The Learfield Sports Directors Cup is an given each year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the division I school with the most success in collegiate athletics. Points for the NACDA Directors' Cup are based on order of finish in various NCAA sponsored championships or in the case of Division I Football media base polls.
| Rank | School | Points |
| 83 | Kent State | 239.5 |
| 97 | Akron | 184.5 |
| 107 | Miami (Ohio) | 165 |
| 115 | Central Michigan | 143.25 |
| 141 | Western Michigan | 114 |
| 173 | Ball State | 75 |
| 199 | Buffalo | 50.5 |
| 231 | Northern Illinois | 30.5 |
| 235 | Ohio | 25 |
| 235 | Toledo | 25 |
| 265 | Eastern Michigan | 20.5 |
| DNQ | Bowling Green |
Predictably no MAC institution finished anywhere near the top tier universities but given the differences in funding between the top five (Stanford, North Carolina, Florida, USC, Michigan) and the average Mid American Athletic Department budget a more proper measure of success would be one which accounted for the NACDA Directors Cup score and the budget spent by that institution.
Fortunately the folks over at LSIA (Laboratory for the Study of Intercollegiate Athletics) have already provided the numbers for the 25 most efficent schools. Here the MAC does rather well; placing three schools in the top ten. Kent Finished second nationally, Akron placed fourth, and Miami scored the ninth best mark.
Kent should be commended for showing so well in the LSIA rankings right after finishing second in the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators annual awards.
Maybe we should all remember that these are STUDENT-Athletes and include a schools total GPA in the criteria, not just "rankings" when it comes to athletic competition.
ReplyDeleteNIU has had their student - athletes reach a cume GPA above 3.0 in each of the last eight semesters. Wonder where that would put them?
School Sports Student Athletes GPA
ReplyDeleteNIU 17 380 3.04
BSU 18 420 3.024
CMU 14 397 3.019
WMU 15 363 3.016
Looks like the schools in the west do better than the east
BGSU 3.04 as well get all of the facts before you post.
ReplyDeleteAnon, I did a quick Google, someone asked about NIU and this is what turned up..
ReplyDeletehttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=dmZ&ei=A8BUSpG9FcfSlAfkprDiCA&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=mid+american+conference+student+gpa&spell=1
First link from MAC sports
http://www.mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=3691102
Where are you getting the 3.04 for BGSU from?