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TEXAS A&M IN 6th PLACE IN DIVISION I DIRECTORS’ CUP
COLLEGE STATION,
Texas—In its first season of competition in the Southeastern
Conference, the Texas A&M athletics program continues to set the
bar higher as it is poised for its best-ever finish in the Learfield
Sports Directors’ Cup. The Aggies currently stand in 6th place with
1081.50 points. The final rankings will be released upon completion of
the College World Series when baseball points will be added.
The
SEC is the only conference with three institutions in the current Top
10 with Florida at No. 2, the Aggies at No. 6 and Georgia at No. 9. Six
SEC schools are in the Top 25.
“Our first year in
the SEC has truly been remarkable, and the success of our
student-athletes and coaches has extended into several NCAA
Championships,” Texas A&M Director of Athletics Eric Hyman said. “A
national championship in men’s outdoor track and field and national
runner-up finishes by both women’s tennis and women’s outdoor track and
field capped a historic athletics season for Texas A&M. We are
looking forward to see where Texas A&M will place in the final
rankings.”
Texas A&M is looking at its fourth
straight year in the final year-end Top 10 rankings (6th in 2009-10,
8th in 2010-11 and 9th in 2011-12). The top Aggie point total was
1090.75 points in the 2010-11 school year.
The most recent rankings included points for men’s and women’s outdoor track and field, softball, women’s rowing and men’s golf.
The
men’s outdoor track and field team won the national championship and
earned 95 points while the women’s outdoor track and field squad
finished second and brought home 90 points.
The
men’s golf team finished in a tie for sixth at the NCAA Championships
and earned 69 points. The women’s softball team won the NCAA Regional
Championship and advanced to the Super Regionals to finish in ninth
place to earn 64 points. Aggie baseball advanced to the NCAA Baseball
Regional Championship.
The Learfield Sports
Directors’ Cup takes into consideration the top 10 female sports and
the top 10 male sports at each institution. In Texas A&M’s case,
the school sponsors 20 intercollegiate sports, 11 female and nine male.
TOP 25 STANDINGS & SEC STANDINGS TO FOLLOW:
Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings
(As of June 14, 2013)
TOP
25
SEC Order
1.
Stanford
1261.25
2.
Florida
1219.75
2.
Florida
1219.75
6. TEXAS
A&M
1081.50
3.
Michigan
1138.25
9.
Georgia
1006.75
4.
UCLA
1127.25
22.
Arkansas
780.00
5. Penn
St.
1100.00
23.
LSU
774.00
6. TEXAS
A&M
1081.50
25.
Kentucky
748.00
7. Notre
Dame
1015.50
27.
Alabama
715.50
8.
Oklahoma
1014.25
32.
Auburn
636.83
9.
Georgia
1006.75
34.
Tennessee
619.00
10. North
Carolina
992.33
48.
Missouri
432.00
11.
Duke
969.60
50.
Vanderbilt
426.00
12.
Texas
966.75
52. South
Carolina
423.00
13.
USC
945.00
62. Mississippi
St.
364.75
14. Florida
St.
923.75
64.
Mississippi
361.50
15.
Oregon
879.75
16. Ohio
St.
868.50
17.
California
858.83
18.
Minnesota
819.50
19. Arizona
St.
802.08
20.
Arizona
786.58
21.
Virginia
781.50
22.
Arkansas
780.00
23.
LSU
774.00
24.
Nebraska
772.33
25.
Kentucky
748.00
2012-13 TEXAS A&M SPORT BREAKDOWN
Sport
Place
Points
Fall
Football
5th
75
Women’s
Soccer
9th
64
Women’s
Volleyball
17th
50
Men’s Cross
Country
32nd
29
Women’s Cross
Country
32nd
29
Winter
Men’s Indoor Track &
Field
4th
80
Women’s Swimming &
Diving
4th
80
Women’s Indoor Track &
Field
12th
64.5
Women’s
Basketball
17th
50
Men’s Swimming &
Diving
24th
50
Spring
Men’s Outdoor Track &
Field
1st
95
Women’s Outdoor Track &
Field
2nd
90
Women’s
Tennis
2nd
90
Men’s
Golf
9th
69
Men’s
Tennis
9th
64
Softball
9th
64
Women’s
Golf
34th
38
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