UK is 2nd in the Capital One Cup standings
As we slowly come down from that high of winning college basketball’s top prize, let’s take a second to look at the Capital One Cup standings, where Kentucky is the second-ranked athletics program behind North Carolina. The Tar Heels sit at the top of the scoreboard with 75 points, just nine ahead of Kentucky’s 66.
For those who aren’t familiar with the Capital One Cup, it is the award given every year to the best college athletics program in the country. UK finished 22nd last year with exactly half the amount of points it has accumulated this 2011-2012 sports year. With Kentucky tennis ranked in the top ten and baseball ranked second nationally, the Wildcats could hurdle UNC and claim the cup if those two teams can make a run in their postseason tournaments.
Capital One Cup points are awarded based on top ten finishes in NCAA Championships and final coaches’ polls. The cup is winner is introduced at the ESPYs in July.
Go Cats.
19 Comments for UK is 2nd in the Capital One Cup standings
Does this take into account the points that UNC will earn in Lacrosse in both Men’s and Women’s?
Well, let’s hope the barbarians over at Capital One don’t take into account football.
The Capitol One leaves out a lot of NCAA sports. The Directors Cup actually takes into account all NCAA sports.
Ogre!
2. I think they counted last year’s football team. This year’s would be the 2012-2013 season.
Does it consider UNC cheating at football and the sanctions they received?
5. It says 2011-2012 on the top and we’ll be hurt by football from last year (probably next year too)
Good thing. If they take into account this upcoming season we’d lose more ground.
It’s none of your business what’s in my wallet Capitol 1 !!!!
6. Right, but I would think 2011-2012 has already been accounted for in our score for this year so football won’t hurt anymore than it already has for this year’s score.
NEEEERRRRRRDDDDDDSSSS!!!!
10. Thanks for joining…
According to Capital One’s website the only sports left for the 2011-2012 season are:
volleyball
tennis
lacrosse
golf
track and field
baseball
Go baseball and tennis CATS !! Is that a picture of Ol’ Roy from the off-season?
Someone please explain the following article sentence to me, “The cup is winner is introduced at the ESPYs in July.”
13 if you can’t figure out what he means then you’re not worth the time it takes to explain it
FYI – the Capital One cup split out the points competition into men’s sports and women’s sports, but there has been a combined award since 1993 called the Director’s Cup. They had to split it out because one school always won the combined competition… Stanford… yes, Stanford.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NACDA_Directors'_Cup
REVENGE OF THE NERDS PART 26: THE RETURN OF OGRE!!!
That’s Ogre you a$$hole!!!!
SEC golf is lead by Alabama. Their best player? A freshman from Goshen, KY who was a St X grad.
Need to get Cal on the golf recruiting tour.
That’s not Ogre you fools. That’s Jackson from Bloodsport. 🙂
We are just ahead of North Dakota State. Something aint right.