University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Holds On To Sears Cup Lead
December 28, 2000 | General
Dec. 28, 2000
CLEVELAND, OHIO - The University of North Carolina, the inaugural winner of the Sears Directors' Cup in 1993-94, continues to lead the Division I Sears Directors' Cup standings, in the lastest rankings released Thursday morning. Stanford, winners from 1995 through 2000, holds the second spot in the 2000-01 race for the Cup, presented by the nation's athletics directors.
UNC won the national title in women's soccer, placed second in field hockey, fifth in men's soccer, 12th in women's cross country and 33rd in women's volleyball, to record 310 points in the third set of the Sears Directors' Cup standings for the 2000-01 school year. The Sears Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. It is administered by NACDA and sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Just 25 points behind is Stanford with 285 points. Rounding out the top five are UCLA in third with 270 points, Wisconsin in fourth with 253 points and Colorado in fifth with 220 points.
These standings are based upon the completion of women's and men's cross country, field hockey, I-AA football, women's and men's soccer, women's volleyball and men's water polo. In addition to North Carolina in women's soccer, other national champions this fall were Colorado in women's cross country, Arkansas in men's cross country, Old Dominion in field hockey, Georgia Southern in I-AA football, Connecticut in men's soccer, Nebraska in women's volleyball and UCLA in men's water polo.
Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in up to 20 sports--10 for men and 10 for women. Each national champion receives 100 points.
