UConn is currently ranked No. 3 in the Capital One Cup women’s winter standings. The Huskies earned multiple points toward the Capital One Cup due to championship wins in women’s field hockey and basketball.
On the strength of two national championships in football and wrestling, along with top 10 finishes in fencing, rifle and gymnastics, Ohio State has increased its lead in the men’s standings by 16.5 points. Virginia remains at second, while Duke shot up to No. 3 after a national championship in basketball. On the women’s side, Stanford moved into the No. 1 position as a result of top 10 finishes in swimming and diving, fencing and indoor track and field, overtaking Penn State, which led after the fall standings.
The complete winter standings can be found at
www.CapitalOneCup.com.
“As a former student-athlete and an avid college sports fan, I enjoy following the race for the Capital One Cup,” said Capital One Cup Advisory Board member and CBS college basketball analyst Clark Kellogg. “From the moment football kicks off in August to the College World Series in June, it’s exciting to watch the shifts in the standings. I’m particularly proud to see my alma mater, The Ohio State Buckeyes in the lead following the winter season, but it’s any school’s race as we enter the spring season with more points up for grabs.”
“UConn’s three-peat in Tampa at the Women’s Final Four now puts them in a class of their own with 10 overall titles for the program,” said Capital One Cup Advisory Board member and Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Lisa Leslie. “It’s great to see teams develop year after year, but also get challenged by newcomers to the national stage – we saw that with South Carolina in women’s basketball this year. I’m excited to see how the race for the Capital One Cup shapes up, and I look forward to meeting and honoring the winners at the ESPYS.”
Schools earn points based on their teams’ top 10 finishes in NCAA Division I championships and in final official coaches’ polls across 20 women’s and 19 men’s sports as they compete to win the Capital One Cup trophy and a combined $400,000 in scholarships for student-athletes. The Capital One Cup winners will be determined at the end of the spring season and honored at the ESPYS in July. Last year, the University of Notre Dame’s men’s athletic program and the University of Florida’s women’s athletic program took home the winning trophies. This is the fifth year of the Capital One Cup.
About Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation (
www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., had $210.4 billion in deposits and $306.2 billion in total assets as of March 31, 2015. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through a variety of channels. Capital One, N.A. has branches located primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “COF” and is included in the S&P 100 index.
Capital One, an NCAA Corporate Champion, began its affiliation with college sports with the sponsorship of the Capital One Bowl (formerly the Florida Citrus Bowl) in 2001. Since that time, Capital One has sponsored programs including the Capital One Mascot Challenge and Capital One Academic All-America Program. In 2010, it created the Capital One Cup to recognize the best men's and women's
Division 1 College Athletics Programs in the country and awards a combined $400,000 in student-athlete scholarships. As an NCAA Corporate Champion, Capital One supports all 89 NCAA Championships. In 2014, Capital One became an official sponsor of the Capital One Orange Bowl and the new College Football Playoff.