Final Directors Cup Standings for 2004-2005 School Year. 10 best men's sports, and 10 best women's sports included. 1. Stanford----1,238 2. Texas-------1,074 3. UCLA--------1,067 4. Michigan----1,064 5. Duke--------1,021 6. Florida--------979 7. Georgia------970 8. Tennessee---960 17. Auburn------781 23. LSU----------614 30. Kentucky 34. Arkansas 39. South Carolina 41. Alabama 68. Vanderbilt 74. Miss. St. 83. Ole Miss I was surprised to see Kentucky that high, and Alabama that low. The rest went mostly as I expected.
And Vandy, who some think shouldn't even be in the SEC, finished higher than the entire state of Mississippi. :rofl:
Based on the fact that some schools don't participate in 20 sports, this may be a little misleading. I'll just take NCAA championships at face value. Georgia won NCAA Championships in Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Gymnastics and Men's Golf. 3 NCAA championship teams out of the 18 teams that Georgia actually fields.
Director's Cup is something of a joke, and here's why: there are no adjustments made for the number of Div 1-A programs offered by a school. Stanford wins, like, every year because they offer more programs overall than just about anyone else. They have, for example, a water polo team. Great. They win 90% of their matches, rack up win total points...points that an LSU doesn't get because LSU doesn't have a water polo team. Look for the detailed points breakdown, filter out all the very minor sports that a large minority of Div 1-A schools do not field squads in (like water polo) and recalculate. Guarantee half the SEC, at least, will finish in the top 20 or so if you do that one thing.
yeah it's hard to take stanford seriously. duke too... both have good basketball programs but I mean... draw the line there... stanford's baseball program isnt terriffic these days... I dont get this thing... it's like a reward for being the bst at sports no one cares about.
First, I'll sat Stanford and UCLA and Duke do have good athletics programs. Stanford is always a major competitor in many sports. And the award is for overall program. Winning championships is tennis, softball, swimming and sports that almost all schools participate in is great and they should get full credit for those. They are important and should be cherished just like we cherish the success we've had in track. But schools getting an equal amount of points for sports that are played in a small region, like water polo, fencing, etc., throws everything out of kilter. And than to be able to only count the top 20 sports they participate in when they participate in more than 20 also throws the standings off IMO.
Dude at other schools they could say no cares about women's track or even men's baseball since the best prospects out of high school go pro. I think overall athletic programs should be recognized. LSU if it wanted could have nationally competitive programs in women's field hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's volleyball, rowing, wrestling, and fencing. Pretty much everyting except winter sports like hockey and skiing LSU could be very competitive given the climate, university, and facilities.
