By Andy Gray
No, these aren't the California Sports Rankings, it just seems that way. This week's top four teams all hail from the Golden State. The reason, in a nutshell, is men's water polo in which the nation's top four teams just happen to be the same four at the top of our rankings. While we realize that not every school has water polo, it is nonetheless one of the NCAA's eight fall sports (football, field hockey, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, and women's volleyball being the others). The No. 1 team, California, is nationally ranked in all fall sports except cross country, which explains its top billing.
These rankings are calculated by taking the Top 25 in all fall sports (a No. 1 ranking gets 25 points, a No. 25 gets one point, etc.). We give a little more weight to football (No. 1 gets 37.5 points; No. 25 gets 1.5 ) and come up with our final tally.
1. California (91 points) - The No. 10 football team recorded its most impressive win of the season with a 45-24 victory over Oregon. The Golden Bears received a scare when Heisman candidate Marshawn Lynch went down with an injury, but junior Justin Forsett filled in admirably with 163 rushing yards. The defense also had a huge game, holding Oregon to only 70 rushing yards (the Ducks entered the game with a Pac-10 leading 227.5 per game). The unit was led by sophomore linebacker Desmond Bishop, who had 10 tackles and an interception, and safeties sophomore Bernard Hicks and junior Brandon Hampton, who each had picks. Bears fans can exhale. Lynch is expected back for Saturday's game against Washington State.
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Go Bears!! Congratulations to AD Sandy Barbour and all of the coaches and their student-athletes for making the 2006-07 athletic/academic year already a huge success. Wake up America, we're California, and we're not just rugby (and ultimate frisbee) anymore.
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