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I am going to weigh in here and inform folks that Northwestern was the "National Champion" and deservedly so for the Spring Rankings. Just because 13 of 50 states (AK-AL-AR-GA-IA-NE-OK-SC-TN-UT-VA-WA-WY) play boys prep soccer in the spring does not make its champion any less of one from the fall or winter seasons.

I can assure you that the powers-that-be at the NSCAA, ESPN Rise, and StudentSports.com levels take the rankings as a very serious matter and do so with a pretty good understanding of just how good those teams are in their respective regions of the country.

Which wasn't my point. There can't be three national champions, unless we are talking about three different countries or three different sports. That is hypocritical. The more appropriate term would be Spring Champion, Regional Champion, etc.

It would be like if the American League and National League played separate seasons and we declared the winner of each league as World Series Champions. Or both the Eastern Conference and Western Conference champions as NBA Champions.