Final 2018-19 Learfield Directors' Cup Fall Standings - Division III (12-20-18)

CLEVELAND, OH – For the second consecutive year, Johns Hopkins sits atop the final Learfield Directors' Cup standings at the end of the fall season.  With seven teams qualifying for NCAA Championship competition, Johns Hopkins totaled 475 points to claim the top spot in the final fall standings, which were announced today.
 
Following Johns Hopkins in the top five of the final fall standings are Tufts (353.5 points), Middlebury (345.5), Washington-St. Louis (323) and Chicago (288.5).
 
Seven Score
Johns Hopkins had a school-record and Division III national-best seven teams qualify for the NCAA Championships this fall.  The previous record of six fall teams qualifying for the NCAAs came last year, when JHU totaled 383 points to lead the Directors' Cup standings at the end of the fall.
 
Breakin' It Down  (the seven NCAA teams for Johns Hopkins this fall, point totals & NCAA placement)
Women's Cross Country  (90 Directors' Cup Points) – NCAA runner-up
Football (83) – NCAA Semifinals
Field Hockey (83) – NCAA Semifinals
Men's Cross County (69) – 9^th place at NCAA Championships
Men's Soccer (50) – NCAA 2^nd Round
Women's Soccer (50) – NCAA 2^nd Round
Volleyball (50) – NCAA 2^nd Round
 
That' a Record – Part I
The 83 points the Johns Hopkins football and field hockey teams amassed are the most Directors' Cup points those teams have secured since the program debuted in 1995.
 
Streaking
The Johns Hopkins women's soccer team has qualified for the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 14 years, that's the longest active streak by a Johns Hopkins fall team.
 
Top Four
With its national runner-up finish, the Johns Hopkins women's cross country team has now placed in the top four at the NCAA Championships in each of the last seven years.  Head coach Bobby Van Allen's team counts five national championships, one runner-up finish and one fourth-place showing to its credit over the last seven years.
 
 
That's a Record – Part II
The 475 points Johns Hopkins totaled rank as the most by a Division III school in the fall since the Directors' Cup debuted in 1995-96.  The previous record of 412 points was set by Williams in 2004-05 and only one other Division III school (Washington-St. Loius) has ever topped the 400-point mark in the fall (Wash U had 410 in 2016-17).  With 475 points this year and 383 last year, Johns Hopkins now has two of the top four all-time fall point totals.
 
Most Directors' Cup Fall Points – Division III History (1995-2018)
Johns Hopkins – 475 (2018-19)
Williams – 412 (2004-05)
Washington-St. Louis – 410 (2016-17)
Johns Hopkins – 383 (2017-18)
Williams – 376 (2013-14)
Williams – 376 (2002-03)
Washington-St. Louis (372) – 2013-14
Williams (367) – 2009-10
Tufts (365.5) – 2016-17
Middlebury (359) – 2011-12
Williams (359) - 2003-04
 
Eighth-Best Fall, All Divisions – All-Time
In addition to setting a Division III record for most Directors' Cup points amassed in the fall, the 475 points Johns Hopkisn totaled this fall rank as the eighth-highest total among all Divisoins of the NCAA and NAIA in Directors' Cup history.  The 475 points JHU accumulated this fall are also the most ever by a non-NCAA Division I program.
Stanford's 545 points in 2014-15 are the most by any school in a fall season.  Note that Stanford's current total of 496 points this year rank fifth all-time, but do not include points the Cardinal will add for their bowl game; final Division I standigs for this fall will be announced on January 10, 2019, but will not affect Johns Hopkis' ranking on this list.
 
Most Directors' Cup Fall Points – All Divisions, All-Time (1995-2018)
Stanford (Division I) – 545 (2014-15)
Stanford (Division I) – 523 (2017-18)
Stanford (Division I) – 504.5 (2016-17)
UCLA (Division I) – 497.5 (2014-15)
Stanford (Division I) – 496 (2018-19) +
Michigan (Division I) – 482 (2003-04)
Stanford (Division I) – 479.5 (2015-16)
Johns Hopkins – 475 (2018-19)
Stanford (Division I) – 461.25 (2013-14)
Grand Valley State (Division II) – 440 (2005-06)
 
The Big Picture
There are more than 400 schools competing under the NCAA Division III banner and 140 of those schools scored points in the Directors' Cup standings in the fall.
 
About the the Learfield Directors' Cup
 The Learfield Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today.  Through the course of the year, Directors' Cup points are awarded based on a school's finish in up to 18 sports – nine men and nine women – in NCAA Championships.  New to the scoring structure last year in Division III, men's and women's soccer and men's and women's basketball must be included by every school in their scoring total.  Previously, the top nine men's and women's scoring teams could be counted; now, regardless of whether a school's soccer and basketball teams qualify for the NCAAs, they must be counted.
                                                                         
About Learfield
An industry leader for more than four decades, Learfield has a deep presence in the college athletics landscape nationwide. It manages the multimedia and sponsorship rights for more than 120 collegiate institutions, conferences and arenas, and supports athletics departments at all competitive levels as title sponsor of the prestigious Learfield Directors' Cup. Learfield also provides its collegiate partners access to professional concessions and ticket sales; branding, licensing and trademark consulting; digital and social platform expertise; campus-wide business and sponsorship development; and venue and technology systems through its affiliated companies.
 
2018-19 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup
Final Division III Fall Standings (12-20-2018) • Top 10
1 - Johns Hopkins (475.0 points)
2 – Tufts (353.5)
3 – Middlebury (345.5)
4 – Washington-St. Louis (323)
5 – Chicago (288.5)
6 – Calvin (284)
7 – Williams (267.5)
8 – Emory (247)
9 – Messiah (238)
10 – Rochester (231)
 
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