Damn, It Feels Good to be a Cyclone

After the Big Dance ended, Fox Sports released its newest collegiate basketball+football rankings. I’ve listed their rankings below, which is a ranking of a school’s combination of basketball and football programs. The rank in ( ) is last year's rank. The article can be found at http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/6585188 and additionally gives their rationale for the top 25 teams.

Before I get to the list, let me just point out a few quick notes about our Cyclones:

- Of the 65 BCS Conference teams, only 3 rank worse than ISU
Baylor
Northwestern
Colorado
- Of all 119 teams, only 8 dropped from last year farther than ISU
UConn
NC State
Miami OH
Northwestern
UAB
UTEP
Colorado
LA Tech
- Finally, just take a look at some of the schools ranked higher than ISU:
29. Hawaii
49. Akron
55. Air Force
62. Tulsa
70. San Diego State
71. Fresno State
73. Toledo
75. Central Michigan
76. Western Michigan
82. Kent State (maybe I'm just ignorant, but the ONLY thing I know of Kent State is the 70's war protest/massacre)


So, here’s the list:

1. Florida (7)
2. Ohio State (2)
3. Wisconsin (8)
4. Louisville (20)
5. Texas A&M (35)
6. USC (27)
7. Texas (1)
8. BYU (50)
9. Notre Dame (22)
10. UCLA (4)
11. Virginia Tech (41)
12. Tennessee (25)
13. Maryland (44)
14. Boston College (6)
15. Kentucky (54)
16. Georgia Tech (71)
17. Oregon (53)
18. Arkansas (57)
19. Texas Tech (58)
20. Nevada (9)
21. Purdue (85)
22. West Virginia (5)
23. Michigan (16)
24. Clemson (21)
25. Oklahoma State (73)
26. Kansas (17)27. LSU (3)
28. Boise State (80)
29. Hawaii (78)30. Pittsburgh (26)
31. Washington State (93)
32. Oklahoma (10)
33. Wake Forest (75)
34. North Carolina (18)
35. Arizona (46)
36. Auburn (32)
37. Kansas State (66)
38. Alabama (12)
56. Indiana (56)
40. Virginia (33)
41. Georgia (31)
42. Michigan State (29)
43. Cal (14)
44. Florida State (19)
45. Nebraska (42)
46. Missouri (65)
47. Rutgers (43)
48. South Carolina (30)
49. Akron (36)
50. Houston (49)
51. Iowa (11)
52. Memphis (13)
53. UNLV (84)
54. Vanderbilt (60)
55. Air Force (64)
56. Illinois (51)
57. Syracuse (63)
58. Southern Miss (102)
59. Washington (55)
60. Duke (52)
61. Ohio (83)
62. Tulsa (76)
63. Oregon State (92)
64. Penn State (28)
65. TCU (98)
66. Miami (Fla.) (24)
67. South Florida (99)
68. Ole Miss (94)
69. Cincinnati (59)
70. San Diego State (61)
71. Fresno State (62)
72. Mississippi State (82)
73. Toledo (72)
74. UConn (23)
75. Central Michigan (114)
76. Western Michigan (95)
77. Arizona State (70)
78. NC State (15)
79. New Mexico State (91)
80. Minnesota (39)
81. Stanford (67)
82. Kent State (79)
83. Utah (77)
84. Iowa State (40)
85. Navy (108)
86. Utah State (69)
87. Middle Tennessee (89)
88. UCF (87)
89. Troy (110)
90. Rice (105)
91. San Jose State (116)
92. North Texas (104)
93. Wyoming (97)
94. New Mexico (74)
95. Colorado State (81)
96. Florida Atlantic (106)
97. Southern Methodist (109)
98. Miami (Ohio) (48)
99. Baylor (90)
100. Northwestern (37)
101. UL-Monroe (112)
102. UAB (47)
103. Arkansas State (101)
104. Tulane (111)
105. Marshall (103)
106. UTEP (38)
107. Colorado (34)
108. East Carolina (113)
109. Northern Illinois (68)
110. Temple (86)
111. UL-Lafayette (88)
112. Louisiana Tech (45)
113. Ball State (107)
114. Army (118)
115. Bowling Green (100)
116. Buffalo (96)
117. Idaho (119)
118. Eastern Michigan (117)
119. Florida International (115)

Maybe we should re-focus on baseball.