A few caveats in this comparative ranking. The comparison covers eight sports, which I selected because they have national appeal, have spectator appeal, and have gate receipts or the potential for gate receipts. Not not all 13 current conference schools play all eight sports, in fact, only Dayton and Fordham match URI in this respect. Also I have not included ties or playoff games currently underway in baseball and softball. Despite these anomalies, I think the following is an accurate representation of how URI really fared in the A-10 this season. Please remember that in the Olympic sports not included in this analysis, URI did have some good performances especially in track and field, golf, rowing, etc. and this boosts URI's overall standing in the A-10.
URI Competitiveness in the A-10 in Eight Key Sports
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School Wins Losses % Comments
VCU 127 59 .683 No football, softball
St. Joseph’s 114 72 .613 No football, volleyball
Dayton 151 102 .597
Saint Louis 134 98 .578 No football
Duquesne 75 61 .551 No baseball, softball
Fordham 126 119 .514
GW 113 111 .504 No football
Richmond 69 72 .489 No men’s soccer, softball, volleyball
George Mason 79 103 .449 No football
St. Bona 77 108 .416 No football, volleyball
La Salle 86 133 .398 No football
UMass 71 124 .364 No volleyball
URI 73 164 .308