I would put both Portland and BYU in the top 5 teams in the nation, but I still think that OkSt. and OU are a better pair.
BYU will also be threatening Portland's streak of 32 STRAIGHT conference wins - the longest active conference win streak in the nation - in a couple of weeks.
Thoughts?
(PS - never thought I say this about the WCC!!)
This is the year that Dunbar of Portland finally gets a top 5 finish
Ya it's crazy, and not easy for all those other small schools in the conference trying to keep up!
I was running with the Pomona College team while in grad school in the 1970s when they broke the many-decades hold that Occidental help on their league (track and XC, both). I just looked at Wisconsin's record: since 1977 they have won it all but six years, if I remember it correctly. Much harder to do in a competitive league. Arkansas won a zillion times in a row, but switched conferences between one without too much competition at the time to one without too much competition at the time. Of course, they were winning NCAAs almost every year as well.