Saturday's national collegiate championship between California and Brigham Young, kicking off at 7 p.m. MT at Rio Tinto Stadium on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, Utah, marks the sixth straight meeting between the Golden Bears and Cougars in the final.

Saturday's national collegiate championship between California and Brigham Young, kicking off at 7 p.m. MT at Rio Tinto Stadium on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, Utah, marks the sixth straight meeting between the Golden Bears and Cougars in the final.

The May 21 title match will be webcast live on ESPN3.com and telecast locally by tape delay on ESPNU at 7 a.m. PT on Sunday, May 22.

The Bears (26-0, 9-0) advanced to the championship with their 62-14 win over Utah in the semifinals, while BYU (15-0, 9-0) defeated Arkansas State in the other semifinal, 36-15, to set up the next chapter in their epic rivalry.

Cal has defeated the Cougars in four of their past five national championship meetings and the Bears carry a 7-1 all-time record against BYU into Saturday's final. But despite historical success against BYU, Cal enters the 2011 national collegiate championship as the acknowledged underdog. The Bears have been ranked No. 2 behind the top-ranked Cougars for most of the season and BYU is bringing serious firepower into Saturday's clash.

BYU All-America scrumhalf Shaun Davies, who leads the top level of collegiate rugby with 191 points scored this year, forms a potent tandem with fellow South African and 2010 All-American Dylan Lubbe at flyhalf.

Cougars No. 8 Ryan Roundy, another All-American who made appearances last summer with the U.S. National Sevens team in London and Scotland, is the CPD's top try-scorer with 21 tries in 2011.

Newcomer Jared Whippy has made a big impact for BYU this year at center and junior flanker Hynie Leaaetoa has returned to top form after missing 2010 with injury. Other All-America arrows in head coach Dave Smyth's quiver include back Inoke Funaki, lock Viliami Vimahi and prop Mike Su'a.

"Everyone I've spoken with close to the BYU program acknowledges this as their best team ever," said Bears head coach Jack Clark. "I really don't see any holes in their team. They have a good mix of raw power, athleticism and rugby skill. You can't help but be very impressed."

Cal has had a very successful season and enters the final with talent of its own, stating with the all-senior front row of Jeremy Deterding, Neill Barrett and James Besser. Despite what it may lack in prototypical locks, the Bears' back five features interchangeable options among players rising to 6-foot-3 and 6-foot-4, a group that includes Danny Barrett, Brendan Daly, Drew Hyjer, Jason Law, Ryan Hodson and Tom Rooke. Powerful Derek Asbun rounds out an impressive back row.

Connor Ring and freshman Paul Bosco have been handling scrumhalf duties and James Bailes has been outstanding at flyhalf with a midfield of Sean Gallinger and sophomore Seamus Kelly. The team looks to have settled on the deep-three combination of Blaine Scully at fullback with Dustin Muhn and James McTurk on the wings.

The challenge is a formidable one for both teams, which is no surprise considering the stakes: the right to be called the 2011 national collegiate champions.