Gamecocks Rank in Top-25 in All-Sports Winning Pct. Over Last 5 Years
Carolina Ranks 22nd Among 353 Division I Schools
Over the last five years (2015-20), University of South Carolina athletics teams had a cumulative winning percentage of 63.7, which was 22nd nationally among all 353 NCAA Division I institutions.
The Gamecocks were 4th among SEC schools in the rankings, behind only Florida (3rd, 72.3), Texas A&M (10th, 67.6) and Kentucky (17th, 65.4).
From 2015-20, Carolina has participated in 72 NCAA post-season tournaments (including three bowl games), won two team national championships, five individual national titles, five SEC championships and five SEC tournament titles.
The research was done by Communications staff at James Madison University, compiling head-to-head records in football, men’s and women’s swimming & diving, softball, men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s soccer and baseball. The data also included sports that South Carolina does not participate in – lacrosse and field hockey.
The Top 50 Division I rankings are listed below:
Top 50 Division I Institutions Ranked by All-Sport Winning Percentage
- UCLA .727 Pac-12
- Florida State .723 ACC
- Florida .723 SEC
- Stanford .701 Pac-12
- Michigan .681 Big Ten
- North Carolina .680 ACC
- Texas .679 Big 12
- Southern California .679 Pac-12
- Baylor .677 Big 12
- Texas A&M .676 SEC
- Brigham Young .659 West Coast
- Oklahoma .659 Big 12
- Minnesota .658 Big Ten
- James Madison .656 Colonial
- Notre Dame .655 ACC
- Louisville .654 ACC
- Kentucky .654 SEC
- Ohio State .647 Big Ten
- Florida Gulf Coast .644 Atlantic Sun
- California Baptist .643 WAC
- Oklahoma State .642 Big 12
- SOUTH CAROLINA .637 SEC
- Tennessee .635 SEC
- Duke .634 ACC
- Central Florida .634 American
- Oregon .631 Pac-12
- LSU .629 SEC
- Boise State .629 Mountain West
- Navy .629 American
- Washington .629 Pac-12
- Mississippi State .629 SEC
- Denver .627 Summit
- Georgia .625 SEC
- Gonzaga .622 West Coast
- Miami (Fla.) .614 ACC
- North Carolina State .611 ACC
- New Mexico State .610 WAC
- Harvard .610 Ivy
- Princeton .609 Ivy
- Virginia .609 ACC
- Wisconsin .609 Big Ten
- Auburn .609 SEC
- Northern Arizona .607 Big Sky
- Coastal Carolina .605 Sun Belt
- Creighton .604 Big East
- Texas Christian .603 Big 12
- Marquette .600 Big East
- Texas Tech .600 Big 12
- Arizona .600 Pac-12
- West Virginia .600 Big 12
For more information on the research, go to https://jmusports.com/news/2020/10/13/administration-jmu-athletics-department-wide-success-stands-among-national-leaders.aspx.