Grok, please make the Directors’ Cup fair for Texas A&M by eliminating the NCAA sports they don’t compete in (rowing, beach volleyball) and then compare A&M and Texas’ score. Sure thing! Texas Longhorns 1172 Texas A&M Aggies 907.75

I've developed a new twitter award! Only scores in sports that Texas A&M competes in are included. Congrats to the Fighting Texas Aggies on a top 10 finish in their very own Cup! The Texas Longhorns take 1st but I'm sure the Aggies are happy to see an in state school win it!

After very successful seasons Stanford Cardinal 🌲🤓 and the Florida Gators maintain their perfect streak of top 10 finishes in the Directors' Cup. UNC Tar Heels, the Texas Longhorns and UCLA Athletics keep the pace with top 10 finishes themselves to round out the top 5.

This is the reason why Texas has won 4 out of the last 5 Director’ Cup. A belief from the top of the department that every program should be competing for championships and then providing the resources needed to do so.

Directors' Cup Top 10: All points scored counted Interestingly, only 9 schools in the country have a lower score once the scoring system is factored in (8/10 here (not Tenn or Fla) and including Princeton). That is because very few schools score points in >19 sports.

Ivy League schools tend to accumulate quite a few points, often due to having very large departments, 30+ teams.

The Texas Longhorns won their 4th Directors' Cup due to a strong performance across all 21 of their teams. An avg score of 62.75 roughly = 13th place, or a sweet 16 finish in a bracket. An avg of 50 pts is roughly = to a 24th place finish or round of 32 finish in a bracket.

I considered posting it that way originally. Here is the top 10 with the numbers of teams they have included.

It's time to stir up some rivalry banter as we trudge through the offseason. Let me know what rivals you want to see compared H2H in the Directors' Cup (teams both schools field). Tag your favorite social media accounts for 1 or both schools and I'll create the comparison!

Getting started with an old school Southwest Conference Rivalry btw the Texas Longhorns and Arkansas Razorbacks 🐗. These two compete in 18 of the same sports (Ark-W Gym, Texas-Rowing, B V-ball and M S&D). Texas w/ the overall edge while both schools enjoy success across many sports.

Hardly a rivalry but every time these 2 play on the gridiron it is an epic matchup. In 3 of the 4 seasons, the winner went on to play in the national championship (winning it twice) and the 4th was the Fiesta Bowl in 2009. Comparing the 20 similar sports, Texas is way ahead!

Without the sports Texas doesn't field (Water Polo, M Gymnastics) the gap between the Texas Longhorns and Stanford and USC is quite large.

The Red River Rivalry - Directors' Cup Edition Texas and OU compete in 18 of the same sports (OU - M&W Gym, Wrestling Texas - M&W Swim, Beach V-ball). In those sports, the Longhorns hold nearly a 300 point edge over the Sooners! Kyle Umlang Bobby Burton Barstool Longhorn

Lone Star Showdown - Directors' Cup Edition The Texas Longhorns and Texas Aggies compete in 19 of the same sports (Texas - Rowing, Beach Vball). In those 19 sports, the Longhorns have a 150+ point advantage. Kyle Umlang Billy Liucci Amanda Atwell

The Directors' Cup added 4 (now 5) required sports in the 2018 scoring update. These sports are the true team sports with the highest # of teams participating. M & W Bball (350/348 teams) W Soccer (335) W Vball (332) Baseball (293) Which, if any, other team sport would you add?

Football (253 teams) & Softball (293) are the clear favorites to be added to the list of required sports. But what about non-team sports, where individuals compete as part of a team? Some have even higher level of participation than some of the currently included sports.

T&F and x-country took 63% of this vote. If the Directors’ Cup were to add a non-team sport as a required counter I think that’s the best choice. Maybe adopting the SEC all sports trophy approach though - CC (25%), indoor (25%), and outdoor (50%) add up to 1 score.

Annual reminder that this is the poll that’ll determine Directors’ Cup points at the end of the season. USA Today was associated with the start of the Directors’ Cup which is why this poll is utilized.