News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
CLEVELAND – With only the NCAA Men’s College World Series remaining, Texas A&M stands No. 12 in the 2023-24 Division I Learfield Directors’ Cup standings, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced.
With coach Jim Schlossnagle’s baseball team participating in the MCWS, Texas A&M is on course to post its highest finish in more than a decade. It will also be Texas A&M’s 18th straight appearance in the Directors’ Cup top 25. The Aggies are one of 11 teams nationally to finish in the top 25 every season since 2005-06. Joining Texas A&M in the elite group are: Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio State, Stanford, Texas, UCLA and USC.
All 19 of Texas A&M’s NCAA-sponsored sports advanced to the postseason and 18 will contribute points to the final standings, including 100 points by coach Mark Weaver’s NCAA Champion women’s tennis team and 60-plus point efforts from men’s outdoor track & field (75), men’s indoor track & field (73.5), women’s golf (72.75), women’s outdoor track & field (66), softball (64), men’s tennis (64), women’s swimming & diving (61.5) and womens indoor track & field (61.5). The baseball team will contribute at least 73 points for advancing to Omaha.
Additionally, Texas A&M’s equestrian team, the department’s lone non-NCAA program, advanced to the semifinals of the NCEA Championship.
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.
Current 2023-24 Directors’ Cup Standings (as of June 11)
|
1 |
Texas |
Big 12 |
1339.5 |
|
2 |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
1312.75 |
|
3 |
Tennessee |
SEC |
1117 |
|
4 |
Florida |
SEC |
1106 |
|
5 |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
1017.5 |
|
6 |
Notre Dame |
ACC |
1008.5 |
|
7 |
Ohio State |
Big Ten |
1006 |
|
8 |
Alabama |
SEC |
1003.88 |
|
9 |
USC |
Pac-12 |
994 |
|
10 |
Virginia |
ACC |
993.25 |
|
11 |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
985 |
|
12 |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
969.25 |
|
13 |
North Carolina |
ACC |
957.75 |
|
14 |
LSU |
SEC |
948.5 |
|
15 |
Florida State |
ACC |
915.88 |
|
16 |
Duke |
ACC |
891 |
|
17 |
Georgia |
SEC |
887.38 |
|
18 |
California |
Pac-12 |
886 |
|
19 |
Arkansas |
SEC |
884.25 |
|
20 |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
846 |
|
21 |
Penn State |
Big Ten |
827.75 |
|
22 |
Nebraska |
Big Ten |
803.5 |
|
23 |
North Carolina State |
ACC |
780.5 |
|
24 |
Wisconsin |
Big Ten |
765.5 |
|
25 |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
755.75 |
Texas A&M in the Directors’ Cup final standings
|
Year |
Place |
Points |
|
2023-24 |
TBD |
TBD |
|
2022-23 |
No. 24 |
808.75 |
|
2021-22 |
No. 25 |
794.75 |
|
2020-21 |
No. 19 |
846.25 |
|
2019-20 |
** |
|
|
2018-19 |
No. 15 |
933.75 |
|
2017-18 |
No. 10 |
1005.50 |
|
2016-17 |
No. 12 |
986.50 |
|
2015-16 |
No. 12 |
962.00 |
|
2014-15 |
No. 17 |
892.75 |
|
2013-14 |
No. 10 |
1022.00 |
|
2012-13 |
No. 5 |
1131.50 |
|
2011-12 |
No. 9 |
990.25 |
|
2010-11 |
No. 8 |
1090.50 |
|
2009-10 |
No. 6 |
1070.75 |
|
2008-09 |
No. 13 |
976.00 |
|
2007-08 |
No. 12 |
1031.00 |
|
2006-07 |
No. 18 |
881.00 |
|
2005-06 |
No. 23 |
649.50 |
|
2004-05 |
No. 26 |
566.25 |
|
2003-04 |
No. 16 |
714.00 |
|
2002-03 |
No. 28 |
551.25 |
|
2001-02 |
No. 37 |
519.50 |
|
2000-01 |
No. 26 |
517.00 |
|
1999-00 |
No. 27 |
522.00 |
|
1998-99 |
No. t39 |
230.00 |
|
1997-98 |
No. t38 |
230.00 |
|
1996-97 |
No. 30 |
427.00 |
|
1995-96 |
No. 20 |
524.50 |
|
1994-95 |
No. 37 |
329.50 |
|
1993-94 |
No. 24 |
454.50 |
** No ranking due to COVID-19 pandemic