CCC Well Represented in Learfield Cup Standings
COI No.6, CU, No. 9, SOU No. 10, EOU No. 18
CLEVELAND – Oklahoma Baptist maintains the lead after the final Learfield Sports Directors’ Cupwinter standings. The Bison finished ninth in Division I men’s basketball for 703.00 overall points, 453.00 coming from winter championships.
The Cascade Conference has eight institutions in the standings – College of Idaho (6th); Concordia (Ore.) (9th); Southern Oregon (10th); Eastern Oregon (18th), Warner Pacific (Ore.) (108th); Northwest Christian (Ore.) (136th); Oregon Tech (149th) and Northwest University (WA.) (152th).
Olivet Nazarene (IL) stays in second with 555.50 total points, 297.50 this winter. The Tigers finished 17th in Division II women’s basketball for 25 points.
Lindsey Wilson jumped ahead to third place with 538.00 total points, 298.00 coming from the winter championships, after a third place finish in Division I men’s basketball.
Jumping into fourth with 537.75 total points, and just .25 points behind third, is Morningside (Iowa). The Mustangs finished third in Division II women’s basketball for 83 points, bringing their winter points to 362.75.
Rounding out the top five is Concordia (Calif.) with 527.50 total points. The Eagles placed ninth in Division I men’s basketball for 53 points, bringing their winter total to 300.50.
All nine of the NAIA winter championships have been completed with the following institutions capturing titles: men’s swimming – Oklahoma Baptist; women’s swimming – Oklahoma Baptist; men’s indoor track and field – Oklahoma Baptist; women’s indoor track and field – Oklahoma Baptist; wrestling – Grand View (Iowa); men’s basketball II – Cardinal Stritch; women’s basketball II – Indiana Wesleyan; men’s basketball I – Georgetown (Ky.); and women’s basketball I – Westmont.
The Learfield Sports 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 up to 12 sports -- six women’s and six men’s.
The first spring NAIA standings will be released Thursday, May 30.
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