Congratulations to the University of Florida Athletic program and Athletic Director Jeremy Foley. Not for the football team’s recent accomplishments, nor for the basketball team’s not-so –recent success. And, even though the baseball team ended an improbable run at a College World Series Title against FSU just last week, this congratulations belongs to no one sport at the University of Florida. It belongs to all of them, collectively.

When the standings are made official after the College World Series is all wrapped up, the University of Florida will place second to Stanford for the 2009-2010 Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. The Directors’ Cup is awarded to the college with the most outstanding sports program as a whole.

The Gators (1,237.25 points) will finish a distant second to Stanford (1,508.5 points), the winner of sixteen consecutive awards and counting. The second place finish will tie a Florida Program high finish. They also finished second after the 1997-98 school year.

According to a release by the University, “[Florida] is the only program to finish among the nation’s top 10 in each of the last27 national all-sports standings” Also, the second place finish will be the first time the school has finished in the top three in consecutive seasons.