Pre-Season Gets Pre-Serious: Men D1 College Games This Weekend

Pre-Season Gets Pre-Serious: Men D1 College Games This Weekend

A look at the men's D1 games this weekend.

Sep 7, 2018 by Alex Goff
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Everyone's looking to establish who they have and what they have in men's college rugby, and that means this weekend is all about crossover games and testing the waters.

So we're going to make some picks, but take them with a grain of salt. After all, many of these teams will run out additional subs, or try new combinations. Some experiments will work. Some won't.

December 1-2, College Fall Finals

Here's our list of D1A and D1AA teams in action. 

Clemson at Texas A&M 

This is an early start for the Aggies and a very nice high-profile meeting in terms of overall college sports. It's a bit of a pick-em in terms of who will win, especially as both teams have some changes to work through. We'll say A&M because they're at home, but this could go any way.


St. Bonaventure at Navy. Another tester. Navy by 15

Stony Brook at Syracuse. Two Liberty teams who have some work to do. Syracuse by 9.

Boston College at Notre Dame. Two storied Catholic colleges new to D1A. We'll take the home team, the Fighting Irish, by 14. 

Rutgers at Fordham. Rutgers by 3.

Colgate at SUNY Oswego. Oswego by 6

Lindenwood-Belleville at Indiana. Can't overlook L-B and their win over Wisconsin, but Indiana in Indiana is a different task entirely. Indiana by 9.

Buffalo at Notre Dame College. NDC by 17.


AIC at Yale. AIC by 10.

Army at Dartmouth. Army by 15.

Louisville at Kentucky. Kentucky but not by as much as you might think. By 5.

Vanderbilt at MTSU. MTSU by 20.

Tennessee Tech at MTSU. MTSU comfortably. By 24.

Kennesaw State at Lee University. KSU by a lot.

Cincinnati at Ohio State. Ohio State by 21.

Bowling Green at Michigan. This is a tough one. D1AA vs D1A but to get on the Wolverine bus we need to see a bit more. Pick 'em.

Northern Michigan at Michigan State. Michigan State by 10.

Conference Games

The Chesapeake opens for business and will be running league games all through the fall. This is still the most competitive conference in D1AA top to bottom.

Salisbury at Mary Washington (CG). UMW by 30.

Virginia Tech at Towson (CG). Towson by 12

Mount St. Mary’s at Georgetown (CG). MSM by 14.