Stanford Remains the Leader in the Final Fall Division I Learfield Sports Directors Cup Standings

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OFFICERS PRESIDENT...JOAN CRONAN University of Tennessee 1 st VICE PRESIDENT... RANDY SPETMAN Florida State University 2 nd VICE PRESIDENT... DAVE ROACH Colgate University 3 rd VICE PRESIDENT.

1 OFFICERS PRESIDENT...JOAN CRONAN University of Tennessee 1 st VICE PRESIDENT... RANDY SPETMAN Florida State University 2 nd VICE PRESIDENT... DAVE ROACH Colgate University 3 rd VICE PRESIDENT...DAN GUERRERO UCLA SECRETARY... DAVID STAIR Evangel University PAST PRESIDENTS JIM CORBETT Louisiana State University DICK LARKINS Ohio State University BOB BRONZAN San Jose State University MARSH TURNER Johns Hopkins University BILL ORWIG Indiana University AL TWITCHELL Rutgers University BUD JACK University of Utah CECIL COLEMAN University of Illinois JOHN WINKIN Colby College HARRY FOUKE University of Houston BILL ROHR Ohio University STAN MARSHALL South Dakota University BILL FLYNN Boston College FRED MILLER Arizona State University BEN CARNEVALE College of William & Mary JOHN TONER University of Connecticut MIKE LUDE University of Washington GEORGE KING Purdue University BOB KARNES Drake University JOHN CLUNE U.S. Air Force Academy ANDY MOORADIAN University of New Hampshire HOMER RICE Georgia Institute of Technology CARL MILLER University of the Pacific GARY CUNNINGHAM Fresno State JACK LENGYEL U.S. Naval Academy FRANK WINDEGGER Texas Christian University BILL BYRNE University of Oregon JIM JONES Ohio State University JOHN SWOFFORD University of North Carolina EUGENE SMITH Iowa State University W. JAMES COPELAND Southern Methodist University BARBARA HEDGES University of Washington VINCE DOOLEY University of Georgia JIM LIVENGOOD University of Arizona DAVE HART, JR. Florida State University DEBORAH YOW University of Maryland BILL BRADSHAW DePaul University JOE CASTIGLIONE University of Oklahoma JUDY ROSE University of North Carolina Charlotte GENE DeFILIPPO Boston College TIM CURLEY Penn State University LEE McELROY University at Albany KEVIN WHITE University of Notre Dame For Immediate Release January 13, 2009 Stanford Remains the Leader in the Final Fall Division I Learfield Sports Directors Cup Standings Cleveland, Ohio Stanford remains in the lead in the final fall Learfield Sports Directors Cup Standings. With 394 points, the Cardinal scored in the top-10 in all five championships they advanced to - eighth in women s cross country, third in men s cross country and women s soccer, and second in both women s volleyball and men s water polo. The Ducks of Oregon moved from fourth place into second with 323 points. In the most recent FBS football rankings Oregon finished ninth with 69 points. Oregon captured the men s cross country championship, placed second in the women s cross country championship and ninth in women s volleyball. Trailing Oregon by 19 points is Southern California with 304. Southern California moved up from its previous ninth place standing by placing second in the most recent FBS football scoring, earning 90 points. The Trojans also captured the men s water polo title, were ninth in women s soccer and 17 th in women s volleyball. North Carolina dropped from their previous second place standing to fourth place with 290 points. The Tar Heels finished 46 th in the FBS football scoring. Previously, North Carolina captured the women s soccer championship, finished second in men s soccer, ninth in women s field hockey and 17 th in women s volleyball. Tied for fifth place with 268 points each are Florida and Wake Forest. The Gators jumped from 20 th overall after claiming 100 points in FBS football. Florida also finished ninth in both women s soccer and women s volleyball and 17 th in women s cross country. The Demon Deacons of Wake Forest finished 26 th in the FBS football scoring, and previously finished second in women s field hockey, third in men s soccer and 17 th in women s soccer. All eight fall NCAA championships have been completed with the following institutions capturing titles: Washington (women s cross country); Oregon (men s cross country); Maryland (women s field hockey); North Carolina (women s soccer); Maryland (men s soccer); Southern California (men s water polo); Penn State (women s volleyball); Richmond (FCS Football) and Florida (FBS Football). The Learfield Sports Directors Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in up to 20 sports women s and 10 men s. The first Winter Division I standings will be released Thursday March 12, Please note, standings published midseason are unofficial. Official standings will be published upon the completion of the eight season. Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA s Web site at Learfield Sports, a leader in the collegiate sports marketplace for almost four decades, manages the multimedia and sponsorship rights for nearly 50 collegiate institutions including Oklahoma, Penn State, North Carolina, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Alabama, Purdue, Indiana, Miami (Fla.) and Stanford, which has been awarded the Directors' Cup trophy 14 consecutive years. The Dallas-based company also manages corporate partner programs for the Big Ten Conference and the Western Athletic Conference and secures marketing partnerships for the Black Coaches & Administrators (BCA). Learfield Sports (learfieldsports.com) is an operating unit of Jefferson City, Mo.-based Learfield Communications, Inc., which made its initial foray into the world of sports marketing in 1975 as the radio rights holder for the University of Missouri, a client still today. - nacda - NACDA Detroit Road Westlake, Ohio Fax: Contact: Julie Work Director of Communications jwork@nacda.com

2 1 Stanford Oregon Southern California North Carolina Florida Wake Forest Michigan State Washington Maryland Penn State Virginia California Minnesota Notre Dame Florida State Texas Illinois Duke (N.C.) Michigan UCLA West Virginia James Madison (Va.) Oklahoma State Brigham Young (Utah) Iowa Princeton (N.J.) Boston College Nebraska Tulsa Utah Villanova (Pa.) W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball; WP - water polo Page 1

3 32 Portland William and Mary (Va.) Wisconsin Connecticut Texas Tech Alabama Auburn Northern Arizona Georgetown South Florida Ohio State Iowa State Rutgers (N.J.) Missouri Northern Iowa Cincinnati California Poly San Louis Obisp Syracuse Rice (Tex.) Richmond (Va.) St. Louis Hawaii Northwestern Colorado State Kansas Louisiana State U Georgia Iona (N.Y.) Montana Western Michigan Texas A&M W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball; WP - water polo Page 2

4 63 Virginia Tech Providence St. Johns (N.Y.) Kentucky Colorado Boston University Clemson Harvard Long Beach State Louisville Oklahoma San Diego UC Santa Barbara Creighton (Nebr.) Indiana Texas Christian U Akron Dartmouth (N.H.) Illinois Chicago North Carolina Greensboro Purdue UC Irvine Arkansas Boise State Appalachian State Mississippi New Hampshire Weber State (Utah) North Carolina State Oregon State Georgia Tech W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball; WP - water polo Page 3

5 94 Alabama Birmingham Albany American Belmont (Tenn.) Central Florida Colgate (N.Y.) Dayton Denver Fairfield (Conn.) Fresno State George Mason (Va.) Jacksonville Loyola College (Md.) Massachusetts Memphis (Tenn.) Miami (Fla.) Middle Tennessee State Navy New Mexico State North Carolina Charlotte Northeastern (Mass.) San Francisco Santa Clara (Calif.) South Carolina South Dakota State Tennessee Texas State San Marcos Tulane UC Davis Wichita State (Kans.) Wisconsin-Milwaukee W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball; WP - water polo Page 4

6 94 Yale Arizona State Arizona Florida Atlantic Houston Louisiana Tech Southern Mississippi Vanderbilt New Mexico Baylor (Tex.) Southern Methodist (Tex.) Air Force Alabama A&M Army Ball State Buffalo Central Connecticut State Central Michigan Delaware Drake (Iowa) East Carolina (N.C.) Eastern Kentucky Evansville (Ill.) Fairleigh Dickinson (N.J.) Florida A&M Florida International Furman (S.C.) Kansas State Lamar (Tex.) Liberty (Va.) Long Island - Brooklyn W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball; WP - water polo Page 5

7 136 Loyola (Ill.) Loyola Marymount (Calif.) Maine Marquette Miami (Ohio) Mississippi Valley State Missouri Kansas City Missouri State Morehead State (Ky.) Nevada-Reno North Dakota State Oakland (Mich.) Ohio Pennsylvania Pepperdine (Calif.) Pittsburgh Portland State (Ore.) Radford (Va.) Siena (N.Y.) South Carolina State Southern Illinois St. Mary's (Calif.) Tennessee Tech Toledo Troy Washington State Western Carolina (N.C.) Western Kentucky Winthrop (S.C.) Wofford (S.C.) Butler (Ind.) W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball; WP - water polo Page 6

8 187 Stony Brook W. - Women; M. - Men; CC - cross country; FH - field hockey; FB - football; Soc - soccer; VB - volleyball; WP - water polo Page 7

Final Fall Division I Sports Academy Directors Cup Standings California Reaches the Top Spot for the First Time

Final Fall Division I Sports Academy Directors Cup Standings California Reaches the Top Spot for the First Time OFFICERS PRESIDENT... LEE McELROY University at Albany 1 st VICE PRES...KEVIN WHITE University of Notre Dame 2 nd VICE PRES....JOAN CRONAN University of Tennessee 3 rd VICE PRES... RANDY SPETMAN Utah State