Florida ranked No. 6 among nation's sports programs
With a school-record-tying 12 athletic teams earning top-10 finishes during the 2007-08 season, Florida placed sixth in the 2007-08 United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup standings.
It is the 25th consecutive year the Gator program has ranked among the nation’s top 10 in all-sports standings.
Points are awarded based on finishes in 20 NCAA Division I sports, based on participation. Florida fielded 17 sports that advanced to NCAA Championship action, compiling 1,126.75 points for the sixth-place overall finish. Only two programs in the nation - Florida and UCLA - have ranked among the country's top 10 in each of the national all-sports rankings over the last 25 years. Stanford won its 14th consecutive Directors' Cup title in 2008 with 1,461 points.
Florida's top 2007-08 finishes both came during the month of May. The Gator softball squad finished its best season in the 12-year history of the program by tying for third in their first Women's College World Series appearance. Women's tennis advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Championships for the 19th time in the last 22 years.
Here is the complete list of Florida's 2007-08 top-10 teams: Softball (Tied-3); Women's Tennis (T-3); Gymnastics (No. 4); Women’s Swimming & Diving (No. 6); Men's Swimming & Diving (No. 8); Men's Indoor Track & Field (No. 8); Women's Indoor Track & Field (T-8); Women's Golf (No. 9); Women's Outdoor Track & Field (No. 9); Soccer (T-9); Men’s Tennis (T-9) and Volleyball (T-9).
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Gators #6... hahahahaha.... The UCF Knights are the best squad in Florida. We won our Conferense last year.
Posted by: ucf rocks | June 27, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Please ignore him Gator fans. "ucf rocks" is an imposter just trying to make UCF look bad. He plays over on the Bulls blog also.
Posted by: | June 27, 2008 at 01:33 PM
I have my degree from UCF. College of Business 1993.
Posted by: ucf rocks | June 27, 2008 at 02:43 PM
The best squad in Florida? Do you remember Florida shutting out UCF just 2 years ago 42-0?
Posted by: mm | July 01, 2008 at 10:05 PM
UCF is dynamic. They only lost to USF by 52 points. They didn't really lose, time just ran out.
Posted by: chux2 | July 04, 2008 at 06:29 PM