{"id":6523,"date":"2014-01-09T16:50:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T21:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6523"},"modified":"2014-01-09T16:52:21","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T21:52:21","slug":"acc-leads-the-way-in-the-learfield-sports-directors-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6523","title":{"rendered":"ACC leads the way in the Learfield Sports Director&#8217;s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/acclogo2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/acclogo2.jpg\" alt=\"acclogo2\" width=\"198\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6525\" \/><\/a> The ACC leads all conferences with five schools ranked among the top nine of the Learfield Sports Directors\u2019 Cup Final Fall Standings released on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The ACC\u2019s eight schools among the top 27 also lead all conference, as do its 10 schools among the top 50. Twelve of the ACC\u2019s 15 schools placed among the top 86 (tied for the most among all conferences).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an outstanding fall season for our league, and our success is a tribute to the leadership of our schools, coaches and student-athletes,\u201d said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. \u201cAs we begin the 2014 calendar year, our league and member institutions look forward to continued success in the winter and spring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>National championships in football and men\u2019s soccer highlighted a banner fall for the ACC, which also placed three teams among the final four in the NCAA Men\u2019s Soccer, Women\u2019s Soccer and Field Hockey Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Florida State placed third in the overall standings and led all ACC schools with 351.5 points. In addition to the 2013 national football title, the Seminoles posted a runner-up finish in the NCAA Women\u2019s Soccer Championship, placed eighth in women\u2019s cross country and ninth in volleyball.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina closed out the fall in fourth place with 333 points, led by a third-place showing in field hockey and a fifth-place ranking in women\u2019s soccer.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia sits in fifth place with 323 points. In addition to third-place finishes in both men\u2019s and women\u2019s soccer, the Cavaliers placed ninth in both women\u2019s field hockey and women\u2019s cross country.<\/p>\n<p>Buoyed by the 2013 NCAA Men\u2019s Soccer Championship title, Notre Dame placed eighth with 310 points. The Fighting Irish added a top-10 finish (ninth) in women\u2019s soccer.<\/p>\n<p>Duke, with a runner-up finish in the NCAA Field Hockey Championship and a fifth-place showing in women\u2019s soccer, ranked ninth with 293 points.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the ACC\u2019s presence in the top 30 are Maryland in 21st place, Syracuse in 26th and Wake Forest in 27th.  Virginia Tech placed 33rd and Boston College 36th to give the ACC 10 schools among the top 50, while Clemson finished 64th and NC State 86th.<\/p>\n<p>Miami (113th), Pitt (133rd) and Georgia Tech (148th) round out the ACC\u2019s fall rankings. Louisville, which will join the ACC on July 1, 2014, placed 34th.<\/p>\n<p>The Learfield Sports Directors\u2019 Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution&#8217;s finish in up to 20 sports &#8212; 10 women\u2019s and 10 men\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The first Division I winter standings will be released Thursday, March 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACC leads all conferences with five schools ranked among the top nine of the Learfield Sports Directors\u2019 Cup Final Fall Standings released on Thursday&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,79,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-duke-blue-devils","category-featured-stories","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-82-id","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6523"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6528,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6523\/revisions\/6528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}