{"id":7337,"date":"2014-06-14T18:09:39","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T22:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2014-06-14T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T22:22:16","slug":"june-10-2014-ranking-accs-superb-performance-in-the-learfield-sports-directors-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/2014\/06\/14\/june-10-2014-ranking-accs-superb-performance-in-the-learfield-sports-directors-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"June 10, 2014 Ranking &#8211; #ACC&#8217;s Superb Performance in the Learfield Sports Directors&#8217; Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Directors-Cup-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7294\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/2014\/06\/06\/the-accs-superb-performance-in-the-learfield-sports-directors-cup\/directors-cup-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Directors-Cup-logo.jpg?fit=804%2C676&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"804,676\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Directors-Cup-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Directors-Cup-logo.jpg?fit=300%2C252&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Directors-Cup-logo.jpg?fit=590%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7294\" alt=\"Directors-Cup-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Directors-Cup-logo.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Directors-Cup-logo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Directors-Cup-logo.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Directors-Cup-logo.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is time for the Learfield Sports Director\u2019s Cup Update!! \u00a0The Director\u2019s Cup award honors institutions maintaining broad-based athletics programs success in many sports (including male and female sports). \u00a0The Directors\u2019 Cup , founded by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics and USA Today, began in 1993-1994 for Division I athletics. \u00a0In 1995-96, it was expanded to include Division II, III and the NAIA. \u00a0Each institution is awarded points in a pre-determined number of sports for men and women. \u00a0The overall champion is the institution that records the highest number of points in their division\u2019s Directors\u2019 Cup standings. \u00a0For NCAA Division I, there are 20 sports included (ten men\u2019s and ten women\u2019s).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thedirectorscup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/June-10-DI-Release.pdf\">The June 10, 2014 Director\u2019s Cup<\/a> rankings show a high rising Notre Dame school in second place. \u00a0Notre Dame jumped into second with 1102.75 points as a result of finishing ninth in women\u2019s rowing and 17th in softball. The Fighting Irish are seeking their first ever top five finish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ACC has four institutions ranked in the top ten. Notre Dame is second, Duke is fourth, Virginia is seventh and North Carolina is eighth. \u00a0\u00a0The ACC also had several institutions in the top 70, including Florida State (at 12th), Maryland (at 31st), NC State (at 35th), Virginia Tech (at 40th), Syracuse (at 51st), Clemson (at 54th), Boston College (at 55th), Wake Forest (at 60th), and Miami (at 69th). \u00a0The last two Division I ranking updates are on June 19, 2014 (which includes men\u2019s and women\u2019s track and field) and June 26 or 27, 2014 (which includes baseball). \u00a0ACC newcomer, Louisville, comes in at 28th.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All in all &#8211; the ACC has done very well &#8211; and member institutions should be proud of the conference\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Become a fan of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theACC\">ACC on Facebook <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/theacc\">follow the ACC on Twitter.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<br>\n<center>\n\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Bottom_Post -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1227879969298088\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1445137322\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<br>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Horizontal_6 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:468px;height:60px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1227879969298088\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4619304738\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n<\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good evening, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sports fans!! It is time for the Learfield Sports Director\u2019s Cup Update!! \u00a0The Director\u2019s Cup award honors institutions maintaining broad-based athletics programs success in many sports (including male and female sports). \u00a0The Directors\u2019 Cup , founded by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics and USA Today, began &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/2014\/06\/14\/june-10-2014-ranking-accs-superb-performance-in-the-learfield-sports-directors-cup\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,6,13,12,94,8,1],"tags":[40,44,65,43,18,70,67,46,47,69,48,19,66,156,157,52,38,26,36,23,30,61,160,42,22,45,49,24,50,60,32,35,33,27,25,29,64,20,41,51],"class_list":["post-7337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acc","category-acc-basketball","category-acc-football","category-college-basketball","category-college-football","category-college-hockey","category-general-college-football","category-uncategorized","tag-bceagles","tag-clemson","tag-florida-state","tag-godeacs","tag-hokies","tag-hurricanes","tag-ncstate","tag-noles","tag-seminoles","tag-tarheels","tag-terps","tag-vt","tag-wfu","tag-acc","tag-acc-basketball","tag-atlantic-coast-conference","tag-bc","tag-blue-devils","tag-boston-college","tag-canes","tag-cavaliers","tag-cavs","tag-college-football","tag-demon-deacons","tag-duke","tag-fsu","tag-maryland","tag-miami","tag-nc-state","tag-north-carolina","tag-orange","tag-panthers","tag-syracuse","tag-tar-heels","tag-unc","tag-uva","tag-virginia","tag-virginia-tech","tag-wake-forest","tag-wolfpack"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1Ih8i-1Ul","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7337"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7346,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions\/7346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allsportsdiscussion.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}