The University of Southern Indiana Department of Athletics finished the fall season ranked No. 28 in the IMG Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, which were updated following the conclusion of the NCAA II Football Championships.
The Screaming Eagles, who finished 94th in the 2018-19 Learfield Director’s Cup standings, are aiming for their first top 25 showings since finishing 25th at the end of the 2015-16 campaign. They were 59th at the conclusion of the 2017-18 season.
USI, which currently has 141.00 points, got scoring contributions in the fall semester from Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Cross Country, and Women’s Soccer. Women’s Cross Country earned 63 points to pace USI following a 13th-place showing at the NCAA II Cross Country Championships.
Men’s Cross Country earned 53 points with a 21st-place showing at the national meet, while women’s soccer’s first trip to the NCAA II Tournament since 1998 netted USI 25 points.
USI was just four points shy of Northwest Missouri State University for 25th in the fall standings and is the second-highest Great Lakes Valley Conference program in the standings—the University of Indianapolis finished the fall ranked ninth. Scoring is based on each team’s finish at the NCAA II Championships.
At the conference level, the Eagles are currently second in the GLVC All-Sports standings with 53 points and fifth in the GLVC Commissioner’s Cup standings following the fall season.
The Eagles are off to a strong start to the winter season as the Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams have a combined record of 13-3, while Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field already has three NCAA II provisional qualifying times under their belt heading into the New Year.
USI Basketball hosts Drury University Thursday in a men’s and women’s doubleheader at Screaming Eagles Arena.
