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Final Standings Released

https://nacda.com/news/2021/7/2/director...crown.aspx

The final difference was 56.25 points (1252.00 - 1195.75).  I would quibble with "The Cardinal tallied scores in 17 total sports".   Stanford scored in 23 sports, with about 209.5 points ignored in
WBVB  6th 25.00
MT&F 42nd 30.50
WT&F 25th ~48
WLax 17th 25.00
MGolf 38th 33.00
MSw 14th ~48

Other than making the round of 16 in WVB or MBB (64pts for 9th, 50pt for 17th), it would have taken improvements in two sports to make up the difference.

I expect NC State to object.  They were awarded 5pts for baseball with a ranking of "COVID".   Had they gotten the same 78 points as Stanford (for being eliminated in the CWS), they would have been 19th overall, not 23rd (bumping two SEC teams down a spot).

Twelve teams were scored as "Regional Cancelled" (for 5 points) in W. Golf.

Interesting... In 2021, the conference that got noted was because of teams in the top 25.  In 2019, the conference that got noted was because of teams in the top 10.  (As it turns out, the 2021 conference also had the most teams in the top 10.)  But, because they pushed the "standard" to the top 25, it will be dominated in the future by the big conferences.  If, say, all six Big South conference teams were to finish in 1 through 6, ahead of all other teams in the country, the 14-member conference would have been considered the best conference because of the teams in the top 25.

It would seem average score for a conference would be a more responsible way of comparing conferences.
The SEC's 14 teams totaled 9674.50 points, for an average of 691.04.
The PAC-12's 12 teams totaled 7394.00 points, for an average of 661.17.
(I didn't compute any other conference.)

Let's see, let me get this straight:
The Big Ten has 14 teams.
The Big-12 has 10 teams.
The Atlantic 10 has 11 teams.
The PAC-12 has 12 teams.
  Whew, at least one college conference knows how to count.

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Final Standings Released

https://nacda.com/news/2021/7/2/director...crown.aspx

The final difference was 56.25 points (1252.00 - 1195.75).  I would quibble with "The Cardinal tallied scores in 17 total sports".   Stanford scored in 23 sports, with about 209.5 points ignored in
WBVB  6th 25.00
MT&F 42nd 30.50
WT&F 25th ~48
WLax 17th 25.00
MGolf 38th 33.00
MSw 14th ~48

Other than making the round of 16 in WVB or MBB (64pts for 9th, 50pt for 17th), it would have taken improvements in two sports to make up the difference.

I expect NC State to object.  They were awarded 5pts for baseball with a ranking of "COVID".   Had they gotten the same 78 points as Stanford (for being eliminated in the CWS), they would have been 19th overall, not 23rd (bumping two SEC teams down a spot).

Twelve teams were scored as "Regional Cancelled" (for 5 points) in W. Golf.

Interesting... In 2021, the conference that got noted was because of teams in the top 25.  In 2019, the conference that got noted was because of teams in the top 10.  (As it turns out, the 2021 conference also had the most teams in the top 10.)  But, because they pushed the "standard" to the top 25, it will be dominated in the future by the big conferences.  If, say, all six Big South conference teams were to finish in 1 through 6, ahead of all other teams in the country, the 14-member conference would have been considered the best conference because of the teams in the top 25.

It would seem average score for a conference would be a more responsible way of comparing conferences.
The SEC's 14 teams totaled 9674.50 points, for an average of 691.04.
The PAC-12's 12 teams totaled 7394.00 points, for an average of 661.17.
(I didn't compute any other conference.)

Let's see, let me get this straight:
The Big Ten has 14 teams.
The Big-12 has 10 teams.
The Atlantic 10 has 11 teams.
The PAC-12 has 12 teams.
  Whew, at least one college conference knows how to count.