CLEVELAND – The final Learfield Directors' Cup winter standings for Divisions II and III and the NAIA have
Grand Valley State (DII – 817.50 total points),
Johns Hopkins (DIII – 865.00 total points) and
Cumberlands (KY) (NAIA – 1,006.00 total points) sitting in first of their respective divisions.
In Division II,
Wingate is in second place with 542.00 points,
Colorado School of Mines is in third with 511.50 points,
Minnesota State is in fourth with 481.25 points and
Lewis rounds out the top five with 445.00 points. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) leads all Division II conferences with three schools in the top-10 – Colorado School of Mines, Adams State (9
th) and Colorado State Pueblo (10
th).
In Division III,
NYU is in second with 727.00 points, in third is
Emory with 662.50 points,
MIT is in fourth with 660.00 points and
Washington-St. Louis rounds out the top five with 627.00 points. The University Athletic Association (UAA) has three of its eight schools in the top-five, while the NESCAC has four schools rounding out the top-10 – Middlebury (7
th), Williams (8
th), Amherst (9
th) and Tufts (10
th).
The final winter NAIA standings have
Indiana Wesleyan in second with 792.25 points. In third is
Marian with 703.75, fourth is
Milligan with 668.00 and rounding out the top five is
The Master's with 610.00 points. With Indiana Wesleyan in second and Marian in third, the Crossroads League is the lone conference to have more than one institution in the top five of the rankings.
NEXT UP
The 2024-25 Division I Learfield Directors' Cup standings will be published next week and at the end of April. The spring standings will begin distribution on
Tuesday, June 10.
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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 X
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