Florida Sweeps NY Times Regional Newspaper Group Southeastern Conference All-Sports Title
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | General
The University of Florida swept the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group's Southeastern Conference All-Sports competition in 2008-09, taking the overall, men's and women's titles. It is the ninth sweep for the Gator athletics program and UF is the only school to collect all three titles in a single season.
The overall SEC All-Sports title is the 19th for Florida, while the Gator program also earned its 16th women's and 13th men's 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. The sports of cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field are combined. A program's outdoor track finish makes up half, while the remaining two quarters are based on the cross country and indoor finishes. 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.
Florida won six regular-season SEC Championships in 2008-09 to raise its total to 44 since the 1999-00 academic year, the most by any conference school during the 10-year span. The Gators took the SEC crown in football, soccer, softball, women's swimming & diving, women's outdoor track & field and volleyball.
| Did You Know… |
| · Florida has claimed 186 Southeastern Conference team titles in its history, the most in the SEC. In the last 10 seasons, UF leads the league with 44 titles. · Florida won a league-high six SEC titles in 2008-09. Arkansas was second with three titles. · Florida owns 19 Overall SEC All-Sports trophies. The first came in 1987-88. · Florida is the only league program to collect all three titles (overall, men's and women's) in a single season. |
Florida finished this year with total 162.50 points in 16 sports to win the overall all-sports title with an average of 10.16 points. Georgia was second with an average of 8.34 points in 16 sports.
The Florida women stayed on top for the third consecutive year with an average of 10.28 points (92.5 points in nine sports). Tennessee was second with 72.50 points (9.06 average for eight sports).
In men's competition, the Gators tallied 70 points for an average of 10.00 points in its seven sports. The LSU men's program was second with its seven sport average of 8.21.
UF is hopeful of finishing among the nation's top 10 most successful overall athletic programs for the 26th consecutive year when final national all-sports rankings are released June 26. 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 | 162.50 | 16.00 | 10.16 |
| 2 | Georgia | 133.50 | 16.00 | 8.34 |
| 3 | LSU | 130.50 | 16.00 | 8.16 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 119.50 | 15.00 | 7.97 |
| 5 | Auburn | 115.00 | 16.00 | 7.19 |
| 6 | Alabama | 111.50 | 16.00 | 6.97 |
| 7 | Arkansas | 100.00 | 15.00 | 6.67 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 95.00 | 15.00 | 6.33 |
| 9 | Mississippi | 77.50 | 13.00 | 5.96 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 81.00 | 16.00 | 5.06 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 51.00 | 13.00 | 3.92 |
| 12 | Miss. State | 40.00 | 13.00 | 3.08 |
| Men | ||||
| Place | School | Points | Sports | Average |
| 1 | Florida | 70.00 | 7.00 | 10.00 |
| 2 | LSU | 57.50 | 7.00 | 8.21 |
| 3 | Georgia | 57.00 | 7.00 | 8.14 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 53.00 | 7.00 | 7.57 |
| 5 | Mississippi | 43.00 | 6.00 | 7.17 |
| 6 | Alabama | 50.00 | 7.00 | 7.14 |
| 7 | Tennessee | 47.00 | 7.00 | 6.71 |
| 8 | Auburn | 43.00 | 7.00 | 6.14 |
| 9 | Arkansas | 35.00 | 6.00 | 5.83 |
| 10 | Kentucky | 36.00 | 7.00 | 5.14 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 23.00 | 6.00 | 3.83 |
| 12 | Miss. State | 21.50 | 6.00 | 3.58 |
| Women | ||||
| Place | School | Points | Sports | Average |
| 1 | Florida | 92.50 | 9.00 | 10.28 |
| 2 | Tennessee | 72.50 | 8.00 | 9.06 |
| 3 | Georgia | 76.50 | 9.00 | 8.50 |
| 4 | LSU | 73.00 | 9.00 | 8.11 |
| 5 | Auburn | 72.00 | 9.00 | 8.00 |
| 6 | Arkansas | 65.00 | 9.00 | 7.22 |
| 7 | Alabama | 61.50 | 9.00 | 6.83 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 42.00 | 8.00 | 5.25 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 45.00 | 9.00 | 5.00 |
| 10 | Mississippi | 34.50 | 7.00 | 4.93 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 28.00 | 7.00 | 4.00 |
| 12 | Miss. State | 18.50 | 7.00 | 2.64 |
| University of Florida Annual Finishes in the Southeastern Conference All-Sports Trophy | ||||||||||||
| Year | Men (Avg.) | Women (Avg.) | Overall (Avg.) | # of SEC Team Titles | SEC Titles | |||||||
| 1973-74 | 3rd | --- | --- | 1 | MGolf | |||||||
| 1974-75 | 3rd | --- | --- | 3 | MGolf | MTen | MIT&F | |||||
| 1975-76 | 4th | --- | --- | 1 | MIT&F | |||||||
| 1976-77 | 2nd | --- | --- | 0 | ||||||||
| 1977-78 | 2nd | --- | --- | 0 | ||||||||
| 1978-79 | 3rd | --- | --- | 1 | MS&D | |||||||
| 1979-80 | 7th | --- | --- | 2 | MS&D | WTen | ||||||
| 1980-81 | 4th | --- | --- | 5 | Base | WGolf | MS&D | WS&D | WTen | |||
| 1981-82 | 4th | --- | --- | 5 | Base | Gym | WGolf | WS&D | WTen | |||
| 1982-83 | 4th | --- | --- | 3 | Gym | MS&D | WS&D | |||||
| 1983-84 | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 6 | Base | WGolf | Gym | MS&D | WS&D | WTen | ||
| 1984-85 | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 5 | WXC | MGolf | Gym | MS&D | WTen | |||
| 1985-86 | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 4 | WGolf | MS&D | WS&D | WTen | ||||
| 1986-87 | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 6 | MXC | WGolf | WS&D | WTen | MIT&F | MOT&F | ||
| 1987-88 | 2nd | 1st | T1st | 5 | Base | MXC | WS&D | WTen | MIT&F |
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| 1988-89 | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4 | MBktbl | MGlf | Gym | WS&D | ||||
| 1989-90 | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4 | MS&D | WS&D | WTen | WIT&F | ||||
| 1990-91 | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 5 | MGolf | WGolf | MS&D | WS&D | WTen | |||
| 1991-92 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 8 | Football | MGolf | MS&D | WS&D | WTen | WIT&F | WOT&F | VB |
| 1992-93 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5 | MGolf | MS&D | WS&D | WTen | VB | |||
| 1993-94 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 5 | Football | MGolf | WS&D | MTen | VB | |||
| 1994-95 | 2nd (8.57) | 1st (10.57) | 1st (9.57) | 5 | Football | WGolf | WS&D | WTen | VB | |||
| 1995-96 | 1st (8.79) | 1st (10.06) | 1st (9.47) | 5 | Base | Football | WS&D | WTen | VB | |||
| 1996-97 | 3rd (7.79) | 1st (10.61) | 1st (9.38) | 7 | WXC | Football | Soc | WTen | WIT&F | WOT&F | VB | |
| 1997-98 | 1st (8.43) | 1st (10.61) | 1st (9.66) | 7 | Base | WXC | Soc | Soft | WTen | WOT&F | VB | |
| 1998-99 | 1st (9.29) | 2nd (8.78) | 1st (9.00) | 4 | MGolf | Soc | WTen | VB | ||||
| 1999-00 | 1st (9.57) | 1st (9.50) | 1st (9.53) | 4 | MBktbl | Soc | MTen | VB | ||||
| 2000-01 | 3rd (9.14) | 1st (10.33) | 1st (9.81) | 5 | MBktbl | Football | Soc | WTen | VB | |||
| 2001-02 | 1st (10.07) | 1st (9.78) | 1st (9.91) | 4 | Soc | WS&D | WIT&F | VB | ||||
| 2002-03 | 1st (10.00) | 1st (9.56) | 1st (9.75) | 5 | MGolf | MTen | WTen | WOT&F | VB | |||
| 2003-04 | 1st (10.00) | 2nd (9.33) | 1st (9.63) | 4 | WTen | MIT&F | WIT&F | VB | ||||
| 2004-05 | 1st (10.29) | 3rd (8.56) | 1st (9.31) | 3 | Base | MTen | VB | |||||
| 2005-06 | 2nd (8.71) | 3rd (8.89) | 2nd (9.63) | 2 | WTen | VB | ||||||
| 2006-07 | 1st (9.71) | 1st (9.72) | 1st (9.72) | 6 | MBktbl | Football | Gym | Soc | WTen | VB | ||
| 2007-08 | 2nd (9.07) | 1st (10.67) | 1st (9.97) | 5 | WGolf | Soc | Soft | WTen | VB | |||
| 2008-09 | 1st (10.00) | 1st (10.28) | 1st (10.16) | 6 | Football | Soc | Soft | WS&D | WOT&F | VB | ||
| 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. | ||||||||||||
