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If you ever wondered why Rutgers spends so much money on athletics, part of the reason is because a lot of its programs need the help. Rutgers has struggled in Director's Cup rankings for a while now, and 2011 was no exception, as Rutgers finished 158th; supposedly the lowest ranking for any BCS conference team that plays football. The Scarlet Knights only received points on the year for women's basketball and wrestling. Some athletic department programs that usually do well, like track & field and women's soccer, had down years in '10-'11. RU fell from 96th last year, This ranking is more of an indictment of former athletic director Bob Mulcahy's handling of the athletic department's Olympic sports (besides wrestling) than anything else. Tim Pernetti has hired new coaches for programs like men's soccer, soccer, and now lacrosse, and cannot be fairly judged in those areas until the new hires have a chance to rebuild and establish themselves.

Missouri ended up in 41st place...Stanford won (again). Top Big 12 team was Texas A&M at 8th. The rest of the league: OU 10th, UT 12th, OSU 32, NU 33 (last time I post about them in the Big 12), BU 35, TTU 48, KSU 58, ISU 60, CU 66 (same comment as NU), and kU 72.

With the second-place finish by the women in NCAA rowing, Stanford has guaranteed itself of a 17th-straight Director's Cup. In the Capital One Cup, the women lead 2nd place Cal 112-88, while the men are in fourth with 59 points behind Auburn (70) and UConn and Eastern Washington (60). Both men and women may be able to improve their standings dependent upon their finishes in baseball and track and field. Guess creating the Capital One Cup because Stanford dominated the Director's Cup didn't work out so well for everyone else, did it?