<p>The ACC (Duke, UVa, UNC, Wake, BC), Big 10 (Chicago*, Michigan, Northwestern, Wisconsin, UIUC) and the PAC 10 (Cal, Stanford, UCLA, UDub) are all very strong. </p>
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<li>Although Chicago dropped out of Big 10 athleticsback in the 1930s, it is still a member of the CIC; Big 10 + the University of Chicago academic group.</li>
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