Overall Competitiveness of Division 1 Athletic Programs Compared
CLEVELAND – For the 17th straight year, Stanford takes home the top spot in the Division I Learfield
Sports Directors’ Cup standings with 1550.25 total points. The Cardinal most recently finished ninth in baseball. Ohio State took home second place with 1277.05 total points. With its fifth place showing in baseball, California moved into third with 1219.50 points. The Gators of Florida jumped into fourth after a second place finish in the College World Series. Rounding out the top five is Duke with 1171.50 points.
All 13 spring NCAA championships have been completed with the following institutions capturing titles:
baseball – South Carolina; women’s golf – UCLA; men’s golf – Augusta State (Ga.); women’s lacrosse –
Northwestern; men’s lacrosse – Virginia; women’s rowing – Brown (R.I.); softball – Arizona State;
women’s tennis – Florida; men’s tennis – Southern California; women’s outdoor track & field – Texas
A&M; men’s outdoor track & field – Texas A&M; men’s volleyball – Ohio State; and women’s water polo –
Stanford.
The Learfield Sports 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 up to 20 sports — 10 women’s and 10 men’s.
The Missouri Valley Programs that the University of Evansville Purple Aces compete in Finished as follows in the Director’s Cup along with their overall scores.
#114 Creighton 150 points
#123 Illinois State 135 points
#129 Southern Illinois 129.5 points
#144 Wichita State 104.5 points
#148 Northern Iowa 102.5 points
#167 Indiana State 80 points
#205 Missouri State 50 points
#238 Bradley 25 points
#238 Drake 25 points
#280 Evansville 0 points
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