Michigan finishes #6 in final Director's Cup Standings
Stanford reclaims cup from Texas.
2023:
#1 Stanford
#2 Texas
#3 OSU
#4 USC
#5 Georgia
#6 Michigan
#7 Virginia
#8 North Carolina
#9 Florida
#10 Tennessee
Of note:
#11 UCLA ends up just outside of the top 10 allowing Texas, UNC and Michigan to catch up to them for #23 all time top Ten finishes.
#12 PSU
#14 Alabama
#16 Duke
#17 Flordia State
#18 Notre Dame
#21 Cal
#22 Washington
#24 Oklahoma
#27 Wisconsin
#29 Nebraska
#30 Northwestern
#31 Minnesota
#41 Oregon
#44 Indiana
#45 Maryland
#50 MSU
#51 Illinois
#54 Iowa
#55 Miami
#72 Purdue
#126 Rutgers
All Time Top Ten Finishes/ Winner
Stanford: 29/ 26
Florida: 29
Texas: 23/ 2
UNC: 23/ 1
Michigan: 23
UCLA: 23
USC: 18
OSU: 16
PSU: 12
Georgia: 12
Virginia: 9
Cal: 8
Arizona: 8
Complete Final Standings:
https://nacda.com/sports/2018/7/17/directorscup-nacda-directorscup-current-scoring-html.aspx
Edit: DAMN as ThadMattasagoblin pointed out below we still have baseball to play out. With Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Tennessee making the field the bottom of those rankings will change a bit, however your top ten should remain.
FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!
I hope I didn't jinx Michigan's top ten chances (knock on wood 3 times) because Arkansas, Alabama and LSU are within striking distance of Michigan at #10 if those teams listed above jump us. Arkansas is closest and made the field, but LSU is close and they are in the final 8. Depends on values for them and if it counts in their overall total. If Michigan doesn't make the top ten it will be all my fault and I promise to make a post to receive my justly deserved negs. 🙏
Yeah, I was just gonna say, this thing's far from over.
I should've just waited for YOUR annual post.
Florida rocking that "always a bridesmaid never a bride" energy in those all time standings.
Rocking some of that energy ourselves.
Just thought that. We've been a bridesmaid now like what, 12 times in a row in major sports? Led by basketball runner up 4 times in a row... Burke's block was clean.
Personally I'll take 45-23 and a playoff appearance (and hopefully a national title at some point) over being #2 in the Directors Cup - I just feel willing to make that trade off.
They’re not mutually exclusive. Stanford didn’t “trade” success in football for a Director’s Cup win. There’s nothing preventing success in football and overall. It’s a meaningless distinction.
In fact, in 2010, Stanford won the Directors Cup, while their football team finished 12-1, beat their rival, and finished 2nd in the PAC 10 and 4th overall.
I can’t remember who their football coach was.
James MF Harbaugh!!!
You left out Michigan State. Please correct.
/s (in case you're wondering)
I'm curious what the overall standings look like when you look at just 2-10 in years Stanford wins it.
Nevermind....
Michigan sports are not too shabby given that we’re #4 in all time Top 10 finishes.
Actually tied for #3. 😁
There are 76 schools worse than Michigan State?
17 Power 5 Schools worse than MSU as of this year.
Not if you ask me......
I think this may mirror the way B1G football recruiting will end up this year.
OSU 3
M 6
PSU 12
MSU 50
Sparty, Noooooo!
If you add the category of cable subscribers Rutger would have the most top ten finishes.
the Robber Barons take it again.
Leland Stanford's forward-looking vision of creating a university that supports a diverse spectrum of sport has come to fruition.
The records show one distinctive pattern to me. Michigan finished in the top 10 in every year except the following:
1996-97
2005-06
2009-10
2010-11
2013-14
2014-15
In the run of suckitude from 2009-2015, we managed a 10th place finish in 2012 and a 4th place finish in 2012-13.
Dave Brandon was our AD from late 2009 to late 2014. Coincidence? I think not. In John U. Bacon's book about the downfall of Brandon, he intoned that Brandon put a lot of emphasis on improving all non-revenue sports, but my memory was of a lot of long-time non-revenue coaches getting pink slips.
There were a lot of ways in which Brandon sucked, but I’d give him credit for bringing in Eric Bakich and Kim Barnes Arico and not dumping Beilein around 2010 or early 2011 (before the win at the Breslin) when a lot of posters here were calling for it.
All that is trumped by how unconscionably shitty he was for the football program.
Too bad Warde lost Bakich. Hopefully Kim Barnes Arico stays around.
There was nothing that Warde can do to keep Bakich. B1G and Michigan will always be seen as a mid-major programs in the baseball world.
Has anyone ever taken the standings then weighted the contributions of individuals sports to the overall score by revenue? might be interesting.
This year they had one more Big Ten title than last year, but last year performed better in the postseason in general.
Thanks, Warde.
This isn't the final standings fyi. There is still NCAA baseball to be played out. Not much will change however with one sport left.
I was wondering if baseball factored into the standings. Stanford, Virginia, Tennessee and Florida are all in the college world series.
Opps. My bad. Jumped the gun a little. But you're right, won't change the top ten... but maybe the order a little with Virginia, Florida and Tennessee.
Princeton at #23! Not bad for no FBS football/no FCS playoffs and no scholarships.
Pretty good performance despite the fact that basketball, baseball and softball seemed to have down seasons. I know I'm the lacrosse nerd around here but they could be the ones to push M over the top one year. If those programs can put together consistent seasons with good tournament runs, and hoops gets back to normal and baseball and softball make postseason runs, Michigan could threaten to take it all. And the only school ahead of UM on that list with a men's lacrosse program is Ohio State, just saying...
"to catch up to them for #23 all time top Ten finishes"
This was worded strangely.
Third all time with 23 Top Ten finishes.
Speaking of Stanford and Texas at #1 and #2, did anyone see that last baseball game between them? Heartbreaking end to the game as the outfield lost the ball in the lights, and it literally dropped right in front of the right fielder's feet as the winning run scored in the 9th. Prior to that hit, the preceding batter for Stanford thought he had hit a homerun and the bench cleared on to the field only to realize it came down right inside the fence. He nearly got tagged out at second and Stanford almost got penalized for coming on to the field during play. It was a wild finish and just heartbreaking to see that one outfielder from Texas react to losing the game.
That was insane; routine fly ball into short right center field to send it into extra innings and both the center fielder and right fielder, and possibly the second baseman, could have caught the ball but they all lost it and it dropped in to score the winning run.
People were saying after the game that after Stanford renovated their field a few years ago their lights all were pointed down, like at a parking lot, and high fly balls that go higher than the light standards just disappear. Not sure how true that is or if it was just whining from people upset about the result.
Fire Warde.
Unless I'm missing something, Director's Cup is probably the least compelling achievement in all of sports. Are there parades? Big checks? Visits to the White House? Rings? Endorsements?
I.e., who gives two cares.