CLEVELAND, OH – For the third consecutive year, Johns Hopkins sits atop the final Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup standings at the end of the fall season.  With six teams qualifying for NCAA Championship competition, Johns Hopkins totaled 481 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 (354.5 points), Chicago (322.5), MIT (311) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (305.5).
 
The Super Six
Johns Hopkins had a Division III national-best six teams qualify for the NCAA Championships this fall.  This is the third consecutive year that at least six Blue Jay teams have qualified for the NCAAs in the fall as a school-record seven participated in 2018 after six had qualified in 2017.
 
Breakin' It Down  (the six NCAA teams for Johns Hopkins this fall, point totals & NCAA placement)
Women's Cross Country  (100 Directors' Cup Points) – NCAA Champion
Volleyball (100) – NCAA Champion
Field Hockey (83) – NCAA Semifinals
Men's Cross County (75) – 5^th place at NCAA Championships
Women's Soccer (73) – NCAA Quarterfinals
Men's Soccer (50) – NCAA 2^nd Round
 
That's a Record
Johns Hopkins broke its own Division III record for Directors' Cup points in the fall as the 481 points JHU amassed this year were six more than the 475 points seven Blue Jay teams accumulated in 2018; the Directors' Cup debuted in 1995-96.  Prior to the last two years, 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 481, 475 and 383 points in the fall the last three years, Johns Hopkins now has three of the top five all-time Division III fall point totals.
 
Most Directors' Cup Fall Points – Division III History (1995-2019)
Johns Hopkins – 481 (2019-20)
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
 
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 481 points Johns Hopkisn totaled this fall rank as the eighth-highest total among all Divisions of the NCAA and NAIA in Directors' Cup history.  The 481 points JHU accumulated this fall are also the most ever by a non-NCAA Division I program; Stanford's 594.5 points in this year are the most by any school in a fall season.
 
Most Directors' Cup Fall Points – All Divisions, All-Time (1995-2019)
Stanford (Division I) – 594.5 (2019-20)
Stanford (Division I) – 545 (2014-15)
Stanford (Division I) – 541 (2018-19)
Stanford (Division I) – 523 (2017-18)
Stanford (Division I) – 504.5 (2016-17)
UCLA (Division I) – 497.5 (2014-15)
Michigan (Division I) – 482 (2003-04)
Johns Hopkins (Division III) – 481 (2019-20)
Stanford (Division I) – 479.5 (2015-16)
Johns Hopkins (Division III) – 475 (2018-19)
Stanford (Division I) – 461.25 (2013-14)
Grand Valley State (Division II) – 440 (2005-06)
 
Double Time
Johns Hopkins claimed two national championships in the fall for the first time in school history.  The Blue Jay women's cross country team won its sixth national championship (all since 2012), while the volleyball team won its first title.
 
Streaking
The Johns Hopkins women's soccer team has qualified for the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 15 years, that's the longest active streak by a Johns Hopkins fall team.
 
Program Best
The Blue Jay men's cross country team placed a program-best fifth at the NCAA Championships.
 
Top Five
Five of the six Blue Jay teams that qualified for the NCAAs in the fall placed in the top five.  In addition to the national championships in women's cross country and volleyball, the field hockey (NCAA Semifinals … officially a tie for 3^rd place), men's cross country (5^th place) and women's soccer (NCAA Quarterfinals … officialy a tie for 5^th place) all finished in the top five of their respective NCAA Championship.
 
The Big Picture
There are more than 400 schools competing under the NCAA Division III banner and 190 of those schools scored points in the Directors' Cup standings in the fall.
 
About the the Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup
 The Learfield IMG 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 two years ago 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
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2019-20 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup
Final Division III Fall Standings (12-24-2019) • Top 10
1 - Johns Hopkins (481.0 points)
2 – Tufts (354.5)
3 – Chicago (322.5)
4 – MIT (311.0)
5 – Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (305.5)
6 – Middlebury (305.0)
7 – Washington-St. Louis (268.0)
8 – Calvin (260.5)
9 – Pomona-Pitzer (247.5)
10 – Williams (243.0)