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Tulsa Ranks 43rd in Final Fall Standings for NACDA’s Learfield Director’s Cup
1/19/2017 12:17:00 PM | Tulsa Hurricane
The University of Tulsa completed the fall season ranked 43rd nationally in the NACDA Learfield Director's Cup Division I Final Fall Standings. Tulsa is the top American Athletic Conference institution in the standings, followed by UConn at No. 47 and SMU at No. 69.
The Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 finished the fall season as the No. 1-ranked team in the country.
Tulsa accumulated 136.0 total points with the men's cross-country, football and men's soccer teams all amassing points toward the final fall rankings. The Tulsa cross-country team contributed 66 points, football 45 and men's soccer 25 points.
The Golden Hurricane cross-country team led by All-American Luke Traynor placed 11th at the NCAA Championships in late November. It was Tulsa's sixth consecutive NCAA Championship appearance after winning its seventh straight conference championship, including a third consecutive American Athletic Conference title.
Tulsa's football team had the school's 10th double-digit winning season in 2016 with a 10-3 mark, while finishing in second-place in the American Athletic Conference West Division. The Hurricane completed the season with a 55-10 victory in the Miami Beach Bowl over Central Michigan, while also making NCAA history in becoming the first school in a single season with a 3,000-yard passer (Dane Evans), two 1,000-yard rushers (James Flanders and D'Angelo Brewer) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Josh Atkinson and Keevan Lucas).
It was "three times a charm" for the Tulsa men's soccer team, just like the cross-country team, as the Hurricane captured its third straight American Athletic Conference post-season soccer title. Tulsa finished the season with a 10-5-5 overall record, while making the school's 11th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and eighth time in the last 10 years.
The Learfield Sports Director's Cup is a program that honors institutions maintaining a broad-based program, achieving success in many sports, both men's and women's. The program began in 1993-94 for Division I by NACDA and USA Today. Each institution is awarded points in a pre-determined number of sports for men and women, and an overall champion, who records the highest number of points, is named when all NCAA competition is completed in the spring.
In NCAA Division I athletics, 20 sports are included in the ratings, the top 10 men's and top 10 women's sports. The final Learfield Cup Standings for the entire 2016-17 athletic season will be announced after the conclusion of the College Baseball World Series.
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