Story Links 2024 Fall Directors’ Cup Standings CLEVELAND, OH – For the seventh consecutive year, Johns Hopkins sits atop the final Learfield Directors’ Cup standings at the end of the fall season. With seven teams qualifying for NCAA Championship competition, Johns Hopkins totaled 495.5 points to claim the top spot in the fall standings, which were […]
CLEVELAND, OH – For the seventh consecutive year, Johns Hopkins sits atop the final Learfield Directors’ Cup standings at the end of the fall season. With seven teams qualifying for NCAA Championship competition, Johns Hopkins totaled 495.5 points to claim the top spot in the fall standings, which were announced today.
2024-25 Learfield Directors’ Cup
Final Division III Fall Standings (12-21-2024) • Top 10
1 – Johns Hopkins (495.5 points)
2 – Middlebury (348)
3 – Washington & Lee (343.5)
4 – Tufts (305.5)
5 – Emory (303)
6 – Williams (299.5)
7 – Amherst (288.5)
8 – Carnegie Mellon (279)
9 – Washington-St. Louis (277.5)
10 – MIT (277)NOTE: The final fall standings will be announced on January 23 and will include the Division III Football Championship. Points for all teams competing in that championship except for North Central (IL) and Mount Union (OH), the two teams that will play for the national championship, have been awarded. Neither of those programs, when awarded points for their participation in the championship, will affect the top 10 in the current standings.
The Super Seven
Johns Hopkins was the only Division III school in the nation to qualify teams in all seven of the NCAA-sponsorship championships in the fall. In fact, no other school had more than five teams compete in an NCAA Championship this fall. This is the fourth time Johns Hopkins has placed seven of its fall teams in the NCAAs (2018, 2021, 2023, 2024).
Breakin’ It Down (the seven NCAA teams for Johns Hopkins this fall, point totals & NCAA placement)
Football (83 Directors’ Cup Points) – NCAA Semifinals
Volleyball (83) – NCAA Semifinals
Women’s Cross Country (75) – 5th place at NCAA Championships
Women’s Soccer (73) – NCAA Quarterfinals
Field Hockey (70) – NCAA Quarterfinals
Men’s Cross County (61.5) – 14th place at NCAA Championships
Men’s Soccer (50) – NCAA Second Round
JHU Now Holds Top Six
Johns Hopkins rolled up 495.5 points, a mark that ranks as the second-best fall total in Directors’ Cup history (Division III). For the record, the Directors’ Cup debuted in 1995-96 and JHU’s six, 400+ point fall efforts represent six of just nine such occurrences in Division III with Hopkins holding each of the top six point totals.NOTE: While the 481 points accumulated in 2019 stand as the second-most in Directors’ Cup history, there were officially no final standings in 2019-20 after the COVID pandemic shut down all athletic competition in March 2020.
Most Directors’ Cup Fall Points – Division III History (1995-2023)
Johns Hopkins – 500.5 (2022-23)
Johns Hopkins – 495.5 (2024-25)
Johns Hopkins – 481 (2019-20)
Johns Hopkins – 475 (2018-19)
Johns Hopkins – 471 (2021-22)
Johns Hopkins – 459 (2023-24)
Williams – 443.5 (2022-23)
Williams – 412 (2004-05)
Washington-St. Louis – 410 (2016-17)
Middlebury – 397.5 (2021-22)
Johns Hopkins – 383 (2017-18)
Johns Hopkins, Stanford Dominate in the Fall
Including this year’s 495.5-point showing, Johns Hopkins has totaled more than 450 Directors’ Cup points in the fall a total of six times. JHU’s six, 450+ point showings represent six of the 15 instances that this has happened across all Divisions of the NCAA and NAIA. In fact, Stanford (7) and Johns Hopkins (6) have combined for 13 of the 15 such occurrences.
Most Directors’ Cup Fall Points – All Divisions, All-Time (1995-2023)
Stanford (Division I) – 594.5 (2019-20)
Stanford (Division I) – 545 (2014-15)
Stanford (Division I) – 541 (2018-19)
Stanford (Division I) – 523 (2017-18)
Stanford (Division I) – 504.5 (2016-17)
Johns Hopkins (Division III) – 500.5 (2022-23)
UCLA (Division I) – 497.5 (2014-15)
Johns Hopkins (Division III) – 495.5 (2024-25)
Michigan (Division I) – 482 (2003-04)
Johns Hopkins (Division III) – 481 (2019-20)
Stanford (Division I) – 479.5 (2015-16)
Johns Hopkins (Division III) – 475 (2018-19)
Johns Hopkins (Division III) – 471 (2021-22)
Stanford (Division I) – 461.25 (2013-14)
Johns Hopkins (Division III) – 459 (2023-24)
The Big Picture
There are more than 400 schools competing under the NCAA Division III banner and 180 of those schools scored points in the Directors’ Cup standings in the fall.
About the the Learfield Directors’ Cup
The Learfield Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Through the course of the year, Directors’ Cup points are awarded based on a school’s finish in up to 18 sports in NCAA Championships. New to the scoring structure seven years ago in Division III, men’s and women’s soccer and men’s and women’s basketball must be included by every school in their scoring total; the next 14 highest-scoring teams – regardless of gender – will be used. Previously, the top nine men’s and women’s scoring teams could be counted; now, regardless of whether a school’s soccer and basketball teams qualify for the NCAAs, they must be counted.
About Learfield:
Learfield is a media, data, and technology services leader in intercollegiate athletics. The company unlocks the value of college sports for brands and fans through an omnichannel platform with innovative content and commerce solutions. Learfield services include licensing and collegiate sports properties’ multimedia sponsorship management; publishing, audio, digital and social media; data analytics and insights; ticketing software; and ticket sales, premium seating, and fundraising services; branding; campus-wide business and sponsorship development. Since 2008, it has served as title sponsor for NACDA’s acclaimed Learfield Directors’ Cup, recognizing athletic departments across all divisions.
