NC State Ranks 8th in Director’s Cup Fall Standings

The Director’s Cup Standings have been updated with Women’s Volleyball, and NC State now sits in 8th place. Last season, the Wolfpack Women’s Volleyball team didn’t accumulate any points, but this year they finished 17th, and gave NC State 50 points.

Last season NC State sat in 12th place in the Director’s Cup at the end of the Fall period, with 241 points.

NC State’s current 252.5 points marks the most points that the school has ever accumulated in a Fall Period in the Director’s Cup, which has been around since 1993, and Football isn’t even included in this number yet.

2017-18: 8th
2016-17: 12th
2015-16: 35th
2014-15: 42nd
2013-14: 86th
2012-13: 41st
2011-12: 38th
2010-11: 52nd
2009-10: 85th (Year Before Yow Arrived)

The Wolfpack is also the highest ranked ACC team in these standings.

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NC State has had the best Fall at least since 1993, and it might be the best Fall in a much longer time period, but the Director’s Cup didn’t exist before then.

NC State’s Women’s Cross Country team had another great year, winning their 23rd ACC championship. They also finished in the Top-10 nationally for the 3rd straight year.

The Men’s Cross Country Team finished with 5 more points this year. They finished 17th nationally, which is their highest finish since 2011.

The Women’s Soccer team arguably had their best season since 1995. They finished 3rd in the ACC in the regular season, and advanced to the ACC Championship seminfinal for the 1st time since 1995. The Wolfpack advanced to the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament, and notched wins, marking the most wins since 1995. Their final ranking of 23rd in the RPI is the highest they’ve ever finished (started the poll in 2000.

Last year Men’s Soccer didn’t place high enough to record a single point, but this year they notched 25. The team qualified for its first NCAA Championship since 2009 and hosted the first ACC Championship first-round match at Dail Soccer Stadium in program history. Despite a preseason prediction of 11th, the Wolfpack tied for seventh in the ACC standings and knocked off two top-five teams throughout the year.

The NC State Women’s Volleyball team won 15 ACC matches, a program record. They also won their first NCAA tournament match in program history, and went back to the tourney for the first time since 2012.

We will have to see where the Wolfpack football team lands after the bowl game, but if they win, they will finish in the Top 25 for the first time since 2002.