CLEVELAND - The 2021-22 LEARFIELD Directors' Cup season is coming to a close in the next few weeks and we have finalized the three NCAA winning institutions:

• Division I - University of Texas (baseball is still playing the College World Series, so final standings will be done following the championship)
  • Overall Standings ----- Conference Standings
• Division II - Grand Valley State University
  • Overall Standings ----- Conference Standings
• Division III - Tufts University
  • Overall Standings ----- Conference Standings
• NAIA - Indiana Wesleyan (announced last week)

Complete Release ----- On the heels of three national championships this spring and four overall titles, the Longhorns of Texas are taking home their second straight LEARFIELD Directors' Cup in 2021-22. While baseball still needs to finish, both Texas and Stanford are competing in the Baseball College World Series, and there are not enough points remaining for the Cardinal to catch the Longhorns who have 1376.50 total points to Stanford's 1279.25 points.
 
In addition to the national title, the Longhorns also compiled six runner-up finishes (men's and women's swimming and diving, women's indoor track and field, softball and men's and women's outdoor track and field). Texas will have scored in the exact number of sports allowed – 19 total, once all is said and done after baseball. Complete Release ----- For the 14^th time in the LEARFIELD Directors' Cup history, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) will take home the hardware after compiling 1013.00 total points in 13 total sports. The Lakers took home three national championships – men's cross country, women's soccer and men's indoor track and field – along with three runner-up finishes (women's cross country, women's indoor track and field and women's outdoor track and field). Complete Release ----- For the 11^th straight year, Tufts University has finished in the top-10 of the LEARFIELD Directors' Cup standings, this time as the overall champion with 1080.00 total points. This is the first Cup win for Tufts, having scored in 16 total sports, including 13 teams with top-10 finishes. Tufts' highest finish came in women's lacrosse where it finished second overall.

The LEARFIELD Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NCAA Championships.
 
Please note, standings published midseason are unofficial. Official standings will be published upon the completion of the spring season. Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA's website at www.directorscup.org. In addition, please visit www.thedirectorscup.com and follow us on Twitter @ldirectorscup.
 
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