<p>NU, this academic calendar year, has ranked teams in the following sports - lax, soccer, swimming, tennis, softball, fencing, wrestling and golf.</p>
<p>Lax is favored to 3-peat as national champs and the softball team, which lost in the championship game last year, should have another good run with 2 stud pitchers.</p>
<p>The FB team should make it to a good bowl this season - 8 wins or so (as long as Bacher and Sutton remain healthy).</p>
<p>The men’s BB team did about as must as anyone could expect with 1 talented player (Coble who made the all-B10 frosh team). Hopefully with Capocci and Thompson and the Croats who red-shirted, they have an outside shot at an NIT bid next year - but they are still a couple of recruits away from an NCAA bid).</p>
<p>The women’s BB team used to be good, but has been horrible the past number of years. They’ll get a shot in the arm with one of the best incoming freshman classes (which includes a top 60 player). </p>
<p>The soccer team (m) used to be horrible - but they have established themselves as a legit program (lost in the “Elite 8” to the eventual champs 2-3).</p>
<p>The baseball team has been pretty good - but this year they are going to suffer with young pitching.</p>
<p>Volleyball (w) is also competitive.</p>