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The 2023 Division 1-A Rugby Championship is the eleventh season of the Division 1-A Rugby championship, the annual university rugby union competition run by USA Rugby involving the top twelve college teams in the United States. Navy won their first Championship with a 28–22 win over California, capping a perfect 18–0 season.
Teams Twelve clubs from the six major conferences compete in the 2023 National Championship playoffs.
The distribution of teams is: PAC Rugby Conference: two teams California: two teams Rocky Mountain: one team Independent: one team Rugby East: two teams Mid-South Conference: three teams Red River Conference: one team
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
PAC Rugby Conference California Rocky Mountain Independent Rugby East Mid-South Conference Red River Conference Arizona California Cal Poly Saint Mary's BYU Central Washington Army Navy Davenport Life Lindenwood Texas A&M
Team locations
Standings
+ IndependentTeamRecord Central Washington8–1+174
+ Mid-SouthTeamRecord1 Lindenwood5–1+1813232 Life4–2+613193 Davenport3–3–410124 Arkansas State0–6–10111
+ Pac Rugby ConferenceTeamRecord1 California3–0+1693152 Arizona2–1+762103 UCLA1–2–5374 Utah0–3–24000
+ Rugby East (North)TeamRecord1 Navy5–03232 Army4–15203 St. Bonaventure3–22144 Notre Dame College2–32105 Kutztown1–4376 Penn State0–511
+ Big Ten Team Record 1 Indiana (W) 5 — 02 Ohio State (E) 4 — 13 Notre Dame 4 — 14 Illinois 3 — 25 Wisconsin 3 — 26 Michigan State 2 — 37 Michigan 1 — 48 Purdue 0 — 5
+ Red River TeamRecord1 Texas A&M6–030+4932 Texas4–220+303 Baylor3–215-224 North Texas2–310-1725 Oklahoma1–47-796 Texas Tech0–51-250
Bracket
Round 1
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Rudy Scholz Award Winner Lewis Gray, US Naval Academy
Finalists Wyatt Parry, BYU Max Schumacher, Cal Joe Marchant, Saint Mary's Lewis Gray, US Naval Academy Orrin Bizer, Life University
2022–2023 First Team All Americans Gabe Mahuinga – Brigham Young University Runako Brynard – Lindenwood University Joe Marchant – Saint Mary's College Ben Haugh – Navy Lucas Pattinson – Army Kaipono Kaioshi – Saint Mary's College Alex Cleary – Central Washington University Orrin Bizer – Life University Tiaan Mosconi – Army Max Schumacher – University of California – Berkeley Nick Hardrict II – Lindenwood University EJ Freeman – University of Arizona Lewis Gray – Navy Daelen Denenberg, Santa Clara University Roanin Krieger – Navy Emilio Shea – University of California – Berkeley Adam Chadwick – Life University Connor Devos – Lindenwood University Jack McMahon – Navy Dominic Besag – Saint Mary's College Cole Semu – Brigham Young University Calvin Liulamaga – Central Washington University Donovan Law, Life University
See also College rugby in the United States Collegiate Rugby Championship Intercollegiate sports team champions National Collegiate Rugby Championship results United States national under-20 rugby union team Varsity Cup Championship
References