Director's Cup - Initial Fall Rankings

Submitted by tlo2485 on
So far this Fall, Michigan has finished 2nd in Women's Cross Country, 32nd in Men's Cross Country, and 9th in Field Hockey to sit at 5th in the initial Director's Cup rankings. For comparison, perpetual champion Stanford finished 5th, 2nd, and 9th, respectively.
 
Rank Institution Conference Division Fall Pts.
 
1 Stanford Pac 12 FBS 190.00
2 Oregon Pac 12 FBS 169.00
3 Colorado Pac 12 FBS 158.50
4 Syracuse ACC FBS 145.00
5 Michigan Big Ten FBS 141.00
6 BYU WCC FBS 139.50
7 North Carolina State ACC FBS 132.00
7 Wisconsin Big Ten FBS 132.00
9 Ole Miss SEC FBS 131.00
10 Arkansas SEC FBS 130.00
 
11 Michigan State Big Ten FBS 124.50
17 Penn State Big Ten FBS 107.00
39 Maryland Big Ten FBS 60.00
51 Illinois Big Ten FBS 51.00
59 Minnesota Big Ten FBS 30.00
67 Indiana Big Ten FBS 26.00
 
Yet to score: Ohio State, Rutgers, Purdue, and others.
 
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BursleyBaitsBus

December 4th, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^

Isn't Stanford perpetual champion because they have the most D1 sports thus more avenues to contribute points?

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tlo2485

December 4th, 2016 at 5:24 PM ^

There is a cut off for how many sports count, so most schools at the top all reach the maximum. Stanford does have more opportunities, but they are national contenders in almost all of them, so they'd probably win any way you do it. Schools like North Carolina, Michigan, and UCLA have come close some years. It seems we can never get all of our traditional performers on the same page, though. I.E. this year football will score a lot but hockey probably won't reach the post season. It looks like we will start getting points from historical doormat women's basketball, though. 

To your point though, we finished high last year and I believe if you only compared our scores with Stanford's in just our scoring sports, they would have still beaten us.

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