Sam Houston has finished ranked 18th in the final 2012-13 Capital One Cup men's standings.
The Bearkats earned 36 points toward the Capital One Cup throughout the entire athletics season for their top-10 performance in football.
The Capital One Cup is an NCAA athletics award that honors the top men's and women's college athletics program in the country.
Sam Houston State moved up two spots in the Capital One Men's Cup standings after a 20th place finish during the 2011-12 school year.
In total, 102 schools earned points in the Capital One Cup men's standings in 2012-13
Points toward the Capital One Cup are earned and tracked throughout the year based on final standings of NCAA Championships and final official coaches' polls.
CAPITAL ONE MEN'S CUP TOP 20
|
Rank
|
University
|
Points
|
|
1
|
UCLA
|
92
|
|
2
|
Indiana
|
88
|
| |
Texas A&M
|
88
|
|
4
|
Florida
|
86
|
|
5
|
Duke
|
82
|
|
6
|
Alabama
|
80
|
|
7
|
Michigan
|
76
|
|
8
|
Louisville
|
75
|
|
9
|
North Carolina
|
66
|
| |
Syracuse
|
66
|
|
11
|
Oregon
|
65
|
|
12
|
Notre Dame
|
62
|
|
13
|
North Dakota State
|
60
|
|
14
|
Arkansas
|
52
|
| |
Southern California
|
52
|
|
16
|
Stanford
|
43.5
|
|
17
|
Ohio State
|
43
|
|
18
|
SAM HOUSTON
|
36
|
| |
California
|
36
|
| |
Cornell
|
36
|
| |
Georgetown
|
36
|
| |
Mississippi State
|
36
|
|
23
|
Georgia
|
35
|
| |
Oklahoma State
|
35
|
| |
Penn State
|
35
|
|
26
|
Maryland
|
33
|
|
27
|
Yale
|
32.5
|
|
28
|
Georgia Southern
|
30
|
|
29
|
Texas
|
29
|
|
30
|
Denver
|
28
|
|
31
|
LSU
|
27
|
| |
Oregon State
|
27
|
|
33
|
Creighton
|
24
|
| |
Eastern Washington
|
24
|
| |
Wichita State
|
24
|
|
36
|
Wisconsin
|
22
|
|
37
|
Florida State
|
21
|
| |
UC-Irvine
|
21
|
|
39
|
Colorado
|
20
|
| |
Minnesota
|
20
|
| |
Virginia
|
20
|
|
42
|
Illinois
|
19
|
| |
Montana State
|
19
|
|
44
|
Arizona
|
18
|
| |
North Carolina State
|
18
|
|
46
|
BYU
|
17
|
|
47
|
Long Beach State
|
16
|
|
48
|
Connecticut
|
15
|
| |
Oklahoma
|
15
|
