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The league and playoff systems in common use tend to prevent interesting games from happening. The Football World Cup offers a set of examples for how things can go wrong, and old-school college football offers an example of how things can go right. We summarize below and expand on each point in the chapters that follow.
In knockout tournaments, few games occur between top teams, and even fewer if there are upsets. In the history of the World Cup the two most successful teams are Germany and Brazil and they have played only once.
In knockout tournaments there's no reason why knocked out teams can't schedule games. Who wouldn't want to watch a game between Argentina and Brazil after the conclusion of the 2014 World Cup?
Group stages suffer the same perils as knockout stages, plus they throw away information. A team can win every group game yet lose in the first round of the knockout stage.
For many leagues, the regular season is unimportant compared to the playoffs. Leagues for which the playoffs matter include college football and the NFL, and leagues for which the playoffs don't matter include college basketball and the NBA.
Many sports are dominated by oligarch leagues and plebe leagues have a hard time getting attention. Examples of oligarch leagues include the college football 5 power conferences, the English Football Premiere League, and the NFL.
Regular Teams Post- Oligarch Postseason Oligarch
season season leagues format leagues
games teams
Football Pro 16 32 12 1 knockout NFL
Basketball Pro 82 30 16 1 knockout NBA
Hockey Pro 82 30 16 1 knockout NHL
Baseball Pro 162 31 10 1 knockout MLB
Football College 12 Many 4 2 knockout Big10, Big12, Pac10, SEC, ACC
Basketball College 27 Many 64 10 knockout Big10, Big12, Pac10, SEC, ACC, East, AAC, MW, WC, A10
Hockey College 35 59 16 2 knockout Big10, National Collegiate Hockey Conf
Wrestling College 12 Many - 2 - Big10, Big12
Soccer England Pro 38 20 - 1 - Premier League
Soccer England Cup - - 763 - knockout -
Soccer World Cup - - 32 - groups, knockout -
Rugby World Cup - - 20 2 groups, knockout 4-Nations, 6-Nations
Rugby College Many 16 2 knockout Division 1A, Varsity Club
LoL College - Many 8 - knockout -
Formula-1 20 24 - 1 Formula-1
NASCAR 36 59 16 1 NASCAR
The Rugby Championship is a double round robin between New Zealand, Australia,
S. Africa, and Argentina.
6 Nations Rugby is a round robin between England, France, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Italy.
The Rugby Pacific Nations Cup is a round robin between Fiji, Japan, Samoa, and Tonga.
The three rugby leagues are rare examples where there is no postseason.
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In American football, the regular season matters. Each regular season win tends to increase the playoff seed by 1, and the playoff seed matters because it determines home field advantage and wildcard byes.
The following table gives the average number of regular season wins for each seed, using data from 2007-2016. The regular season has 16 games.
Seed Wins Privilege 1 13.3 Home field for the semifinal and quarterfinal. Wildcard game bye. 2 12.1 Home field for the quarterfinal. Wildcard game bye. 3 10.9 Home field for the wildcard game. 4 9.2 Home field for the wildcard game. 5 11.0 6 10.0Seeds 1-4 go to division winners and seeds 5-6 go to the best records among the remaining teams.
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In the NBA, the regular season has little impact on the playoffs. For example, suppose the Milwaukee Bucks are the best team and they win the conference and gain the #1 seed. In the conference playoffs they can expect to face the 8th, 4th, and 2nd seeds. If the Bucks decide to slack and place 8th, they can expect to face the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd seeds in the playoffs. But since the Bucks are the best team the 1st seed is the 2nd best team, the 2nd seed is the 3rd best team, etc.
Rank of teams played in playoffs
If the Bucks play hard and place 1st in the conference: 2nd, 4th, and 8th
If the Bucks slack and place 8th in the conference: 2nd, 4rd, and 3rd
No matter what the Bucks will face the 2nd and 4th ranked team. The only difference
between playing hard and slacking is that they have to play the 3rd ranked team
instead of the 8th ranked team.
The following table gives the average number of games won by each seed, using data from 2009-2016. The regular season has 82 games. The difference between the 1st and 8th seeds is typically 20 games. That's a lot of slack.
Seed Wins 1 60.8 2 55.9 3 52.2 4 49.9 5 47.6 6 45.2 7 43.7 8 41.9
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Knockout Group Teams Round Previous Next
stage stage per robin
teams teams group
World World Cup 16 32 4 1 2014 2018
Europe European Cup 16 24 4 1 2016 2020
Europe UEFA Nations League 4 12 3 2 - 2019
South America Copa America 8 12 4 1 2015 2019
North America CONCACAF Gold Cup 8 12 4 1 2017 2019
Central America Copa Centroamericana 2 7 3.5 1 2014 2018
Caribbean Caribbean Cup 2 8 4 1 2014 2018
Asia Asian Cup 8 16 4 1 2015 2017
Asia East EAFF E-1 Football Champ 0 4 4 1 2017 2019
Asia South SAFF Championship 4 7 3.5 1 2015 2018
Asia ASEAN AFF Championship 4 8 4 1 2016 2018
Asia West WAFF Championship 4 9 3 1 2014 Postponed
Oceana OFC Nations Cup 4 8 4 1 2016 2020
Africa Africa Cup of Nations 8 16 4 1 2017 2019
N + S America Copa America Centenario 8 16 4 1 2016 2020
Europe World Cup Qualifying 0 54 6 2 2017 2021
South America World Cup Qualifying 0 10 10 2 2017 2021
North America World Cup Qualifying 0 6 6 2 2017 2021
Asia World Cup Qualifying 0 12 6 2 2017 2021
Oceana World Cup Qualifying 0 6 3 2 2017 2021
Africa World Cup Qualifying 0 20 4 2 2017 2021
Round robin: Number of times a team plays the other teams in the group.
We tally each team's results for 1994-2014, and then sum over the teams from each region.
Qualifying Round Round Quarter Semi Final Win
places of 32 of 16 final final
Europe 13 92 51 30 16 8 4
South America 4.5 28 21 13 7 4 2
North America 3.5 19 11 2
Asia 4.5 23 6 1 1
Oceana .5 2
Africa 5 28 7 2
The number of qualifying places is out of balance with the strength of the regions.
Europeand South America should have more placesand Africa should have less.
The South American qualification tournament is a round robin. Since South America has many strong teams, qualification games are interesting. The other regions rarely see games involving top teams.
For Africa, qualification is largely luck and teams don't get a chance to play other finalists.
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Qualifying for each region is a double round robin group. The fraction of teams from each group that qualify is:
Teams/group Teams/group Fraction of teams
that qualify that qualify
North America 3.5 6 .58
South America 5 10 .50
Asia 2.5 6 .42
Europe 1.5 6 .25
Africa 1 4 .25
Oceana .5 3 .17
The larger the fraction of qualifying teams, the better. If the fraction is low then good teams are at risk of not qualifying. In 2018 Italy, The Netherlands, and The USA failed to qualify.
Most soccer group stages use the following scoring:
Points
Win 3
Draw 1
Loss 0
This is bull. If a game is tied in the final minute it's in the interest of both teams to
flip a coin and let the coin toss winner score a free goal.
This scoring penalizes defensive teams. A low scoring game is more likely to draw than a high scoring game.
For a 4-year World Cup cycle,
Regional Subregional World Cup World Cup Total
tournament tournament qualifying games games
games games games
Europe 9 0 10 4 23
South America 8 0 18 4 30
North America 16 0 10 4 30
Asia 8 8 10 4 30
Oceana 4 0 4 4 12
Africa 8 0 6 4 18
Regional tournaments:
Europe European Cup Europe UEFA Nations League South America Copa America North America CONCACAF Gold Cup Asia Asian Cup Oceana OFC Nations Cup Africa Africa Cup of Nations N + S America Copa America CentenarioSub-regional tournaments:
Central America Copa Centroamericana Caribbean Caribbean Cup Asia East EAFF E-1 Football Champ Asia South SAFF Championship Asia ASEAN AFF Championship Asia West WAFF Championship
The USA averages 16 games per year. From 2014-2017:
World Cup 2014 final 4 World Cup 2014 qualifying 13 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015 4 Copa America Cent 2017 4 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 4 Friendlies, 2014 11 Friendlies, 2015 11 Friendlies, 2016 7 Friendlies, 2017 5 Total 63
For the past 9 World Cups, the number of times each team qualified is:
S America N America Asia Africa Oceana
Brazil 9 USA 7 S Korea 9 Cameroon 6 New Zealand 1
Argentina 9 Costa Rica 5 Japan 6 Nigeria 6
Uruguay 6 Mexico 3 S Arabia 5 Tunisia 4
Paraguay 5 Honduras 2 Iran 4 Morocco 4
Colombia 5 Panama 1 N Korea 1 S Africa 3
Chile 3 Canada 1 UAE 1 Ghana 3
Ecuador 3 Trin Tob 1 Australia 1 Ivory Coast 3
Bolivia 1 Jamaica 1 China 1 Algeria 3
Peru 1 Iraq 1 Egypt 2
Senegal 2
Angola 1
Togo 1
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The bowl system is designed to make the national championship game the last game, an inflexibility that prevents interesting games from happening. Furthermore, one can never be sure that the two teams selected for the championship game are the two best teams because few matchups between non-conference teams occur during the season. There's no reason that premier teams can't play each other early on, and this adds interesting games to the season.
There is no good way to decide the playoff teams because there are few non-conference games to go on. In 2017, the non-conference games featuring top teams were:
Oklahoma def. Ohio St 31 16 Big 12 #1 vs. Big Ten #1 Clemson def. Auburn 14 6 ACC #1 vs. SEC #3 Georgia def. Notre Dame 20 19 SEC #1 Notre Dame def. Mich St 38 18 Big 10 #4 Notre Dame def. USC 49 19 Pac 12 #1 Notre Dame def. N Carol St 35 14 ACC #3 Miami def. Notre Dame 41 8 ACC #2 Stanford def. Notre Dame 38 20 Pac 12 #36 of the 8 games involve Notre Dame. Notre Dame is a benchmark for comparing conferences and this year their strength of schedule was overwhelmingly strongest in the nation. They took on two conference #1s, a #2, three #3s, and a #4.
Once the bowls were played it became clear that the toughest conference in terms of depth is the Big Ten, and the weakest conference is the Pac Twelve.
No team from outside the 5 oligarch conferences achieved any success against oligarch conferences except UCF, which defeated Auburn and Maryland. The toughest non-oligarch conferences are the American Athletic Conference and the Sun Belt Conference.
The conference championship game are a way of sneaking in an extra round of bowl games, and so we might as well make the most of it. The teams not in the conference championship should also have a chance to schedule games.
Sometimes a conference championship game makes sense and sometimes it doesn't. Consider the top teams from each conference.
Losses Teams not played
Big 12 Oklahoma 1 -
TCU 2 -
Big Ten Wisconsin 0 Ohio St
Ohio State 1 Wisconsin
SEC Georgia 1 Alabama, LSU
Alabama 1 Georgia
Auburn 1 -
LSU 2 Georgia
Pac 12 USC 1 Washington
Stanford 2 -
Washington 2 USC
ACC Clemson 1 Miami
Miami 1 Clemson, N Carol St
N Carol St 2 Miami
The Big Twelve is unambiguous. The top two teams played each other during the regular
season and Oklahoma has fewer losses, and so there is no need for a conference
championship game. Such a game only gives Oklahoma a chance to lose and miss out
on the playoffs. It would be better for Big Twelve teams to schedule out-of-conference
games that are compelling to watch and will make money. One might schedule games
with teams not involved in conference championship games such as Washington, Penn State,
and Alabama.
Wisconsin has the fewest losses in the Big Ten but they didn't play Ohio State, and so a game between them is appropriate. If Ohio State wins then both teams have the same number of conference losses and they could be said to share the Big Ten championship.
The SEC has 3 teams with 1 conference loss, Georgia, Auburn, and Alabama. During the regular season, Auburn played Georgia and Alabama, and Georgia didn't play Alabama. It would be appropriate for Georgia to play Alabama in the postseason. If Georgia defeats Alabama then Georgia and Auburn share the conference championship. If Alabama defeats Georgia then Alabama and Auburn share the conference championship.
In the Pac Twelve season, USC didn't play Washington and so it would be appropriate for them to play. The conference championship instead featured USC vs. Stanford but this was unnecessary because they had alread played.
In the ACC, Clemson and Miami had one conference loss and they didn't play during the season, and so it was appropriate for them to play a conference championship game.
To summarize:
What happened What should have happened
Big Ten Wisconsin vs. Ohio State Wisconsin vs. Ohio State
Big Twelve Oklahoma vs. TCU Out-of-conference games
SEC Georgia vs. Auburn Georgia vs. Alabama
Pac Twelve USC vs. Stanford USC vs. Washington
ACC Clemson vs. Miami Clemson vs. Miami
In the Big Ten,
Ohio State def. Wisconsin Wisconsin def. Iowa Iowa def. Ohio StateOhio State and Wisconsin each have 1 conference loss. Ohio State is regarded as the conference champion because they defeated Wisconsin in the championship game, but this diminishes the importance of the conference. If one regards conference games as important than one should consider Wisconsin and Ohio State to share the Big Ten championship because they have the same number of conference losses. This also provides incentive for teams not in contention for the championship to win spoiler games over contenders.
Oligarch conferences: Big Ten, Big Twelve, ACC, SEC, Pac Twelve Plebe conferences: AAC, Sun Belt, Mountain West, C-USA, MAC Independents: Notre Dame, BYU, Army
The gap between oligarch and plebe conferences is vast.
The college football season could be improved by:
*) Increase the flexibility of the conference championship game to reflect the best interests of the teams, and have all teams in the conference play a game. Games can be either in-conference or out-of-conference, whatever the teams decide.
*) Ditch conference subleagues and instead schedule games that make sense regionally and matchup-wise.
*) Have a round of bowls early in the season in the north when the weather is warm. This adds interesting games to the season and it fixes the injustice of southern stadiums getting all the bowl games.
For example, the schedule for Wisconsin might look like:
Boise State Away Play a northern team while the weather is warm Alabama Home Host a prominent southern team Hawaii Away Notre Dame Home Minnesota Away Nearby team. Play Minnesota while the weather is warm Michigan State Home Illinois Home Nearby team Michigan Away Northwestern Home Nearby team Ohio State Home Iowa Away Nearby team. Iowa City has great bars Nebraska Away Play in Nebraska because it's warmer Oklahoma Away Play a non-conference game instead of conf champ game Stanford Away Bowl gameThe schedule emphasizes conference games with nearby teams. Nebraska is always the last game because Nebraska is consistently highly-ranked. The Wisconsin-Nebraska game is analogous to the Michigan vs. Ohio State game.
With this schedule, Wisconsin plays every prominent Big Ten team except Penn State.
The NCAA football system is awkward and change is inevitable. Some things that could happen are:
Conferences could seceed from the NCAA. Any conference can be self-sufficient.
The Big Twelve has ten members and plenty of room for more. They recently added West Virginia and TCU and additional possibilities include Boise State, Hawaii, and Houston.
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Numbers indicate the number of time the team was ranked in the top 25 from 2009-2017.
Big Big Pac SEC ACC
10 12 12
Alabama 9 *
LSU 9 *
Clemson 8 *
Ohio St 7 *
Wisconsin 7 *
Oklahoma 7 *
Stanford 7 *
Oregon 7 *
Mich St 6 *
Oklahoma St 6 *
TCU 6 *
Boise St. 6 Mountain West
USC 6 *
Auburn 6 *
Florida St. 6 *
Utah 5 *
Georgia 5 *
Numbers indicate the number of teams ranked in the top 25 from 2009-2017.
SEC 53 Big Ten 38 Pac Twelve 35 Big Twelve 34 Atlantic Coast 32 American 12 Mountain West 10 Mid American 5 Notre Dame 3 C-USA 1 BYU 1
Numbers indicate end-of-season rankings.
Year 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 Ohio St 5 3 7 4 7 6 5 Mich St 15 3 8 4 17 9 Wisconsin 7 8 18 19 10 5 16 Michigan 6 14 18 13 Penn State 8 5 22 9 Nebraska 16 20 18 14 Iowa 5 Minnesota 25 7 Northwest 17 13 20 Alabama 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 16 1 LSU 18 20 20 23 16 8 1 11 17 Auburn 10 14 19 2 25 1 Georgia 2 13 22 7 16 Florida 17 19 3 3 S. Carolina 9 10 9 20 Arkansas 6 8 Missouri 16 8 12 Tennessee 21 23 Miss. St. 19 7 21 Ole Miss 12 9 20 Texas AM 21 9 17 Oklahoma 3 7 4 11 11 14 7 Oklahoma St 14 12 16 13 3 14 TCU 9 11 6 18 3 6 Baylor 17 5 6 12 Kansas 11 W. Virginia 16 23 22 25 Kansas St. 5 8 Texas 23 24 2 Texas T 21 Oregon 15 2 10 4 5 2 11 Stanford 20 18 6 5 6 4 4 USC 12 9 25 24 25 22 Utah 19 22 22 19 18 Washington 16 4 UCLA 14 17 17 Arizona St. 15 14 Colorado 10 Arizona 10 Oregon St. 13 Clemson 4 2 1 17 12 14 15 24 Florida St. 11 9 3 1 12 23 Georgia T 12 11 13 Virginia T 24 22 13 10 Pittsburgh 23 15 Louisville 13 21 18 21 N. Carolina 10 Duke 24 Miami 13 19 N Carol St 23 Notre Dame 11 8 2 Independent BYU 12 Independent Boise St. 22 20 19 7 10 4 Mountain West Nevada 15 Mountain West Fresno St 20 Mountain West Utah St. 22 Mountain West Hawaii 24 Mountain West San Jose St 24 Mountain West UCF 6 15 25 American Houston 18 19 American Temple 24 24 American Navy 25 21 American Cincinnati 8 American S Florida 21 American Memphis 25 American W. Michigan 15 Mid American C Michigan 23 Mid American Kent State 25 Mid American N. Illinois 23 15 Mid American Southern Miss 21 CUSA
Champs #2 #3
Ohio St 11 7 3
Wisconsin 6 3 5
Michigan 5 4 5
Penn St 4 2 5
Mich St 3 3 2
Northwest 3 0 2
Iowa 2 2 2
Purdue 1 2 0
Illinois 1 1 0
Nebraska 0 0 1
Year 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 99 98 97 96 95 94 93
Ohio St *1 1 1 *0 0 0 5 1 *1 *1 *1 *0 *1 4 2 *0 3 3 5 *1 2 *1 1 2 *1d
Wisconsin 0 2 2 1 2 *4 *2 *1 3 5 3 1 3 2 4 6 5 4 *1 *1 3 5 4d 2d*1d
Michigan 4 2 2 5 5 2 2 5 7 6 2 1 3 *1 *1 2 2 *2 2 *1 *0 3 3 3 3
Penn St 2 *1 4 6 4 2 2 4 2 *1 4 3 *1 6 7 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 *0 2
Mich St 2 8 *1 1 *0 5 1 *1 4 2 5 7 6 4 3 6 5 6 2 4 4 3 3d 8 4
Northwest 2 4 2 5 7 3 5 5 3 3 5 6 3 3 4 7 6 *2 7 8 5 *1 *0 5 8
Iowa 5 3 0 4 3 6 4 4 2 3 4 6 3 *1 3 *0 4 5 8 6 4 2 4 4d 5
Purdue 5 8 7 7 8 5 4 6 4 6 5 3 5 4 2 4 4 *2 4 2 2 6 5d 4 8
Illinois 9 7 6 5 7 8 6 4 6 5 2 7 8 7 8 4 *1 6 4 6 8 7 4d 4 3
Minnesota 7 4 6 3 4 6 6 6 5 5 8 5 4 5 3 5 6 4 3 6 7 7 7 7 5
Indiana 7 5 6 7 5 6 8 7 7 7 5 5 7 7 7 7 4 6 5 6 7 7 8 5 3
Nebraska 6 3 6 3 3 1 3
Rutgers 6 9 7 5
Maryland 7 6 7 4
* = conference champion
d = draw
Numbers are conference losses.
A March Madness "high seed" is a seed of 8th or better. For 1999-2017, we tally the number of high seeds for each team.
High Big Big Pac SEC ACC AAC East
seeds Ten 12 12
Kansas 19 *
Duke 19 *
Wisconsin 17 *
Kentucky 16 *
N Carolina 16 *
Michigan St 15 *
Texas 15 *
Arizona 14 *
Florida 14 *
Syracuse 13 *
Louisville 13 *
Ohio St 12 *
Notre Dame 12 *
UCLA 12 *
Cincinnati 12 *
Gonzaga 12 West Coast
Indiana 11 *
Maryland 11 *
Connecticut 11 *
Oklahoma 11 *
Pittsburgh 10 *
Illinois 9 *
W Virginia 9 *
Marquette 9 *
Villanova 9 *
Xavier 9 *
Memphis 9 *
Stanford 8 *
Oregon 8 *
Georgetown 8 *
Purdue 7 *
Iowa St 7 *
California 7 *
Tennessee 7 *
Butler 7 *
Miami (Fl) 7 *
Washington 6 *
Utah 6 *
Boston C 6 *
Wake Forest 6 *
UNLV 6 Mountain West
Baylor 6 *
Virginia 6 *
Michigan 5 *
Iowa 5 *
BYU 5 West Coast
San Diego St 5 Mountain West
LSU 5 *
Vanderbilt 5 *
Creighton 5 *
Temple 5 *
Kansas St 4 *
Texas Tech 4 *
Missouri 4 *
USC 4 *
New Mexico 4 Mountain West
Texas AM 4 *
N Carolina St 4 *
Wichita St 4 *
Mississippi St 4 *
Minnesota 3 *
Florida St 3 *
Alabama 3 *
Dayton 3 Atlantic 10
St John's 3 *
Clemson 3 *
Saint Joseph's 3 Atlantic 10
VCU 3 Atlantic 10
Georgia T 3 *
Big Big Pac SEC ACC AAC East
Ten 12 12
A "high seed" is a March Madness seed of 8th or better. We tally the number of high seeds for each conference from 1999-2017.
High seeds
ACC 118
Big Ten 97
Big Twelve 75
Pac Twelve 71
SEC 68
East 55
AAC 48
Mountain West 18
West Coast 18
Atlantic 10 15
Missouri Valley 4
Heartland 2
CUSA 2
Ohio Valley 1
Colonial 1
America East 1
Numbers indicate March Madness seeds.
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7 11 Memphis 8 6 8 12 2 1 2 1 7 7 Marquette 10 3 3 11 6 6 6 8 7 3 5 W Virginia 4 3 5 10 5 2 6 7 6 7 Stanford 10 3 11 8 1 4 8 1 1 2 Georgetown 4 2 3 6 3 2 2 7 10 Oregon 3 1 8 7 12 9 3 8 2 7 Purdue 4 5 9 10 3 4 5 6 9 9 6 California 4 12 8 7 7 8 6 8 Tennessee 11 9 6 2 5 2 8 4 4 Butler 4 9 6 6 8 5 9 7 5 12 10 12 Iowa St 5 4 3 3 10 8 9 2 2 Miami (Fl) 8 3 2 7 5 6 2 Oklahoma St 10 9 9 5 7 2 2 6 7 11 3 Washington 7 11 4 5 1 8 7 Utah 3 5 5 6 11 9 12 8 2 Wake Forest 9 4 2 4 2 7 7 Boston C 7 7 4 4 6 11 3 UNLV 5 6 8 8 8 7 10 Baylor 3 5 3 6 3 3 11 Michigan 7 11 2 4 4 8 10 Virginia 5 1 2 1 10 4 5 LSU 9 8 4 6 8 4 Vanderbilt 9 5 5 4 4 6 San Diego St 8 4 7 6 2 11 11 13 BYU 10 14 3 7 8 8 8 12 12 12 Arkansas 8 5 9 12 8 7 11 4 Creighton 6 3 7 8 10 10 6 12 10 10 Temple 10 9 5 7 5 11 11 2 6 Iowa 7 7 3 10 7 5 N Carolina St 8 12 8 11 10 10 3 9 7 Missouri 9 2 11 10 3 6 12 9 9 8 Texas AM 3 7 5 9 9 3 12 Wichita St 10 11 7 1 9 5 7 Kansas St 11 9 4 8 5 2 11 Texas Tech 8 10 6 8 6 USC 11 8 10 5 4 6 New Mexico 7 3 5 3 12 Mississippi St 13 8 9 2 5 3 Florida St 3 3 10 9 5 Alabama 9 10 5 8 10 2 Minnesota 5 11 11 10 8 7 Dayton 7 7 11 11 11 10 4 11 St John's 9 6 9 2 3 Clemson 12 7 7 5 Saint Joseph's 8 10 11 1 7 9 VCU 10 10 7 5 5 12 11 11 13 Georgia T 10 10 5 3 8 S Illinois 4 11 7 9 11 11 Auburn 10 7 1 Saint Louis 5 4 9 9 Colorado 8 8 10 10 Seton Hall 9 6 10 8 10 Providence 9 6 11 5 10 SMU 6 6 Virginia T 9 5 Saint Mary's 7 11 7 10 10 10 Nevada 12 7 5 9 10 Georgia 10 10 14 3 8 Washington St 4 3 Charlotte 7 9 9 9 5 Colorado St 8 11 14 Richmond 7 11 Southern Cal 6 Tulsa 13 13 12 7 Arizona St 10 6 10 Pacific 15 13 8 12 Drake 5 Massachusetts 6 Oregon St 7 N Iowa 11 5 9 12 10 11 14 S Carolina 7 10 Murray State 6 13 14 12 14 DePaul 7 9 Penn State 10 7 Northwestern 8 Binghampton 15 6 Mississippi 11 12 3 George Mason 8 12 11 14 George Wash 9 11 8 12 College of Charleston 8 Wagner 15 UTEP 12 11 13 Utah State 12 12 11 12 14 15 12 12 Southern Utah 14 Air Force 13 11 Siena 13 9 13 16 Sam Houston St 14 15 E Illinois 15 IUPUI 16 S Alabama 10 14 Texas AM CC 15 Corpus Christi Florida Atlantic 15 C Connecticut St 14 15 N Texas 15 C Conn St 16 Ball State 11 Appalachian St 14 Lamar 16 Old Dominion 9 11 12 12 Oral Roberts 14 16 Long Beach St 12 12 Hofstra 13 14 Albany 16 15 13 16 Pepperdine 10 11 N Carolina AT 16 Ohio 13 14 13 Coast Carolina 16 16 Cal St Fullerton 14 McNeese State 14 Cornell 12 14 S Florida 12 Houston 13 Manhattan 13 12 14 Mercer 14 UC Santa Barbara 15 15 14 Alabama St 16 16 Illinois Chicago 15 Little Rock 12 Montana 13 14 12 16 15 Belmont 11 14 13 15 15 15 SE Louisiana 15 Farleigh Dickinson 16 Miss Valley St 16 Detroit 15 Vermont 16 16 13 15 16 Texas San Antonio 16 Iona 14 13 15 13 14 14 Southern 16 16 WKU 12 12 13 Fresno St 14 9 9 Cal St Northridge 15 13 Milwaukee 15 12 N Arizona 15 Akron 12 15 13 Boston U 16 16 Nebraska 11 Bradley 13 San Diego 13 13 Davidson 10 14 13 10 13 15 13 UIC 13 James Madison 16 Wyoming 12 11 Boise State 14 Princeton 13 14 15 Indiana St 14 13 12 Long Island 15 UTSA 16 UC Irvine 13 Albany 14 Oakland 13 14 16 Bucknell 14 9 14 N Colorado 15 Belmont 15 N Carolina Cent 14 Lafayette 16 15 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 14 13 Cleveland St 13 Richmond 12 Morehead State 13 16 Morgan State 15 15 Radford 16 Saint Peter's 14 UW Milwaukee 11 12 Delaware 13 Yale 12 UNC Wilmington 13 11 13 15 Green Bay 14 UNC Greensboro 16 CalSt Bakersfield 15 Holy Cross 16 13 14 16 15 Wright State 14 Weber State 15 12 Niagara 16 14 Kent St 14 9 12 10 13 M Tennessee 12 15 Winthrop 13 13 11 15 14 16 14 Kent St 14 N Kentucky 15 E Kentucky 15 16 15 W Kentucky 16 16 9 14 Delaware St 16 Texas Southern 16 15 N Texas 15 S Carolina St 16 16 UC Davis 16 Miami (Ohio) 14 Chattanooga 12 16 15 Stony Brook 13 Stephen F Austin 14 12 12 14 E Washington 13 15 Liberty 16 UAB 14 9 11 9 Weber State 15 Vermont 13 Rhode Island 11 W Michigan 14 11 UMBC 15 Ole Miss 9 La Salle 13 SE Missouri State 13 Southern Miss 9 Wofford 12 15 14 13 Cal Poly SLO 16 Portland State 16 Harvard 13 12 14 12 Montana 13 St Bonaventure 14 12 Samford 13 Loyola 15 Georgia St 14 11 UNC Wilmington 9 Jacksonvill St 15 Jackson State 16 16 C Michigan 11 Northwestern St 14 14 16 Norfolk State 15 Long Island 16 S Dakota St 16 12 13 14 N Dakota St 15 12 14 Lehigh 15 16 Robert Morris 16 15 15 Arkansas Pine Bluff 16 Hawaii 13 10 12 Buffalo 14 12 Valparaiso 13 14 15 13 16 Northeastern 14 UNC Asheville 15 16 16 16 Austin Peay 16 16 13 Penn 14 15 13 11 11 13 Princeton 12 Bucknell 13 11 Xavier 11 Florida Gulf C 14 16 15 C Florida 15 14 Florida AM 16 Mount St Mary's 16 N Dakota 15 New Mex St 14 15 13 13 13 12 13 Louisiana-Laf 14 American 15 Weber State 16 Hampton 16 16 16 15 15 Monmouth 16 15 16 Troy 15 Troy State 14 UNC Wilmington 12 Mt St Mary's 16 E Tenn St 13 13 American 15 E Tennessee St 16 15 Year 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9
The following table is for 2001-2017, with all teams with at least 6 playoff appearances included.
Champ Final Semi Playoffs
New England 5 7 11 15
Green Bay 1 1 4 13
Pittsburgh 2 3 7 12
Indianapolis 1 2 4 12
Seattle 1 3 3 11
Baltimore 1 1 4 9
Philadelphia 1 1 5 9
Denver 1 2 3 8
Atlanta 1 3 8
NY Giants 2 2 2 7
Arizona 2 3 7
Carolina 2 3 7
Kansas City 7
Cincinnati 7
New Orleans 1 1 2 6
NY Jets 2 6
Minnesota 1 6
Dallas 6
1: Superbowl winner 2: Superbowl loser 3: Conference championship loser 4: Divisional round loser 5: Wildcard game loser Year 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Champ Final Semi Playoffs New England 2 1 3 1 3 3 2 4 5 2 3 4 1 1 1 5 8 12 16 Pittsburgh 4 3 4 5 5 2 1 5 1 3 4 3 2 3 7 13 Green Bay 3 4 3 5 4 4 1 5 3 5 4 5 4 1 1 4 13 Indianapolis 3 4 5 5 2 5 4 1 4 4 3 5 1 2 4 12 Seattle 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 4 2 5 5 1 3 3 11 Philadelphia 1 5 5 5 3 4 2 3 3 3 1 2 6 10 Baltimore 4 1 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 1 1 3 9 Atlanta 4 2 3 5 4 5 3 4 1 3 9 Denver 1 4 2 4 4 3 5 5 1 2 3 8 Carolina 5 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 8 Kansas City 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 8 NY Giants 5 1 4 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 New Orleans 4 4 4 5 1 3 1 1 7 Arizona 3 5 4 2 4 4 2 2 3 7 Minnesota 3 5 5 3 5 4 2 7 Cincinnati 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 NY Jets 3 3 5 4 4 5 2 6 Tennessee 4 4 5 4 3 1 6 Dallas 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 S Francisco 3 2 3 4 5 1 3 5 San Diego 4 4 3 4 5 1 5 Chicago 3 2 4 4 2 3 4 Oakland 5 2 4 1 1 4 Jacksonville 3 4 5 1 4 Tampa Bay 5 5 1 5 1 4 Washington 5 5 5 4 4 Houston 4 5 4 4 4 Detroit 5 5 5 3 Miami 5 5 5 3 Los Angeles 5 2 Buffalo 5 2 Cleveland 5 1-->
Data is for 2003-2017.
Year Champ Final Semifinal San Antonio 4 5 8 Miami 3 5 6 Detroit 1 2 6 Cleveland 1 4 5 LA Lakers 2 4 4 Boston 1 2 4 Oklahoma City 1 4 Golden State 2 3 3 Dallas 1 2 3 Phoenix 3 Indiana 3
1: Champion 2: Final 3: Semifinal 4: Quarterfinal 5: Round of 16 Year 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Champ Final Semifinal San Antonio 3 4 5 1 2 3 5 4 5 3 1 4 1 4 1 4 5 8 Miami 4 2 1 1 2 5 5 5 1 3 4 3 5 6 Detroit 5 5 3 3 3 2 1 3 1 2 6 Cleveland 2 1 2 4 3 4 2 4 1 4 5 LA Lakers 5 4 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 4 2 4 4 Boston 3 5 5 5 3 4 2 4 1 5 5 4 1 2 4 Oklahoma City 5 3 3 4 2 3 5 4 1 4 Golden State 1 2 1 5 4 2 3 3 Dallas 5 5 5 5 1 5 4 5 5 2 4 5 3 1 2 3 Phoenix 3 5 4 3 3 5 3 Indiana 5 5 3 3 4 5 5 4 3 5 3 Orlando 5 5 3 2 4 5 5 1 2 Brooklyn 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 2 1 1 Atlanta 5 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 1 Chicago 5 4 5 4 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 1 Memphis 5 5 4 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 1 Toronto 4 3 5 5 5 5 1 Houston 4 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 1 Denver 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 1 Utah 4 5 4 5 4 3 5 1 Minnesota 3 5 1 Portland 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 LA Clippers 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 Milwaukee 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Washington 4 4 5 5 5 Charlotte 5 5 5 Washington 4 4 New Orleans 5 5 5 4 5 5 New York 4 5 5 5 Philadelphia 4 5 5 5 5 4 Golden State 4 Sacramento 5 5 4 4 Year 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
Win Final Semi Quarter Europe South North
final final America America
Germany 4 8 13 17 *
Brazil 5 7 11 16 *
Italy 4 6 8 10 *
Argentina 2 5 5 10 *
England 1 1 2 10 *
France 1 2 5 9 *
Spain 1 1 2 7 *
Serbia 2 7 *
Uruguay 2 2 5 6 *
Neth. 3 5 6 *
Sweden 1 4 6 *
Hungary 2 2 5 *
Russia 1 5 *
Czech 2 2 4 *
Austria 2 4 *
Belgium 1 4 *
Mexico 4 *
Switz. 4 *
USA 1 3 *
Poland 1 3 *
Chile 1 3 *
Paraguay 3 *
Portugal 2 2 *
Romania 2 *
Bolivia 2 *
Peru 2 *
N Ireland 2 *
We tally each team's results for 1994-2014, and then sum over the teams from each region.
Qualifying Round Round Quarter Semi Final Win
places of 32 of 16 final final
Europe 13 92 51 30 16 8 4
South America 4.5 28 21 13 7 4 2
North America 3.5 19 11 2
Asia 4.5 23 6 1 1
Oceana .5 2
Africa 5 28 7 2
Teams from Europe and South America perform well and teams from Africa perform poorly. The number of qualifying places for each region is out of balance with the strength of the regions.
6: Win 5: Final 4: Semifinal 3: Quarterfinal 2: Round 16 1: Round 32
Year 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 0 0 1 1 1 Win Final Semi Quarter
0 4 8 0 4 8 2 6 0 4 8 2 6 0 4 8 2 6 0 4 8 final final
Germany 4 2 6 4 3 5 4 6 3 5 5 6 3 3 5 4 4 6 * 4 8 13 17
Brazil 3 2 4 5 3 6 6 2 6 4 4 3 2 3 6 5 6 3 3 4 * 5 7 11 16
Italy 6 6 3 2 2 2 5 2 4 6 2 4 5 3 2 6 1 1 4 6 8 10
Argentina 5 2 2 2 3 6 3 6 5 2 3 1 3 3 5 * 2 5 5 10
England 3 3 2 3 6 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 1 * 1 1 2 10
France 3 2 3 3 2 4 2 2 4 4 6 1 5 1 3 * 1 2 5 9
Spain 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 2 6 1 * 1 1 2 7
Serbia 4 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 1 1 * 2 7
Uruguay 6 6 4 2 3 4 2 2 2 1 4 2 * 2 2 5 6
Neth. 2 2 5 5 2 3 4 2 5 4 3 5 6
Sweden 3 4 4 5 2 3 2 1 4 2 2 * 1 4 6
Hungary 3 5 5 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 5
Russia 3 3 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 * 1 5
Austria 4 2 4 2 3 3 1 1 * 2 4
Czech 5 3 2 2 5 2 2 3 1 2 2 4
Belgium 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 1 2 3 * 1 4
Switz. 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 * 4
Mexico 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 * 4
USA 4 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 3
Poland 2 3 4 3 4 2 1 1 * 1 3
Chile 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3
Paraguay 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 3
Portugal 4 1 1 4 2 1 * 2 2
Romania 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
Bolivia 3 3 1 2
S. Korea 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 * 1 1
Bulgaria 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 1
Turkey 2 4 1 1
Cameroon 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
Denmark 2 3 2 1 * 1
Costa Rica 2 1 1 3 * 1
Senegal 3 * 1
Ukraine 3 1
India 3 1
Ireland 3 2 2 1
Colombia 2 2 1 1 3 * 1
Peru 3 3 2 * 1
North_Korea 3 1 1
Ghana 2 3 1 1
Japan 1 2 1 2 1 *
Croatia 4 1 1 1 *
Ecuador 1 2 1
Iceland *
Panama *
Scotland 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
Nigeria 2 2 1 1 2 *
Honduras 2 1 1
Algeria 2 1 1 2
Ivory Coast 1 1 1
Iran 2 1 1 1 *
Bosnia Herz 1
Greece 1 1 2
Israel 2
Norway 2 1 2
El_Salvador 2 2
Tunisia 2 1 1 1 *
UAE 1
South_Africa 1 1 1
Canada 1
N_Ireland 3 3 1 2
Wales 3 1
Saudi_Arabia 2 1 1 1 *
Trin_Tob 1
Egypt 2 1 *
Morocco 2 2 1 1 *
Haiti 2
Australia 2 2 1
Togo 1
Austria 1
Zaire 2
Slovakia 1 2
Jamaica 1
China 1
Kuwait 2
Angola 1
Algeria 1 1
New_Zealand 2 1
Iraq 1
Championships
Oklahoma State 34
Iowa 23
Iowa State 8
Oklahoma 7
Penn State 5
Minnesota 3
Ohio State 1
Arizona State 1
Michigan State 1
Northern Iowa 1
Cornell College 1
Indiana 1
Big Twelve 49
Big Ten 33
Other 3
Few schools outside of the Midwest have won championships.
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Men's hockey:
Championships Frozen Four
Michigan 9 24
North Dakota 7 21
Denver 7 14
Wisconsin 6 12
Boston College 5 24
Boston University 5 22
Minnesota 5 21
Lake Superior State 3 4
Michigan State 3 11
Michigan Tech 3 10
Cornell 2 8
Maine 2 11
Colorado College 2 10
RPI 2 5
Minnesota-Duluth 1 4
Harvard 1 12
Providence 1 4
Bowling Green 1
Northern Michigan 1
Union 1
Yale 1
St Lawrence 9
Clarkson 7
New Hampshire 7
Dartmouth 4
Women's hockey:
Championships Final
Minnesota-Duluth 5 6
Minnesota 5 7
Wisconsin 4 6
Clarkson 1 1
Harvard 4
Numbers are for 2001-2017. All teams with at least one placement in the top 3 are included.
Champ 2nd 3rd
Manchester U 7 3 3
Chelsea 5 4 3
Arsenal 2 4 4
Manchester City 2 2 2
Liverpool 3 3
Tottenham 1 1
Leicester City 1
Newcastle U 1
12 teams qualified from the 2015 World Cup by placing in the top three of their pool. The Oceana regional qualifier conributes 2 teams and the Americas regional qualifier contributes 2 teams. The best teams from regional qualifiers not yet already qualified then played a cross-regional qualifier to decide 4 more teams.
Qualified from Regional Cross-regional
2015 World Cup qualifier qualifier
Oceana New Zealand Fiji Samoa
Ausralia Tonga Tahiti
Europe Scotland
Wales
Ireland
France
England
Italy
Georgia
Americas Argentina USA Canada
Uruguay
Asia Japan
Africa South Africa
New Zealand
New Zealand France
New Zealand
South Africa Wales
South Africa
New Zealand
Argenina
Argenina Ireland
Ausralia
Ausralia Scotland
Ausralia
Rank Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
1 Ausralia South Africa New Zealand Ireland
2 Wales Scotland Argentina France
3 England Japan Georgia Italy
4 Fiji Samoa Tonga Romania
5 Uruguay USA Namibia Canada
The 2015 World Cup has 20 teams. 12 qualified based on 2011 World Cup results, 7 qualifed based on regional tournaments, and 1 qualified based on a repechage tournament.
Oceana Europe Americas Africa Asia
Qualified from New Zealand England Argentina S. Africa
2011 World Cup Australia France
Samoa Wales
Tonga Scotland
Ireland
Italy
Regional Fiji Georgia Canada Namibia Japan
qualifiers Romania USA
Repechage Uruguay
Repechage bracket:
Uruguay
Uruguay Hong Kong
Uruguay
Russia Zimbabwe
Russia
Data since the formation of the World Cup in 1987.
20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19
Win Final Semi Quar Pool 15 11 07 03 99 95 91 87
New Zealand 3 1 3 1 New Zealand 1 1 4 3 3 2 3 1
Australia 2 2 2 2 Australia 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 3
S. Africa 2 2 2 S. Africa 3 4 1 4 3 1
England 1 2 1 3 1 England 5 4 2 1 4 3 2 4
France 3 3 2 France 4 2 3 3 2 3 4 2
Wales 2 3 3 Wales 4 3 5 4 4 5 5 3
Argentina 2 2 4 Argentina 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 5
Scotland 1 6 1 Scotland 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
Ireland 6 2 Ireland 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4
Canada 1 7 Canada 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5
Italy 8 Italy 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Romania 8 Romania 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Samoa 2 5 Samoa 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
Fiji 2 5 Fiji 5 5 4 5 5 5 4
USA 7 USA 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Japan 7 Japan 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Tonga 7 Tonga 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Namibia 5 Namibia 5 5 5 5 5
Georgia 4 Georgia 5 5 5 5
Uruguay 3 Uruguay 5 5 5
Zimbabwe 2 Zimbabwe 5 5
Russia 1 Russia 5
Portugal 1 Portugal 5
Spain 1 Spain 5
Ivory Coast 1 Ivory Coast 5
1: Win
2: Final
3: Semifinal
4: Quarterfinal
5: Pool
Hockey World Championships, 2010-2017.
Win Final Semi Quar Pool
Russia 2 4 7 8 8
Sweden 2 3 5 8 8
Canada 2 3 3 8 8
Finland 1 3 6 8 8
Czech Rep 1 1 5 8 8
USA 3 7 8
Switz. 1 1 4 8
Slovakia 1 1 2 7
Germany 1 4 8
Norway 2 8
Denmark 2 8
Belarus 2 8
France 1 8
Latvia 8
Latvia 5
Slovenia 5
Italy 4
Kazakhstan 4
Austria 3
Hungary 1
1: Win
2: Final
3: Semifinal
4: Quarterfinal
5: Pool
17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
Canada 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4
Finland 3 2 4 2 3 3 1 4
USA 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 5
Sweden 1 4 4 3 1 4 2 3
Russia 3 3 2 1 4 1 3 2
Czech Rep 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 1
Germany 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 3
Switzerland 4 5 4 5 2 5 5 4
Denmark 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4
Latvia 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Slovakia 5 5 5 4 2 5 5
Norway 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5
Belarus 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5
France 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5
Slovenia 5 5 5 5 5
Italy 5 5 5 5
Kazakhstan 5 5 5 5
Austria 5 5 5
Hungary 5
Cricket World Cup, 1987-2015.
Win Final Semi Quar Pool
Australia 5 6 6 8 8
Sri Lanka 1 3 4 7 8
India 1 2 5 7 8
Pakistan 1 2 4 6 8
New Zealand 1 5 8 8
England 2 2 5 8
South Africa 4 6 7
West Indies 1 6 8
Zimbabwe 4 8
Kenya 1 1 5
Bangladesh 2 5
Netherlands 4
Ireland 1 3
Scotland 3
Canada 3
UAE 2
Afghanistan 1
Bermuda 1
Namibia 1
1: Win
2: Final
3: Semifinal
4: Quarterfinal
5: Pool
15 11 07 03 99 96 92 87
Australia 1 4 1 1 1 2 4 1
Sri Lanka 4 2 2 3 5 1 4 4
India 3 1 5 2 4 3 4 3
New Zealand 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 4
Pakistan 4 3 5 5 2 4 1 3
England 5 4 4 5 5 4 2 2
West Indies 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4
South Africa 3 4 3 5 3 4 3
Zimbabwe 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4
Kenya 5 5 3 5 5
Bangladesh 4 5 4 5 5
Netherlands 5 5 5 5
Ireland 5 5 4
Scotland 5 5 5
Canada 5 5 5
UAE 5 5
Afghanistan 5
Bermuda 5
Namibia 5
Numbers are league rank.
Year 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Champ 2nd 3rd Manchester U 6 5 4 7 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 3 1 7 3 3 Chelsea 1 10 1 3 3 6* 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 4 6 6 5 4 3 Arsenal 5 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 1 2 1 2 2 4 4 Manchester City 3 4 2 1 2 1 3 5 10 9 14 15 8 16 9 18 2 2 2 Liverpool 4 8 6 2 7 8 6 7 2 4 3 3- 5 4 5 2 3 3 3 Tottenham 2 3 5 6 5 4- 5 4 8 11 5 5 9 14 10 9 12 1 1 Leicester City 12 1 14 18 20 13 1 Newcastle U 18 15 10 16 5 12 18 12 13 7 14 5 3 4 11 1 Everton 7 11 11 5 6 7 7 8 5 5 6 11 4 17 7 15 16 Aston Villa 20 17 15 15 16 9 6 6 6 11 16 10 6 16 8 8 West Ham U 11 7 12 13 10 20 17 9 10 15 9 18 7 15 Sunderland 20 17 16 14 17 13 10 13 16 15 20 20 17 7 Stoke City 13 9 9 9 13 14 13 11 12 West Bromwich 10 14 13 17 8 10 11 20 19 17 19 Southampton 8 6 7 8 14 20 12 8 11 10 Crystal Palace 14 15 10 11 18 Swansea City 15 12 8 12 9 11 Burnley 16 19 Watford 17 13 Hull City 18 18 16 19 17 Middlesbrough 19 19 13 12 14 7 11 11 12 14 Norwich City 19 18 11 12 19 Queens Park 20 20 17 Fulham 19 12 9 8 12 7 17 16 12 13 9 14 13 Cardiff City 20 Wigan Athletic 18 15 16 16 11 14 17 10 Reading 19 Bournemouth 9 16 Boston Wanderers 18 Blackburn Rovers 19 15 10 15 7 10 6 15 15 6 10 Wolverhampton 20 17 15 20 Wanderers Bolton Wanderers 14 14 13 16 7 8 6 8 17 16 Birmingham City 18 9 19 18 12 10 13 Blackpool 19 Burnley 18 Portsmouth 20 14 8 9 17 17 13 Reading 18 8 Derby County 20 19 17 Sheffield U 18 Charlton Athletic 19 13 11 7 12 14 Watford 20 9 Leeds United 19 15 5 4 Ipswich Town 18 5 Coventry City 19 Bradford City 20
Varsity Club Championship teams:
Arizona State Air Force Arkansas State BYU California Cent. Washington Clemson Dartmouth Navy Notre Dame Oklahoma Texas UCLA UTAHDivision 1-A Rugby:
East: Army, Delaware, Kutztown, Penn State, Wheeling Jesuit
St. Bonaventure, Iona, University at Buffalo
Mid-South: Lindenwood, Life University, Davenport University
California: Cal Poly, Saint Mary's, UC Davis, San Diego State,
UC Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Sacramento State, Stanford
West: Colorado, Colorado State, Wyoming Northern Colerado, New Mexico
Championships
California 25
BYU 4
Air Force 3
Harvard 1
San Diego State 1
The Varsity Club conference was formed in 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Cup_Championship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_1-A_Rugby
Team Population Money
League of Legends 5
Soul Caliber 1
Call of Duty
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Big 10 East Ohio St. Michigan Penn St. Mich St. Purdue Maryland Rutgers
Big 10 West Wisconsin Nebraska Iowa Northwest Minnesota Illinois Indiana
SEC East Florida Georgia S. Carol. Kentucky Missouri Vander Tennessee
SEC West Alabama Auburn LSU Miss St. Texas AM Miss Arkansas
ACC Atlantic Clemson NC State Boston C. Louisville Wake Forest Florida St Syracuse
ACC Coastal Miami Virginia T Georg Tech Virginia Pittsburgh Duke N. Carol
Pac 10 North Stanford Oregon Washington Wash St Oregon St. Cal
Pac 10 South UCLA USC Arizona Arizona St Colorado Utah
Big 12 North Oklahom Okla St Iowa St Kansas Kansas St.
Big 12 South Texas TCU Baylor Texas Tech W. Virginia
C-USA East Flor Atl FIU Marshall W Kentucky M Tenn Old Dominion Charlotte
C-USA West N Texas UAB S Miss Louis Tech UTSA Rice UTEP
AAC East UCF S Florida Temple Cincinnati Connecticut E Carolina
AAC West Memphis Houston SMU Navy Tulane Tulsa
MW Mount Boise St Colorado S Wyoming Utah St Air Force N Mexico
MW West Fresno St SDiego St UNVL Nevada Hawaii San Jose St
MAC East Akron Ohio Miami Buffalo Bowl Green Kent St
MAC West Toledo C Michigan N Illinois W Michigan E Michigan Ball St
Sun Belt Troy AppalachSt Arkans St Georgia St N Mexico St Louisiana
Lou-Monroe Idaho S Alabama CoastCarol Georgia S Texas St
Big East Pioneer Atlantic 10 West Coast Missouri Valley
Butler Butler Davidson BYU N Iowa
Creighton Davidson C Duquesne Gonzaga Illinois State
DePaul Drake U Fordham Loyola Marymount Southern Illinois
Georgetown Jacksonville U George Mason Pacific Indiana State
Marquette Marist College George Washing Pepperdine Loyola U Chicago
Providence Morehead St U La Salle Portland Missouri State
St. John's U San Diego U Massachusetts St Mary's Drake
Seton Hall Stetson U Rhode Island U San Diego Valparaiso
Villanova Valparaiso U Richmond U San Francisco Bradley
Xavier U Dayton St Bonaventure Santa Clara U Evansville
St Joseph's
St Louis
Virginia Common
U Dayton
Teams Conference games
Big 10 14 9
SEC 14 8
Pac 10 12 9
Big 12 10 9
ACC 14 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
AAC 12 8 American Athletic Conference
C-USA 14 8 Conference USA
MAC 12 8 Mid American
MW 12 8 Mountain West
SB 12 8 Sun Belt
NCAA basketball:
Division Conferences Teams
1 32 351
2 23
3 45
Mir Mioc Werd Over Lesn Vela Sant Hunt Arlo Silv Cout Carw Nogu Win Loss
Stipe Miocic + + +- + + 5 1
Cain Velasquez - + ++- ++ + 6 2
A. Overeem + - ++- + + + + - -- 7 5
F. Werdum - +-- + - + - + +- 5 6
Frank Mir - +- - - - + + ++ 5 5
Brock Lesnar +- - - + + 3 3
J. dos Santos + +- + - +-- + + 6 4
Mark Hunt + - - - - +o 2 4
A. Arlovski + - + - ++ 4 2
Antonio Silva - - + -- - +- 2 6
Randy Couture - - 0 2
Shane Carwin + - - 1 2
A. Nogueira -- +- - + 2 3
+: Victory
-: Defeat
o: Draw
For example, Miocic defeated Werdum
Holm Tate Rousey Zing Nunes Penn Pena McMann Eye Kaufman Shev Davis
Holly Holm - + + - f
Miesha Tate + - - - - + + -
Ronda Rousey - + + - + + +
Cat Zingano + - + + -
Amanda Nunes + + - + ++ -
Raq. Pennington - + -
Julianna Pena + + -
Sarah McMann - - - + +
Jessica Eye - - - -
Sarah Kaufman + - - +-
Val. Shevchenko + -- + +
Alexis Davis - + - + +-
Ger. de Randamie + -
Honinbo Meijin Kisei Tengen Oza Gosei Judan Birth
Cho Chikun 12 9 8 2 2 2 6 1956
Iyama Yuta 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 1989
Cho U 2 4 3 1 7 4 2 1980
Yamashita Keigo 2 2 5 2 2 1 1978
Takao Shinji 3 2 1 2 1976
Yoda Norimoto 4 6 2 1966
O Rissei 3 4 4 1972
Hane Naoki 2 2 3 1 1976
O Meien 2 1 1961
ELO
Ke Jie 3620
Park Junghwan 3593
Mi Yuting 3571
Shin Jinseo 3537
Iyama Yuta 3525
Lian Xiao 3524
Lee Sedol 3516
Men Women
50 meter 5.47 5.96 seconds
60 meter 6.31 6.92 seconds
100 meter 9.58 10.49 seconds
200 meter 19.19 21.34 seconds
400 meter 43.18 47.60 seconds
800 meter 100.91 113.28 seconds
1000 meter 131.96 148.98 seconds
1500 meter 206.00 230.07 seconds
5000 meter 12:37.35 14:11.15 seconds
10000 meter 26:17.53 29:31.78 seconds
Marathon 2:02:57 2:17:42 seconds
40 km 1:56:29 seconds
90 km 5:20:49 seconds
4x100 meter 36.84 40.82 seconds
4x200 meter 78.63 87.46 seconds
4x400 meter 174.29 195.17 seconds
High jump 2.45 2.09 meters
Pole vault 6.16 5.06 meters
Long jump 8.95 7.52 meters
Shot put 23.12 22.63 meters Men=7.26 kg. Women=4.0 kg
Discus 74.08 meters
Hammer 86.74 meters
Javelin 98.48 72.28 meters
Broad jump 3.73 meters
Baseball pitch 46.98 30.85 meters/second
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