CLEVELAND – The
University of Texas secured its fifth overall Learfield Directors' Cup and finished 2025-26 with 1,322.00 total points after the College World Series.
Texas claimed three national titles – men's swimming and diving, women's rowing and softball – while also tallying a runner-up finish in men's tennis. Overall, Texas scored in 4 of the 5 countable sports, along with 14 additional total sports. Overall, one sport was omitted from the final standings, men's cross country.
Stanford finished runner-up with 1,263.50 points and captured a pair of national championships – men's gymnastics and women's golf. In addition, the Cardinal earned runner-up finishes in women's soccer, women's swimming and diving, women's rowing and women's beach volleyball. The following scores were removed – men's water polo, women's fencing, men's fencing, women's indoor track and field, softball, women's tennis and women's outdoor track and field – due to the maximum additional sports to be counted is 14.
UCLA finished third with 1,199.25 points and tallied nine top 10 finishes, including a national championship in women's basketball, men's water polo and women's beach volleyball. The Bruins scored in all five countable sports, along with 15 additional sports. One score was removed – men's outdoor track and field – due to the maximum additional sports to be counted is 14.
Rounding out the top five is
North Carolina in fourth with 1,166.75 points, including runner-up finishes in women's lacrosse and baseball. The Tar Heels also scored in all five countable sports.
Virginia rounds out the top five with 1,148.75 points, including a national championship in women's swimming and diving and men's tennis.
As a reminder
, 19 total sports are counted for the final standings including the five countable sports (men's and women's basketball, baseball, women's soccer and women's volleyball), and the next highest 14 (max.) sports scored for each institution, regardless of gender.
CONFERENCE
At the conference level, the
SEC leads all Division I conferences with nine institutions in the top 25 – Texas (1
st), Florida (6
th), Georgia (8
th), Texas A&M (12
th), Alabama (13
th), Arkansas (14
th), Tennessee (15
th), LSU (17
th), and Oklahoma (16
th).
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
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