Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Fighting Irish were 17th last year and (12th), Virginia (20th), North Carolina 18th the year prior. State (34th) and Virginia Tech (36th) all Although Notre Dame did not placing higher than Louisville. That's capture a national title in any sport not even including the possibility of through the 2012warm-weather 13 fall, winter and Top 10 In 2012-13 Learfield schools such as spring campaigns, Clemson (52nd) Sports Directors' Cup it was a consistent and especially MiRk. School Points NCAA champiami (71st) improv1. Stanford 1,261.25 onship contender ing in future years. 1,244.75 2. Florida across the board, Syracuse and 1,227.25 3. UCLA highlighted by Pitt likewise will 4. Michigan 1,138.25 a BCS National be joining Notre 5. Texas A&M 1,131.50 Championship Dame in the ACC 6. Penn State 1,100.00 1,078.25 7. Oklahoma Game appearthis year, while 8. North Carolina 1,075.33 ance in football, a Louisville will 9. Notre Dame 1,015.50 runner-up finish in come aboard start1,006.75 10. Georgia fencing and a third ing with the 2014consecutive Final 15 academic year. Four appearance in women's basketThe Fighting Irish teams compiled ball. 1,015.5 points in this year's standings. Cracking the top 10 in the future will They garnered 353 points with the become more challenging because of fall sports, 390 during the winter and Notre Dame's official move this July 272.50 in the spring. 1 from the Big East — which has been Notre Dame ranked fourth at the renamed the American Athletic Con- end of the fall season, dropped one ference (AAC) — to the Atlantic Coast spot to fifth when the winter sports Conference (ACC). concluded, and finished ninth when Notre Dame was the dominant rep- all the points were tallied following resentative from the Big East with its the College World Series in late June. ninth-place finish in the Directors' Fall Sports Cup. Louisville was a distant second 353 points (s 247 from 2011-12 year) with its No. 38 placement — despite Notre Dame scored points in all six of the varsity upsetting Florida in the Sugar Bowl sports it offers during the autumn. in football, winning the national title in men's basketball, finishing as Football • 85 points (s 60) the runner-up in women's basketball The amazing dream (regular) season saw Notre and going to the College World Series Dame finish 12-0 and ranked No. 1 in all the polls. A in baseball. Another former Big East victory over Alabama in the BCS National Championmember, Syracuse, was 39th. ship Game would have given it the full 100 points, The ACC had a better overall show- but the 42-14 defeat held the Fighting Irish to 85 ing in 2012-13 with North Carolina points for a third-place finish in the final BCS poll (eighth), Florida State (11th), Duke (Oregon received 90 points for second place).