Fresno State Athletics
SI.com Ranks Bulldogs No. 18
7/16/2008 12:00:00 AM | General
July 16, 2008
FRESNO, Calif. - The 2007-08 year was a memorable year for the Fresno State athletic department. Not only did the Bulldogs win the 2008 National Championship in baseball but the program also won conference championships in women's basketball, women's tennis, women's golf and baseball. The Bulldogs won conference tournaments in women's basketball and baseball.
The WAC championships won by women's basketball and golf were the first for their respective sports while the women's tennis team won their seventh straight WAC title and baseball third straight.
The success the Bulldogs had this year earned them the WAC Commissioners Cup for the first time in school history and SI.com just ranked Fresno State No. 18 for most successful programs in 2007-08. The points were based on 11 men's and 11 women's sports chosen by SI.com.
The Bulldogs garnered 28.5 points and the determination was 10 points for a national championship, three points per sport for winning a regular season conference title and an additional point for winning the conference tournament. The final point category for points was multiplying the number of top 30 finishes by two. The Bulldogs had top 30 finishes in women's tennis (16th), baseball (1) and football (30).
The Bulldogs had the second highest ranking out of non-BCS schools. Princeton finished in a tie for 13th place after winning eight regular season conference championships and having four Top 30 finishes. The other non-BCS schools that earned a Top 25 ranking was BYU (19), and Denver (tied 23).
Arizona State earned the top ranking with 66 points after winning three national titles, four conference championships and 12 Top 30 finishes. Stanford, UCLA, North Carolina, Georgia, Penn State, Florida, USC, LSU and Tennessee rounded out the Top 10.
SI.Com Top 25 Programs for 2007-08
1 Arizona State
2 Stanford
3 UCLA
T-4 North Carolina
T-4 Georgia
6 Penn State
T-7 Florida
T-7 USC
9 LSU
10 Tennessee
11 Texas A&M
12 Michigan
T-13 Virginia
T-13 Princeton
15 Texas
16 Notre Dame
17 Florida State
18 Fresno State
T-19 BYU
T-19 Cal
21 Oregon
22 Arizona
T-23 University of Denver
T-23 Wisconsin
25 UConn
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