C-USA Schools Show Strong in Excellence in Management Cup Standings

C-USA was one of two leagues to place five of its member schools in the Top 25 of the Excellence in Management Cup standings. Tulsa was the the league's top finisher at No. 8, followed by SMU (10), Rice (12), Tulane (13) and East Carolina (21). UCF landed in the Other Notables on the list. The Excellence in Management Cup was established by the Laboratory for the Study of Intercollegiate 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 standings are based on a unique, yet simple, scoring system that awards more points to athletic departments that win conference and national championships while efficiently allocating money to win these events.