CORVALLIS, Ore. – The final NAIA Learfield Directors’ Cup fall standings were released Thursday, with Oregon Tech sitting in the top spot. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in the NAIA fall championships of men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball.
The Owls have 275.50 total points to sit in first by half a point after sending all five of their fall teams to nationals. OIT’s women’s soccer team had the best finish, taking third as a team to grab 83 points. The Owls’ men’s cross country team took 12
th for 64.5 points, helping Oregon Tech hold a slight edge over Indiana Wesleyan, which follows in second with 275.00 points.
Four other Cascade Collegiate Conference schools sit in the top-50, while a total of 10 institutions are in the top-100.
The College of Idaho finishes the fall with 175.00 points to sit in 14
th place after sending three fall teams to nationals. The Coyotes’ men’s and women’s cross country teams each took fifth place to grab 150 points together, while women’s soccer added another 25 points.
Lewis-Clark State College (33
rd, 120.50 points), Southern Oregon University (35
th, 117.50) and Eastern Oregon University (40
th, 104.00 points) all sit in the top-50. Corban University (60
th, 64.00 points), Bushnell University (70
th, 59.00 points), Northwest University (78
th, 53.00 points), Multnomah University (90
th, 38.00 points), and Warner Pacific University (92
nd, 25.00 points) each sat in the top-100.
The LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and
USA Today. The winter standings will begin distribution on Thursday, March 31.
Please note, standings published midseason are unofficial. Official standings will be published upon the completion of the spring season. Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA’s website at
www.directorscup.org. In addition, please visit
www.thedirectorscup.com and follow on Twitter
@ldirectorscup.
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