Snapler

With the advent of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), there was hope that for once and for all the debate over who is the best Division I football program could be settled year in and year out. We all know that despite the best intentions and the lack of a real playoff system, that has not yet happened. Now whether or not that debate over the BCS Championship is healthy and drives even more buzz is one issue, but the fact remains that sans a playoff system the question still lingers. That of course is not true in any other NCAA sport, where season-ending championships are the rule not the exception. We know who wins March Madness, the College World Series, the Frozen Four, the NCAA Wrestling Championships etc etc. No doubt, it is out there for everyone to see.

However like the BCS, there would or could be some debate as to which overall school, at least on the Division I level, is the best at college athletics. For years quantity -- the schools that had twenty or more sports -- seemed to rise over quality. While there is no doubt that the real reason intercollegiate athletics should exist is to grow the overall student-athlete for success later in life in whatever field, there is still an interest to find a way to see which university is actually getting a return on the field as well as in the classroom for the dollars and time invested.

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