Results Tracking 2025-2026

[TAHeel]

 

[tmatheny]

I know it's dreaming but realistically every spring sport but men's tennis and softball have a chance to be competing for a national championship. It's so exciting watching these programs and seeing the talent and potential.

 

[3397char]

I know it's dreaming but realistically every spring sport but men's tennis and softball have a chance to be competing for a national championship. It's so exciting watching these programs and seeing the talent and potential.

Throw in a few other sports too, but yeah there is a lot of potential this spring. Current rankings:

• MLax #1
• WLax #2
• W Tennis #5
• Baseball #5
• WGolf #12
• MGolf #16
• Rowing #21 (22 teams in championship, so on the bubble)
• Softball #40 RPI (~40-46 is on the bubble)
• M Tennis #42 (~37-43 ins on the bubble)

Track and field is a lot harder to measure in that you need individuals to score, and overall team performance is not really a factor. But it is hard to imagine the men besting their 17th place finish last season. The women will likely improve on 34th place, but top 20 may be a stretch.

 

[NYHeel92]

We are so fortunate to have 6 teams that could make a deep run in May. Crazy that it’s probably not super out of the norm. Of course it inevitably leads to some heartbreak at the end but wouldn’t have it any other way.

And a very interesting side-story is whether Rowing can score their first Director’s Cup points ever.

 

[3397char]

 

[TAHeel]

Very odd that we have coaches that appear to have an expiring contract with nothing announced but we're announcing new deals 15 months in advance for others

 

[3397char]

Very odd that we have coaches that appear to have an expiring contract with nothing announced but we're announcing new deals 15 months in advance for others

My guess as that Miltenberg got an offer from another school and brought it to us to match it.

 

[unc80]

Glad we re-signed Miltenberg. He's done tremendous work in building the program.

 

[TAHeel]

 

[unc80]

MLax program direction red? But Breschi just got an extension!

 

[TAHeel]

This week: Tennis ACCs, WGolf ACCs

 

[NYHeel92]

Good day today. MTEN gets to the right side of the bubble. WLAX secures the undefeated conf season. Total beatdown 8-0 2nd half v dook. W Golf not in great position but I expect a good round tmw to make match play (top 6).

 

[TAHeel]

Tennis and Golf ACCs added, also added a full point total as that will likely start going up quickly in the next 2 weeks

 

[TAHeel]

With Breschi extended to 2029, outstanding contracts we don't know about, and my guess as to what may be announced in the next few months:

DiBitetto - 2030
Somoano - All signs are he is back for next year, so probably a 2029 deal announced soon? Maybe 2028?
Gangloff - 2031
Paul - Probably out
Koll - 2030

There's Somoano's 2029 deal.

4 to go.

 

[TAHeel]

Added ACCT results for WLax, MGolf, and spoilers (!) added the Director's Cup points for WLax and both Tennis teams. We are officially dropping our lowest score.

 

[TAHeel]

Up to 50 points available tomorrow between both tennis teams!

 

[maxmrnb1]

Does unc have a legitimate shot at winning the directors cup this season?

 

[TAHeel]

Does unc have a legitimate shot at winning the directors cup this season?

No, we have not had enough high performing scores yet. Probably need a really good spring (With at least 1 if not 2 titles) to even finish top 5.

Our 14 non-mandatory sports scores as of today are:
83, 69, 66, 55, 53.5, 53 (In Progress), 50, 50, 46, 45, 42.5, 38, 34, 25 (In Progress)

And we're currently dropping:
25 (In progress), 5 (In Progress), 5 (In Progress)

Required Scores: 64, 64, 50, 25, Baseball

So we have a ton of mediocre results (From a Cup perspective, being in the T25 teams in so many programs is impressive). You probably need to be ~1300 to win, which would mean you need to average 68 points across your 19 counting sports. As you can see we've only hit that mark in 2 sports so far, with WLax, WTennis, Baseball probably to hit it as well. 5 of the 19 being past that mark (and frankly maybe only 1 title between those 5) isn't enough.

 

[TAHeel]

I have swapped Men's Lacrosse to Yellow

 

[CosmicHeel]

Welcome Throwaway123! I'm glad you are here!

I penned many of the threads without the year listed. Give me a couple of days and I will put a year in each of them, no problem. Original content from IC staff or national staff will likely still be highlighted in their own thread, but everything else is just self-policing. But I totally agree that I like the 1-thread-1-sport format from the old board.

So have we landed on a best practice for when we roll over to a 2026-2027 thread for each team?

 

[TAHeel]

Added the points for Women's Golf qualifying for nationals, overall score only increased by 6 points due to the drops changing.


Items this weekend:
Women's Tennis final site (Potentially up to 27 more points)
Women's Lax QF (13 points)
Men's Lax QF (18 points)

Track ACCs
Rowing ACCs
Baseball end of regular season

 

[TAHeel]

 

[TAHeel]

Women's Lax plays for 7 points today, then another 10 on Sunday with a win.

Women's Golf is playing for their finishing position, every point will matter towards the Director's Cup score.

Baseball will wrap up the ACCT this weekend.

 

[TAHeel]

Probably just Men's Golf and Baseball left for points purposes. Would be nice to get a good bit into the 1100s. Find it unlikely that either track will score more than the >45 necessary to drop a different sport.

 

[TAHeel]

 

[TAHeel]

Based on this guy's methods, I'd guess UNC's final projection is 1155 (MGOLF 9th, Baseball T5th). So if those 2 teams can measure up, maybe a top 5 finish is on.

 

[TAHeel]

I think with UCLA's baseball failure, they should be within striking distance for us to have a top 5 finish. Though they are currently overperforming in golf.

 

[3397char]

FWIW, It does not look like UCLA will score meaningful points in T&F men or women. only a couple of their qualifiers project into the top 8 and none are podium worthy.

Their softball team finished tied for 5th yesterday, which is of course very good, but slightly below their projected 3rd place finish.

But as you said, their golf team is way ahead of projection. Absent a collapse today, they will be top 8, but were seeded 30th.

 

[TAHeel]

Just need a few more baseball wins to hopefully put the icing on a potential top 5 finish!

 

[3397char]

based on recent season bests from Paige and Mascarelli, it is feasible that the Women's Outdoor T&F team scores a top 25 finish and thus adds a single digit number of points to our score. (dropping women's Fencing)

 

[TAHeel]

Also worth noting we are waiting on contract extensions for Koll/Dibitetto. And then some type of decision on an extension/retirement/move on from Paul.

 

[TAHeel]

3 Tournaments left (BB, T&F) so we can do some math.

Stanford is at 1263.5 pending track (4 women events qualified, 0 men)
Texas is at 1236 pending track and baseball completion (9 women, 8 men)
UCLA is at 1150.75 pending track (5 women, 3 men)
UVA is at 1139.25 pending track (4 women, 10 men)
UNC is at 1140.75 pending track and BB (6 women, 1 man)

I'm not going to check the track results for those behind us, but I think we're only looking out for USC in our mirrors.
Michigan unchanged
OSU is unchanged
Duke is unchanged
USC is at 996 pending track and BB
Florida is at 954.5 pending track

 

[3397char]

3 Tournaments left (BB, T&F) so we can do some math.

Stanford is at 1263.5 pending track (4 women events qualified, 0 men)
Texas is at 1236 pending track and baseball completion (9 women, 8 men)
UCLA is at 1150.75 pending track (5 women, 3 men)
UVA is at 1139.25 pending track (4 women, 10 men)
UNC is at 1140.75 pending track and BB (6 women, 1 man)

I'm not going to check the track results for those behind us, but I think we're only looking out for USC in our mirrors.
Michigan unchanged
OSU is unchanged
Duke is unchanged
USC is at 996 pending track and BB
Florida is at 954.5 pending track

UVU likely to add men’s track points. Need baseball to advance further to have a chance to stay ahead of them. Outside chance to,catch UCLA if baseball goes deep. Beat USC on baseball and problem solved there.

 

[TAHeel]

Just baseball left!

 

[3397char]

Possible baseball outcomes (I think I have this right)

• lose next two games consecutively: stay at 78 points for baseball and 1154.75 overall
• Win either of next two games: move up to a tie 4th place finish: 83 points, 1159.75 overall
• Win our draw to head to CWS championship series: 90 points, 1166.75
• Win the whole darn thing: 100 points, 1176.75 overall.

I would love to know where this puts UNC versus UVA and UCLA now that those schools have completed all sports.

 

[3397char]

This tweet was based on projected finishesIn baseball after regionals and T&F after regionals. It showed us in a tight race with UVa for 4th with UCLA at least in striking distance for 3rd.



this chart UVA slightly underperform in Men’s T&F so we may have secured 4th over them?

but unfortunately it shows UcLa over performing on women’s track earlier today. Are they now out of reach for 3rd?

Flash Results, Inc. | Projections

flash-results-projections.web.app

As of today I believe TX clinched the title and Stanford clinched 2nd.

 

[TAHeel]

It will be a 4th place finish!

 

[3397char]

Three ACC schools in the top 5 is pretty incredible.

 

[3397char]

Baseball earns a spot in the championship series!

while the director’s cup has already been decided, the Capitol One Cup for men is still very much in flux.

right now I am guessing we already stand to add 30 or 36 points to move up to top 10. Win the series and we may add 60 points: a top 5 overall finish. (The points are based on final poll, not NCAA finish, but I can’t see us outside the top 3 at this point)

https://ecm.capitalone.com/WCM/capital-one-cup/coc-complete-standings-as-of-6_9.pdf

https://www.capitalone.com/capital-one-cup/

not sure what spring sports this list includes so I don’t want to make too many assumption on final standings.

It looks like UNC , Stanford, dook and UCLA may be the only schools to finish top 10 in both men’s and Women’s Cups?

Also on the line: a streak of 7 consecutive seasons with at least one NCAA team title and 9 of the last 10.

 

[TAHeel]

Goodnight and farewell! A 2nd straight 4th place finish closes out the Bubba Cunningham era. 3rd was gettable this year, but blowing 25 points on Men's Basketball + some tough tournament luck (Men's Golf lost a playoff, 2 soccer PK losses, basketball OT, and we lost to the eventual champion in 4 other head to head tournament matchups).