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Scoring correction results in Ohio State tumbling down LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup final standings

Well, whoops. #GoBucks

Just a couple of weeks ago, it sure looked like the Ohio State Department of Athletics was a lock to finish as the top Big Ten program in the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup Standings and in the top ten nationally.

However, according to a release from Ohio State, it appears as though a scoring error was uncovered and corrected that move the Buckeye program all the way down to the 15th spot with 981.00 points, and second-place finisher in the Big Ten, behind Michigan who finished in the eighth spot nationally with 1030.00 points.

Texas finished atop the standings with 1377.00 points followed by Stanford, Tennessee, Florida, and Virginia rounding out the top five.

The Buckeyes have finished first in the Big Ten in the standings nine times: in 2003-06-10-11-12-15-16-17-23, with eight of those coming under the leadership of outgoing Athletic Director, Gene Smith.

Now, it’s time to reset it all this fall with the Ohio State football team hopefully setting things up with a run at some pretty special things.

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Ohio State athletics poised for top Big Ten LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup finish

Leading the Big Ten again! #GoBucks

The Ohio State athletic department will again finish in the top ten of the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings and become the highest ranked Big Ten team for the 2023-2024 athletics cycle.

Thanks in large part to a third place finish by the men’s tennis and golf teams, as well as a fifth place finish nationally by the men’s volleyball team, OSU is currently sitting at seventh place overall in the standings with baseball as the lone remaining sport to add to program’s overall scores.

Ohio State has a total score of 1,006.00 points behind No. 1 Texas that has already been declared the overall winner with a score of 1,339.50. Note the absence of the colors maize and blue.

Here ls a look at the current top ten standings:

  1. Texas, Big 12 – 1,339.50
  2. Stanford, Pac-12 – 1,312.75
  3. Tennessee, SEC – 1,117.00
  4. Florida, SEC – 1,106.00
  5. UCLA, Pac-12 – 1,017.50
  6. Notre Dame, ACC – 1,008.50
  7. Ohio State, Big Ten – 1,006.00
  8. Alabama, SEC – 1,003.88
  9. USC, Pac-12 – 994.00
  10. Virginia, ACC – 993.25

This year’s finish will represent the tenth time Ohio State has finished as the No. 1 athletics program in the Big Ten. Nine of those finishes occurred under Athletics Director Gene Smith, who is retiring June 30 after 19 years at Ohio State. Ohio State’s No. 1 rankings within the Big Ten occurred in 2003-06-10-11-12-15-16-17-23-24. Smith’s first year at Ohio State was in 2005-06. The Director’s Cup Standings were initiated in 1993-94.

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Ranking Big Ten athletic programs based on final Directors’ Cup Standings

Proof that Ohio State is the best athletic department in the Big Ten, and one of the best in the country. #GoBucks

It’s one thing to be good at the revenue sports like football and basketball but to truly be a college athletic department power, a school should have success in more than just a couple of sports. Ohio State is one of the largest athletic departments in the country and is routinely among the leaders when it comes to athletic budget, following, and performance. Because of that, we like to check in from time to time on the Learfield Directors’ Cup to see how Buckeye athletics is doing in comparison to the rest of the country.

Long story short, it was a fantastic year for Ohio State across many sports, so much so that it finished among the country’s best in total points. Not all sports are considered, and some are weighted more than others, but still, it was a fun year to cheer on the scarlet and gray in many of its athletic endeavors.

But how did OSU stack up compared to the rest of the Big Ten? Did it perform the best? Where is Michigan? How about Penn State? What other Big Ten athletic departments had a year to remember? On the flip side, which program needs to pull up its big boy pants and be more competitive?

Here’s a look at a ranking of all of the Big Ten athletic programs based on their finish in the Learfield Directors’ Cup Standings from worst (No. 14) to best.