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Unlike most college sports, rugby is not governed by the NCAA ; it is sponsored by USA Rugby . For this reason, college players can also play professionally in the United States or abroad. It is played in 7s or 15s and most colleges and universities field a team (sometimes with second, third, and even fourth XV's). These schools are broken down by the strength of their Rugby Union program. Similar to the NCAA, there are divisions. Division I consists of the strongest programs and there are Divisions II and III for small programs and less talented teams. Unlike the NCAA, however, and similar to the English Premier League , the team that wins its division moves up to the next highest division and the team with the fewest points drops down to the next lowest division. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS This section contains a list of the last ten national championship matches and the outcome. 1996- University Of California, Berkeley 47 Penn State 6 1997-University of California, Berkeley 41 Penn State 15 1998-University of California, Berkeley 34 Stanford 15 1999-University of California, Berkeley 36 Penn State 5 2000-University of California, Berkeley 62 University Of Wyoming 16 2001-University of California, Berkeley 86 Penn State 11 2002-University of California, Berkeley 43 Utah 22 2003- United States Air Force Academy 45 Harvard University 37 2004-University of California, Berkeley 46 Cal Poly 24 2005-University of California, Berkeley 44 Utah 7 SEE ALSO |
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