North Dakota State Tied for 10th in Final Capital One Cup Standings
McCLEAN, Va. (gobison.com) - The North Dakota State University men's athletics program tied for 10th place in the Capital One Cup Final men's standings announced by the Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF), an official NCAA Corporate Champion.
North Dakota State, who won The Summit League’s Commissioner’s Cup in 2011-12, stayed in the top 10 by winning the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS National Championship in January.
"We are very pleased with our finish in the Capital One Cup. Certainly the highlight was a National Football Championship that set the tone for what was one of the most successful years since we have been Division I," said NDSU Director of Athletics Gene Taylor.
"Congratulations to all of our coaches and student-athletes on a tremendous year both in competition and in the classroom."
This is the second year of the Capital One Cup. Schools earn points based on their teams’ top-10 finishes in NCAA Division I championships and in final official coaches’ polls across 19 men’s and 20 women’s sports as they compete to win the Capital One Cup trophy and a combined $400,000 to fund scholarships for student athletes.
For the second year in a row, the University of Florida will be formally honored along with repeat women’s Capital One Cup winner, Stanford University, at the ESPY Awards televised by ESPN on July 11, during which the Capital One Cup trophy will be presented along with a combined $400,000 to support student athlete scholarships.
Just like last year, this year’s competition came down to the wire. The Florida men entered the spring ranked 18th in the men’s Capital One Cup standings, as North Carolina sat atop the standings after the fall and winter seasons. But, after winning their first-ever NCAA Division I Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship, the Gators earned 60 points towards the Capital One Cup and vaulted into first place. Everything came down to the College World Series, as Florida earned a trip to Omaha along with UCLA and Arkansas, also in contention to claim the trophy. But it was the Gators who secured their second straight Capital One Cup title with a sixth place finish in the final USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches’ Baseball Poll.
In the final standings, Florida (104 points) edged out second place Arizona (90 points), which won the College Word Series, and UCLA (82 points). Below are the official Capital One Cup final standings for the 2011 – 2012 season, with the top-10 point earners in men’s athletics listed.
The complete standings can be found at CapitalOneCup.com/standings or Facebook.com/CapitalOneCup.
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Men’s Capital One Cup Final Standings |
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Rank |
School |
Points |
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1 |
Florida |
104 |
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2 |
Arizona |
90 |
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3 |
UCLA |
82 |
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4 |
LSU |
78 |
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5 |
North Carolina |
75 |
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6 |
Alabama |
72 |
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7 |
Kentucky |
70 |
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8 |
Arkansas |
69 |
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9 |
Ohio State |
60.5 |
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t-10 |
Loyola-Maryland |
60 |
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t-10 |
North Dakota State |
60 |
