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The Best College Ultimate Program of All Time

No, we’re not interested in the best college TEAM ever because well, it’s too subjective. We want data. We’re talking about quantitative analysis based on appearances in the regional finals and winning national championships. And the winner is…

Best College Ultimate Programs (Open) – 2006 Rankings  2007   2008   2009  2010 2011  2012

Open Division (1984-2006)

School Name
Ranking Points # Trips to Nationals Most Recent Appearance Finals Appearances Championships
1. UC Santa Barbara 70 16 2006 9 1988-90,1996-98
2. Stanford 62 17 2006 8 1984, 2002
3. Carleton 46 16 2003 3 2001
4. Wisconsin 34 14 2006 3 2003
5. Cornell 31 13 1996 1 0
6. Brown 31 8 2005 2 2000, 2005
7. Colorado 27 8 2005 2 2004
8. UNC-Wilmington 26 9 2002 3 1993
9. Texas 23 14 2006 1 0
10. East Carolina 22 10 1998 2 1994, 1995
11. UC Santa Cruz 20 7 2002 2 1991
12. Oregon 19 6 2006 2 1993
13. NC State 17 6 2004 1 1999
14. Kansas 16 13 2006 0 0
15. Penn 16 7 2003 1 1985
16. Michigan 15 8 2006 0 0
17. UMASS 15 5 1988 2 1986
18. Georgia 14 9 2006 0 0
19. Tufts 10 6 2004 0 0
20. Florida 9 3 2006 1 2006
21. UC San Diego 8 3 2006 1 0
22. William & Mary 7 3 2004 0 0
23. UC Berkeley 8 2 2004 0 0
24. Oberlin 7 5 2000 0 0
25. Harvard 7 4 2006 0 0
26. Iowa 7 4 2004 0 0
27. Chabot College 7 3 1987 1 1987
28. Wesleyan 6 6 1997 0 0
29. Princeton 6 5 2000 0 0
30. Carnegie Mellon 6 4 1989 0 0
31. Rice 6 4 2000 0 0
32. Illinois 6 3 2004 0 0
33. Michigan State 6 3 2006 0 0
34. UNC – Chapel Hill 6 3 2005 0 0
35. SW Missouri State 5 3 1987 0 0
36. SUNY Purchase 4 3 1990 0 0
37. Georgia Tech 4 4 1992 0 0
38. Williams 4 3 2003 0 0
39. Columbia 4 2 1989 0 0
40. Delaware 4 2 2006 0 0
41. Duke 4 2 2006 0 0
42. George Washington 4 2 2004 0 0
43. Ohio State 4 2 2003 0 0
44. Pittsburgh 4 2 2006 0 0
45. Salisbury State 4 2 2000 0 0
46. Glassboro State 4 1 1984 1 0
47. Indiana 3 3 1996 0 0
48. LSU 3 3 1998 0 0
49. Vermont 3 3 1992 0 0
50. Yale 3 3 1998 0 0
51. Winona State 3 2 2000 0 0
52. Cal-Poly 2 2 1987 0 0
53. MIT 2 2 1986 0 0
54. British Columbia 2 1 2005 0 0
55. Queen’s Kingston 2 1 2005 0 0
56. Washington 2 1 2005 0 0
57. Dartmouth 2 1 2003 0 0
58. Penn State 2 1 2003 0 0
59. Swarthmore 2 1 2002 0 0
60. Texas A&M 2 1 2001 0 0
61. Notre Dame 2 1 2000 0 0
62. Boston College 2 1 1998 0 0
63. Florida State 2 1 1996 0 0
64. Las Positas 2 1 1994 0 0
65. SUNY Binghamton 2 1 1994 0 0
66. Ohio University 2 1 1984 0 0
67. St. Louis U 2 1 1988 0 0
68. SUNY Albany 2 1 1993 0 0
69. Syracuse 2 1 1984 0 0