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The Heart of America Rugby Football Union is a college rugby conference playing in Division 1-AA, with members composed mostly of Big 12 and SEC schools (and many of these schools enjoying longstanding rivalries from the former Big Eight Conference). HOA organizes a league competition with the winner qualifying for the national playoffs, and every fall hosts a rugby sevens tournament with the winner qualifying for the national sevens championships. Heart of America was a Division 2 conference until 2011, with Arkansas and Missouri ranked among the top teams in Division 2.〔Rugby Mag, Men's DII College Top 25, Dec. 7, 2010, http://www.rugbymag.com/rankings/203-mens-dii-college-top-25-dec-7-2010.html〕 In summer 2011, however, with the creation of the Premier College Division (Division 1-A), several conferences including HOA decided to move up to Division 1-AA. The HOA conference is led by Conference Commissioner Miles Hunter of Oklahoma State.〔Rugby Mag, USA Rugby Certifies College Conferences, June 21, 2011, http://www.rugbymag.com/college-news/1271-usa-rugby-certifies-college-conferences.html〕 == Current members == The current member schools (and the date they joined the conference) are: Member notes: * Lindenwood joined HOA summer of 2012. Lindenwood was the Division 2 champion in 2011-12, and was promoted to Division 1-AA for the 2012-13 year. * Iowa State joined HOA summer of 2012. Iowa State played in the D1-AA Midwest conference until summer 2012, and joined HOA when the majority of the Midwest conference teams joined the newly formed Big 10 rugby conference. * Former member Central Missouri left the conference in summer 2012 to play in the Division 2 Gateway Collegiate Rugby Conference.〔Rugby Mag, Gateway Collegiate Rugby Conference Launched, April 26, 2012, http://www.rugbymag.com/men's-dii-college-/4307-gateway-collegiate-conference-launched.html〕 * Former member Lindenwood left the HOA conference during the summer of 2013 to play in the Division 1-A Mid/South conference. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heart of America (college rugby)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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