Which school had the best season in college sports? We here at CBS Sports decided to find out.

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 and weighed it more heavily toward sports that generate the broadest base of fan and media interest. We rated every FBS football school in three sports -- football, men's basketball and women's basketball -- along with two "wild card" sports to come up with the Best in College Sports award.

The wild-card spot went to the most successful among the school's following spectator sports: baseball, men's lacrosse, men's ice hockey, men's soccer, men's volleyball, men's gymnastics, wrestling, women's lacrosse, women's ice hockey, women's soccer, women's volleyball or women's gymnastics.

For our formula (which takes into account only schools that field FBS football programs): we weighed football worth 2.5 times as much as the other sports, while men's basketball is worth twice as many points. Teams that didn't 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 points times two), while WNIT teams received 10 points.

For all titles that were settled via a bracket, point totals were based on via how many teams participated in the bracket. All champions in the other sports we surveyed received 100 points for a national title. For example -- Oklahoma's women's gymnastics and softball titles each resulted in 100 points, Ohio State's third-place finish in men's wrestling garnered 85 points, and Michigan's fifth-place finish in softball gained them 78 points.

Ultimately, it was the Oklahoma Sooners that stood above the rest as the best athletic program in college sports for 2015-16.

OU claimed the honor with a 2015 Big 12 football title, a trip to the College Football Playoff, a 2016 Final Four berth in basketball as well as national championships in softball and women's gymnastics. Along the way, Buddy Hield became the Naismith Player of the Year for basketball coach Lon Kruger, and Bob Stoops took back his mantle as one of the top college football coaches in the country.

Previous winners include Louisville in 2013, Stanford in 2014 and Ohio State in 2015.

CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd takes a closer look at how Stoops' hiring 18 seasons ago set renewed greatness in Sooners football and set a new course for Oklahoma athletics.


Best in College Sports 2015-16
School Total FB MBB WBB WC WC

Oklahoma
603.5 187.5 166 50 100 100

North Carolina
530 150 180 0 100 100

Notre Dame
505.25 161.25 146 64 70 64

Stanford
475.5 212.5 0 73 100 90

Ohio State
469 200 20 64 100 85

Alabama
438 250 20 10 85 73

Syracuse
422 0 166 90 83 83

Iowa
406.25 168.75 100 10 75 52.5

Florida State
403.75 153.75 20 64 83 83

Utah
388.5 146.25 100 10 68.25 64

Oregon
380 135 146 10 64 25

Wisconsin
379.5 132.5 128 0 64 55

Texas A&M
377.5 62.5 128 50 73 64

UConn
376.5 62.5 100 100 64 50

Michigan State
372.75 183.75 50 50 50 39

Michigan
371.3 165 50 10 78 68.3

Clemson
365 225 0 0 90 50

Maryland
358 0 128 50 90 90

Indiana
350.5 62.5 128 50 64 46

Oklahoma State
335.5 137.5 0 25 90 83

Duke
333.5 62.5 128 0 90 53

Baylor
330.5 157.5 50 73 50 0

Georgia
321.5 125 20 25 78 73.5

Florida
320.5 122.5 20 25 80 73

LSU
315.5 142.5 0 0 90 83

Miami (FL)
313.5 62.5 128 25 73 25

Washington
302.5 62.5 20 83 73 64

TCU
298 180 0 10 83 25

Ole Miss
286.5 172.5 0 0 64 50

West Virginia
282 62.5 50 50 73 46.5

Virginia
279 0 146 10 73 50

UCLA
274.5 62.5 0 64 75 73

Auburn
270.75 62.5 0 50 90 68.25

Arizona
266.5 62.5 50 0 90 64

Kentucky
266.5 0 100 64 52.5 50

Penn State
262.5 62.5 0 0 100 100

BYU
261.5 62.5 20 25 90 64

Minnesota
255.5 62.5 0 10 100 83

Tennessee
253 130 0 73 50 0

Oregon State
245.25 0 50 83 59.25 53

Nebraska
243 62.5 0 10 100 70.5

Iowa State
242.5 0 128 0 64.5 50

Texas Tech
240.5 62.5 50 0 78 50

Texas
238 0 50 73 90 25

Navy
232.5 140 0 0 60 32.5

California
230.75 62.5 50 0 68.25 50

Kansas
229 0 146 0 83 0

Louisville
226.5 62.5 0 50 50 64

Virginia Tech
222.5 62.5 20 10 80 50

Northwestern
215 130 0 10 50 25

Arizona State
212.5 62.5 0 50 50 50

Hawaii
198 0 100 25 73 0

South Carolina
198 0 20 64 64 50

Houston
196.25 176.25 20 0 0 0

USC
193 0 50 0 73 70

Mississippi State
190.5 62.5 0 64 64 0

MTSU
187.5 62.5 100 25 0 0

South Florida
187.5 62.5 0 50 50 25

Missouri
187.5 0 0 50 73.5 64

Central Michigan
179.5 62.5 20 10 46.5 40.5

NC State
178.5 62.5 0 0 66 50

Akron
175.5 62.5 20 10 83 0

Boston College
173 0 0 0 90 83

Ohio
162 62.5 20 10 25 44.5

Tulsa
157.5 62.5 20 0 50 25

Purdue
157.5 0 50 25 50 32.5

Rutgers
153 0 0 10 83 60

Boise State
152.75 62.5 0 0 59.25 31

Illinois
148.3 0 0 0 80 68.3

Pittsburgh
147 62.5 50 0 34.5 0

Kansas State
137.5 62.5 0 50 25 0

Cincinnati
137.5 62.5 50 0 25 0

UL-Lafayette
134 0 20 0 64 50

Louisiana Tech
132.5 62.5 20 0 50 0

Temple
122.5 62.5 50 10 0 0

Western Kentucky
122.5 62.5 0 10 50 0

Arkansas
121.75 62.5 0 0 59.25 0

Air Force
120 62.5 0 0 32.5 25

Colorado State
112.5 62.5 0 25 25 0

Western Michigan
112.5 62.5 0 0 25 25

Utah State
109 62.5 0 0 46.5 0

Wake Forest
108 0 0 10 73 25

Northern Illinois
103 62.5 20 0 20.5 0

Bowling Green
101.5 62.5 0 0 39 0

Buffalo
100.5 0 50 25 25.5 0

South Alabama
100 0 0 0 50 50

Arkansas State
97.5 62.5 0 10 25 0

Kent State
97.5 0 0 0 58.5 39

Appalachian State
95 62.5 0 0 32.5 0

Old Dominion
93.5 0 20 0 48.5 25

SMU
89 0 0 0 64 25

New Mexico
87.5 62.5 0 0 25 0

San Jose State
87.5 62.5 0 0 25 0

Southern Miss
87.5 62.5 0 0 25 0

Washington State
87.5 62.5 0 0 25 0

Fresno State
85 0 50 10 25 0

Nevada
82.5 62.5 20 0 0 0

San Diego State
82.5 62.5 20 0 0 0

Georgia Tech
80 0 20 10 50 0

FAU
75 0 0 0 50 25

UCF
75 0 0 0 50 25

Marshall
72.5 62.5 0 10 0 0

Memphis
72.5 62.5 0 10 0 0

New Mexico State
70 0 20 25 25 0

Massachusetts
70 0 0 0 70 0

Eastern Michigan
67.5 0 0 10 52.5 5

East Carolina
64 0 0 0 64 0

Georgia Southern
62.5 62.5 0 0 0 0

Georgia State
62.5 62.5 0 0 0 0

Toledo
62.5 62.5 0 0 0 0

Army West Point
60.5 0 20 25 15.5 0

Tulane
60 0 0 10 50 0

Charlotte
60 0 0 10 50 0

Wyoming
56 0 0 0 56 0

Colorado
50 0 50 0 0 0

Rice
50 0 0 0 50 0 50

Idaho
45 0 20 25 0 0

Vanderbilt
45 0 20 0 25 0

Ball State
30 0 20 10 0 0

Troy
25 0 0 25 0 0

FIU
25 0 0 0 25 0

Miami (OH)
25 0 0 0 25 0

North Texas
25 0 0 0 25 0

Texas State
25 0 0 0 25 0

La.-Monore
20 0 20 0 0 0

UTEP
10 0 0 10 0 0

Texas-Antonio
0 0 0 0 0 0

UNLV
0 0 0 0 0 0