Syracuse finishes 19th in Fall Director’s Cup Standings

Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY SportsThe final Fall standings for the Learfield Directors’ Cup were released on Thursday, and the Syracuse Orange stand in 19th place with 208 points. Syracuse is right between the USC Trojans and Colorado Buffaloes, and are one of eight ACC teams in the top 20.

As usual, the Stanford Cardinal are out to a big early lead and since the Cardinal will win this competition it gives the Pac -12 a ray of sunshine in the bleak year for the “Conference of Champions” revenue sports.

Syracuse was led this fall by football who earned 60 points for their No. 15 ranking. This is the first time that the Orange have earned points on the gridiron and those points helped Syracuse…