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UC ties for 38th. It's respectable but I would love for the athletic department to perenially be in the top 25. Following is the scoring:

"The National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has been ranking athletic programs for years by weighing every sport equally, meaning a football national title is worth the same number of points (100) as a women's water polo title. CBS Sports tweaked the formula in 2013, providing additional weight toward sports with more broad fan bases and media interest. We rate every FBS school in three sports -- football, men's basketball and women's basketball -- along with two "wild cards" among the school's most successful spectator sports: baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, gymnastics, lacrosse, hockey and wrestling.

The weighted formula puts 2.5 times as much emphasis on football and 2.0 times the emphasis on men's basketball compared to women's basketball and the "wild cards." Teams that did not finish in the final AP Top 25 in football but played in a bowl were awarded 62.5 points (25 x 2.5). Teams that made the men's NIT were given 20 points (10 x 2), while WNIT teams received 10 points. For all titles settled via bracket, point totals were based upon how many teams participated. All champions in the other sports received 100 points for a national title."

(07-11-2019 06:06 PM)bearcatdp Wrote:  UC ties for 38th. It's respectable but I would love for the athletic department to perenially be in the top 25. Following is the scoring:

"The National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has been ranking athletic programs for years by weighing every sport equally, meaning a football national title is worth the same number of points (100) as a women's water polo title. CBS Sports tweaked the formula in 2013, providing additional weight toward sports with more broad fan bases and media interest. We rate every FBS school in three sports -- football, men's basketball and women's basketball -- along with two "wild cards" among the school's most successful spectator sports: baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, gymnastics, lacrosse, hockey and wrestling.

The weighted formula puts 2.5 times as much emphasis on football and 2.0 times the emphasis on men's basketball compared to women's basketball and the "wild cards." Teams that did not finish in the final AP Top 25 in football but played in a bowl were awarded 62.5 points (25 x 2.5). Teams that made the men's NIT were given 20 points (10 x 2), while WNIT teams received 10 points. For all titles settled via bracket, point totals were based upon how many teams participated. All champions in the other sports received 100 points for a national title."

Agreed--all Bearcat fans would like that but top forty is pretty impressive. Indiana is 20 spots behind UC and look at their B10 revenue and expenditures in comparison. UC once again shows incredible ROI given our conference and athletic budget. Imagine Bearcat sports success with P5 money?

Not sure how UCF finished so far ahead of us.

(07-12-2019 07:53 AM)Def Berkkat Wrote:  Not sure how UCF finished so far ahead of us.

Ranked much higher in football in end of season polls and won a NCAA Tourney game.

Thread was already posted:

https://csnbbs.com/thread-879019.html

(07-12-2019 07:53 AM)Def Berkkat Wrote:  Not sure how UCF finished so far ahead of us.

Weighed formula which put football at 2.5 times as much emphasis on football compared to the other sports. Going to an Access Bowl and finishing higher in the polls gave them more points for football (100 for UCF and 50 for UC). Those 50 points was the difference as UCF finished with a combined score of 165 vs. UC's 125.

I still don't think that UCF's football score should be twice as much as us. Maybe a little more, but not much.

We were basketball and baseball conference champs. I don't think UCF is overrated, I think we were underrated.