Saint Xavier...Number 1 at last

Saint Xavier University, my alma mater, is at the top of the NAIA Football rankings, the first time SXU has reached the number one ranking in any sport.

I would have liked for that to have come while I was a student, and seeing Sioux Falls move to NCAA Division II sure aided in the Cougars' eventual rise to the top, but this is still a monumental distinction for a school that has been steadily good, just unable to "get over the hump."

In Women's Basketball, its either a team from Tennessee of California that dashes national championship dreams every year.

In football, it's either Carroll or Sioux Falls putting an end to a dominant Saint Xavier season.

But maybe not this year.

Sioux Falls is gone from the NAIA and Carroll has begun the season 1-1. If SXU can put together an undefeated regular season run like they usually do, the NAIA playoffs may go through Mount Greenwood in 2011.