Ranking Illinois College XC Teams

You forgot SIU E, Monmouth College and a few others I am sure.

In Womens, I would say Bradley is way above U of I js

The Starved Elephant wrote:

The Michigan and Wisconsin versions of these threads appear to be pretty popular, so it's only fair we do this for Illinois, too.

1.) U of I

2.) Bradley

3.) NCC

4.) ISU

5.) EIU

6.) UIC

7-infinity.) who cares

In my mind, the gap between Bradley and North Central is pretty close, but the gap from NCC to Illinois State is quite large.

I didn't forget anyone, did I?

Switch around Bradley and NCC and you have it right, U of I has certainly separated themselves from the field but in terms of cross country, NCC is definitely the number 2 in the state and I wouldn't say Bradley is close to them either in that regards.

What about Northwestern?

Hah!

Bradley has a great freshman class coming in. They look to be set for the next couple of years.

Why don't yall head over to my Texas College XC thread?

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=8327274

It is sad how poor Illinois college teams are compared to the HS level.

#1 UofI

#2 NCC

#3 Bradley

#4 doesn't matter

From looking at recruiting classes Bradley has a very bright future ahead of them.

I would put Lewis at #4.

where does siuc rank? I thought they were doing pretty well.

Bradley would drill NCC

Not even close

The Starved Elephant wrote:

The Michigan and Wisconsin versions of these threads appear to be pretty popular, so it's only fair we do this for Illinois, too.

1.) U of I

2.) Bradley

3.) NCC

4.) ISU

5.) EIU

6.) UIC

7-infinity.) who cares

In my mind, the gap between Bradley and North Central is pretty close, but the gap from NCC to Illinois State is quite large.

I didn't forget anyone, did I?

I'd throw Loyola U in there

IllinoisD wrote:

The Starved Elephant wrote:

The Michigan and Wisconsin versions of these threads appear to be pretty popular, so it's only fair we do this for Illinois, too.

1.) U of I

2.) Bradley

3.) NCC

4.) ISU

5.) EIU

6.) UIC

7-infinity.) who cares

In my mind, the gap between Bradley and North Central is pretty close, but the gap from NCC to Illinois State is quite large.

I didn't forget anyone, did I?

I'd throw Loyola U in there

Good catch. I forgot a few Chicago schools, I think.

U of I

Bradley

NCC

ISU

Loyola

UIC

EIU/SIUC

I would rank Bradley ahead of NCC currently. NCC certainly has been above them traditionally, but as of right now they don't have the squad on paper that Bradley does. Bradley is borderline DI national qualifiers. NCC is not that.

Was basing this soley off men btw.

Women would be a bit different, with Northwestern thrown into the mix.

KarmaCop wrote:

Bradley would drill NCC

Not even close

Roosevelt would smoke 'em both and you don't have to live in a $hithole like Peoria; nice place for methed out strippers and truck stop blowskis, I'll grant you that.

[quote]Mo Show wrote:

U of I

Bradley

Lewis

NCC

ISU

EIU

Loyola/DePaul/UIC

SIUC

SIUE

Lewis definitely getting no love....

This is funny... St Francis will battling for a NAIA National title again this year. There's not 5 college guys in the state who could be beat Soren's brother Cam or Blaylock are you kidding me?