Can"t quite figure out the methodology, but fwiw, here's the article:
Top 10 colleges for women’s DI softball | USA TODAY College
Top 10 colleges for women’s DI softball | USA TODAY College
USA Today list of the best D1 colleges for softball
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I would think winning percentage not ranking would be one factor that makes list look a little odd. The quality of education, quite a few private schools. Cost of living, graduation rate,... I'm sure it is some complicated measurement.
Interesting....
Theres a few schools listed that I would have never dreamed as being a top 10. This list has little to do with ap polls, but rather a bigger picture of the program as a whole.
Read Notre Dames collumn. It says they've graduated 100% of their players for 10 years in a row! Wow
Theres a few schools listed that I would have never dreamed as being a top 10. This list has little to do with ap polls, but rather a bigger picture of the program as a whole.
Read Notre Dames collumn. It says they've graduated 100% of their players for 10 years in a row! Wow
Here is the methodology:
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i.e. It is an ad for College Factual
Look up DePaul, there coach is actually quite known with a high winning percentage.
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It say the factors were:
- Athletic Competitiveness (High)
- Overall College Quality (High)...To factor this in, we use our Overall Best Colleges Ranking as a highly weighted aspect.
- Academic Progress Rate (Medium) – Division I Only...The NCAA defines this metric as the following: “The Academic Progress Rate (APR) is a term-by-term measure of eligibility and retention for Division I student-athletes that was developed as an early indicator of eventual graduation rates”.
- Athletic Aid Per Student (Medium) – Division I & II Only:..The DOE publishes the average athletic aid for men, women, and coed teams separately, so depending on the sport, the appropriate measure was used.
- Financial Resources (Medium)..We use a combination of the revenue and expenses of a team from the DOE Equity in Athletics data noted above as a measure of the financial resources available to the team.
- Athletic Competitiveness (High)
- Overall College Quality (High)...To factor this in, we use our Overall Best Colleges Ranking as a highly weighted aspect.
- Academic Progress Rate (Medium) – Division I Only...The NCAA defines this metric as the following: “The Academic Progress Rate (APR) is a term-by-term measure of eligibility and retention for Division I student-athletes that was developed as an early indicator of eventual graduation rates”.
- Athletic Aid Per Student (Medium) – Division I & II Only:..The DOE publishes the average athletic aid for men, women, and coed teams separately, so depending on the sport, the appropriate measure was used.
- Financial Resources (Medium)..We use a combination of the revenue and expenses of a team from the DOE Equity in Athletics data noted above as a measure of the financial resources available to the team.
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44-11last year, losing to Kentucky in the "if" game of the Lexington Regional after beating UK to force "if" game.
Coach Lenti has a long tradition of success at DePaul, although down this year.
It's overall softball program. Not strictly academic. Otherwise just list the Ivy schools, Stanford, et. al. in yet another poll.
I do think both Michigan and Alabama should be on that list and close to the top.
