Superfan Daily: Women's College Power Rankings

On Tuesday I did some conference-by-conference analysis of the top 100 men's college teams in the nation (as I measure them).  Time for the women.

Atlantic 10
Teams in the top 100: Dayton

ACC
Teams in the top 50: Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech
Teams in the top 100: Boston College, Maryland, NC State

America East
Teams in the top 100: Albany, Boston U., Maine

Atlantic Sun
Teams in the top 100: Jacksonville

Big Ten
Teams in the top 50: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue
Teams in the top 100: Wisconsin

Big 12
Teams in the top 50: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
Teams in the top 100: Colorado, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma State

Big East
Teams in the top 50: Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Villanova, West Virginia
Teams in the top 100: Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, South Florida, Syracuse

Big Sky
Teams in the top 100: Idaho State, Sacramento St.

Conference USA
Teams in the top 50: Central Florida
Teams in the top 100: East Carolina, Houston, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulsa, UTEP

Heps
Teams in the top 50: Columbia, Princeton
Teams in the top 100: Brown, Cornell

Mid-American
Teams in the top 100: Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Western Michigan

MEAC
Teams in the top 100: Hampton

MPSF
Teams in the top 50: Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, Washington
Teams in the top 100: Cal St. Northridge, California, UCLA, Washington St.

Missouri Valley
Teams in the top 50: Southern Illinois, Wichita State
Teams in the top 100: Illinois State, Indiana State, Northern Iowa

Mountain West
Teams in the top 50: BYU, New Mexico, TCU
Teams in the top 100: San Diego St., Utah

SEC
Teams in the top 50: Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee
Teams in the top 100: Alabama, Mississippi

Summit
Teams in the top 100: North Dakota St.

Sun Belt
Teams in the top 100: Arkansas State, Mid. Tenn. State, Western Kentucky

WAC
Teams in the top 100: Louisiana Tech, Utah State

Track on TV
Bud Greenspan's Athens 2004: Stories Of Olympic Glory, 12:20 PM today on Showtime Family Zone
SEC Indoor Championships (tape delay)8:00 PM today on ESPNU
Prefontaine, 8:05 AM tomorrow on Showtime Extreme

News Links
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