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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18,2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
QUIDDITCH
Jayhawks top world rankings
HANNAH WISE
hwise@kansan.com
Kansas' club quidditch team is the top team in the world, according to the International Quidditch Association's rankings released on Monday afternoon.
The rankings were released with Kansas at No. 1 after updates from the Brotherly Love Cup in Philadelphia and the Canadian season's kick off in Ontario.
The team became an official member team of the IQA when it competed in the Midwest Cup in Fishers, Ind., Oct 9-10. The team left Indiana with its first championship trophy after going 6-0 in a field of 18 teams. It played top teams Ball State University (110-90), Michigan State University (100-70) and the University of Pittsburgh (100-70).
After Kansas won the championship, IQA commissioner Alex Benepe said he expected the team to be ranked in the top 15 in the world.
"We were expecting top five," captain Doug Whiston said. "We did a little better than that."
The jump from relative obscurity to No. 1 is uncommon even in the world of quidditch. Kansas now stands above Middlebury College, at which the first quidditch team was founded, as well as Arizona State University, Louisiana State University and Illinois State.
Four of Kansas' six games from the Midwest Cup have been recorded so far. The rest are expected to go up on Oct. 24. Whiston said he expects the team may drop down into the top five teams by next week.
Theteam will travel to New York to compete in the IQA's World Cup on Nov. 12-13. It will be their first World Cup appearance.
- Edited by Joel Petterson
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The Kansan's conference reporter analyzes and ranks the 10 teams six games into the season
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1. Oklahoma 6-0, 3-0 (Last Week 1)
National Ranking: No. 3 AP
Oklahoma did not look sharp in its 30-point victory against Kansas, but the Sooners survived the possible trap game and still put up over 600 yards of total offense.
2. Oklahoma State 6-0,
3-0 (Last week 2)
National Ranking: No. 6 AP
The Cowboys didn't have their usual offensive output against Texas, but they still won the game. Their offense should return to form at Missouri this week.
3. Kansas State 6-0, 3-0 (Last Week 3)
National Ranking: No.11 AP
Somehow the Wildcats keep piling up wins. That trend may take a hit, as they get one more week before they have to face the death trap of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in consecutive weeks.
4. Texas A&M 4-2, 2-1 (Last Week 5)
National Ranking: No.20 AP
The Aggies consecutive losses to top 25 teams dropped them from BCS consideration, but with only one loss in Big 12 play, they remain dark-horse contenders for the Big 12 Title.
5. Texas 4-2,1-2 (Last Week 6)
National Ranking: No.25 AP
Freshman QB David Ash threw for only 139 yards and two interceptions in his first start at quarterback for the Longhorns. Not the numbers they were looking for when they made him the starter.
6. Baylor 4-2,1-2
(Last Week 4)
National Ranking: No. 24 AP
Half of Robert Griffin III's incompletes this season have come in his last two games. Baylor is fast falling out of the race for the Big 12 title, and still have to face the two teams in the front, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
Red Raider QB Seth Doege was able to throw for 461 yards against the Wildcats' stout defense, but Doege also threw as many touchdown passes to the Wildcats as he did his own team.
7. Texas Tech 4-2,1-2 (Last Week 7)
8. Missouri 3-3,1-2 (Last Week 9)
it will take more than a beat down of the Cyclones for the Tigers to move out of the bottom three of the Kansan rankings.
Steele Janz has thrown an interception in four of six games this season, and his completion percentage is hovering just south of 55 percent.
9. Iowa State 3-3,0-3 (Last Week 8)
The Jayhawks have been outscored by 56 points in the third quarter this season.
10. Kansas 2-4,0-3 (Last Week 10)
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The men's team moved up two spots from last week's seventh-place ranking. The women moved two places in the opposite direction, dropping from sixth to eighth in the rankings.
The men's advancement in the rankings comes after the Jayhawks' performance at the Adidas Invitational in Madison, Wis. last Saturday.
Men's team moves up in rankings
The men's cross country team is now ranked fifth in the Midwest Region by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
It was the first race of the year in which senior Austin Bussing finished with the fastest time for the Jayhawks. Zach Zarda continued what has been a consistent season and finished second for Kansas.
The fastest runner for the women, senior Rebeka Stowe, was not up to par in the race at Wisconsin. She was again the fastest runner for the Jayhawks but failed to finish in the top 10. Instead, she finished 37th.
- Max Goodwin
The men placed 23rd at the meet and the women placed 34th.