2015-16 EM Cup Results
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LABORATORY FOR THE STUDY OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 8th Annual Excellence in Management Cup Final Results 8/17/2016 This document holds the Laboratory for the Study of Intercollegiate Athletics research findings on which athletic departments are most efficient with their finances in terms of championship wins. For more information, visit lsia.tamu.edu. What is the Excellence in Management Cup? The Excellence in Management Cup was established by the Laboratory for the Study of Intercolle- giate Athletics (LSIA) at Texas A&M University in order to address the question of: Who is the most economically efficient athletic department in Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A)? The unique, yet simple, scoring system awards more points to athletic departments that win con- ference and national championships while efficiently allocating money to win these championships. Other championship cups do not address natural competitive advantages given to universities that have higher operating budgets and play more sports (thus, more opportunities to win champion- ships). The Scope and Purpose of the EM Cup The purpose of the EM Cup is to bring awareness about NCAA athletic departments that are max- imizing fiscal resources leading to championship victories. In other words, when less money is spent winning championships will lead to a higher score in the Excellence in Management Cup. How are the EM Cup scores calculated? Due to athletic departments being unique in size, economic strength, and number of opportunities available to win championships, the EM Cup results are calculated using a formula that will even the playing field. A database was created to tally the following information in the scoring system depicted below pictorially. National and conference champions are tallied for each NCAA and Con- ference-specific sanctioned sport and awarded to the winners. More value is placed upon the na- tional championships than conference championships in the formula. Then, each the athletic de- partment’s operating expenses and number of sports played at the university are entered into the database. This information was collected from the EADA reports and individual athletic depart- ment websites. In order to make the scores more manageable, the entire equation is multiplied by 100,000,000. CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS American Athletic Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Big Ten Conference Big Twelve Conference Conference USA Mid-American Conference Mountain West Conference Pacific Twelve Conference Southeastern Conference Sun Belt Conference 1 Eastern Michigan University Mid-American Conference 2.3385 2 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt Conference 1.5984 3 University of Oregon Pac 12 Conference 1.5461 4 University of Texas - Arlington Sun Belt Conference 1.5006 5 SUNY at Buffalo Mid-American Conference 1.3143 6 University of New Mexico Mountain West Conference 1.2020 Top 25 Top 7 Syracuse University Atlantic Coast Conference 1.1871 8 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Sun Belt Conference 1.0227 9 University of Akron Mid-American Conference 0.8980 10 Arkansas State University Sun Belt Conference 0.8940 11 University of Oklahoma Big 12 Conference 0.8781 12 Little Rock Sun Belt Conference 0.8648 13 Western Kentucky University Conference USA 0.8275 14 University of Connecticut American Athletic Conference 0.8253 15 Rice University Conference USA 0.7580 16 University of California - Berkley Pac 12 Conference 0.7335 17 Kent State University Mid-American Conference 0.7301 18 University of Tulsa American Athletic Conference 0.7293 19 Middle Tennessee State University Conference USA 0.7062 20 Troy University Sun Belt Conference 0.6959 21 Western Michigan University Mid-American Conference 0.6778 22 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Atlantic Coast Conference 0.6714 23 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Mountain West Conference 0.6406 24 South Alabama Sun Belt Conference 0.5996 Excellence in Management in Management Excellence 25 University of Arkansas Southeastern Conference 0.5914 Excellence in Management Final Results Conference Standings University of Connecticut 0.8253 University of Tulsa 0.7293 University of Houston 0.4260 University of South Florida 0.2509 University of Cincinnati 0.2456 Syracuse University 1.1871 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 0.6714 University of Virginia 0.4664 Clemson University 0.2055 Florida State University 0.1535 Pennsylvania State University 0.4390 University of Nebraska 0.3668 University of Maryland 0.2502 University of Michigan 0.1979 Ohio State University 0.1460 University of Oklahoma 0.8781 West Virginia University 0.4456 University of Texas 0.3925 Oklahoma State University 0.2338 University of Kansas 0.1613 Western Kentucky University 0.8275 Rice University 0.7580 Middle Tennessee State University 0.7062 The University of Texas at El Paso 0.5172 Florida International University 0.4436 Eastern Michigan University 2.3385 SUNY at Buffalo 1.3143 University of Akron 0.8980 Kent State University 0.7301 Western Michigan University 0.6778 University of New Mexico 1.2020 University of Nevada-Las Vegas 0.6406 Colorado State University 0.5757 Fresno State (California State U, Fresno) 0.3625 University of Nevada-Reno 0.2724 University of Oregon 1.5461 University of California - Berkley 0.7335 Oregon State University 0.5708 Stanford University 0.5295 University of Washington 0.3387 University of Arkansas 0.5914 University of Florida 0.4427 University of Georgia 0.3829 University of Alabama 0.3687 Texas A & M University 0.1717 Coastal Carolina 1.5984 University of Texas - Arlington 1.5006 University of Louisiana at Lafayette 1.0227 Arkansas State University 0.8940 Little Rock 0.8648 For more information visit lsia.tamu.edu .