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Cornell University > Cornell Athletics Moves Into Top 10 In NCSA Division I Power Ranking
August 04, 2005
Big Red continues as highest ranked athletic program in New York state
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell athletic department jumped six spots to claim the No. 10 ranking in the final National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) top 25 power ranking of 2004-05. The rankings are based on the most recent U.S. Sports Academy Director's Cup rank (NACDA), US News and World Report college rankings and the student-athlete graduation rate.
For the second straight year, Cornell is the highest ranked NCAA school in New York state, ranking 23rd overall among all colleges and universities in Division I-III.
Cornell ranked 10th among all Division I-AA programs and 16th among the more than 300 Division I schools in 2003-04. It was also the highest ranked school in New York state.
The NCSA helps college coaches identify and assess high school student-athletes. At the same time, they help the student-athlete identify and assess the colleges they're best suited for based on athletic, academic and financial factors. This is the second year that the NCSA has released its company study, which demonstrates to student-athletes the importance of both academics and athletics when searching for a school.
Cornell continued to build on the strength of its successful last two seasons, winning a school record eight Ivy League titles during the 2004-05 school year. That mark also gave the program its most Ivy titles in a two-year period (15) and a three-year period (22). To put that in perspective, five of the seven other Ivy schools have never won 22 titles in a three-year span or 15 in a two-year span since the formation of the Ivy League. The Big Red finished second in Ivy title race for the second straight year, the first time Cornell has finished in the top two in consecutive years since the 1976-78 seasons.
Cornell's haul of eight titles moved the program into fourth on the all-time list for most Ivy titles, surpassing Yale with 156 all-time. Amazingly, it was just the 1999-2000 season when the Big Red program was at an all-time low, going the entire school year without a league title.
In addition, eight sports finished second (men's basketball, golf, baseball and softball) or third in the Ancient Eight (football, men's squash, women's lacrosse, men's lightweight rowing) in the Ivy League race.
Non-Ivy sports also thrived in 2004-05. Men's polo won the national championship, while the women finished as national runner-up. The sprint football team tied for second in the CSFL, equestrian placed as the Region II Reserve High-Point team and gymnastics placed sixth at the USAG Collegiate Nationals and second at the Ivy Classic.
In the classroom, three student-athletes were named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America teams, while eight earned Academic All-District honors.
