<p>Why is that a major upset? Michigan isn't such a hot team this year. At least, not thus far. I guess the news is that Amaker's team beat his former players. </p>
<p>Harvard plays Ohio State in hockey this year--no other Big Ten schools.</p>
<p>hoedown,
I guess when I read the linked article above about how the U Michigan fans expected a double digit Wolverine victory, then I viewed Harvard's win as an upset. Too bad you guys won't have the opportunity to return the favor in hockey. </p>
<p>I have updated and expanded the rankings information that has been previously provided. I intend to add some attendance data when the conference games start as they are a more accurate indicator of student and local fan interest. Please make any suggestions on other material that might be interesting or useful to track. Thanks.</p>
<p>National Rankings according to Sagarin (as of December 5, 2007) </p>
<p>Rank , MEN'S DIVISION I BASKETBALL</p>
<p>1 , U North Carolina
2 , Duke
5 , UCLA
8 , Georgetown
22 , Vanderbilt
30 , UC Berkeley
33 , Stanford
34 , Notre Dame
37 , USC
41 , U Virginia
89 , Wake Forest
108 , U Michigan
186 , Brown
191 , Yale
192 , Northwestern
204 , Harvard
218 , Cornell
240 , Columbia
246 , Princeton
248 , U Penn
263 , Rice
290 , Dartmouth</p>
<pre><code> Other Division I Colleges Mentioned in this thread
</code></pre>
<p>44 , Boston College
56 , Holy Cross
161 , Fordham
216 , Colgate</p>
<pre><code> 341 Division I teams are ranked
Rankings on Division III teams will be available in January, 2008
</code></pre>
<p>National Rankings voted by Coaches (as of December 4, 2007) </p>
<p>Rank , WOMEN'S DIVISION I BASKETBALL</p>
<p>4 , U North Carolina
5 , Stanford
12 , UC Berkeley
15 , Duke
17 , Vanderbilt
20 , Notre Dame</p>
<p>National Rankings voted by Coaches (as of December 4, 2007)<br>
Rank , WOMEN'S DIVISION III BASKETBALL</p>
<p>14 , Wash U
21 , U Chicago</p>
<p>US College Hockey Online Rankings (as of December 3, 2007) </p>
<p>Rank , MEN'S DIVISION I ICE HOCKEY</p>
<p>3 , U Michigan
6 , Notre Dame
13 , Harvard</p>
<p>Rank , WOMEN'S DIVISION I ICE HOCKEY</p>
<p>2 , Harvard
8 , Dartmouth</p>
<p>Latest Sagarin Ratings:</p>
<p>1 North Carolina<br>
2 Duke<br>
3 Kansas<br>
4 Texas<br>
5 UCLA<br>
6 Memphis<br>
7 Pittsburgh<br>
8 West Virginia<br>
9 Michigan State<br>
10 Georgetown<br>
11 Washington State<br>
12 Tennessee<br>
13 Xavier-Ohio<br>
14 Marquette<br>
15 Indiana<br>
16 Texas A&M<br>
17 Arizona<br>
18 Oregon<br>
19 Vanderbilt<br>
20 Butler<br>
21 Clemson<br>
22 Gonzaga<br>
23 Wisconsin<br>
24 Louisville<br>
25 Florida<br>
26 Arkansas<br>
27 Stanford<br>
28 BYU<br>
29 Ohio State<br>
30 Creighton<br>
31 Mississippi<br>
32 California<br>
33 Notre Dame<br>
34 Miami-Florida<br>
35 Illinois<br>
36 Southern California<br>
37 Villanova<br>
38 Saint Mary's-Cal.<br>
39 Rhode Island<br>
40 Providence<br>
41 Florida State<br>
42 Connecticut<br>
43 Boston College<br>
44 Missouri<br>
45 Virginia<br>
46 Dayton<br>
47 UNLV<br>
48 Miami-Ohio<br>
49 Baylor<br>
50 Syracuse<br>
51 Winthrop<br>
52 San Diego State<br>
53 Oklahoma<br>
54 Kentucky<br>
55 Oklahoma State<br>
56 Missouri State<br>
57 Massachusetts<br>
58 Southern Illinois<br>
59 Holy Cross<br>
60 Drake<br>
61 Minnesota<br>
62 Georgia Tech<br>
63 Maryland<br>
64 Mississippi State</p>
<p>
[quote]
Their first 4 games were a YAWN:</p>
<p>Youngstown State
Akron
Washington (Pac-10 bottom feeder - 'cept my Bears lost to 'em)
Northwestern (lost to Duke!)
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Uhh, who did Arizona St. play? San Jose St., San Diego St. and Colorado.</p>
<p>You can say the same for most teams, including SEC teams.</p>
<p>dOSU did crush some pretty decent teams such as Wisconsin (which btw, did crush Wash St.), PSU, Mich. and Purdue.</p>
<p>And while NU did lose to Duke – they were an OK team – finishing 6-6.
It took a “perfect storm” for the Duke win.</p>
<p>NU had outgained Duke 506 yards to 309 yards and still lost the game b/c the NU’s young HC had a massive brainfart and took points OFF the board. </p>
<p>That along with the inexperienced OC going away from the NU spread O, questionable penalties against the ‘Cats – over 100 yds (who normally don’t get penalized much) and the ‘Cats missing their best player (Sutton) pretty much sealed it for them (although, they still had a chance to win it in the last minute).</p>
<p>^ Uhhh, Colorado beat Oklahoma...</p>
<p>^ and Stanford beat USC - that still doesn't mean that the Cardinals were any good this year.</p>
<p>^ True...and 'furd beat Cal... damn. :(</p>
<p>FYI: It's "Stanfurd Cardinal"...the color, not the bird. Lame I know.</p>
<p>While I expected the typical Cal letdown in the 2nd half of the season (losing a game or 2 they should have won) - I certainly didn't expect Tedford to have Cal totally collapse as they did this season.</p>
<p>^ Yep, the team gave up. Longshore lost all confidence after the injury and exhibited no leadership, and the team suffered.</p>
<p>I fault Tedford for sticking by him all season.</p>
<p>In college athletics, major college football gets all of the attention in the fall. The USNWR Top 30 did pretty well in the football season as five schools will be going on to bowl games (UC Berkeley, U Virginia, UCLA, U Michigan and Wake Forest). Congrats to those colleges on their fine seasons and good luck in the bowl games. </p>
<p>Now that the calendar has moved to the winter athletic season, the USNWR Top 30 national universities are showing real strength in college basketball, eg:
1. For the Division I men, 8 colleges are in the top 35 of the Sagarin rankings (341 teams ranked)
2. For the Division I women, 6 colleges are in the Coaches Top 25 poll.<br>
3. Three colleges (U North Carolina, Duke, Vanderbilt) have teams in the top 20 for BOTH men's and women's basketball. </p>
<p>Get to a game if you can and check out the fun and the excitement and if you can't score a ticket, all will be on national TV many times over the winter months (including the women). </p>
<p>Here are the latest rankings:</p>
<p>National Rankings according to Sagarin (as of December 11, 2007)</p>
<p>Rank , MEN'S DIVISION I BASKETBALL</p>
<p>1 , U North Carolina
2 , Duke<br>
5 , UCLA<br>
8 , Georgetown
18 , Vanderbilt
28 , Stanford
31 , Notre Dame
35 , USC<br>
42 , UC Berkeley
45 , U Virginia
101 , Wake Forest
113 , U Michigan
153 , Northwestern
168 , Brown
204 , Yale
210 , Cornell
221 , U Penn
225 , Harvard
250 , Princeton
252 , Columbia
272 , Rice
291 , Dartmouth</p>
<p>Other Division I Colleges Mentioned in this thread</p>
<p>34 , Boston College
60 , Holy Cross
169 , Fordham
216 , Colgate</p>
<p>341 Division I teams are ranked</p>
<p>Rankings on Division III teams will be available in January, 2008</p>
<p>National Rankings voted by Coaches (as of December 11, 2007)</p>
<p>Rank , WOMEN'S DIVISION I BASKETBALL</p>
<p>3 , U North Carolina
4 , Stanford
12 , UC Berkeley
15 , Duke
17 , Notre Dame
20 , Vanderbilt</p>
<p>National Rankings voted by Coaches (as of December 11, 2007)
Rank , WOMEN'S DIVISION III BASKETBALL</p>
<p>19, Tufts</p>
<p>US College Hockey Online Rankings (as of December 10, 2007)</p>
<p>Rank , MEN'S DIVISION I ICE HOCKEY</p>
<p>1 , U Michigan
6 , Notre Dame
14 , Harvard</p>
<p>Rank , WOMEN'S DIVISION I ICE HOCKEY</p>
<p>1 , Harvard
8 , Dartmouth</p>
<p>Here are the latest updates from the major winter athletic sports:</p>
<p>National Rankings according to Sagarin (as of December 19, 2007) </p>
<p>Rank , MEN'S DIVISION I BASKETBALL</p>
<p>1 , Duke
3 , U North Carolina
8 , UCLA
14 , Georgetown
23 , Vanderbilt
29 , UC Berkeley
31 , Stanford
41 , USC
51 , Notre Dame
67 , U Virginia
105 , Wake Forest
138 , Brown
159 , U Michigan
180 , Northwestern
206 , Cornell
213 , Yale
233 , Harvard
234 , Columbia
267 , Dartmouth
278 , Princeton
290 , Rice
292 , U Penn</p>
<pre><code> Other Division I Colleges Mentioned in this thread
</code></pre>
<p>62 , Boston College
42 , Holy Cross
164 , Fordham
189 , Colgate</p>
<pre><code> 341 Division I teams are ranked
Rankings on Division III teams will be available in January, 2008
</code></pre>
<p>National Rankings voted by Coaches (as of December 11, 2007) </p>
<p>Rank , WOMEN'S DIVISION I BASKETBALL</p>
<p>3 , U North Carolina
4 , Stanford
12 , UC Berkeley
15 , Duke
17 , Notre Dame
20 , Vanderbilt</p>
<p>National Rankings voted by Coaches (as of December 11, 2007)<br>
Rank , WOMEN'S DIVISION III BASKETBALL</p>
<p>19 , Tufts</p>
<p>US College Hockey Online Rankings (as of December 17, 2007) </p>
<p>Rank , MEN'S DIVISION I ICE HOCKEY</p>
<p>2 , U Michigan
6 , Notre Dame
15 , Harvard</p>
<p>Rank , WOMEN'S DIVISION I ICE HOCKEY</p>
<p>3 , Harvard
8 , Dartmouth</p>