[jacket3ree]

By number of varsity sports sponsored:*

1. Harvard 42 (21 men's, 21 women's)
2. Princeton 38 (18/20)
3. Cornell 37 (17/20)
4. Navy 36 (18/15/3)
4. Ohio State 36 (16/20)
4. Stanford 36 (16/20)
7. Yale 35 (16/18/1)
8. Boston College 31 (14/16/1)
8. Michigan 31 (14/17)
8. Penn State 31 (16/15)


Texas is 21 (9/12) 
UCLA is 25 (11/14)

I don't recall a direct correlation between the number of sports sponsored and Cup standings but I understand why they tweaked the rules for those interested in a spreadsheet-based competition. (Aren't the titles enough competition in and of themselves?) Still, if only Stanford wins, no one at all will care about this, so for those interested in the Cup competition, you should probably root for Stanford to get better at the sports 'that count' then hope they change the way sports are counted. Interesting that Ohio State's finished second three times (2010/11, 2015/16, and 2016/17). And just for kicks, Stanford Football finished 2010/11 as #4 to Ohio State's #5 (both 12-1), 2015/16 as #3 (12-2) to Ohio State's #4 (12-1) and 2016/17 as #12 (10-3) to Ohio State's #6 (11-2).

So the lesson is to have Ohio State do really well in the Cup.....

*May not be exhaustive. AI sucks at this stuff. Depends how you ask. That said:

Ivy League rules prevent schools from offering athletic scholarships, so they focus on massive student body athletic participation (squash, fencing, crew, 'ivy-exclusive disciplines')

Programs like Stanford and Ohio State intentionally run broad-based athletic departments designed to feed athletes directly into the Olympic pipelines.

Service academies mandate athletic involvement (varsity, club, intramural) for the entire student body leading to heavily subsidized, robust varsity rosters.

[jacket3ree]

By number of varsity sports sponsored:*

1. Harvard 42 (21 men's, 21 women's)
2. Princeton 38 (18/20)
3. Cornell 37 (17/20)
4. Navy 36 (18/15/3)
4. Ohio State 36 (16/20)
4. Stanford 36 (16/20)
7. Yale 35 (16/18/1)
8. Boston College 31 (14/16/1)
8. Michigan 31 (14/17)
8. Penn State 31 (16/15)


Texas is 21 (9/12) 
UCLA is 25 (11/14)

I don't recall a direct correlation between the number of sports sponsored and Cup standings but I understand why they tweaked the rules for those interested in a spreadsheet-based competition. (Aren't the titles enough competition in and of themselves?) Still, if only Stanford wins, no one at all will care about this, so for those interested in the Cup competition, you should probably root for Stanford to get better at the sports 'that count' then hope they change the way sports are counted. Interesting that Ohio State's finished second three times (2010/11, 2015/16, and 2016/17). And just for kicks, Stanford Football finished 2010/11 as #4 to Ohio State's #5 (both 12-1), 2015/16 as #3 (12-2) to Ohio State's #4 (12-1) and 2016/17 as #12 (10-3) to Ohio State's #6 (11-2).

So the lesson is to have Ohio State do really well in the Cup.....

*May not be exhaustive. AI sucks at this stuff. Depends how you ask. That said:

Ivy League rules prevent schools from offering athletic scholarships, so they focus on massive student body athletic participation (squash, fencing, crew, 'ivy-exclusive disciplines')

Programs like Stanford and Ohio State intentionally run broad-based athletic departments designed to feed athletes directly into the Olympic pipelines.

Service academies mandate athletic involvement (varsity, club, intramural) for the entire student body leading to heavily subsidized, robust varsity rosters.