Sunday, May 20, 2007

Florida Athletics Program Sweeps NY Times Regional Group SEC All-Sports Standings

The University of Florida swept the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group SEC All-Sports competition, winning the overall, men's and women's titles for the eighth time. Florida is the only program to collect the three titles in a single season.

The University of Florida swept the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group SEC All-Sports competition, winning the overall, men's and women's titles for the eighth time. Florida is the only program to collect the three titles in a single season.

The overall SEC All-Sports title is the 17th for Florida, while the Gator program also earned its 14th women's and 12th men's titles as well. The first overall SEC title for UF came in 1987-88, with the Gator program winning all but three of the last 20 overall titles.

The New York Times Regional Newspaper Group, which includes 14 newspapers throughout the Southeastern United States, awards trophies to the league school which captures each of those three all-sports titles. A first-place SEC finish is worth 12 points, second is given 11 points, and so on. A school's point total is divided by the number of sports it fields to arrive at the average. The New York Times Regional Newspaper Group took over coordination of the SEC All-Sports rankings in 1994-95. Prior to that, the league tabulated the SEC All-Sports totals.

Did You Know…

·         Florida owns 175 Southeastern Conference team titles in its history, the most in the SEC. In the last 10 season, UF leads the league with 44 titles.

 

·         Florida won a league-high six SEC titles in 2006-07

 

·         Florida has now won 17 Overall SEC All-Sports trophies.

Florida won six regular-season SEC Championships in 2006-07 to raise its total to 44 since the 1997-98 academic year, the most by any conference school during the 10-year span. The Gators won the SEC crowns in men's basketball, football, gymnastics, soccer, volleyball and shared the league crown for women's tennis.

Florida finished this year with 155.5 total points in its 16 sports to win the overall all-sports title with an average of 9.72 points. Tennessee was second with an average of 9.40 (141 points in 15 sports).

The Florida's men's program finished first, totaling 68 points for an average of 9.71 points in its seven sports. Tennessee was second with 64 points for an average of 9.14.

The Florida women returned to the top with an average of 9.72 points (87.50 points in nine sports). Tennessee, winner of the last three SEC Women's All-Sports Trophies, was second with 77 points (9.63 average for eight sports). Georgia was third with 81 points (9.00 average in nine sports).

UF is hopeful of finishing among the nation's top 10 most successful overall athletic programs for the 24th consecutive year when final national all-sports rankings are released in June. Florida and UCLA are the only two schools in the country to finish among the nation's top 10 overall most successful athletic programs each year since 1983.

Overall All-Sports Standings

Place

School

Points

Sports

Average

1

Florida

155.50

16.00

9.72

2

Tennessee

141.00

15.00

9.40

3

Georgia

133.50

16.00

8.34

4

LSU

115.50

16.00

7.22

5

Auburn

102.00

16.00

6.38

5

Vanderbilt

76.50

12.00

6.38

7

Alabama

100.00

16.00

6.25

8

Arkansas

88.00

15.00

5.87

9

Mississippi

75.00

13.00

5.77

10

South Carolina

86.50

15.00

5.77

11

Kentucky

89.50

16.00

5.59

12

Miss. State

52.00

13.00

4.00

Men

Place

School

Points

Sports

Average

1

Florida

68.00

7.00

9.71

2

Tennessee

64.00

7.00

9.14

3

Georgia

52.50

7.00

7.50

4

Mississippi

43.50

6.00

7.25

5

Auburn

48.50

7.00

6.93

6

Arkansas

41.00

6.00

6.83

7

Alabama

47.50

7.00

6.79

8

LSU

43.00

7.00

6.14

9

Vanderbilt

36.00

6.00

6.00

10

Kentucky

33.00

7.00

4.71

10

South Carolina

33.00

7.00

4.71

12

Miss. State

24.00

6.00

4.00

Women

Place

School

Points

Sports

Average

1

Florida

87.50

9.00

9.72

2

Tennessee

77.00

8.00

9.63

3

Georgia

81.00

9.00

9.00

4

LSU

72.50

9.00

8.06

5

Vanderbilt

40.50

6.00

6.75

6

South Carolina

53.50

8.00

6.69

7

Kentucky

56.50

9.00

6.28

8

Auburn

53.50

9.00

5.94

9

Alabama

52.50

9.00

5.83

10

Arkansas

47.00

9.00

5.22

11

Mississippi

31.50

7.00

4.50

12

Miss. State

28.00

7.00

4.00

University of Florida Annual Finishes in the Southeastern Conference All-Sports Trophy

Year

Men (Avg.)

Women (Avg.)

Overall (Avg.)

1973-74

3rd

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1974-75

3rd

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1975-76

4th

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1976-77

2nd

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1977-78

2nd

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1978-79

3rd

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1979-80

7th

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1980-81

4th

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1981-82

4th

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1982-83

4th

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1983-84

3rd

2nd

2nd

1984-85

4th

1st

2nd

1985-86

6th

2nd

3rd

1986-87

3rd

2nd

3rd

1987-88

2nd

1st

T1st

1988-89

2nd

1st

1st

1989-90

6th

3rd

4th

1990-91

2nd

2nd

2nd

1991-92

1st

1st

1st

1992-93

1st

1st

1st

1993-94

1st

2nd

1st

1994-95

2nd (8.57)

1st (10.57)

1st (9.57)

1995-96

1st (8.79)

1st (10.06)

1st (9.47)

1996-97

3rd (7.79)

1st (10.61)

1st (9.38)

1997-98

1st (8.43)

1st (10.61)

1st (9.66)

1998-99

1st (9.29)

2nd (8.78)

1st (9.00)

1999-00

1st (9.57)

1st (9.50)

1st (9.53)

2000-01

3rd (9.14)

1st (10.33)

1st (9.81)

2001-02

1st (10.07)

1st (9.78)

1st (9.91)

2002-03

1st (10.00)

1st (9.56)

1st (9.75)

2003-04

1st (10.00)

2nd (9.33)

1st (9.63)

2004-05

1st (10.29)

3rd (8.56)

1st (9.31)

2005-06

2nd (8.71)

3rd (8.89)

2nd (9.63)

2006-07

1st (9.71)

1st (9.72)

1st (9.72)

The New York Times Regional Newspaper Group took over coordination of the SEC All-Sports rankings in 1994-95. Prior to that, the league tabulated the SEC All-Sports totals.

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