Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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The Fighting Irish placed 17th with 894.50 points after finishing 10th last year with 1,010.25. It came in at a school-record third in 2014 (1,128.25 points) and ninth in 2013 (1,015.5). Notre Dame had the same No. 17 placement during the 2011-12 school year with 843.5 points. The way the scoring works is 20 total teams — 10 for men and 10 for women — can be tallied in the final result. This can include a multitude of sports not offered by many schools, including rugby, bowl- ing, water polo, skiing, rifle and beach volleyball. A maximum 100 points is awarded for a national title, and from there it's based on how far an advancement there is in NCAA Championship action. A total of 295 schools scored points. Here was the breakdown of Notre Dame's 894.50 total: Fall Sports: 275 Points • 70.5 points for women's cross country (finished No. 8) • 64.5 points for football (No. 11) • 64 points for men's soccer (Sweet 16) • 50 points for women's soccer (round of 32) • 26 points for men's cross country Women's volleyball under a new, rebuilding re- gime did not score. Notre Dame finished No. 7 through the fall sports season. Winter Sports: 319 Points • 75 points for men's and women's fencing (No. 5) • 75 points for women's indoor track & field (No. 7) • 73 points for men's basketball (Elite Eight) • 64 points for women's basketball (Sweet 16) • 25 points for men's hockey (No. 13) • 7 points for men's indoor track and field Neither men's nor women's swimming scored. After the winter campaign, Notre Dame was ranked No. 9 overall. Spring Sports: 300.50 Points • 70 points for women's lacrosse (Elite Eight) • 60 points for men's lacrosse (Elite Eight) • 50 points for women's softball (No. 25) • 47.50 points for women's outdoor track and field (No. 25) • 25 points for men's tennis (NCAA Tournament invite) • 25 points for women's tennis (NCAA Tourna- ment invite) • 23 points for women's golf The Irish did not score in baseball, men's golf, men's track and field, and women's rowing. 2016 NACDA DIRECTORS' CUP STANDINGS Stanford has won the Cup an astound- ing 22 years after placing second to North Carolina in the 1993-94 school year. Here were this year's placements, with the Pac- 12 having six schools among the top 14: 1. Stanford 1,526.50 2. Ohio State 1,306.00 3. Michigan 1,196.75 4. USC 1,196.25 5. Florida 1,177.00 6. UCLA 1,091.50 7. North Carolina 1,089.50 8. Virginia 1,088.50 9. Texas 1,062.00 10. Oregon 973.75 11. California 966.00 12. Texas A&M 962.00 13. Oklahoma State 957.25 14. Washington 951.50 15. Georgia 949.50 16. Oklahoma 914.25 17. Notre Dame 894.50 18. Minnesota 891.75 19. LSU 883.50 20. Penn State 878.00