University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Ranks Third In STACK Elite 50
December 5, 2008 | General
Dec. 5, 2008
North Carolina's athletic department was ranked as the third-best in the country based on all-around excellence according to the most-recent issue of STACK magazine. In addition to the top schools overall, STACK also provided sport-specific rankings for NCAA football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's soccer, women's soccer, track, men's track, women's track, volleyball, wrestling, lacrosse, men's swimming, women's swimming, men's cross country, women's cross country, men's golf, women's golf, men's tennis, women's tennis, and hockey.
UNC rated No. 1 in baseball, No. 2 in women's soccer, women's basketball and men's basketball, No. 5 in men's tennis, No. 11 in women's tennis, No. 12 in men's track & field, No. 12 in men's lacrosse, No. 12 in softball and No. 14 in men's Soccer.
Chad Zimmerman, Co-Founder of STACK, said, "As part of our consistent goal to bring value to high schools and high school athletes nationwide, we've created the second annual STACK Elite 50 to truly serve as a resource to athletes, coaches and parents when evaluating college sports programs. After months of crunching numbers -- wins, losses, championship titles, school rankings and academic progress -- we can offer academically-minded athletes a groundbreaking compilation of information that they will need to choose a school that provides the right balance of academics and athletics."
To determine the Elite 50, STACK Magazine and STACK.com use data from four academic and athletic performance categories: U.S. News & World Report on America's Best Colleges, Academic Progress Rate (APR), National Rank, and Win-Loss Record. In addition, a STACK Factor is used to evaluate the strength of a school's overall athletic community and its level of support for athletics, both of which strongly affect student-athletes.
For more information, visit elite50.stack.com.
