Daily Word: America East Schools Stacking Up Nationally

Daily Word: America East Schools Stacking Up Nationally

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New for the 2011-2012 seasons, the America East Daily Word, a collaboration between AmericaEast.com and AExtra, will recap the previous day's games and on goings on our nine campuses and provide links to previews, recaps, features and exclusive coverage.

The National Association of Collegiate Directors or Athletics (NACDA) released the latest standings in the Division I Learfield sports Director’s Cup late last week and America East schools litter the list.

Seven of the nine conference members are among the 244 ranked schools. Boston University, New Hampshire, Stony Brook, Vermont, Maine, Binghamton and Albany all received points for their athletic performance this winter to earn rankings. In fact, Vermont and Binghamton entered the rankings for the first time this year.

Boston U., UNH, Stony Brook and UVM hold their own in the top-100 with the Terriers leading the way at No. 69. New Hampshire is not far behind at No. 88 while Stony Brook and Vermont sit at No. 94 and No. 96, respectively. With those four schools, the America East has the third-most members ranked in the Top 100 of the non-BCS conferences trailing just the Ivy League (8) and Mountain West (5).

Boston U. collected the most points of the America East schools with 140 earning points in men’s and women’s ice hockey, men’s and women’s track and field and wrestling. UVM received 125 points thanks to a national skiing championship and a men’s basketball NCAA Tourney win. Binghamton piled up points in track and field and wrestling, Maine scored in ice hockey and track and field, and Albany tallied points in women’s basketball.                                                            

The Director’s Cup was developed as a joint effort between NACDA and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in up to 20 sports – 10 women’s and 10 men’s.

To see where our schools stack up, check out the full standings report.

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