Best in College Sports: Oklahoma beats out North Carolina, Notre Dame in 2015-16 – CBS sports.com (blog)

Which school had the best season in college sports? We here at CBS Sports decided to find out.

The National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has been ranking athletic programs for years by weighing every sport equally, meaning a football national title is worth the same number of points (100) as a women’s water polo title.

We tweaked the formula and weighed it more heavily toward sports that generate the broadest base of fan and media interest. We rated every FBS football school in three sports — football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball — along with two “wild card” sports to come up with the Best in College Sports award.

The wild-card spot went to the most successful among the school’s following spectator sports: men’s lacrosse, men’s ice hockey, men’s soccer, men’s volleyball, men’s gymnastics, wrestling, women’s lacrosse, women’s ice hockey, women’s soccer, women’s volleyball or women’s gymnastics.

For our formula (which takes into account only schools that field FBS football programs): we weighed football worth 2.5 times as much as the other sports, while men’s basketball is worth twice as many points. Teams that didn’t finish in the final AP Top 25 in football but played in a bowl were awarded 62.5 points (25 x 2.5). Teams that made the NIT, CBI or CIT were given 20 points (10 points times two), while WNIT teams received 10 points.

For all titles that were settled via a bracket, point totals were based on via how many teams participated in the bracket. All champions in the other sports we surveyed received 100 points for a national title. For example — Oklahoma’s women’s gymnastics title gained them 100 points, Ohio State’s third-place finish in men’s wrestling garnered 85 points, and Michigan’s fifth-place finish in softball gained them 78 points.

Ultimately, it was the Oklahoma Sooners that stood above the rest as the best athletic program in college sports for 2015-16.

OU claimed the honor with a 2015 Big 12 football title, a trip to the College Football Playoff, a 2016 Final Four berth in basketball as well as national championships in softball and women’s gymnastics. Along the way, Buddy Hield became the Naismith Player of the Year for basketball coach Lon Kruger, and Bob Stoops took back his mantle as one of the top college football coaches in the country.

Previous winners include Louisville in 2013, Stanford in 2014 and Ohio State in 2015.

CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd takes a closer look at how Stoops’ hiring 18 seasons ago set renewed greatness in Sooners football and set a new course for Oklahoma athletics.

Best in College Sports 2015-16
School	Total	FB	MBB	WBB	WC	WC
Oklahoma	603.5	187.5	166	50	100	100
North Carolina	530	150	180	0	100	100
Notre Dame	505.25	161.25	146	64	70	64
Stanford	475.5	212.5	0	73	100	90
Ohio State	469	200	20	64	100	85
Alabama	438	250	20	10	85	73
Syracuse	422	0	166	90	83	83
Iowa	406.25	168.75	100	10	75	52.5
Florida State	403.75	153.75	20	64	83	83
Utah	388.5	146.25	100	10	68.25	64
Oregon	380	135	146	10	64	25
Wisconsin	379.5	132.5	128	0	64	55
Texas A&M	377.5	62.5	128	50	73	64
UConn	376.5	62.5	100	100	64	50
Michigan State	372.75	183.75	50	50	50	39
Michigan	371.3	165	50	10	78	68.3
Clemson	365	225	0	0	90	50
Maryland	358	0	128	50	90	90
Indiana	350.5	62.5	128	50	64	46
Oklahoma State	335.5	137.5	0	25	90	83
Duke	333.5	62.5	128	0	90	53
Baylor	330.5	157.5	50	73	50	0
Georgia	321.5	125	20	25	78	73.5
Florida	320.5	122.5	20	25	80	73
LSU	315.5	142.5	0	0	90	83
Miami (FL)	313.5	62.5	128	25	73	25
Washington	302.5	62.5	20	83	73	64
TCU	298	180	0	10	83	25
Ole Miss	286.5	172.5	0	0	64	50
West Virginia	282	62.5	50	50	73	46.5
Virginia	279	0	146	10	73	50
UCLA	274.5	62.5	0	64	75	73
Auburn	270.75	62.5	0	50	90	68.25
Arizona	266.5	62.5	50	0	90	64
Kentucky	266.5	0	100	64	52.5	50
Penn State	262.5	62.5	0	0	100	100
BYU	261.5	62.5	20	25	90	64
Minnesota	255.5	62.5	0	10	100	83
Tennessee	253	130	0	73	50	0
Oregon State	245.25	0	50	83	59.25	53
Nebraska	243	62.5	0	10	100	70.5
Iowa State	242.5	0	128	0	64.5	50
Texas Tech	240.5	62.5	50	0	78	50
Texas	238	0	50	73	90	25
Navy	232.5	140	0	0	60	32.5
California	230.75	62.5	50	0	68.25	50
Kansas	229	0	146	0	83	0
Louisville	226.5	62.5	0	50	50	64
Virginia Tech	222.5	62.5	20	10	80	50
Northwestern	215	130	0	10	50	25
Arizona State	212.5	62.5	0	50	50	50
Hawaii	198	0	100	25	73	0
South Carolina	198	0	20	64	64	50
Houston	196.25	176.25	20	0	0	0
USC	193	0	50	0	73	70
Mississippi State	190.5	62.5	0	64	64	0
MTSU	187.5	62.5	100	25	0	0
South Florida	187.5	62.5	0	50	50	25
Missouri	187.5	0	0	50	73.5	64
Central Michigan	179.5	62.5	20	10	46.5	40.5
NC State	178.5	62.5	0	0	66	50
Akron	175.5	62.5	20	10	83	0
Boston College	173	0	0	0	90	83
Ohio	162	62.5	20	10	25	44.5
Tulsa	157.5	62.5	20	0	50	25
Purdue	157.5	0	50	25	50	32.5
Rutgers	153	0	0	10	83	60
Boise State	152.75	62.5	0	0	59.25	31
Illinois	148.3	0	0	0	80	68.3
Pittsburgh	147	62.5	50	0	34.5	0
Kansas State	137.5	62.5	0	50	25	0
Cincinnati	137.5	62.5	50	0	25	0
UL-Lafayette	134	0	20	0	64	50
Louisiana Tech	132.5	62.5	20	0	50	0
Temple	122.5	62.5	50	10	0	0
Western Kentucky	122.5	62.5	0	10	50	0
Arkansas	121.75	62.5	0	0	59.25	0
Air Force	120	62.5	0	0	32.5	25
Colorado State	112.5	62.5	0	25	25	0
Western Michigan	112.5	62.5	0	0	25	25
Utah State	109	62.5	0	0	46.5	0
Wake Forest	108	0	0	10	73	25
Northern Illinois	103	62.5	20	0	20.5	0
Bowling Green	101.5	62.5	0	0	39	0
Buffalo	100.5	0	50	25	25.5	0
South Alabama	100	0	0	0	50	50
Arkansas State	97.5	62.5	0	10	25	0
Kent State	97.5	0	0	0	58.5	39
Appalachian State	95	62.5	0	0	32.5	0
Old Dominion	93.5	0	20	0	48.5	25
SMU	89	0	0	0	64	25
New Mexico	87.5	62.5	0	0	25	0
San Jose State	87.5	62.5	0	0	25	0
Southern Miss	87.5	62.5	0	0	25	0
Washington State	87.5	62.5	0	0	25	0
Fresno State	85	0	50	10	25	0
Nevada	82.5	62.5	20	0	0	0
San Diego State	82.5	62.5	20	0	0	0
Georgia Tech	80	0	20	10	50	0
FAU	75	0	0	0	50	25
UCF	75	0	0	0	50	25
Marshall	72.5	62.5	0	10	0	0
Memphis	72.5	62.5	0	10	0	0
New Mexico State	70	0	20	25	25	0
Massachusetts	70	0	0	0	70	0
Eastern Michigan	67.5	0	0	10	52.5	5
East Carolina	64	0	0	0	64	0
Georgia Southern	62.5	62.5	0	0	0	0
Georgia State	62.5	62.5	0	0	0	0
Toledo	62.5	62.5	0	0	0	0
Army West Point	60.5	0	20	25	15.5	0
Tulane	60	0	0	10	50	0
Charlotte	60	0	0	10	50	0
Wyoming	56	0	0	0	56	0
Colorado	50	0	50	0	0	0
Rice	50 0	0	0	50	0	50
Idaho	45	0	20	25	0	0
Vanderbilt	45	0	20	0	25	0
Ball State	30	0	20	10	0	0
Troy	25	0	0	25	0	0
FIU	25	0	0	0	25	0
Miami (OH)	25	0	0	0	25	0
North Texas	25	0	0	0	25	0
Texas State	25	0	0	0	25	0
La.-Monore	20	0	20	0	0	0
UTEP	10	0	0	10	0	0
Texas-Antonio	0	0	0	0	0	0
UNLV	0	0	0	0	0	0