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Ohio State in top five of Learfield Directors’ Cup standings

A top-five finish looks likely. #GoBucks

The Ohio State athletic program has had one whale of a showing across all of its sports this academic year. So much so that it’s closing in on another top-five finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings.

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 and result in bragging rights, especially among FBS schools.

OSU has historically finished high in these standings and currently sits in fourth place in this year’s standings with just the results of the baseball College World Series to go.

Ohio State has 1,184.5 points, including a national championship in women’s hockey, and is in front of fifth-place Florida with 1,130.75 points and sixth-place North Carolina with 1,023.25 points. Florida and UNC will each have baseball points added to their totals.

The Texas Longhorns have already clinched first place in the standings and Michigan will finish ahead of OSU in third place (boo).

The final standings will be released on July 1 or July 5. It’ll most likely be either a fourth or fifth-place finish for the Buckeyes when it’s all said and done.

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Ohio State makes huge climb in LEARFIELD Director’s Cup standings

A big move up for the Ohio State athletic programs after a blistering winter.

The Ohio State athletic program made a huge move up the LEARFIELD Director’s Cup standings after the winter sports season.

The Buckeye program now sits in third place overall, moving up a whopping 35 spots after eight OSU sports tallied a total of 537.50 points in the winter, the most by any school in the country.

Setting the bar was the women’s ice hockey team that took home the national championship. Three other teams finished in the top ten including women’s swimming and diving, men’s swimming and diving, and fencing.

Also scoring points towards the total for the winter were men’s and women’s basketball, women’s indoor track and field, and wrestling. That was added to teams that contributed points through the fall season including football, women’s volleyball, and women’s soccer.

The new totals mean Ohio State trails just Michigan (761 points) and Notre Dame (754) in the standings. Rounding out the top five are Stanford (690.50) and Texas (679.50).

And, in case you’re wondering, the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup rankings that include the spring sports will be announced June 16 with the final rankings set to be released either July 1 or July 5 after the conclusion of the College World Series.

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