CLEVELAND – The final LEARFIELD Directors' Cup winter standings for Divisions II and III and the NAIA have
Grand Valley State (DII – 792.50 total points),
NYU (DIII – 776.00 total points) and
Cumberlands (KY) (NAIA – 950.00 total points) sitting in first of their respective divisions.
In Division II,
Colorado School of Mines is in second place with 632.50 points,
Wingate is in third with 539.00 points,
West Texas A&M is in fourth with 481.50 points and
Colorado Mesa rounds out the top-five with 465.50 points. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) leads all Division II conferences with three schools in the top-10 – Colorado School of Mines, Colorado Mesa and Adams State (6
th).
In Division III,
Johns Hopkins is in second with 761.50 points, in third is
Williams with 696.08 points,
Emory is in fourth with 598.00 points and
Washington-St. Louis rounds out the top-five with 589.00 points. The University Athletic Association (UAA) has three of its eight schools in the top-five.
The final winter NAIA standings have
Indiana Wesleyan in second with 759.50 points. In third is
Milligan with 679.00, fourth is
St. Thomas with 581.50 and rounding out the top five is
Indiana Tech with 550.25 points. In addition to Indiana Wesleyan, Marian sits in the top-10 from the Crossroads League, the lone conference to have more than one institution in the top of the rankings.
NEXT UP
The 2023-24 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 11.
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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 Twitter
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