NSCRO Men’s College Rugby XVs Final Poll

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – December 10, 2018 – The National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO) has released the final regular season men’s rugby 15s Top 30 Coaches Poll. [NSCRO Release]

The top squad is Christendom College (Front Royal, Virginia), which finished the season with a 9-0 record and received five first place votes.

In the previous poll, Christendom was ranked #3, but thanks to a dominant performance in the 2018 NSCRO Men’s 15s Mid-Atlantic South Region Championship in Raleigh, North Carolina the weekend of December 1st and 2nd, the Crusaders jumped two spots. Christendom defeated then-#6 Loyola (Maryland) in the semifinal 23-7, and then-#4 Catholic University in the final, 43-24.

Endicott College placed second in the NSCRO Top 30 Coaches Poll, with a 10-0 record and three first place votes. St. John’s University was third, Catholic University fourth, and Salve Regina University finished fifth.

The NSCRO Coaches Poll for Men’s Clubs was conducted weekly throughout the 2018 regular season using a panel of head coaches from NSCRO schools. The panel of coaches represents all four NSCRO regions. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to 1 point for 25th place. The final fall weekly poll was expanded from 25 to 30 to reflect all the final coaches’ votes. The full rankings are as follows:

#	Team	Rec’d	Points	Prior #
1	Christendom College	9-0	195	3
2	Endicott College	10-0	194	1
3	St. John’s University	7-0	185	2
4	Catholic University of America	9-1	172	4
5	Salve Regina University	9-2	169	5
6	Washington & Lee University	6-0	157	7
7	Loyola University Maryland	8-2	156	6
8	University of Maine at Farmington	8-1	143	9
9	Eckerd College	9-2	133	8
10	Susquehanna University	7-1	126	10
11	University of North Alabama	7-1	113	11
12	Robert Morris University	6-2	102	13
13	Ithaca College	9-1	101	12
14	Franciscan University	6-1	100	15
15	Eastern Connecticut State Univ.	5-2-1	99	14
16	University of Dallas	3-0	81	16
17	St. Edward’s University	5-0	67	18
18	Spring Hill College	6-1	60	17
19	New Mexico Highlands University	3-1	52	20
20	Bucknell University	6-2	51	19
21	University of Denver	3-1	44	21
22	Colby College	5-2	32	22
23	Central Oregon Community Coll.	3-1	19	24
24	Valdosta State University	5-1	18	23
25	College of the Holy Cross	4-1-1	16	25
26	Monroe College	5-4	14	NR
27	Duke University	4-1	9	28
28	Regis University	2-1	8	NR
29	University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point	5-0	5	27
30	Western Oregon University	3-1	3	NR