Elite Schools - head to head

<p>Schools are easy to rank when they don’t compete agaisnt each other like sports. Would’nt it be great if they could? This year’s mock trial resuts arguably matches the best from the most elite schools in the countryin academic competition. Here are the results of the national championships in which the best teams from each region competed:</p>

<p>PRESTIGIOUS TOP TEN TRIAL TEAMS</p>

<li>Team TT (796)–Harvard University, 7</li>
<li>Team UU (797)—Harvard University, 6.5</li>
<li>Team QQ (662)—University of California, Berkeley, 5.5 (CS=19)</li>
<li>Team YYY (812)—University of Redlands, 5.5 (CS=15.5)</li>
<li>Team QQQ (524)—University of Michigan, 5.5 (CS=12.5)</li>
<li>Team CCC (610)—University of Pittsburgh 5 (CS=18, SOO=5)</li>
<li>Team OOO (712)—Arizona State University 5 (CS=18, SOO=5.5)</li>
<li>Team EEE (928)—Yale University 5 (CS=16.5, SOO=8.5)</li>
<li>Team ZZZ (584)—Furman University 5 (CS=16.5, SOO=9)</li>
<li>Team NN (564)—New York University 5 (CS=16)</li>
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<p>PRESTIGIOUS TOP TEN TRIAL TEAMS</p>

<li>Team 972 (A) – University of Virginia – 8-0</li>
<li>Team 436 (JJ) – Cornell University – 6-2, CS 15.5</li>
<li>Team 756 (C) – George Washington University – 6-2, CS 15, SOO 4</li>
<li>Team 316 (Q) – University of Alabama at Birmingham – 6-2, CS 15, SOO 4.5</li>
<li>Team 514 (HH) – Columbia University – 5-3, CS 21.5</li>
<li>Team 965 (FF) – University of California, Los Angeles – 5-3, CS 20</li>
<li>Team 973 (B) – University of Virginia – 5-3, CS 19</li>
<li>Team 518 (Z) – University of Missouri-Kansas City – 5-3, CS 14.5</li>
<li>Team 512 (L) – University of Texas at Austin – 5-3, CS 14</li>
<li>Team 344 (G) – University of Southern California – 4-3-1</li>
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<p>HONORABLE MENTION TRIAL TEAMS</p>

<li>Team 872 (W) – Rhodes College – 4-4, CS 19.5</li>
<li>Team 642 (LL) – Villanova University – 4-4, CS 18, SOO 2</li>
<li>Team 924 (S) – University of Notre Dame – 4-4, CS 18, SOO 4</li>
<li>Team 956 (Y) – Brown University –17.5</li>
<li>Team 920 (KK) – Georgetown University – 4-4, CS 16.5</li>
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<p>Way to go Furman and Rhodes. They are just a wee bit smaller than most of those schools. LOL. I have coached mock trial fon and off for 25 years. High School mostly. I believe it can be a very worthwhile endeavor.</p>

<p>For those of us unfamiliar with mock trials, what do the numbers and ‘CS’ mean?</p>