Final 2018-19 Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup Standings

CLEVELAND, OH – Johns Hopkins scored points in six sports and totaled 329.25 points to maintain its lead in the Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup standings at the end of the winter season it was announced today.  JHU's 329.25 points push its year-to-date total to 804.25 points, which is 60.25 points more than second-place Williams at the end of the winter.
 
After a record-breaking fall that saw seven Blue Jay teams qualify for NCAA Championships and total 475 Directors' Cup points, the Blue Jays used a strong winter to hold the lead entering the spring.  Following Johns Hopkins and Williams (744 points) in the top five are Washington-St. Louis (696.75), Middlebury (594.75) and Chicago (580.0).
 
Six Score For Third-Best Winter Season
Johns Hopkins had six of its nine winter teams qualify for the NCAA Championships this winter and score points in the Directors' Cup standings.  Only twice has Johns Hopkins accumulated more Directors' Cup points in a winter season than it did this year.  JHU totaled a school-record 375.5 points in 2014-15 and 343.5 points in 2013-14.
 
Breakin' It Down  (the six NCAA teams for Johns Hopkins this winter with point totals & NCAA placement)
Men's Swimming (80 Directors' Cup Points) – 4^th place at NCAA Championships
Women's Swimming (63) – 13^th place at NCAA Championships
Women's Indoor Track (60.75) – 14^th place at NCAA Championships
Women's Basketball (50) – NCAA 2^nd Round
Men's Indoor Track (41.5) – 30^th place at NCAA Championships
Wrestling (34) – 40^th place at NCAA Championships
 
That's a Record – Part I
The 60.75 points the Johns Hopkins women's indoor track team amassed are the most Directors' Cup points that team has secured since the program debuted in 1995.
 
That's a Record – Part II
With 80 points this season, the Johns Hopkins men's swimming team has accumulated 1,748.25 Directors' Cup points since the program debuted in 1995 (24 years).  That's the most Directors's Cup points any Johns Hopkins team has scored.
 
Top Four
With a fourth-place finish by the men's swimming team at the NCAA Championships, Johns Hopkins has now brought home four NCAA Trophies this year (top four finishers in every championship receive a team trophy).  In addition to men's swimming, the Blue Jay women's cross country (2^nd place), field hockey (NCAA Semifinals) and football (NCAA Semifinals) teams also placed in the top four this year.
 
Sixth-Best Winter Total In Directors' Cup History
The 804.25 points Johns Hopkins has accumulated through the winter season ranks as the sixth-highest total for any Division III school since the program debuted.  In fact, this is only the sixth time a school has totaled more than 800 points through the winter in the 24-year history of the Directors' Cup.
 
The Big Picture
There are more than 400 schools competing under the NCAA Division III banner and 290 of those schools have scored points in the Directors' Cup standings this year.
 
About the the Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup
 The Learfield IMG College 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 IMG College
Learfield IMG College unlocks the value of college sports for brands, fans and universities through the representation of collegiate institutions, conferences and arenas. As a fully integrated sports marketing and solutions platform, Learfield IMG College provides access to licensing and multimedia sponsorship management, including publishing, radio, digital and social media; fan engagement, ticket sales and professional concessions expertise; branding; campus-wide business and sponsorship development; and venue technology systems. The company has long had the privilege of being an advocate for intercollegiate athletics, and since 2008, has served as title sponsor of the acclaimed Directors' Cup
 
2018-19 Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup
Final Division III Winter Standings (03-30-2019) • Top 10
1 - Johns Hopkins (804.25 points)
2 – Williams (744.0)
3 – Washington-St. Louis (696.75)
4 – Middlebury (594.75)
5 – Chicago (580.0)
6 – MIT (573.25)
7 – Amherst (558.75)
8 – Tuts (558.33)
9 – Wisconsin Eau Claire (553.50)
10 – St. Thomas (536.0)