Which college athletic program had the best season in 2016-17? We here at CBS Sports decided to find out, and an odd season in which no one program truly dominated the collegiate landscape (as has happened in the past) left us with our closest results ever.

Florida State (491.25) edged rival Florida (489.75) thanks in large part to its success in women's basketball. The two Sunshine State programs were followed closely by USC (482.5), which like UF was unable to make up for a void of points for that sport.

The Seminoles put together an outstanding overall season with football finishing 10-3, beating Michigan in the Orange Bowl and ranking No. 8 in the nation. Men's (26-9, No. 16) and women's basketball (28-7, No. 10) both made the NCAA Tournament. Baseball (46-23) made its first College World Series appearance in five seasons, while softball ended its season in the Super Regional.

While the Gators put up a fight with a bowl victory, Elite Eight appearance for men's basketball, College World Series win for baseball and Women's College World Series loss for softball, women's basketball (15-16) received 0 points. The Trojans suffered a similar fate with a bowl win, NCAA Tournament appearance and national title in women's soccer only to see women's hoops (14-16) let them down.

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Graphic illustration by Michael Meredith

The National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has been ranking athletic programs for years by weighing every sport equally, meaning a football national title is worth the same number of points (100) as a women's water polo title. We tweaked the formula back in 2013 to weigh it more heavily toward sports that generate the broadest base of fan and media interest. We rate every FBS school in three sports -- football, men's basketball and women's basketball -- along with two "wild cards" among the school's most successful spectator sports: baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, gymnastics, lacrosse, hockey and wrestling.

The weighted formula: Football is 2.5 times as much as the other sports, while men's basketball is worth twice as many points. Teams that did not finish in the final AP Top 25 in football but played in a bowl were awarded 62.5 points (25 x 2.5). Teams that made the NIT, CBI or CIT were given 20 points (10 x 2), while WNIT teams received 10 points. For all titles settled via bracket, point totals were based upon how many teams participated. All champions in the other sports received 100 points for a national title. For example: Florida baseball received 100 points, while its second-place finish in softball received 90 points.

Previous winners of the CBS Sports Best in College Sports honor include Louisville in 2013, Stanford in 2014, Ohio State in 2015 and Oklahoma in 2016. Florida State's previous best finish was fourth.

School Total FB MBB WBB WC I WC II
Florida State
1. 491.25 176.25 100 73 78 64
Florida
2. 489.75 153.75 146 0 100 90
USC
3. 482.5 212.5 100 0 100 70
Wisconsin
4. 463.5 172.5 128 0 90 73
West Virginia
5. 458 140 128 50 90 50
South Carolina
6. 451.5 62.5 166 100 73 50
Louisville
7. 447.5 132.5 100 64 78 73
Stanford
8. 444.25 161.25 0 83 100 100
Michigan
9. 438.25 168.75 128 10 67.5 64
Ohio State
10. 437.75 183.75 0 64 100 90
Oklahoma
11. 437.5 187.5 0 50 100 100
North Carolina
12. 428.5 62.5 200 0 83 83
Washington
13. 420 200 0 64 83 73
Clemson
14. 407 250 20 0 73 64
Alabama
15. 392.5 225 20 10 73.5 64
Baylor
16. 386.5 62.5 128 73 73 50
Kentucky
17. 386.5 62.5 146 50 64 64
Maryland
18. 376.5 62.5 50 64 100 100
Penn State
19. 373 180 0 10 100 83
Oregon
20. 372 0 166 73 83 50
LSU
21. 362.5 157.5 0 25 90 90
Oklahoma State
22. 360 165 50 10 85 50
Virginia Tech
23. 352.75 146.25 50 10 73.5 73
Northwestern
24. 352.5 62.5 100 73 64 53
UCLA
25. 350 0 128 64 80 78
Utah
26. 296.5 127.5 20 10 75 64
Auburn
27. 287 125 0 25 73 64
Duke
28. 283 0 100 50 73 60
Wake Forest
29. 276.5 62.5 50 10 90 64
Minnesota
30. 268.5 62.5 50 0 83 73
Arkansas
31. 262.5 62.5 100 0 50 50
Texas A&M
32. 258.5 62.5 0 50 73 73
Arizona
33. 256 0 128 0 64 64
Purdue
34. 252 0 128 50 50 24
Colorado
35. 247.5 142.5 20 10 50 25
Notre Dame
36. 247 0 100 0 83 64
BYU
37. 246.5 62.5 20 10 90 64
Kansas
38. 246 0 146 0 50 50
Tennessee
39. 244 130 0 50 64 0
Miss. State
40. 241.5 62.5 0 90 64 25
Miami (Fla.)
41. 235 135 50 50 0 0
Virginia
42. 234 0 100 10 64 60
Iowa
43. 231.75 62.5 20 10 80 59.25
NC State
44. 226.5 62.5 0 50 64 50
Boise St.
45. 216.75 62.5 20 25 59.25 50
TCU
46t. 215.5 62.5 20 0 83 50
Oregon State
46t. 215.5 0 0 64 83 68.5
Nebraska
48. 214.5 62.5 0 0 83 69
Kansas State
49t. 212.5 62.5 50 50 50 0
South Florida
49t. 212.5 137.5 0 25 25 25
Boston College
51. 207.5 62.5 0 0 90 55
Michigan St.
52. 207 0 100 25 50 32
Texas
53. 204 0 0 64 90 50
Georgia
54. 201 62.5 20 0 68.5 50
Navy
55. 198.5 62.5 0 10 83 43
Iowa St.
56. 196.25 0 100 25 46.25 25
Indiana
57. 195 62.5 20 10 64 38.5
Syracuse
58. 194 0 20 50 64 60
Missouri
59. 184.25 0 0 50 75 59.25
California
60. 179.25 0 20 50 59.25 50
Vanderbilt
61. 176.5 62.5 50 0 64 0
W. Michigan
62. 175 150 0 0 25 0
Middle Tenn.
63t. 172.5 62.5 100 10 0 0
San Diego St.
63t. 172.5 122.5 0 0 25 25
Hawaii
65. 167.5 62.5 0 0 55 50
New Mexico
66t. 162.5 62.5 50 0 50 0
C. Michigan
66t. 162.5 62.5 0 10 51 39
Illinois
68. 157.5 0 20 0 85 52.5
Air Force
69. 155 62.5 0 0 60 32.5
Pittsburgh
70. 153.5 62.5 0 0 50 41
Wyoming
71. 145 62.5 20 10 52.5 0
Troy
72t. 137.5 62.5 50 25 0 0
Tulsa
72t. 137.5 62.5 0 0 50 25
Arizona St.
74. 136.5 0 0 50 61.5 25
SMU
75. 135 0 50 10 50 25
UConn
76. 133 0 0 83 50 0
Houston
77. 132.5 62.5 20 0 50 0
E. Michigan
78. 131.25 62.5 0 0 46.25 22.5
Cincinnati
79. 125 0 100 0 25 0
So. Miss
80t. 122.5 62.5 0 10 50 0
Washington St.
80t. 122.5 62.5 0 10 50 0
Ohio
82. 120 62.5 0 10 25 22.5
Colorado St.
83t. 117.5 62.5 20 10 25 0
UCF
83t. 117.5 62.5 20 10 25 0
Kent St.
85. 114 0 50 0 39 25
W. Kentucky
86t. 112.5 62.5 0 25 25 0
South Alabama
86t. 112.5 62.5 0 0 25 25
Louisiana
86t. 112.5 62.5 0 0 50 0
App. St.
89t. 110 62.5 0 0 47.5 0
Old Dominion
89t. 110 62.5 0 0 47.5 0
UNLV
89t. 110 0 0 10 50 50
Rutgers
92. 105 0 0 0 55 50
New Mexico St.
93. 100 0 50 25 25 0
Louisiana Tech
94. 97.5 62.5 0 10 25 0
Ole Miss
95. 94 0 20 10 64 0
Georgia Tech
96. 92.5 62.5 20 10 0 0
Toledo
97t. 87.5 62.5 0 25 0 0
Memphis
97t. 87.5 62.5 0 0 25 0
Temple
97t. 87.5 62.5 0 25 0 0
Miami-OH
97t. 87.5 62.5 0 0 25 0
Idaho
101. 82.5 62.5 20 0 0 0
Army
102. 82 62.5 0 0 19.5 0
N. Illinois
103. 79 0 0 10 44 25
Charlotte
104t. 75 0 0 0 50 25
Texas Tech
104t. 75 0 0 0 50 25
Akron
106t. 70 0 20 0 50 0
Rice
106t. 70 0 20 0 50 0
Arkansas St.
108t. 62.5 62.5 0 0 0 0
North Texas
108t. 62.5 62.5 0 0 0 0
UTSA
108t. 62.5 62.5 0 0 0 0
UMass
111. 53 0 0 0 53 0
Nevada
112. 50 0 50 0 0 0
Fresno St.
113t. 45 0 20 0 25 0
Texas St.
113t. 45 0 20 0 25 0
Utah St.
115. 39 0 0 0 39 0
Buffalo
116. 35 0 0 0 35 0
Ball St.
117. 30 0 20 10 0 0
FIU
118t. 25 0 0 0 25 0
Marshall
118t. 25 0 0 0 25 0
San Jose St.
118t. 25 0 0 0 25 0
Ga. Southern
121t. 20 0 20 0 0 0
Georgia St.
121t. 20 0 20 0 0 0
Tulane
123. 10 0 0 10 0 0
Bowling Green
124t. 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Carolina
124t. 0 0 0 0 0 0
FAU
124t. 0 0 0 0 0 0
UL-Monroe
124t. 0 0 0 0 0 0
UAB
124t. 0 0 0 0 0 0
UTEP
124t. 0 0 0 0 0 0