Collegiate Rugby Championship
Results by team
Table:
Team

Conf/Div

Champion

Runner-up

Semifinalist

Quarterfinalist

California

PAC

5 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

1 (2010)

1 (2012)

1 (2011)

Dartmouth

Ivy

2 (2011, 2012)

0

4 (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015)

3 (2010, 2013, 2014)

Lindenwood

Mid-South

2 (2018, 2019)

0

1 (2017)

Utah

PAC

1 (2010)

0

1 (2011)

0

Life University

Div 1-A

0

3 (2013, 2017, 2019)

4 (2012, 2015, 2015, 2018)

0

UCLA

PAC

0

2 (2016, 2018)

2 (2013, 2014)

0

Kutztown

Div 1-A

0

2 (2014, 2015)

2 (2016, 2019)

1 (2013)

Arizona

PAC

0

1 (2012)

4 (2010, 2015, 2016, 2018)

2 (2011, 2013)

Army

Div 1-A

0

1 (2011)

0

0

Navy

Atlantic Coast

0

0

2 (2013, 2019)

4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)

Central Washington

Independent

0

0

1 (2011)

0

San Diego State

Div 1-A

0

0

1 (2010)

0

Penn State

Div 1-A

0

0

0

3 (2011, 2013, 2014)

Arkansas State

MSC

0

0

0

2 (2015, 2016)

Michigan

Big Ten

0

0

0

2 (2014, 2015)

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The California Golden Bears rugby team is the college rugby team of the University of California , Berkeley . The Golden Bears have won 33 championships since the national collegiate championships for rugby began in 1980 . Current head coach and Cal alumnus Jack Clark took over the team in 1984 , and has achieved prolonged success , leading the Bears to 28 national titles , including twelve consecutive championships from 1991 to 2002 , five more consecutive titles from 2004 to 2008 , and back-to-back titles in 2010 to 2011 and 2016 to 2017 . Cal also competes in the Collegiate Rugby Championship ( CRC ) , the highest profile college rugby tournament in the US . The CRC is held every June at PPL Park in Philadelphia , and is broadcast live on NBC . Cal reached the finals of the 2010 CRC , losing to Utah in the finals in sudden death extra time , and finished third in the 2012 CRC . Since 2013 , Cal has won the championship 5 consecutive times . Cal also competes for the World Cup , which is awarded to the winner of the annual series between Cal and the University of British Columbia . Cal Rugby 's home is at 6,900-seat Witter Rugby Field , located near California Memorial Stadium in Strawberry Canyon .
The PAC Rugby Conference is a conference composed of four schools from the Pac-12 Conference that compete against each other in Division 1-A Rugby . It was formed in 2012 with six teams , with conference play beginning in February 2013 to compete in Division 1-AA . In 2016 , PAC added USC and Stanford and dropped Oregon State , and moved up to D1-A . Despite only recently moving up from D1-AA affiliation , the PAC has historically been one of the strongest conferences in college rugby , with five of its members consistently ranked in the Top 25 overall . The PAC Rugby Conference began play on February 2 , 2013 , with Cal beating Arizona State at Witter Field in Berkeley .
The Dartmouth College Big Green are the varsity and club athletic teams representing Dartmouth College , an American university located in Hanover , New Hampshire . Dartmouth 's teams compete in the Ivy League conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I , as well as in the ECAC Hockey conference . The College offers 34 varsity teams , 17 club sports , and 24 intramural teams . Sports teams are heavily ingrained in the culture of the College and serve as a social outlet , with 75% of the student body participating in some form of athletics .
The Ivy Rugby Conference is an annual rugby union competition played among the eight member schools of the Ivy League . The Ivy Rugby Conference was formed in 2009 . The Ivy Rugby Conference was formed to foster better competition among rugby teams from the Ivy League schools and to raise the quality of play . Ivy Rugby formed committees to manage the league , independently of the LAUs and TUs . The Ivy Rugby Conference , and specifically its sevens tournament , has enabled the Ivy schools to tap into existing rivalries and fan bases . Ivy Rugby has had consistent success in attracting commercial sponsors . Sponsors have included H2H , Royall Lyme and Boathouse Sports . The Ivy League schools have a rich rugby tradition that pre-dates the formation of the Ivy conference . The eight Ivy League schools competed in the Ivy Rugby Championship Tournament from 1969 until the Ivy Rugby Conference was formed in 2009 . The Ivy Rugby logo was developed in 2005 . In addition to the traditional 15-a-side rugby union competition , the teams play yearly for the Ivy Rugby 7s Championship held the first Saturday in November .
The Lindenwood Lions and Lady Lions are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Lindenwood University , located in St. Charles , Missouri . The school is primarily a member of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference , although women 's ice hockey and gymnastics and men 's volleyball compete in NCAA Division I . The Lions joined the NCAA and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association ( MIAA ) in the summer of 2013 , after completing the transition process from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) and the Heart of America Athletic Conference ( HAAC ) . On October 4 , 2018 , Lindenwood announced it would be leaving the MIAA for the Great Lakes Valley Conference effective July 1 , 2019 .
The Mid-South Conference ( MSC ) is an athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA . Member institutions are located in Alabama , Kentucky , Mississippi , Ohio , Tennessee , and Virginia . The Mid-South Conference has nine full members : Campbellsville , Cumberland ( TN ) , Cumberlands ( KY ) , Georgetown College ( KY ) , Lindsey Wilson , Life , Pikeville , Shawnee State , and Thomas More . Seven of these members sponsor football ; Life and Shawnee State do not . The Mid-South Conference also has six associate members that compete primarily in other conferences . Faulkner , Kentucky Christian , Union and recently former member Bluefield are associate members of the MSC for football , Bethel is an associate member of the MSC for football and track and field , and Reinhardt is an associate member of the MSC for football . This gave the conference 13 members for football . In the spring of 2016 , the conference expanded to 20 members , adding the six football members of The Sun Conference , as well as Faulkner University for football , On January 4 , 2018 , the conference added Keiser University for football , and St. Thomas announced in July they would be joining the conference for football in 2019 . In April 2018 , Thomas More University ( then Thomas More College ) , which had been an NAIA member before moving to NCAA Division III in 1990 , announced that it had been formally invited to rejoin the NAIA effective in 2019-20 as a member of the Mid-South Conference . The school , while acknowledging that it was considering this move , denied published reports that it had accepted the invitation . Thomas More eventually confirmed in July 2018 that it would join the Mid-South in 2019 . Another Sun Conference member , St. Thomas in Miami Gardens , Florida also joined the MSC as an affiliate member for football in 2019 .
The Utah Utes are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Utah , located in Salt Lake City . They are named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans . The men 's basketball team is known as the Runnin ' Utes ; the women 's gymnastics team is known as the Red Rocks . Currently Utah competes in the Pac-12 Conference , after it was announced on June 17 , 2010 , that the Utes would join the conference in all sports , beginning in the 2011-2012 academic year . They are the third Pac-12 member to have previously spent time in the Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) , joining old conference rivals Arizona and Arizona State . They are also the first school to leave the Mountain West Conference ( MW ) since it was formed in 1999 . Utah offers a total of 19 varsity sports - seven for men , 11 for women , and one coeducational . Baseball , football , golf , and lacrosse are sponsored for men only . Beach volleyball , cross country , gymnastics , indoor track & field , indoor volleyball , outdoor track & field , soccer , and softball are sponsored for women only . Basketball , swimming & diving , and tennis are sponsored for both sexes . The coeducational sport is skiing ; while schools have separate men 's and women 's squads , the NCAA awards a single national team championship . Utah 's newest varsity sport is men 's lacrosse , which will play its first season in 2019 ( 2018-19 school year ) .
Life University is a private university in Marietta , Georgia . It was established in 1974 by chiropractor Sid E. Williams . In addition to undergraduate and graduate programs in health and wellness-oriented fields , Life University is best known for its Doctor of Chiropractic degree program . It is the largest single campus chiropractic college in the world [ better source needed ] and claims that vitalism is its guiding philosophy . Life University centers their philosophy , including clinical training , around the vertebral subluxation complex .
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 67 D1-A rugby schools divided into eight conferences : East , Mid-South , Rocky Mountain , California , Big Ten , Liberty , Red River , and PAC . 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 . 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 . 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 .
The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the University of California , Los Angeles . The Bruin men 's and women 's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pac-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ( MPSF ) . For football , they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I ( formerly Division I-A ) . UCLA is second to only Stanford University as the school with the most NCAA team championships at 119 NCAA team championships . UCLA offers 11 varsity sports programs for men and 14 for women .
The Kutztown Golden Bears are the sports teams that represent Kutztown University of Pennsylvania , located in Kutztown , Pennsylvania . Kutztown University is a member of NCAA Division II and competes in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference ( PSAC ) . The university sponsors eight men 's and thirteen women 's intercollegiate sports . In 2007-08 , Kutztown University added womens lacrosse and womens bowling to the list of varsity sports that it offers . Kutztown won the Dixon Trophy in 2006 , which is awarded to the PSAC school with the best overall athletic program that year . Kutztown became the fifth league school to win the award after placing second in the rankings in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years . Famous former athletes from Kutztown include football stars Andre Reed , John Mobley , Bruce Harper and Doug Dennison and baseball standout Ryan Vogelsong . The university provides an array of intramural and club sports programs for students . Leagues and tournaments are organized by the Recreational Services department every semester , and range from badminton tournaments to rock climbing competitions .
The Arizona Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent the University of Arizona , located in Tucson . The Wildcats compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I ( Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) for college football ) level as a member of the Pac-12 Conference . Arizona 's chief intercollegiate rival is the Arizona State Sun Devils , and the two universities ' athletic departments compete against each other in multiple sports via the State Farm Territorial Cup Series .
The Army Black Knights are the athletic teams that represent the United States Military Academy , located in West Point , New York . In sports contexts , the teams are commonly referred to as Army West Point . The Black Knights compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I level as a non-football member of the Patriot League , a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school and a member of Atlantic Hockey , the Collegiate Sprint Football League ( men ) , the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League ( men ) , the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association , the Great America Rifle Conference , the National Collegiate Boxing Association , the National Collegiate Paintball Association and the National Intercollegiate Women 's Fencing Association . Army is also one of approximately 300 members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference ( ECAC ) . Three of the service academies ( Army , Air Force , and Navy ) compete for the Commander-in-Chief 's Trophy , which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year ( or retained by the previous winner in the event of a three-way tie ) .
The Navy Midshipmen are the athletic teams that represent the United States Naval Academy . The academy sponsors 33 varsity sports teams and 12 club sport teams . Both men 's and women 's teams are called Navy Midshipmen or Mids . They participate in the NCAA 's Division I , as a non-football member of the Patriot League , a football-only member of the American Athletic Conference in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , and a member of the Collegiate Sprint Football League ( men ) , Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges ( men ) , Eastern Association of Women 's Rowing Colleges , Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League ( men ) , and Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association . Navy is also one of approximately 300 members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference ( ECAC ) . The most important sporting event at the academy is the annual Army-Navy Game . The 2014 season marked Navy 's 13th consecutive victory over Army . The three major service academies ( Navy , Air Force , and Army ) compete for the Commander-in-Chief 's Trophy , which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year ( or retained by the previous winner in the event of a three-way tie ) . Participation in athletics is , in general , mandatory at the Naval Academy and most Midshipmen not on an intercollegiate team must participate actively in intramural or club sports . There are exceptions for non-athletic Brigade Support Activities such as YP Squadron ( a professional surface warfare training activity providing midshipmen the opportunity to earn the Craftmaster Badge ) or the Drum and Bugle Corps . Varsity-letter winners wear a specially-issued blue cardigan with a large gold N patch affixed . If they belong to a team that beats Army in any sport designated Star competition , they are also awarded a gold star ( N-Star ) to affix near the N for each such victory .
The Atlantic Coast Rugby League is an annual rugby union competition played every spring among eight universities - seven from the Atlantic Coast Conference , plus Navy .
Central Washington University ( CWU ) is a public university in Ellensburg , Washington . Founded in 1891 , the university consists of four divisions : the President 's Division , Business and Financial Affairs , Operations , and Academic and Student Life ( ASL ) . Within ASL are four colleges : the College of Arts and Humanities , the College of Business ( Ellensburg campus and University Centers in the Puget Sound and central regions ) , the College of Education and Professional Studies , and College of the Sciences . CWU is considered an emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution with 15 percent Hispanic students .
The San Diego State Aztecs are the athletic teams that represent San Diego State University ( SDSU ) . San Diego State currently sponsors six men 's and thirteen women 's sports at the varsity level . The Aztecs compete in NCAA Division I ( FBS for football ) . Its primary conference is the Mountain West Conference . The women 's water polo team participates in the Golden Coast Conference after leaving the Big West Conference in July 2013 . The men 's soccer team participates as an associate member of the Pac-12 Conference . The women 's rowing team is a member of the American Athletic Conference ( The American ) , following moves from the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association ( WIRA ) to Conference USA ( C-USA ) in 2013 and from C-USA to The American in 2014 . San Diego State 's football team had intended to move to the Big East Conference beginning in 2013 with the remainder of its current Mountain West sports moving to the Big West , but on January 17 it was reported that all of San Diego State 's athletic teams would be readmitted to the Mountain West . News reports ( especially on local radio ) often mention Montezuma Mesa or news from the mesa when discussing San Diego State-related sports events . The San Diego State campus is known as Montezuma Mesa , as the university is situated on a mesa overlooking Mission Valley and is located at the intersection of Montezuma Road and College Avenue in the city of San Diego .
The Penn State Nittany Lions are the athletic teams of Pennsylvania State University , except for the women 's basketball team , known as the Lady Lions . The school colors are navy blue and white . The school mascot is the Nittany Lion . The intercollegiate athletics logo was commissioned in 1983 . Penn State participates as a member institution of the Big Ten Conference at the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) level for most sports . Penn State is one of only 15 universities in the nation that plays Division I FBS football and Division I men 's ice hockey . Two sports participate in different conferences because they are not sponsored by the Big Ten : men 's volleyball in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association ( EIVA ) and women 's ice hockey in College Hockey America ( CHA ) . The fencing teams operate as independents . Penn State has finished in the top 25 in every NACDA Director 's Cup final poll , a feat only matched by nine other institutions : Stanford , UCLA , USC , Florida , Ohio State , Texas , North Carolina , and Michigan . The NACDA Director 's Cup is a list compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics that charts institutions ' overall success in college sports . Penn State 's highest finish came in the 1998-1999 standings when the Nittany Lions finished 3rd . PSU finished in 5th place in the 2013-14 standings ; it was the fifth time the program finished in the top 5 and the tenth time the program finished in the top 10 .
The Arkansas State Red Wolves are the athletic teams of Arkansas State University . They are a member of the Sun Belt Conference in all sports except women 's bowling , a sport not sponsored by that league , competing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I level . The bowling team competes in the single-sport Southland Bowling League .
The Michigan Wolverines comprise 27 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan . These teams compete in the NCAA 's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except women 's water polo , which competes in the NCAA inter-divisional Collegiate Water Polo Association . Team colors are maize and blue , though these are different shades of maize and blue than those used by the university at large . The winged helmet is a recognized icon of Michigan Athletics . The Wolverines are an athletic powerhouse nationally . In the past 13 of 20 years ( through 2016-17 ) , Michigan has finished in the top five of the NACDA Directors ' Cup , a list compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics that charts institutions ' overall success in college sports . Just as impressive , UM has finished in the top ten of the Directors ' Cup standings in twenty of the award 's twenty-six seasons ( through 2019 ) good for 5th best nationally .
Big Ten Universities is a Division 1-A college rugby conference founded in summer 2012 by ten of the twelve schools that then made up the Big Ten Conference ( which has since expanded to 14 members ) . The Big Ten Universities was formed to improve rugby among the Big Ten schools by capitalizing on traditional Big Ten rivalries , increasing the number of fans , attracting talented high school rugby players , and playing other regional schools , which would create more competitive matchups with traditional rivals . Prior to 2012 , most of these schools had played in the now defunct Division 1-AA Midwest conference ( Iowa , Minnesota , Nebraska , Wisconsin ) and the Division 1-AA Mid-Eastern conference ( Indiana , Michigan State , Purdue ) . Ohio State had played in Division 1-A in the East conference . Organization of college rugby has been evolving since 2009 , with many schools organizing into conferences similar to the traditional NCAA conferences . In November 2010 , USA Rugby 's college management committee set out a plan for transitioning universities to NCAA-style conferences . The purpose of the realignment is for college rugby to capitalize on the marketability of major college conference rivalries .