page_title: NCAA Emerging Sports for Women
section_title: Rugby
hierarchical_section_title: NCAA Emerging Sports for Women / Sports / Current emerging sports / Rugby
caption_attribution_description: English: Logo of NCAA Emerging Sports for Women Rugby
context_page_description: NCAA Emerging Sports for Women are intercollegiate women's sports that are recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States, but do not have sanctioned NCAA Championships.
context_section_description: The Penn State University are the best college team, with 16 titles, 14 during the Emerging program.
  As of the 2016–17 school year, there were seven D-I, three D-II, and four D-III schools participating in varsity competition. Three schools added the sport in 2018–19, and two more did so in 2019–20. Additionally, the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association, which currently administers the college championship, began actively working with more than 20 additional schools during the 2018–19 school year, with the goal of either establishing new women's rugby programs or elevating existing club teams to NCAA status.
caption: Logo of ESW Rugby
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