 2012 season.
• 2014: Army was ranked low, due in large part to the team's suspension during the season.
• 2023: No final D1A rankings were released so rankings listed above of week 1 from the 2023–24 season

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.

Seasons

2011 season

Notable events

• First Season of the College Premier Division
• Funding for Cal Rugby, which previously was announced would be dropped,^[57] was restored after additional funding was raised by donors, alumni and fans.^[58]
• Life University participated in its first playoff game in school history
• BYU hosted its first rugby playoff game in club history.
• BYU and California played for the national championship for the 6th consecutive year (2006-10 in USA Rugby Collegiate Tournament, 2011 USA Rugby College Premier Division)

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

• Tennessee and LSU moved from D1-A to join other SEC schools in the newly formed D1-AA Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference.
• Dartmouth moved from D1-A to join other Ivy League schools in the newly formed D1-AA Ivy Rugby Conference.

2012 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

• Nine schools from the Big-10 joined Ohio State in D1-A and formed the Big Ten Universities conference.
• Texas A&M and Oklahoma were joined by several other Texas schools to form the Allied Rugby Conference, composed mostly of Big-12 South schools.
• The Pacific Coast Conference was renamed the California Conference, several former D1-AA California schools were promoted to this conference, and Central Washington became an independent D1-A school.
• D1-AA champion Davenport was promoted to D1-A and joined the Mid-South Conference.
• UCLA, Utah, Arizona and Arizona State moved from their respective past conferences to the newly formed D1-A PAC Rugby Conference.
• BYU moved from Division 1A to the D1-AA Mountain States Conference; Navy moved from D1-A to the Atlantic Coast Rugby League; and Rutgers moved from D1-A to the Empire Rugby Conference.

2013 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

After the season

• The following schools, either late during the spring 2013 season or after the season, left D1A and moved to the Varsity Cup: Central Washington, Texas, Oklahoma.
• The following schools joined D1A: Wheeling Jesuit, Lindenwood.

2014 season

Regular season

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

• The Allied Rugby Conference folded. Many of the schools went and formed the Red River Conference.

2015 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.[59] # 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

2016 season

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

2017 season

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.^[60]

2018 season

Standings

Big Ten Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Indiana 7–0 +150 7 35 2 Wisconsin 5–3 +159 5 25 3 Michigan State 5–2 +81 5 25 4 Illinois 5–2 +13 5 25 5 Ohio State 3–4 +111 10 22 6 Purdue 3–4 –16 5 17 7 Michigan 2–5 –139 1 9 8 Minnesota 1–6 –99 4 8 9 Iowa 0–5 –260 0 0

California Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Saint Mary's 5–0 +303 5 25 2 Cal Poly 3–2 +81 4 16 3 San Diego State 3–2 +44 4 16 4 UC Davis 3–2 +8 3 15 5 Santa Clara 1–4 –213 1 5 6 UC Santa Barbara 0–5 –223 0 0

East Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Penn State 7–0 +207 7 35 2 Army 4–3 +152 9 25 3 Kutztown 3–2 +90 5 17 4 Notre Dame College 3–2 +54 5 17 5 Wheeling Jesuit 2–4 –61 5 13 6 St. Bonaventure 2–4 –126 3 11 7 Buffalo 0–6 –316 0 0

Liberty (New York) – Empire Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Binghamton 7–1 +248 7 35 2 Cortland 6–2 +46 6 30 3 Syracuse 4–3 +31 4 20 4 Albany 4–4 +94 2 18 5 Colgate 1–5 –160 1 5 6 Brockport 0–5 –142 0 0

Liberty (New York, Jersey) – I-95 Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Iona 6–0 +281 6 30 2 Fordham 5–2 +3 4 24 3 Delaware 2–3 –53 3 11 4 Stony Brook 1–7 –139 4 8 5 Rutgers 1–7 –118 2 5

Liberty – New England Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Northeastern 6–0 +182 6 30 2 Uconn 4–2 +38 6 22 3 Rhode Island 4–4 +59 5 21 4 Umass 3–4 +3 5 17 5 Tufts 3–3 –56 4 16 6 Fairfield 1–6 –129 4 8

Mid-South Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Life 8–0 +421 7 39 2 Lindenwood 6–2 +199 6 31 3 Arkansas State 4–4 –120 3 19 4 Davenport 2–6 –180 4 11 5 Clemson 0–8 –320 1 1

Pac Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 California 5–0 +378 5 25 2 Arizona 4–1 +163 4 20 3 UCLA 2–2–1 +22 3 13 4 Utah 2–2–1 –59 3 13 5 Arizona State 1–4 –197 0 4 6 USC 0–5 –307 1 1

Red River Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Texas A&M 8–1 +232 8 40 2 Baylor 7–2 +182 8 36 3 LSU 7–1 +277 6 34 4 Oklahoma 5–4 –57 5 25 5 Texas 4–4 +29 4 20 6 Texas Tech 3–6 –68 7 19 7 Arkansas 2–5 –86 4 12 8 TCU 1–5 –149 1 4 9 Houston 0–9 –360 0 0

Rocky Mountain Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Colorado State 5–0 +260 5 25 2 Air Force 3–2 +108 5 17 3 Colorado 3–2 +38 4 16 4 Utah State 3–2 +17 4 16 5 Wyoming 1–4 –171 1 5 6 New Mexico 0–5 –252 1 1

Independent Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 BYU 5–2

Source:

Playoffs

	Sweet 16 (April 14)					Elite Eight (April 21)					Final Four (April 28)					National Championship Game (May 5)
	1	Saint Mary's	58
	16	Cal Poly	22
						1	Saint Mary's	22
						9	Lindenwood	43
	8	Texas A&M	12
	9	Lindenwood	83
											9	Lindenwood	22
											3	California	43
	6	Indiana	0
	11	Navy	47
						11	Navy	27
						3	California	33
	3	California	85
	14	Grand Canyon	14
																3	California	5
																2	Life	60
	2	Life	87
	15	Central Washington	7
						2	Life	44
						10	Army	10
	7	Colorado State	15
	10	Army	52
											2	Life	69
											5	Penn State	14
	5	Penn State	51
	12	Arizona	34
						5	Penn State	48
						4	BYU	46
	4	BYU	34
	13	Arkansas State	23

2019 season

Playoffs

	Sweet 16 (April 13)					Elite Eight (April 20)					Final Four (April 27)					National Championship Game (May 4)
	1	California	141
	8	UC Davis	3
						1	California	61
						4	Arizona	16
	4	Arizona	28
	5	Central Washington	19
											1	California	28
	WEST
											2	Saint Mary's	24
	3	BYU	50
	6	UCLA	12
						3	BYU	12
						2	Saint Mary's	71
	2	Saint Mary's	74
	7	Grand Canyon	12
																1	California	26
																1	Life	29
	1	Life	34
	8	Penn State	3
						1	Life	40
						5	Navy	25
	4	Oklahoma	0
	5	Navy	71
											1	Life	27
	EAST
											6	Lindenwood	19
	3	Wisconsin	0
	6	Lindenwood	97
						6	Lindenwood	22
						7	Arkansas State	18
	2	Army	24
	7	Arkansas State	31

Source:

2022 season

Standings

Big Ten Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Ohio State 5–1 +208 7 27 2 Indiana 5–1 +142 4 24 3 Michigan State 4–2 +43 4 20 4 Illinois 3–3 -23 4 16 5 Michigan 3–3 -30 2 14 6 Purdue 1–5 –108 2 6 7 Wisconsin 0–6 –232 1 1

California Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Saint Mary's 4–0 +243 4 20 2 Cal Poly 4–1 +166 4 20 3 Grand Canyon University 3–0 +80 3 15 4 Santa Clara 2–3 -111 3 11 5 UC Santa Barbara 1–4 -139 2 6 6 UC Davis 1–3 –80 1 5 7 San Diego State 0–4 –159 2 2

Mid-South Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Lindenwood 6–0 +142 4 28 2 Life 4–2 +17 1 17 3 Arkansas State 2–4 –59 2 10 4 Davenport 0–6 –100 3 3

Red River Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Texas A&M 6–0 +190 5 29 2 Oklahoma 5–2 +69 3 23 3 Baylor 3–4 +20 6 18 4 Texas 3–4 –50 4 16 5 North Texas 0–7 -229 1 1

Rocky Mountain West Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 BYU 4–0 +142 4 20 2 Utah Valley 2–2 -58 2 10 3 Utah State 0–4 -205 0 0

Playoffs

	Round 1 (April 9)					Elite Eight (April 16)					Final Four (April 23)					National Championship Game (April 30)
						1	California	43
	4	Central Washington	62			4	Central Washington	26
	5	Cal Poly	17			WEST					1	California	26
											2	Saint Mary's	35
						2	Saint Mary's	24
	3	BYU	59			3	BYU	22
	6	Arizona	13													2	Saint Mary's	8
																1	Army	20
						1	Army	39
	4	Life	26			4	Life	18
	5	Navy	13			EAST					1	Army	19
											2	Lindenwood	14
						2	Lindenwood	41
	3	Texas A&M	w/o			6	Arkansas State	10
	6	Arkansas State	w/o

Sources:^[61][62]

2023 season

Main article: 2023 Division 1-A Rugby Championship

Standings

Independent[63] Team Record PD Central Washington 8–1 +174

Mid-South[64] Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Lindenwood 5–1 +181 3 23 2 Life 4–2 +61 3 19 3 Davenport 3–3 –41 0 12 4 Arkansas State 0–6 –101 1 1

Pac Rugby Conference[65] Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 California 3–0 +169 3 15 2 Arizona 2–1 +76 2 10 3 UCLA 1–2 –5 3 7 4 Utah 0–3 –240 0 0

Rugby East (North)[66] Pos. Team Record BP Pts 1 Navy 5–0 3 23 2 Army 4–1 5 20 3 St. Bonaventure 3–2 2 14 4 Notre Dame College 2–3 2 10 5 Kutztown 1–4 3 7 6 Penn State 0–5 1 1

Big Ten Pos. Team Record 1 Indiana (W) 5 — 0 2 Ohio State (E) 4 — 1 3 Notre Dame 4 — 1 4 Illinois 3 — 2 5 Wisconsin 3 — 2 6 Michigan State 2 — 3 7 Michigan 1 — 4 8 Purdue 0 — 5

Red River Pos. Team Record Pts Pts Diff 1 Texas A&M 6–0 30 +493 2 Texas 4–2 20 +30 3 Baylor 3–2 15 -22 4 North Texas 2–3 10 -172 5 Oklahoma 1–4 7 -79 6 Texas Tech 0–5 1 -250

Playoffs

	Round 1 (April 8)					Elite Eight (April 15)					Final Four (April 22)					National Championship Game (May 6)
						1	Central Washington	31
	4	BYU	71			4	BYU	62
	5	Arizona	33			WEST					4	BYU	31
											3	California	55
						2	Saint Mary's	28
	3	California	82			3	California	29
	6	Cal Poly	15													3	California	22
																1	Navy	28
						1	Navy	30
	4	Army	36			4	Army	6
	5	Davenport	34			EAST					1	Navy	12
											2	Lindenwood	10
						2	Lindenwood	29
	3	Life	82			3	Life	8
	6	Texas A&M	0

Sources:^[67][68][69]

2024 season

Main article: 2024 Division 1-A Rugby Championship

Standings

Rugby East (North)[70] Pos. Team Record BP Pts 1 Navy 7–0 4 32 2 Life 5–1–0 6 26 3 Notre Dame College 4–1–1 3 21 4 Mount St. Mary's 4–2 2 18 5 St. Bonaventure 4–3 2 18 6 University of Mary Washington 3–3 4 16 7 Army 2–4–1 4 14 6 Kutztown 2–5 6 14 9 Queens 2–4 3 11 10 Southern Virginia 1–5 3 7 11 Penn State 0–6 3 3

Big Ten[71] Big Ten East Pos. Team Record Points 1 Ohio State 3–1 12 2 Michigan State 2–0 8 3 Michigan 1–4 5 4 Notre Dame 0–3 2 Big Ten West Pos. Team Record Points 1 Indiana 4–0 16 2 Illinois 1–1 4 3 Wisconsin 1–1 4 4 Purdue 1–2 4

Mid-West Pos. Team Record BP Pts 1 Lindenwood 3–0 2 14 2 Davenport 2–1 3 11 3 Adrian 0–2 0 0 4 McKendree 0–2 0 0

California[72] Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 Cal Poly 7–1 +422 8 36 2 Saint Mary's 7–0 +525 7 35 3 UC Santa Barbara 5–3 +118 5 25 4 Long Beach 5–2 +66 5 25 5 UC Davis 4–4 –144 4 20 6 San Diego State 3–5 –132 6 18 7 Santa Cruz 1–5–1 –291 2 8 6 Santa Clara 1–7 –266 3 7 9 Sacramento 0–1–6 –298 1 3

Independent[73][74] Team Record PD Central Washington 8–3 +79 Grand Canyon University 4–4 +63

Pac Rugby Conference[75] Pos. Team Record PD BP Pts 1 California 3–0 +176 3 15 2 UCLA 2–1 +29 2 10 3 Arizona 1–2 –38 2 7 4 Utah 0–3 –170 1 1

Rocky Mountain[76] Team Record PD BYU 5–0 +339

Playoffs

	Sweet 16 (April 6)					Elite Eight (April 13)					Final Four (April 20)					National Championship Game (May 4)
	1	Saint Mary's	78
	8	Grand Canyon	7
						1	Saint Mary's	34
						4	California	16
	4	California	70
	5	Cal Poly	13
											1	Saint Mary's	46
	WEST
											3	BYU	31
	3	BYU	48
	6	UCLA	15
						3	BYU	40
						2	Central Washington	26
	2	Central Washington	23
	7	Arizona	17
																1	Saint Mary's	26
																1	Navy	22
	1	Navy	41
	8	University of Mary Washington	7
						1	Navy	57
						4	Arkansas State	5
	4	Arkansas State	23
	5	Davenport	17
											1	Navy	27
	EAST
											2	Life	17
	3	Lindenwood	26
	6	Mount St. Mary's	0
						3	Lindenwood	10
						2	Life	25
	2	Life	24
	7	Army	17

Sources:^{[77][78][79][80]}

Rudy Scholz Award Winners

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:^[81][82]

• 2016: Dylan Audsley, Saint Mary's
• 2017: Bryce Campbell, Indiana
• 2018: Connor McNerney, Navy
• 2019: Harley Wheeler, Life University
• 2020: Payton Telea-Ilalio, Saint Mary's
• 2021: Emmanuel Albert, Lindenwood
• 2022: Larry Williams, West Point
• 2023: Lewis Gray, Navy
• 2024: Wyatt Parry, BYU

See also

• College rugby
• Collegiate Rugby Championship
• Varsity Cup Championship
• Intercollegiate sports team champions
• United States national under-20 rugby union team
• National Collegiate Rugby Championship results

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External links

• Official website