Following an exciting opening to the College playoffs in the Women’s bracket, The Emirates Airline USA Rugby 2012 Men’s Division I-AA & II College Playoffs get underway this weekend all across the country.

The Men’ DI-AA & II round of 16 is being hosted in four different locations: Cottage Grove Wisc, Hanover N.H., Knoxville Tenn, and Stanford Calif. Play will commence on Saturday, April 28th at (All times below local).

Saturday, April 28th
Steuber Rugby Stadium, Stanford CA

M’s DII Matches

Sierra vs CSU – Long Beach
Santa Rosa JC vs Utah Valley

M’s D1-AA Matches

Oregon State vs UC Santa Barbara
San Diego State vs Santa Clara

Saturday, April 28th
Wisconsin Rugby Sports Complex, Cottage Grove, WI

M’s DII Matches

UW – Whitewater vs Texas Tech
Lindenwood vs UW – Milwaukee

M’s D1-AA Matches

Wisconsin vs Missouri
Davenport vs Texas

Saturday, April 28th
Tennessee Rugby Park, Knoxville TN

M’s DII Matches

Salisbury vs Sewanee
East Carolina vs UNC – Whitewater

M’s D1-AA Matches

Florida vs Florida State
Maryland vs Tennessee

Saturday, April 28th
Brophy Field, Hanover NH

M’s DII Matches

Colgate vs Bentley
Boston University vs Towson

M’s D1-AA Matches

Dartmouth vs Shippensburg
Northeastern vs Stony Brook

Winning teams from day one will be playing on day two for advancement to the national semifinals to be held May 18th & 19th at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy UT. Tickets for the Men’s College Championships at Rio Tinto are slated to go on sale soon.

Got a favorite team in the tournament? Print out your very own playoff bracket and pick your winners! Get all your friends and hold your own pick-em contest and find out who is the rugby “Bracketologist”!

You can also get results and follow all the action from this weekend’s playoff race on the USA Rugby Facebook Page. Scores will be posted as soon as they are available! A full report on the day’s matches will be available on usarugby.org.