31. UCONN
Women's hoops (39-0) may have been best college team ever, men made Elite Eight; FB (2-9) struggling since move up to I-A in '99
32. WASHINGTON
Had 11 top 20 teams; home of "sailgating": No. 5 rowers shuttled fans from boats to lakeside stadium to watch No. 19 FB team
33. AUBURN
No. 1 in women's swimming, fop 20 in seven other sports; hoops last in SEC; campus museum has Charles Barkley mannequin
34. CALIFORNIA
Awful (1-10) in FB, but No. 1 in softball, rugby, crew; top 20 in 10 other sports; swimmer Natalie Coughlin a future Olympic star
35 ARKANSAS
Nolan Richardson fiasco shook Hogs hoops, but seven other teams made top 20; FB lost Cotton Bowl; slew of new sports facilities
36. GEORGIA TECH
No. 2 in golf, No. 5 in baseball, top 25 in softball, FB; rec center (which houses '96 Olympic pool) tripled to 300,000 sq. ft.
37. WISCONSIN
Top 10 in X-C, women's v-ball; both hoops teams in NCAAs; no bowl game for first time since '96; invented hockey's "sieve!" chant
38. [Square Hat]VIRGINIA
Seven top 10 teams; women's hoops made NCAAs; three alums were on U.S. World Cup squad; 94% of students use A+ rec facilities
39. [Square Hat]WAKE FOREST
Deacons made hoops, baseball NCAAs; Bea Bielik won women's tennis title; strong IMs; students "roll the quad" with TP after big wins
40. [Square Hat]PENN STATE
No. 1 fencers among five top 10 teams, but gridders 5-6, hoopsters 7-21; Christie Welch national soccer player of year
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