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The Big Ten Rugby Conference (B1G Rugby) is a collegiate rugby league composed primarily of universities that are members of the Big Ten academic and athletic institutions, but it operates independently from the official Big Ten athletic conference. The league was formed to build on the traditional rivalries among these universities, but because of travel challenges, not every original Big 10 is in the rugby conference. Only seven of the teams that made up the Big 10 NCAA conference starting in the 1950s are in the Big Ten Rugby Conference. To even things out, the rugby conference added Notre Dame, which is a University with similar history and background to the Big Ten Universities.

This conference is split into West and East, with teams playing three conference games each. The top two from each side then play in semifinals, and the bottom two from each side play in 5th-place semifinals. Then all of the teams meet for a day of championship rugby in which all eight are placed 1st through 8th.

Of the eight teams in B1G Rugby, five play in the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) postseason, while the other three play toward a College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) postseason.

Men's D1A

Updated: October 26, 2026
Brown players celebrate beating Dartmouth Nov 7, 2026 to win the Liberty Conference.
College Men

NCR D1 Playoff Picture Clearing As Conference Winners Decided

NCR's Men's D1 playoff picture is clearing.

This article will be updated as results come in.

Here's what's going on right now:

Big Rivers: Marian defeated Aquinas 18-12 in the conference final Saturday in Chicago, winning their second-straight conference title.

Big games ahead for both Lindenwood and Ohio State.
College Men

Big Games and Intriguing Matchups in D1A This Week

Some championship and major playoff seeding questions will be answered this week in D1A.

Big 10

Ohio State takes on Indiana in the Big 10 final at Kuntz Stadium. Both teams played cross-divisional matches last week, with Indiana falling to Kutztown 19-12, and Ohio State losing a close one 44-42 to Arkansas State.

Walsh vs Rio Grande 2026 Photo Alex Goff.
College Men

NCR D1 Big Games and Playoff Ramifications This Week

NCR D1 conferences figure some things out this weekend as the playoffs are now just a couple of weeks away.

Let's take a look at who could be considered for the NCR playoff bracket and what they have to do to get there.

GCU vs CSULB 2026. Photo J. Dalton Photography.
College Men

Around The Nation in D1A: Rocky Mountain, Midwest, Big 10, Rugby East, and More

It was a very busy weekend in D1A rugby and we're seeing some improvement steps among a number of teams.

Rocky Mountain

BYU won comfortably over rivals Utah, with Victory Mataele logging 26 points thanks to two tries and eight conversions. Will Pugmire also scored two times.

Indiana in black and Ohio State in red and a very rpetty sunset.
College Men

Storming First Half Sees Ohio State Past Indiana

Ohio State rode a 35-point first half to defeat Indiana 42-25 on a chilly Friday night in Columbus, Ohio.

The victory doesn't affect the Big Ten standings but it does set up a nice narrative for what could well be the conference final.

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