CLEVELAND - The 2024-25 Learfield Directors' Cup season is coming to a close in the next few weeks and we have finalized two NCAA winning institutions and the winning NAIA institution:

• Division II - Grand Valley State University
  • Overall Standings ----- Conference Standings
• Division III - Emory University
  • Overall Standings ----- Conference Standings
• NAIA - Cumberlands (Kentucky)
  • Overall Standings ----- Conference Standings
• Division I - Due to track and field and baseball still competing over the next few weeks, we will not have final standings for Division I until after the baseball championship in late June. The standings do not include any potential points that will be removed due to the maximum number of 19 total sports counted in the final standings.
  • Overall Standings ----- Conference Standings 

Complete Release ----- For the 17^th time in the Learfield Directors' Cup history, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) will take home the hardware after compiling 1,080.50 total points in 19 total sports, including three of the four sports that must be counted. The Lakers took home the title in women's basketball and women's outdoor track and field. Due to scoring in the max number of 11 additional sports being counted, the following scores were omitted in the final total – football, wrestling, men's golf, women's lacrosse and women's tennis.
 
Complete Release ----- Emory University becomes just the seventh different institution to take home the Learfield Directors' Cup, capturing first for the 2024-25 year with 1,198.75 overall points. The Eagles have finished as high as second on three separate occasions (2013, 2004 and 2003). Emory scored in 18 total sports (3 of 4 countable sports), including 12 teams with top 10 finishes. One score was omitted from the final standings, men's cross country. The Eagles claimed the title in women's golf and added third place finishes in men's golf and women's tennis. Complete Release ----- For the second-straight year, Cumberlands (Kentucky) finishes first in the Learfield Directors' Cup standings with 1,014 total points. Overall, Cumberlands scored in 22 total sports, including all 4 sports that must be counted towards the final standings (women's basketball, men's soccer, and women's volleyball). Nine sports were omitted in the final standings – women's cross country, women's soccer, women's wrestling, cheer, women's golf, softball, men's tennis and men's and women's outdoor track and field - due to Cumberlands scoring in more (18) than the maximum number of countable sports allowed (9). The Patriots took home the national championship in women's indoor track and field and earned three runner-up finishes –men's indoor track and field, women's lacrosse and men's lacrosse.
 
Complete Release ----- Due to track and field and baseball still competing over the next few weeks, we will not have final standings for Division I until after the baseball championship in late June. The standings do not include any potential points that will be removed due to the maximum number of 19 total sports counted in the final standings. 
 
As a reminder, an additional countable sport has been added on the Division I side, bringing the total number of countable sports to five (5). On the women's side, soccer joins basketball and volleyball, while the men's side will continue to be baseball and basketball. Overall, 19 total sports are counted for the final standings including the five countable sports, and the next highest 14 (max.) sports scored for each institution, regardless of gender.
 
The top five institutions in the standings are currently Stanford, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio State and UCLA.

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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