USA Rugby Announces Conference Alignments for New Collegiate Competition

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Published: August 19, 2010

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USA Rugby officially released the list of conferences and participating teams for the 2011 launch of their new collegiate competition. Slated as a level above Division I, the 31 team competition is being referred to as Division I Premier.

The teams which have joined the initial four conferences in Division I Premier represent some of the very best that college rugby has to offer. Overall, 14 of the 16 teams who had reached the Collegiate Sweet 16 in 2010 have moved to the competition, with only Bowling Green and Syracuse not joining.

Bowling Green officially declined invitation due to concerns over travel, but there is no word as to whether Syracuse was ever in the mix to join one of the new conferences.

The two most intriguing teams headed into play are Claremont, whom will be making a major jump. The 2010 Division II National Champions will be skipping over Division I right into DI Premier. They will certainly have their hands full this upcoming season.

The other team of major interest is Life University. Life has long been known as one of the top rugby programs in the United States, but has only fielded teams in men's competition. Life has added an undergraduate side and have to be immediately counted as one of the top teams in the competition.

 

Division I Premier Conferences

The Rugby East Conference will consist of Dartmouth, Penn State, Ohio State, Army, Navy, Kutztown, Rutgers, and Delaware.

The Pacific Conference will be populated by the likes of Cal, Cal Poly, Central Washington, Claremont, San Diego State, St. Mary’s, UC Davis, and UCLA.

The Western Conference will be host to Air Force, Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Colorado, Colorado State, Utah, and Wyoming.

And finally, the Mid-South Conference will be made up of Arkansas State, Life, LSU, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas A&a...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Rugby Union

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