Which college program had the best overall athletic season in 2018-19? We here at CBS Sports decided to find out -- just as we do every year -- by crunching the numbers at the conclusion of the athletic year in order to present our annual Best in College Sports award.

The result?

Despite not winning a national title over the course of the campaign, Michigan (501.75 points) earned the honor of being named 2018-19 Bests in College Sports in one of the closest finishes since the inception of the award. Kentucky finished second with 494.25 points, while Oklahoma was third with 490.00 points.

The Wolverines accomplished the feat with consistency across the board. Their football team (10-3) finished with a final AP Top 25 ranking of No. 14 and postseason trip to a New Year's Six game in the Peach Bowl. The men's basketball team (30-7) reached the Sweet 16 of the 2019 NCAA Tournament, and the women's basketball team (22-12) reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The baseball team (50-22) was the national runner-up, coming oh-so-close to winning the College World Series. Men's gymnastics team finished fourth nationally, the wrestling team and gymnastics teams both finished fifth, and both women's lacrosse and women's volleyball finished ninth.

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. CBS Sports tweaked the formula in 2013, providing additional weight toward sports with more broad fan bases 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 puts 2.5 times as much emphasis on football and 2.0 times the emphasis on men's basketball compared to women's basketball and the "wild cards."  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 men's NIT 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.

Previous winners of CBS Sports' Best in College Sports award include Louisville in 2013, Stanford in 2014, Ohio State in 2015, Oklahoma in 2016, Florida State in 2017 and Ohio State again in 2018. Let's stake a look at the year-end rankings.

2018-19 Best in College Sports rankings

School Total FB MBB WBB WC I WC II
Michigan
1st -- 501.75 153.75 128 50 90 80
Kentucky
2nd -- 494.25 161.25 146 50 73 64
Oklahoma
3rd -- 490.00 200 100 0 100 90
LSU
4th -- 465.75 183.75 128 0 90 64
Ohio State
5th -- 456.00 212.50 100 10 90 43.50
Virginia
6th -- 432.50 62.50 200 0 10070
Iowa
7th -- 419.00 122.50 100 73 80 43.50
Florida
8th -- 417.88 178.13 100 0 73 66.75
Notre Dame
9th -- 410.50 187.50 0 90 73 60
Washington
10th -- 404.50 157.50 100 0 83 64
Michigan St.
11th -- 402.50 62.50 166 50 83 41
Alabama
12th -- 394.75 225 20 0 83 66.75
Baylor
13th -- 385.50 62.50 100 100 73 50
Clemson
14th -- 380.50 250 20 50 37.50 25
Auburn
15th -- 376.50 62.50 166 25 73 50
Syracuse
16th -- 370.00 150 50 50 70 50
UCF
17th -- 365.00 165 100 25 50 25
Duke
18th -- 355.50 62.50 146 0 83 64
Texas
19th -- 354.50 172.50 20 25 73 64
Maryland
20th -- 350.00 0 100 50 100 100
Oregon
21st -- 346.50 62.50 128 83 73 0
Stanford
22nd -- 335.50 62.50 0 73 100 100
Virginia Tech
23rd -- 330.50 62.50 128 10 66 64
North Carolina
24th -- 326.00 0 128 25 90 83
Penn State
25th -- 325.50 142.50 0 0 100 83
Texas A&M
26th -- 324.25 146.25 0 64 64 50
Texas Tech
T27 -- 320.00 0 180 0 90 50
Florida State
T27 -- 320.00 0 128 50 78 64
Minnesota
29th -- 316.00 62.50 100 10 73 70.50
Miss. State
30th -- 313.50 62.50 50 73 78 50
Purdue
31st -- 312.50 62.50 156 0 50 44
Georgia
32nd -- 300.88 178.13 0 0 72.75 50
Arizona St.
33rd -- 291.00 62.50 50 64 64.50 50
Tennessee
34th -- 290.00 0 128 25 73 64
Northwestern
35th -- 289.50 132.50 0 10 83 64
Wisconsin
36th -- 285.50 62.50 50 0 100 73
Washington St.
37th -- 282.75 168.75 0 0 64 50
Cincinnati
T38 -- 272.50 125 50 10 50 37.50
Iowa St.
T38 -- 272.50 62.50 50 50 58.50 51.50
NC State
40th -- 267.50 62.50 20 64 64 57
Boise St.
41st -- 263.25 127.50 0 25 60.75 50
Louisville
42nd -- 256.00 0 50 73 83 50
West Virginia
43rd -- 255.00 135 10 10 50 50
Houston
44th -- 250.50 62.50 128 10 50 0
UCLA
45th -- 249.00 0 0 64 100 85
BYU
46th -- 247.00 62.50 0 50 83 51.50
Fresno St.
47th -- 244.00 140 0 10 50 44
Missouri
48th -- 241.50 62.50 0 50 73.50 55.50
Buffalo
49th -- 232.50 62.50 100 50 20 0
South Carolina
50th -- 226.50 62.50 0 64 50 50
Oklahoma State
51st -- 225.50 62.50 0 0 85 78
Vanderbilt
52nd -- 212.50 62.50 0 0 100 50
California
53rd -- 211.75 62.50 0 50 66.75 32.50
Army
54th -- 208.00 137.50 0 0 38 32.50
Nebraska
55th -- 195.00 0 20 0 90 85
TCU
56th -- 192.50 62.50 20 10 50 50
Oregon State
57th -- 190.75 0 0 64 72.75 54
Indiana
T58 -- 190.50 0 20 50 83 37.50
Wake Forest
T58 -- 190.50 62.50 0 0 64 64
Hawaii
60th -- 187.50 62.50 0 10 90 25
Utah
61st -- 185.25 62.50 0 0 72.75 50
UConn
62nd -- 183.00 0 0 83 50 50
Utah St.
63rd -- 180.00 130 50 0 0 0
Ole Miss
64th -- 178.00 0 50 0 64 64
Boston College
65th -- 177.50 62.50 0 0 90 25
South Florida
66th -- 170.00 62.50 10 10 50 37.50
Miami (Fla.)
67th -- 162.50 62.50 0 50 50 0
Arkansas
68th -- 158.50 0 20 10 73 55.50
Pittsburgh
69th -- 152.00 62.50 0 0 50 39.50
Kansas
70th -- 150.00 0 100 0 50 0
Arizona
71st -- 138.00 0 0 10 78 50
Illinois
72nd -- 128.50 0 0 0 73 55.50
Rutgers
73rd -- 119.00 0 0 25 69 25
C. Michigan
74th -- 118.50 0 10 25 46 37.50
USC
75th -- 114.00 0 0 0 64 50
Nevada
T76 -- 112.50 62.50 50 0 0 0
Georgia Tech
T76 -- 112.50 62.50 0 0 50 0
Louisiana
T76 -- 112.50 62.50 0 0 50 0
Memphis
79th -- 107.50 62.50 20 0 25 0
New Mexico St.
T80 -- 100.00 0 50 25 25 0
Louisiana Tech
T80 -- 100.00 62.50 0 0 37.50 0
Colorado
82nd -- 98.00 0 20 0 53 25
Toledo
T83 -- 97.50 62.50 0 10 25 0
Ohio
T83 -- 92.50 62.50 0 10 20 0
Old Dominion
85th -- 92.00 0 50 0 42 0
Akron
T86 -- 90.00 0 0 0 90 0
UMass
T86 -- 90.00 0 0 0 90 0
App. St.
T88 -- 89.50 62.50 0 0 27 0
Navy
T88 -- 89.50 0 0 0 53 36.50
Temple
T90 -- 87.50 62.50 25 0 0 0
E. Michigan
T90 -- 87.50 62.50 0 0 25 0
North Texas
T90 -- 87.50 62.50 0 0 25 0
UAB
93rd -- 82.50 62.50 10 10 0 0
Air Force
94th -- 79.00 0 0 0 64 15
N. Illinois
95th -- 77.50 62.50 0 0 15 0
Kansas State
T96 -- 75.0 0 50 25 0 0
Georgia St.
T96 -- 75.00 0 50 0 25 0
FIU
T98 -- 72.50 62.50 10 0 0 0
Marshall
T98 -- 72.50 62.50 10 0 0 0
Middle Tenn.
T98 -- 72.50 62.50 0 10 0 0
Troy
T98 -- 72.50 62.50 0 10 0 0
East Carolina
102nd -- 64.00 0 0 0 64 0
Arkansas St.
T103 -- 62.50 62.50 0 0 0 0
Ga. Southern
T103 -- 62.50 62.50 0 0 0 0
San Diego St.
T103 -- 62.50 62.50 0 0 0 0
Tulane
T103 -- 62.50 62.50 0 0 0 0
W. Michigan
T103 -- 62.50 62.50 0 0 0 0
Colorado St.
T103 -- 62.50 0 0 0 37.50 25
Charlotte
T109 -- 60.00 0 0 10 50 0
So. Miss
T109 -- 60.00 0 10 0 50 0
Texas St.
T109 -- 60.00 0 10 0 50 0
Rice
T112 -- 50.00 0 0 25 25 0
Bowling Green
T112 -- 50.00 0 0 0 25 25
Tulsa
T112 -- 50.00 0 0 0 50 0
Wyoming
115th -- 49.50 0 0 10 39.50 0
C. Carolina
T116 -- 47.50 0 10 0 37.50 0
FAU
T116 -- 47.50 0 10 0 37.50 0
Kent St.
118th -- 35.00 0 10 10 15 0
San Jose St.
T119 -- 25.00 0 0 0 25 0
SMU
T119 -- 25.00 0 0 0 25 0
UL-Monroe
T121 -- 10.00 0 10 0 0 0
Miami-OH
T121-- 10.00 0 0 10 0 0
New Mexico
T121 -- 10.00 0 0 10 0 0
South Alabama
T121 -- 10.00 0 0 10 0 0
W. Kentucky
T121 -- 10.00 0 0 10 0 0
Ball St.
T126 -- 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
UTSA
T126 -- 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
UNLV
T126 -- 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
UTEP
T126 -- 0.00 0 0 0 0 0