Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by baldbear
Interesting ranking poll from Sports Illustrated/Money magazine. It ranks the best colleges for sports lovers. The equations used is based on participation, fan experience, education and earnings potential after graduation (I guess that is where Money magazine comes in). Some may be surprised at the results.

1) Stanford
2) Notre Dame
3) Michigan
4) Duke
5) Virginia
6) North Carolina
7) Florida
8) Middlebury
9) Yale
10) Bowdoin
11) Dartmouth
12) UCLA
13) Rice
14) Maryland
15) Georgia
16) USC
17) UConn
18) Ohio St
19) Princeton
20) Texas
21) Clemson
22) Colgate
23) Lafayette
24) Boston College
25) Wisconsin

There is a lot of lacrosse programs in the top 25. Don't discount the D3 schools. There are plenty more in the next 75. There are also many lacrosse programs in there as well that may not make the top twenty in lacrosse but are great schools. For the vast majority of student athletes college is the last time they will play lacrosse. The education and opportunities after graduation is what counts. Here is the rest of the top 100.

26. University of Richmond
27. Amherst College
28. Providence College
29. Villanova University
30. Wake Forest University
31. Michigan State University
32. Harvard University
33. Bates College
34. University of Washington
35. Gettysburg College
36. Gustavus Adolphus College
37. Vanderbilt University
38. Northwestern University
39. Williams College
40. Claremont McKenna College
41. (tie) Denison University
41. (tie) Davidson College
43. Texas A&M University
44. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
45. College of the Holy Cross
46. (tie) Syracuse University
46. (tie) Hamilton College
48. DePauw University
49. Bucknell University
50. Georgia Institute of Technology
51. McDaniel College
52. Union College
53. University of Iowa
54. Brown University
55. Pennsylvania State University
56. University of Minnesota
57. Pomona College
58. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
59. Ursinus College
60. Tufts University
61. Georgetown University
62. Wheaton College
63. Wofford College
64. Florida State University
65. Gonzaga University
66. Westminster College
67. University of California-Berkeley
68. College of William and Mary
69. Indiana University
70. Trinity College
71. Furman University
72. University of Delaware
73. University of Oklahoma
74. Texas Christian University
75. Simpson College
76. Colby College
77. Auburn University
78. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
79. Centre College
80. Linfield College
81. Washington and Lee University
82. Brigham Young University
83. James Madison University
84. Lehigh University
85. Loras College
86. Southern Methodist University
87. (tie) Muhlenberg College
87. (tie) Rutgers University-New Brunswick
89. University of Pennsylvania
90. University of Nebraska
91. Augustana College (South Dakota)
92. (tie) Augustana College (Illinois)
92. (tie) Baylor University
94. Assumption College
95. Sewanee - The University of the South
96. The Citadel
97. University of Utah
98. Columbia University
99. Messiah College
100. Presbyterian College



did I miss Alabama?

University of Pennsylvania?