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What Exactly Does the Directors’ Cup Rankings Mean?

As you probably saw on off-season slow-news-day Friday, the final results of the Directors’ Cup were released. Alabama finished in 31st place. Several fans are hemming and hawing about this result. I even saw a few jokers criticizing Greg Byrne (eye-rolling emoticon) on good ol’ Twitterz.

But what does this all mean and what the heck is the Directors’ Cup? I’m glad you asked. The short answer is politically correct bragging rights.

Now here comes the long answer.

The “Directors” in Directors’ Cup are Athletic Directors. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has “a membership of more than 15,700 individuals and more than 1,700 institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.