Western Kentucky is #16 and Rice is #23. The two teams won't meet each other in the regular season but both teams will face top-25 teams in the NC schedule (Rice has 4 matches against preseason top-25 teams, and WKU has one (plus an exhibition against the defending NCAA champs Kentucky).

Congrats! Way to go.

Way to go, you two! Now go get it done in Volleyball this season.

(08-16-2021 12:58 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  Way to go, you two! Now go get it done in Volleyball this season.

More evidence that CUSA believes all sports matter. Congrats!

Congrats to both programs. This is WKU's highest ever preseason ranking.

And don’t forget one of Rice’s “Top-25” opponents is preseason #1 Texas (whom we currently own a two-match winning streak against…)

(08-16-2021 12:15 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Western Kentucky is #16 and Rice is #23. The two teams won't meet each other in the regular season but both teams will face top-25 teams in the NC schedule (Rice has 4 matches against preseason top-25 teams, and WKU has one (plus an exhibition against the defending NCAA champs Kentucky).

Great news! Proud of you both. I hope the rest of us can pull our weight this season.

Congrats, but how sad it would be to have to be excited about volleyball being ranked at your school and us as cusa fans having a topic about it.

clt says this will help vb recruiting for the rest of us

(08-16-2021 10:30 PM)goherd24herdfans Wrote:  Congrats, but how sad it would be to have to be excited about volleyball being ranked at your school and us as cusa fans having a topic about it.

Marshall was like this about soccer, until you won a game.

(08-16-2021 02:34 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

(08-16-2021 12:58 PM)HogDawg Wrote:  Way to go, you two! Now go get it done in Volleyball this season.

More evidence that CUSA believes all sports matter. Congrats!

LOL! Where is the eye roll emoji?

Quote:Posted by goherd24herdfans - Yesterday 11:30 PM
Congrats, but how sad it would be to have to be excited about volleyball being ranked at your school and us as cusa fans having a topic about it.

Exactly.

CUSA is awesome at soccer and volleyball and badminton and underwater basket weaving and checkers and Connect 4 and Mario Cart...and...and...and...nobody nationally cares.

Being solid all around is far more important than just football. Its the main reason that the App States of the world have reached their ceiling and can go no higher. Its hard to explain to belt fans that none of them are making it into the American.

clt wishes marshal and other schools would put resources towards excelling in all sports. Right now it is just Charlotte and Rice.

(08-17-2021 02:21 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt wishes marshal and other schools would put resources towards excelling in all sports. Right night it is just Charlotte and Rice.

clt says wku was 3rd in the learfield cup behind Charlotte and Rice.

(08-17-2021 02:21 PM)49ShadesOfGreen Wrote:  Being solid all around is far more important than just football. Its the main reason that the App States of the world have reached their ceiling and can go no higher. Its hard to explain to belt fans that none of them are making it into the American.

Says the fan of a team that isn't solid where the wallet is. You're obsession with "other" sports is done at our expense. Be solid at football and/or basketball THEN you get to enhance your hobbies.

(08-17-2021 02:44 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt says wku was 3rd in the learfield cup behind Charlotte and Rice.

We all know that you're compensating for no basketball or football teams. And we all know if you're going to do well in "other" sports you might as well win the national title in them....oh wait, only the team way down at the bottom did that. Something must be wrong with your chart.

(08-17-2021 02:44 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt says wku was 3rd in the learfield cup behind Charlotte and Rice.

topper1296 says the chart above is a cumulative number of championships since 2014-15 and not just one year.

(08-17-2021 02:44 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt says wku was 3rd in the learfield cup behind Charlotte and Rice.

Here's your full listing of the Lierfield Cup Standings for each school in CUSA:

88 Rice (W Soccer, Volleyball, W Tennis, W T&F, W Indoor T&F)
98 Charlotte (M CC, M Soccer, Baseball, M Golf, M T&F)
112 Western Kentucky (Football, Volleyball, Softball)
113 Marshall (Football, Soccer)
145 Louisiana Tech (Baseball, W Bowling)
145 Old Dominion (Baseball, W Tennis)
150 Middle Tennessee State (M Golf, M T&F, M Tennis, W Basketball)
173 Southern Mississippi (Baseball, M Indoor T&F)
174 North Texas (Football, W Golf, M Basketball)
195 UTSA (Football, W Golf, M Golf)
210 UAB (M Golf)
255 FAU (Football)
255 FIU (W Tennis)
287 UTEP (M T&F)

Points are awarded, not on how well they do in conference but how well they do in NCAA championships.

clt says it is comical when marshal fans bring up budgets.