COLLEGE STATION, TX -- The Texas A&M athletics program, the home of the 12th Man, is in 12th place in the final winter standings of the Division I Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings which were released Thursday. The Aggies were ranked No. 17 in the final fall standings.
“This is the highest we have been ranked in the winter standings in our history,” Aggie Director of Athletics Bill Byrne said. “We were in 14th place in 2010 after the winter standings and finished with our overall best final finish of sixth place. Last year, we were in 16th place and finished eighth overall. I am excited about our prospects this spring in finishing strong and aiming for a record Top 10 finish.”
The three Top 10 finishes for men’s and women’s indoor track and field and women’s swimming and diving provided Texas A&M with 216 points scored in the winter sports and along with women’s basketball’s total of 64 points and men’s swimming and diving’s 63 points gave A&M 343 winter points added to the 183 fall points for a total of 526 thus far.
The highest finish in Texas A&M history in the Directors’ Cup standings was sixth in 2009-10 and the Aggies followed up in 2010-11 with an eighth place finish.
Below the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings is a listing of the current rankings for Texas A&M athletics. The outdoor track and field team, under the direction of Pat Henry, will be defending its unprecedented triple-double with the men’s and women’s outdoor track and field programs winning three straight national championships and the Aggie men’s outdoor track and field team is currently ranked No. 1 in the country and the women’s outdoor track and field squad is ranked No. 6. Baseball is ranked No. 9 this week while both the men’s and women’s golf programs, women’s softball and women’s tennis are all ranked in the Top 20 this week. Men’s tennis is ranked No. 34.
The first spring standings update will be released on Thursday, May 31.
Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup Standings
(As of Apr. 26, 2012)
TOP 25
1. Stanford 1029.75
2. Ohio State 807.75
3. Penn State 793.00
4. Florida 702.00
5. Michigan 666.00
6. Minnesota 661.25
7. Florida State 626.50
8. North Carolina 625.00
9. Texas 583.00
10. Wisconsin 582.00
11. California 533.00
12. TEXAS A&M 526.00
13. UCLA 518.00
14. Notre Dame 503.50
15. Illinois 502.75
16. Oklahoma 498.25
17. Duke 490.50
18. Michigan State 476.50
19. Louisville 464.00
20. Georgia 462.75
21. LSU 461.75
22. West Virginia 460.50
23. Kentucky 451.50
24. Arkansas 443.00
25. Indiana 437.00
2011-12 TEXAS A&M SPORT BREAKDOWN
Sport Place Points
Winter
Women’s Indoor Track & Field 5th 73.5
Women’s Swimming & Diving 6th 73.5
Men’s Indoor Track & Field 8th 69
Women’s Basketball 9th 64
Men’s Swimming & Diving 13th 63
Men’s Basketball NR 0
Fall
Women’s Soccer 17th 50
Women’s Volleyball 17th 50
Men’s Cross Country 18th 38
Football 26th 45
Women’s Cross Country NR 0
CURRENT TEXAS A&M SPRING RANKINGS (as of Apr. 26, 2012)
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field #1 USTFCCCA
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field #6 USTFCCCA
Baseball (29-12, 9-6 Big 12) 3rd #9 Baseball America/#10 NCBWA/#12 USA Today/ESPN
Women’s Golf #11 Golfstat
Men’s Golf #13 Golfworld
Softball (32-14, 12-6 Big 12) 3rd #16 USA Softball/ESPN.com &
#18 NFCA/USA Today
Women’s Tennis (16-4, 7-2) T2nd #19 ITA
Men’s Tennis (12-13, 1-4) 5th #34 ITA
