University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina 11th In Latest Sears Cup Standings
May 31, 2001 | General
May 31, 2001
CLEVELAND, OHIO - The University of North Carolina ranks 11th in the latest 2000-01 Sears Directors' Cup Division I standings released Thursday by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
The standings released Thursday were the first set that include spring sports in the calculation of the annual all-sports trophy. Carolina was 10th in the most recent standings released at the end of the winter but fell one spot in these first spring rankings.
The sports included in Thursday's standings added women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's rowing, women's tennis, men's volleyball and women's water polo to the totals.
Carolina currently has 612 points in the standings. UNC added 28 points for finishing 55th in women's golf, 40 points for finishing fifth in women's lacrosse and 30 points for finishing 17th in women's tennis.
Six-time defending Sears Directors' Cup champion Stanford leads the pack again in Thursday's standings with 1,094.5 points. Fellow Pac-10 member UCLA is second with 899 points. The remainder of the Top 10 has Michigan in third with 814.5 points, Ohio State in fourth with 781 points, Florida in fifth with 677 points, Penn State in sixth with 668 points, Nebraska in seventh with 663 points, Arizona in eighth with 658.5 points, Georgia in ninth with 646 points and Wisconsin in 10th with 641.5 points.
Carolina heads the second 10 teams with 612 points. BYU is 12th with 593.5 points, Washington 13th with 590 points, Texas 14th with 580.5 points, Arizona State 15th with 573.5 points, Duke 16th with 571 points, Oklahoma 17th with 541 points, California 18th with 532.5 polints, Notre Dame 19th with 516.5 points and Minnesota 20th with 491 points.
Only North Carolina and Duke are in the Top 30 amongst Atlantic Coast Conference teams. Maryland is in 31st place with 386.5 points, Virginia in 36th place with 366 points, Florida State in 37th place with 357.5 points, Wake Forest in 40th place with 348.5 points, Clemson in 45th place with 332 points, NC State in 55th place with 261.5 points and Georgia Tech in 77th place with 158 points.
