Reasons for U.S.C.'s No. 1 Ranking Run Deep
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With the race for the No. 2 slot in the B.C.S. standing intensifying between Oklahoma and Auburn, U.S.C. has solidified its status as the nation's top team.
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Ohio State, Kansas, Florida and North Carolina &#151; the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament &#151; held the top four spots in the final Associated Press college basketball poll Monday.
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The last of the unbeatens are 1-2-3 in the Top 25 Â again. North Carolina, Memphis and Kansas, the only Division I teams yet to lose this season, were the top teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a seventh straight week Monday.
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Oklahomaâs hold on second place in the Bowl Championship Series standings is getting more precarious by the week. Auburn more than halved its deficit to the Sooners for the all-important second spot in the latest BCS rankings released Monday.
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For U.S.C., this season has been more about team as opposed to the megawatt celebrity that surrounded quarterback Matt Leinart and running back Reggie Bush last year.
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The top-ranked bank was HSBC. Citigroup and Bank of America rated highest among US institutions.
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Critics of college rankings say universities aren't like their sports teams: you cannot settle who is best with head-to-head competition on the playing field. But in a new paper, a group of economists and statisticians begs to differ.
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NEW YORK -- At least Andy Roddick can say he's No. 1 in the United States again. Roddick's runner-up finish to Roger Federer at the U.S. Open moved him from No. 10 to No. 6 in the ATP rankings Monday, ahead of fellow American James Blake, and also put him in position to qualify for the season-ending...
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There was little celebrating when Illinois men&#39;s players found out they were ranked No. 1 in the nation yesterday afternoon. There was a game to play at night.
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Kansas is on top right now, ranked first in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll. In the past, such an honor would be regarded with some trepidation since the list of teams that started and ended the season No. 1 is a short one. North Carolina made the run in 1994, Duke in 1992 and UNLV a year before ...
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When the college football season began, the University of Southern California was No. 1 - almost by acclamation.
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There&#39;s a reason that the NCAA Division IA commissioners dread the idea of repairing the hole in the BCS rating formula left by the Associated Press, which pulled its poll.
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There's trouble in the Atlantic 10. The league that received four NCAA bids and had two teams advance to the Elite Eight last season most likely will not repeat that success. Nine of the league's top 10 scorers have either graduated, left early for the NBA, or just left.
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With the Big Four in Justine Henin-Hardenne, Kim Clijsters and the Williams sisters alternating injuries this year, the No. 1 ranking has been up for grabs.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas A-and-M and Kansas State are no longer in the Top 25. But the perennial powers are hoping experience gained this season can return them near the top of the league -- and the nation.
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BLACKSBURG, Va., Feb. 1 -- The ACC preseason poll can now safely be shredded into ribbons, and no two teams are more responsible than Virginia Tech and Virginia. The Hokies, who were picked 10th and received more last-place votes than any team, were deemed too young to compete. The Cavaliers fini...
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Oklahoma is the only No. 2. After a week of sharing the No. 2 ranking with Auburn, the Sooners edged ahead of the Tigers in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday.