Division 1-A Rugby
Year Venue Metro Area Champion Score Runners-up Attend TV Coverage Semi-finalists
2011 Rio Tinto Stadium Salt Lake City , UT California 21-14 BYU 11,000 ESPN3 / ESPNU Arkansas St. / Utah
2012 Rio Tinto Stadium Salt Lake City , UT BYU 49-42 Arkansas St 8,733 ESPN3 Life University / St. Mary 's
2013 UNCG Soccer Stadium Greensboro , NC Life University 16-14 St. Mary 's ( CA ) 4,000 ESPN3 / ESPNU Arkansas St. / Cal Poly
2014 Steuber Rugby Stadium Palo Alto , CA St. Mary 's ( CA ) 21-6 Life University 4,000 USA Rugby TV Arkansas St. / Lindenwood
2015 Fifth Third Bank Stadium Atlanta , GA St. Mary 's ( CA ) 30-24 Life University 3,100 ESPN3 Lindenwood / Davenport
2016 St. Mary 's Stadium Moraga , CA Life University 24-20 St. Mary 's ( CA ) 2,000 Rugby Channel Lindenwood / Utah
2017 St. Mary 's Stadium Moraga , CA St. Mary 's ( CA ) 30-24 Life University 2,000 CBSSN BYU / Arizona
2018 Stevens Stadium Santa Clara , CA Life University 60-5 California 4,000 CBSSN Penn State / Lindenwood
2019 Stevens Stadium Santa Clara , CA Life University 29-26 California 4,000 CBSSN St. Mary 's ( CA ) / Lindenwood
D1-A Championships
Division 1-A Rugby (formerly known as the College Premier Division) is the highest level of college rugby within the United States and is administered by USA Rugby. Division 1-A rugby is modeled after NCAA athletic competitions, with the 67 D1-A rugby schools divided into eight conferences: East, Mid-South, Rocky Mountain, California, Big Ten, Liberty, Red River, and PAC. The regular season sees all teams in the conference play one another, with the two top seeds qualifying for the playoffs. Playoffs are a single-elimination format, occurring each year in April and May, with the winner of D1-A declared the National Champion. Regular seasons for most conferences are played in the spring, although some cold-weather conferences, such as the Big Ten Universities, play their regular season in the fall. The competition's first season was played during 2011 and consisted of teams from 31 schools from across the United States. The first ever match of the competition was played on Friday March 4, the Arizona State Sun Devils hosted the Colorado Buffaloes at the Arizona State University Soccer Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. The 2011 final was played at Rio Tinto Stadium, in Sandy, Utah, on the 21 May 2011. D1-A Rugby secured sponsorships in 2012 with World Rugby Shop and Veloce. Several players who have excelled in the top level competitions in college rugby have also represented their country as part of the United States national under-20 rugby union team.