The 1999-2000 competitive year was another good one for the University of Arizona as it finished No. 8 in the final Sears Directors' Cup rankings.
UA drew considerable strength from its winter and spring sports, with the NCAA Championship women's golf team, a No. 2 finish by women's swimming, No. 3 seasons by men's golf, men's swimming and softball, and a No. 6 finish by men's track and field.
Arizona's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, gymnastics, men's and women's cross rountry, men's and women's indoor track and field, women's tennis, women's track and field and men's and women's cross country teams also scored points for the Wildcats in the ratings, conducted annually for the past seven years by Sears and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
The Cats joined five other Pacific-10 Conference schools in the Top 20, including Stanford, which finished No. 1 for its sixth consecutive Directors' Cup Championship. The Cardinal were followed by UCLA (2nd), Arizona (8th), Arizona State (11th), California (15th) and Southern California (16th), giving the league the hightest total of any conference at the top of the standings.
The Big 10 had five teams in the Top 20, followed by the Southeastern Conference with four. NACDA awards points based on each institution's finish in up to 20 sports -- 10 for men and 10 for women. Each national champion receives 100 points. There are four Sears Directors' Cup Awards, one to honor the institution with the best all-around athletics program in each of the NCAA's Divisions I, II and III and the NAIA.
The final Top 20 and points in the Sears Directors' Cup for 1999-2000:
1. Stanford, 1359.5
2. UCLA, 1153.5
3. Michigan, 965
4. Penn State, 909
5. North Carolina, 908.5
6. Nebraska, 906
7. Florida, 842
8. Arizona, 837.5
9. Texas, 801
10. LSU, 764
11. Arizona State, 733
12. Georgia, 728.5
13. Virginia, 698.5
14. Ohio State, 682
15. California, 669.5
16. Southern California, 666.5
17. Wisconsin, 661.5
18. Brigham Young, 657.5
19. Minnesota, 627
20. Tennessee, 621
