The seventh week of CPD play definitely lived up to expectations set by the previous six. Most matches were easily won by the victor, while the two games that likely decided second place for the Pacific and Western Conferences went down to the final minute of play.
In Pacific play, St. Mary’s traveled up to Central Washington for a bout that would likely determine the second Pacific Division bid to the playoffs. The match went back and forth all day, but was not decided until the 77th minute when Tim Maupin slithered through the CWU defense to score the winning try and likely boost St. Mary’s to the playoffs.
In Western play, the Air Force Zoomies traveled to Utah with hopes of dropping the Utes from the number two position in the Western standings. After a hard-fought match Utah came away with a 34-27 victory and earned some much needed division points. The battle for the Western Division’s number two playoff seed is tied up between Utah and Arizona State, each team has earned 20 points thus far. Note: Utah beat ASU 29-20 in the second week of CPD play.
CPD Statistical Leaders through Week 7:
Tries: Ryan Roundy, BYU; 17 tries
Conversions: Shaun Davies, BYU; 41 conversions
Penalty Kicks: William Holder, Army; 9 Penalty Kicks
Total Points: Shaun Davies, BYU; 126 points
Boxscores:
| Utah 34 | Air Force 27 |
| Tries: Houma, Tuineau, Hafoka, Fivas, Kimball | Kinderwater, Ragsdale, Russomanno, Schuetze |
| Conversions: Lauti (3) | Fiebig (2) |
| Penalty Kicks: Lauti | Cleveland |
| Bookings: none | none |
| Arizona 55 | Colorado State 16 |
| Tries: Getzler (2), Fass (2), Bailey, Tiberio, Thompson (2) | Vieira, Slinkard |
| Conversions: S. Lauti (5) | none |
| Penalty Kicks: none | Walker (2) |
| Bookings: Fass (yellow) | none |
| Colorado 60 | Wyoming 17 |
| Tries: Kilfoyle (4), Lahman (2), Tarshis, Barkmeier, Savage, Silva | Palm, Donaldson, Webster |
| Conversions: Kilfoyle (5) | Kendall |
| Penalty Kicks: none | none |
| Bookings: none | Wulf, Palm (yellows) |
| St. Mary’s 22 | CWU 18 |
| Tries: Haley, Evans, Maupin, Brewer | Stanfill, Hamilton |
| Conversions: Brewer | Hamilton |
| Penalty Kicks: none | Hamilton (2) |
| Bookings: Wallace (yellow) | Bates (yellow) |
| San Diego State 39 | Claremont 12 |
| Tries: Mironov, Purcell, Broussard, J. Kelm, Sparks, D. Kelm | Bellinger, Astor |
| Conversions: D. Kelm (3) | Nigh |
| Penalty Kicks: D. Kelm | none |
| Bookings: Maypole (yellow) | Hoesterey (yellow) |
| Cal Poly 48 | UC Davis 12 |
| Tries: Hamilton, Gersh (2), Osterloh (2), Sullivan, Nasser, Ferri | Meyers, Doval |
| Conversions: Ferri (4) | Harrison |
| Penalty Kicks: none | none |
| Bookings: Murphy (yellow) | Silva (yellow) |
| LSU 41 | Tennessee 11 |
| Tries: Cadella, DeLeaumont, Glennon, Alongi (2), Savage, Ducoing | Boyd |
| Conversions: Alongi (3) | none |
| Penalty Kicks: none | Wood (2) |
| Bookings: Middleton (yellow) | Wheeler (yellow), Goff (Red) |
| Arkansas St. 70 | Notre Dame 21 |
| Tries: Gericke, Z. Mizell, Paterson, Bates, Raath (2), Potgieter, Oliver, Gragg, Swanepoel (2) | Mitchell, Civetta, O’Connor |
| Conversions: Sullivan (6) | Peterson (3) |
| Penalty Kicks: Sullivan | none |
| Bookings: none | none |
| Army 57 | Ohio State 15 |
| Tries: Geib, Hansche, Leatigaga (2), Ryan, Palmer, Holder, Moten | Martin, Cochran |
| Conversions: Holder (7) | Willatt |
| Penalty Kicks: Holder | Willatt |
| Bookings: none | none |
| Navy 27 | Dartmouth 10 |
| Tries: Burge (2), Taylor, Feller, Ousley | Grant |
| Conversions: Arnsberger | Fish |
| Penalty Kicks: none | Fish |
| Bookings: none | none |
| Penn State 28 | Rutgers 17 |
| Tries: Chavis, Kretchmar, Erickson, Metcalf | Hamilton, Rubenstein, Roblin |
| Conversions: Baker (4) | Beal |
| Penalty Kicks: none | none |
| Bookings: Messner (yellow) | Malanka (yellow) |
| Kutztown 32 | Delaware 24 |
| Tries: Fryberger (2), Gregory, Jessell (2), Acker | Mullen, Bendetto, Dawkins, Tomai |
| Conversions: Acker | Kowalski (2) |
| Penalty Kicks: none | none |
| Bookings: Frederick (yellow) | none |
CPD Week 8 Schedule (all times local to site)
Rugby East
Dartmouth at Ohio State (1 pm)
Army at Penn State (1 pm)
Kutztown at Rutgers (7 pm)*** Friday, April 22
Navy at Delaware (7:30 pm)*** Friday, April 22
Mid-South
Texas A&M at Arkansas State (1 pm)
Oklahoma at Notre Dame (1 pm)