8 (spring) UC Davis 27, Notre Dame College 19 2017–18 (fall) Davenport 89, Notre Dame College 24 (spring) Chico State 54, UCF 26 2018–19 (fall) Air Force 40, Davenport 27 (spring) BYU 48, Virginia Tech 0 2019–20 (fall) Air Force 26, Navy 10 (spring) cancelled (pandemic) 2020–21 (fall) cancelled (pandemic) (spring) cancelled (pandemic) 2021–22 (fall) Navy 20, Davenport 12 (CRAA) (spring) BYU 80, Virginia Tech 7 (CRAA) National Collegiate Rugby (Women) Division I 2021 (fall) – Life University 87, Northern Iowa 3 (For NCR in 2021, Life University fielded a largely freshman and sophomore team.) College Rugby Sevens Since the 2009 announcement that rugby sevens will be included in the 2016 Olympics, college rugby sevens has grown more popular. The addition of Rugby 7s to the 2016 Summer Olympics has led to increasing interest from TV and other media coverage, and an increased emphasis in the collegiate ranks on the 7s game. For example, the University of Texas founded its competitive rugby sevens program in 2010. Cal rugby announced in December 2011 that beginning in 2013 it would use the fall term for sevens. Collegiate Rugby Championship The Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) is the highest profile college sevens rugby championship in the United States. The inaugural CRC, held in Columbus, Ohio in June 2010 was televised live by NBC and NBC Universal. The result was high ratings, with the CRC ratings beating the NCAA lacrosse championship. The success of the inaugural 2010 tournament led to a second tournament in 2011 at PPL Park in Philadelphia, again televised live by NBC. NBC recognized that rugby is growing in popularity, participation, and interest. In 2014, the Penn Mutual Life Insurance company become the title sponsor of the championship. The tournament grew each year and was signed to a multi-year deal with several large sponsors and Talen Energy Stadium (Formerly PPL Park) for the tournament to be held in Philadelphia for several more years. The success of the tournament in 2016 showed how popular this collegiate level event had become. The National Collegiate Rugby Organization obtained the rights to the CRC in 2020 and since 2021 has staged its championship 7s matches at the tournament in New Orleans. Men's YEAR: CHAMPION; SCORE; RUNNER-UP 2010: Utah 31 – 26 California 2011: Dartmouth 32 – 10 Army 2012: Dartmouth 24 – 5 Arizona 2013: California 19 – 14 Life 2014: California 24 – 21 Kutztown