BYU finishes 45th in Learfield Directors' Cup standings

PROVO, Utah — BYU athletics ranked No. 45 in the Learfield Directors’ Cup Division I final standings for the 2017-18 season. The Directors' Cup annually ranks college athletic programs around the country.

Since the institution of the Directors’ Cup in 1993-94, BYU has placed as the top overall athletic program in the state of Utah every year. This year the other in-state schools to place in the standings include Utah (61), Utah State (78), Southern Utah (91), Weber State (201) and Utah Valley (211). Among teams located in the West, the Cougars ranked ninth and also rated second after No. 40 Princeton among schools from a non-Power 5 conference.

Stanford took first overall for the 2017-18 Directors’ Cup while UCLA, Florida, USC and Texas all finished top five.

In 25 years of the Directors' Cup, BYU has averaged a ranking of 31.3 and has posted 12 top-30 finishes. The Cougars’ highest finish was 12th in 1998-99.

The Learfield Directors’ Cup was created through joint efforts by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in the NCAA championships for both men’s and women’s sports. The overall winner is the school that records the highest number of points in the Directors’ Cup standings.

The Cougars earned points toward their total 2017-18 score in men’s cross country (85), women’s cross country (66), women’s volleyball (64), men’s volleyball (55), women’s gymnastics (52.5), men’s golf (49), women’s golf (39.5), men’s indoor track and field (39.5), softball (37.5), men’s outdoor track and field (33), women’s indoor track and field (26.5) and women’s outdoor track and field (5).

Click here for BYU’s annual finishes in the Directors’ Cup.

Click here for the final updated list of 2017-18 Division I Directors’ Cup scores.

Learfield Directors' Cup Division I standings

1	Stanford	Pac 12
2	UCLA	Pac 12
3	Florida	SEC
4	USC	Pac 12
5	Texas	Big 12
6	Michigan	Big Ten
7	Ohio State	Big Ten
8	Georgia	SEC
9	Florida State	ACC
10	Texas A&M	SEC
11	Duke	ACC
12	Penn State	Big Ten
13	North Carolina	ACC
14	Alabama	SEC
15	North Carolina State	ACC
16	Arkansas	SEC
17	Kentucky	SEC
18	Auburn	SEC
19	Minnesota	Big Ten
20	California	Pac 12
21	Virginia	ACC
22	Notre Dame	ACC
22	Wisconsin	Big Ten
24	Oregon	Pac 12
25	Oklahoma	Big 12
26	South Carolina	SEC
27	LSU	SEC
28	Virginia Tech	ACC
29	Washington	Pac 12
30	Louisville	ACC
31	Arizona State	Pac 12
32	Oklahoma State	Big 12
33	Missouri	SEC
34	Northwestern	Big Ten
35	Tennessee	SEC
36	Illinois	Big Ten
37	Colorado	Pac 12
38	Ole Miss	SEC
39	Purdue	Big Ten
40	Princeton	Ivy League
41	Texas Tech	Big 12
42	Mississippi State	SEC
43	Baylor	Big 12
44	Nebraska	Big Ten
45	BYU	WCC
46	Syracuse	ACC
47	Denver	Summit
48	Wake Forest	ACC
49	Indiana	Big Ten
50	Michigan State	Big Ten