Bentley Achieves Third Highest Ever Ranking in Learfield Cup and Best in 15 Years

WALTHAM, Mass. – The Bentley athletic department achieved its third highest ever ranking in the Learfield Division II Directors’ Cup as the final standings for the 2024-25 academic year were released.

Learfield Cup Standings

The Learfield Directors’ Cup is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. The stated goal is a “program that honors institutions maintaining a broad-based program, achieving success in many sports, both men’s and women’s, in which all sports that the NCAA, NAIA or Two-Year College sector offers a championship, along with FBS football, and all student-athletes that compete in those sports, are treated equally.”

A breakdown of the scoring system can be found at the following link: Learfield Cup

Bentley earned 346 points to finish 56^th in the standings out of 259 Division II programs. In addition to it being the department’s third highest ever finish, it’s the Falcons’ best since 2010-11. It was the second highest ranking in the NE10 this year.

Volleyball led all Bentley teams with 83 points after they won the East Region championship and advanced to the Final Four. Women’s basketball was next with 73 points with an NE10 championship and an Elite Eight appearance.

Softball, hockey, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country and men’s lacrosse, all of which made NCAA appearances, added to Bentley’s points tally.