Directors' Cup Final Standings - 2011 - StateFans Nation StateFans Nation

The final 2010-2011 Directors’ Cup standings are out for Debbie Yow’s first year as Athletic Director at NC State.

Last Year – 2010
For comparison, let’s first take a quick look at NC State’s performance in last year’s standings. NC State finished 89th in the final 2009-2010 standings, which ranked last in the ACC and 60th out of 66 BCS schools. There were 29 non-BCS schools that finished above NC State.

Current Standings – 2011
In the 2011 Directors’ Cup rankings NC State finished 67th, which ranked 11th out of the 12 ACC schools and 57th out of 66 BCS schools.
There were 10 non-BCS schools that finished above NC State (BYU, Princeton, Villanova, Tulsa, TCU, Denver, Georgetown, New Mexico, SMU & Central Florida).

ACC Rankings
5. Duke
6. North Carolina
7. Virginia
9. Florida St
17. Maryland
45. Virginia Tech
47. Clemson
51. Miami
59. Georgia Tech
64. Boston College
67. NC State
74. Wake Forest

ACC Schools On The Decline
Boston College fell 1 spot in the rankings from last year, Florida St and Virginia fell 4 spots, Virginia Tech fell 7 spots, Georgia Tech fell 14 spots and Wake Forest had the biggest decline in the conference, falling 21 spots in the rankings.

ACC Schools On The Rise
Both Clemson and North Carolina moved up 1 spot in the rankings, Duke moved up 5 spots, Miami moved up 7 spots and Maryland moved up 11 spots.

NC State was the most improved ACC program in the Directors’ Cup standings, moving up 22 spots from last year.

Various BCS Conference Stats
The top team in each conference were:
ACC: Duke, 5th
Big 12: Texas A&M, 8th
Big East: Louisville, 34th
Big Ten: Ohio St, 2nd
Pac-10: Stanford, 1st
SEC: Florida, 4th

The worst team in each conference were:
ACC: Wake Forest, 74th
Big 12: Kansas, 72nd
Big East: Rutgers, 158th
Big Ten: Purdue, 49th
Pac-10: Washington St, 135th
SEC: Mississippi St, 79th

Average ranking for each conference:
Big Ten: 28.7
Pac-10: 32.7
SEC: 35.0
ACC: 37.6
Big 12: 39.6
Big East: 87.0

Most Improved BCS Schools:
Kansas St: +65
Mississippi St: +35
Arkansas: +22
NC State: +22
South Florida: +19

BCS Schools With Biggest Decline:
Rutgers: -62
Washington St: -56
Cincinnati: -34
Iowa St: -26
Wake Forest: -21

While NC State did not win any ACC titles this year and still ranks towards the bottom of the ACC and fellow BCS schools in the Directors’ Cup rankings, it does appear that in Debbie Yow’s first season as AD there has been improvement in our athletic department’s performance as a whole (at least as defined by the Directors’ Cup) by tying for the 3rd biggest improvement by a BCS school in the standings. I think we are all looking forward to seeing even more improvement in the future.

7 Responses to Directors’ Cup Final Standings – 2011

Gowolves 07/18/2011 at 6:52 AM #

I hope this trend continues but my feeling is that DY was picking low hanging fruit. The next few years will decide if she has the management skills.
Prowling Woofie 07/18/2011 at 8:31 AM #

The fact that she put all coaches/staffs on notice upon arrival that she expected positive results may have been a factor in recharging some coaches’ competitive juices…

Hope this trend continues at this pace !
sequoyah 07/18/2011 at 8:49 AM #

Suppose the Director’s Cup made integrity part of the evaluation too, and an NCAA Major Infraction meant something like 3 years off the list…then it’s bye-bye #2 Ohio State, #3 Cal, #6 UNX, #9 FSU….

Kudos to Stanford…no Major Infractions ever & 17 year reigning Director’s Cup champion.
StateFans 07/18/2011 at 1:48 PM #

IMHO, we have already achieved the kind of improvement I expected after 2 years, not after just 1 year.
adwomack 07/18/2011 at 2:20 PM #

We’ll need a few more years before saying that we have improved. We were 74’th in 2008/2009 but we were all the way up at 56th in 2007/2008. Comparing two years alone does not make a trend.

I’ll wait two more years before I make any kind of decision on trends.
ncsu1987 07/20/2011 at 8:48 AM #

Echoing the kudos to Stanford. Everything sequoyah said above, plus the fact that they seriously blew away the field. The total points difference between #1 Stanford and #2 OSU is greater than the difference between #2 OSU and #11 UCLA.
Wolfpackforlife 09/01/2011 at 3:18 AM #

Agree with Prowling Woofie that she set the tone and standard for the athletic department, which one would hope and expect her to do. It shows leadership. I hope she has ensured the the coaches and department know and buy-in with the standard. We’ll know that by their actions and her’s if they don’t. If they know she’ll back up her words with actions and not make excuses, then there will be no issues or infractions. From where I sit, it appears they are in line with her standards and that will lead us to improved athletics. We’ll know for sure by her actions if and when there are accusations of wrong doing.