University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels 2nd in Final Learfield Director's Cup Fall Standings
January 13, 2011 | General
Jan. 13, 2011
CHAPEL HILL - The University of North Carolina is in second place in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup final fall standings, NACDA announced Wednesday.
The Tar Heels compiled 380 points and trail only Stanford by 19 points. Rounding out the top five are Ohio State (369), Florida State (361.5) and Penn State (300).
Maryland (seventh), Duke (ninth) and Virginia (10th) give the Atlantic Coast Conference five of the top 10 ranked schools through fall competition.
Eight champions were crowned in NCAA play in the fall- men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's and women's soccer, men's water polo and women's volleyball.
Carolina finished second in field hockey and received 90 points, third in men's soccer (83 points), ninth in women's soccer (64 points), 14th in women's cross country (48 points), 17th in volleyball (50 points) and 26th in football (45 points).
The Directors' Cup, run by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA), measures a school's postseason success in men's and women's sports. Each school receives points its 10-highest men's and 10-highest women's finishes in NCAA competition.
The Tar Heels placed seventh in the final standings last year. The seventh-place finish was UNC's eighth top 10 finish in the last nine years. By comparison, the other 11 ACC schools have a total of eight top 10 finishes in the Directors' Cup 17-year history.
Stanford won last year for the 16th straight time, claiming the award with 1508.5 points.
