Colorado Rounds Out Top 10 in Learfield Directors’ Cup Standings
January 12, 2017 | Cross Country, Football, Soccer
Colorado placed 10th in the final fall Division I Learfield Directors' Cup standings by totaling 268.50 points.
Stanford leads the final standings with 504.50 points and is the current reigning champion.
Women's cross country, men's cross country, women's soccer, and football all contributed to CU's scoring.
The Pac-12 leads all conferences with five top 10 schools including Stanford, UCLA (second), USC (eighth), Washington (ninth), and Colorado.
The Buffs also placed 10th in the final fall standings of 2013-2014, tying CU's best finish in the past decade. It also ties CU's 10th best fall in the 24 years of the program and ties for the sixth best without a fall national championship.
Other top 10 schools include North Carolina at No. 3, Wisconsin at four, BYU at five, Michigan at six, and Penn State at seven.
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. The Directors' Cup Committee is reviewing the scoring structure for 2016-17 which will be finalized prior to the winter sports standings.