Top 50 Athletic Programs...

Top 50 Athletic Programs...#139435

By blwall1416 - December 20th, 2007, 9:46 am

- December 20th, 2007, 9:46 am #139435

...according to Stack.com.

http://elite50.stack.com/top50.aspx

Debate.

#139436

By Cider Jim - December 20th, 2007, 9:51 am

- December 20th, 2007, 9:51 am #139436

UVa at number 11--ahead of Notre Dame, Tennessee, LSU, Penn State, etc; better yet, Va Tech didn't make the list.

Surprised that Georgetown & Cornell made the list.

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#139437

By blwall1416 - December 20th, 2007, 9:53 am

- December 20th, 2007, 9:53 am #139437

Cider Jim wrote:UVa at number 11--ahead of Notre Dame, Tennessee, LSU, Penn State, etc; better yet, Va Tech didn't make the list.

Surprised that Georgetown & Cornell made the list.

Yeah, I think we tend to focus only on the major sports, & forget about the others.

However, I was shocked that NC State didn't make that list....I mean, back-to-back national championships in bass fishing....that's tough to do.

#139450

By bigsmooth - December 20th, 2007, 10:44 am

- December 20th, 2007, 10:44 am #139450

this has to focus on all sports, because there is no way UVA would be #11 without all those national championships in soccer and lacrosse. VT is not on there because they care about football only..plus zero national championships in any sport.

#139465

By kevinrmcguire - December 20th, 2007, 10:59 am

- December 20th, 2007, 10:59 am #139465

Little surprised Ohio State was ranked #9. I would have thought they would be a little higher. Their soccer team just lost in the NCAA final.

#139468

By bigsmooth - December 20th, 2007, 11:09 am

- December 20th, 2007, 11:09 am #139468

it's one year kevin. ohio state is not a traditional soccer power, plus im sure this came out before the soccer tournament started.

#139470

By LUconn - December 20th, 2007, 11:10 am

- December 20th, 2007, 11:10 am #139470

Stanford not #1 = no credability

UNC and Texas beat the Cardinal because most of their rankings came in small participation sports.

That's a dumb reason.

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#139473

By kevinrmcguire - December 20th, 2007, 11:13 am

- December 20th, 2007, 11:13 am #139473

bigsmooth wrote:it's one year kevin. ohio state is not a traditional soccer power, plus im sure this came out before the soccer tournament started.

Very true. I'm not too in-tune with the soccer world, plus I didn't know when this study was done. Penn State won the national championship in women's volleyball just last week and in the report it states they are ranked 3rd I think. So your statement makes sense.