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New American College Cricket Rankings Out

14 December 2011
New American College Cricket Rankings Out

With the completion of six of the seven American College Cricket regional Championships, the Power Rankings of Universities' cricket clubs in the USA & Canada have changed dramatically since the national Championship in March 2011.
 
Consistent stars such as Prasanna Vekatesh (Auburn) Ricky Nayar (Gators), Romel Somavat (OSU), Adrian Gordon (NYU-Poly), Naveen Thiagarajan (Auburn) Akeem Dodson are joined by new talent Ravi Thimabawala (USC Trojans), Varun Kulkarni (Penn State), Harsh Patel (Ryerson), Sufian Chaudhary (Ryerson) among others in American College Cricket.
 
1. Ohio State University – Buckeyes
2. University of Florida – Gators
3. Ryerson University – Rams
4  University of Southern Cal – Trojans
5- Rutgers – Scarlet Knights
6- Auburn – Tigers
7- George Mason – Patriots, 2011 Champion- Chanderpaul Trophy winner
8- University of Pennsylvania – Quakers
9- Texas A & M – Aggies
10- Texas Tech – Red Raiders
11- North Carolina State – Wolfpack
12- York University – Lions, 2010 Champion-Chanderpaul Trophy winner
13- University of South Florida – Bulls
14- University of Iowa – Hawkeyes
15- York College – Cardinals
16- Thunderbird School of Global Management – T-Birds
17- NYU-Polytechnic – Violets
18- NJ Institute of Technology – Highlanders
19- University of Maryland-Baltimore County – Retreivers
20- Carnegie Mellon – Tartans
21- Cleveland State – Vikings
22- Iowa State – Cyclones
23- Purdue – Boilermakers
24- Penn State – Nittany Lions
25- Boston University – Terriers
26- UC Riverside
27- Florida Atlantic – Seminoles
28- University of Houston – Cougars
29- College of Wooster – Fighting Scots
30- George Washington U – Colonials
31- University of Buffalo – Buffalo Bulls
32- Virginia Tech – Hokies
33- Indiana University – Hoosiers
 
Power Rankings are based on :
1. Off the Field Performance
2. Recent performances
3. Regional championship participation
4. National championship participation & performances
 
Though the rankings reflect the top 33 there are many more colleges in American College Cricket.

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