Varsity Rugby Programs

While most collegiate teams are club-based, there are more teams being supported as NCAA-sanctioned varsity (women's only), non-sanctioned varsity, and quasi-varsity rugby programs on their respective campuses.

NCAA-Sanctioned Varsity Programs (NIRA)

National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) Teams

Division I (10)

Brown U, Dartmouth U, Harvard U, Long Island U, Mount St Mary's U, Princeton U, Quinnipiac U, Sacred Heart U, US Military Academy at West Point (Army), & US Naval Academy at Annapolis

Division II (8)

Alderson Broaddus U, American International U, Davenport U, Lander U, Newberry U, New Haven U, Queens U, & West Chester U

Division III (9)

Adrian C, Bowdoin C, Colby Sawyer C, Guilford C, Manhattanville C, New England C, Norwich U, U of New England, Vermont State U - Castleton

NCAA sanctioned programs that are not part of NIRA:

Central Washington University (plays in CRAA DI Elite)

Varsity Programs (non-sanctioned)

These institutions provide scholarships and fund the rugby team(s) under their intercollegiate athletic department but not do fully meet the requirements of NCAA or NAIA to be a sanctioned program.

NCAA Institutions

Adrian College (MI), NCAA D1
- - - Men - CRAA
Lindenwood University (MO), NCAA DII
- - - Men - CRAA
    - Women - CRAA
Notre Dame College (OH), NCAA DII
- - - Men - CRAA
    - Women - NCR
St. Bonaventure University (NY), NCAA DI
- - - Men - CRAA
    - Women - NCR
Southern Nazarene University (OK), NCAA DII
- - - Men - NCR
    - Women - NCR
- University of California - Berkeley (CA), NCAA DI
  - - Men- CRAA
United State Military Academy (West Point), NCAA DI
- - - Men - CRAA
United States Naval Academy (MD), NCAA DI
- - - Men - CRAA
Queen's University at Charlotte (NC), NCAA DII
- - - Men - CRAA
- Vassar College (NY), NCAA DIII
  - - Women - NCR
- Others TBD

NAIA Institutions

LIfe University (GA)
- - - Men - CRAA
    - Women - CRAA
- Others TBD

Quasi-Varsity Programs

These rugby programs may or may not offer scholarships. If they do, they are likely funded by an alumni association tied to the rugby program. And, in contrast to other rugby programs that are club-based, the rugby team(s) at these schools have regular access to coaches, practice/competitie fields, conditioning facilities, sports medicine personnel, and often transportation through an arrangement with the club sports and/or intercollegiate athletic department.

NCAA Institutions

Pennsylvania State University (women)
Stanford University
Others TBD

NAIA Institutions

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