National Championships
Through the Spring 2011 sports season, Stanford has won 116 national championships. Of these, 103 are NCAA team championships, second most among all universities (UCLA ranks first). 61 of the championships are in men's sports (third behind UCLA and USC) and 42 are in women's sports, the most of any university. Stanford also holds the most NCAA D-I individual sport titles at 448 championships, followed by USC at 367, and Texas at 317.
Stanford has won the NACDA Director's Cup for Division I, awarded annually to the college or university with the most success in collegiate athletics, for 18 consecutive years (1994-95 to 2011-12). In the Cup's inaugural year (the only year in which Stanford did not place first), Stanford placed second behind UNC-Chapel Hill.
Stanford has won national championships in the following sports (number of championships in parentheses, NCAA titles unless otherwise specified):
- Men's
- Baseball (2) - 1987, 1988
- Basketball (1-NCAA, 1-Helms) - 1942, 1937 (Helms)
- Cross country (4) - 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003
- Golf (8) - 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1994, 2007
- Football (2-Helms) - 1926, 1940
- Gymnastics (5) - 1992, 1993, 1995, 2009, 2011
- Swimming & diving (8) - 1967, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998
- Tennis (17- NCAA, 1-unofficial) - 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 (1942-unofficial)
- Outdoor track & field (4) - 1925, 1928, 1934, 2000
- Volleyball (2) - 1997, 2010
- Water polo (10- NCAA, 1-unofficial) - 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002 (1963-unofficial)
Total men's NCAA Championships: 61 (in 10 different men's team sports)
- Women's
- Basketball (2) - 1990, 1992
- Cross country (5) - 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Rowing (1) - 2009
- Swimming & diving (8-NCAA, 1-AIAW) - 1983, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 (1980-AIAW)
- Synchronized swimming (7-U.S. Collegiate Championships) - 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013
- Soccer (1) - 2011
- Tennis (16- NCAA, 1-AIAW) - 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 (1978-AIAW)
- Volleyball (6) - 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004
- Water polo (3) - 2002, 2011, 2012
Total women's NCAA Championships: 42 (in 9 different women's team sports)
- Co-ed
- Sailing - 1997 (ICRA championship)
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