Final 2018-19 Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup Standings

BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins University earned its eighth top-10 finish in the Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup standings in the last nine years with a second-place showing in the final 2018-19 standings, which were announced today.  The runner-up finish in also the second for Johns Hopkins, which totaled 1,083.75 points and finished just 33.25 points behind first-place Williams, which won the Directors' Cup with 1,117 points.

Since the Directors' Cup debuted during the 1995-96 school year, Johns Hopkins has 21 top-25 finishes to its credit, including a current streak of 13 straight.  Hopkins has totaled at least 620 points in 11 straight years and 12 of the last 13 with nine top-10 finishes during that time.  The 1,083.75 points earned this year are a program record, bettering the previous program record of 1,016.75 points (2014-15).

Williams continued its impressive run at the top of the Directors' Cup standings with its 22nd title. Johns Hopkins edged Washington-St. Louis (1,032.75 points) for second place with Middlebury (941.75) and Emory (921.5) rounding out the top five in the final standings.

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 in NCAA Championships.  New in 2017-18 was the stipulation that four of the 18 sports counted for every school must be men's and women's soccer and men's and women's basketball – even if those teams do not score in those sports.  JHU scored in three of those four in 2018-19.

Johns Hopkins was represented in NCAA play by 20 teams this year and counted eight top-10 finishes on the year.  Per scoring guidelines, points accumulated by the Blue Jay men's and women's lacrosse and men's outdoor track teams (the lowest point totals among the 20 scoring JHU teams) were not counted in Hopkins' final total.

After strong showings in the fall and winter, the Blue Jay baseball and women's outdoor track teams led the way in the spring by scoring 83 and 82.5 points, respectively.  Continuing its 13-year run at the top of the Centennial Conference, the JHU men's (NCAA Second Round) and women's tennis (Sweet 16) teams combined for 124 Directors' Cup points.

Johns Hopkins was one of just two schools in the nation to score more than 275 points in all three seasons (Washington-St. Louis) as JHU totaled 475 points in the fall, 329.25 in the winter and 279.5 in the spring.

2018-19 Learfield Directors' Cup Final Division III Standings (6-12-2019)
Top 10 (a total of 340 schools accumulated points)

1. Williams (MA) – 1,117.0 points
2. Johns Hopkins – 1,083.75
3. Washington-St. Louis – 1,032.75
4. Middlebury – 941.75
5. Emory – 921.5
6. MIT – 911.25
7. Tufts – 884.33
8. Amherst – 879.25
9. Chicago – 806.5
10. Wisconsin Eau-Claire – 763.5

Johns Hopkins' All-Time Final Directors' Cup Rankings
1995-96 – 49^th (220 points)
1996-97 – 16^th (352)
1997-98 – 24^th (210)
1998-99 – 25^th (200)
1999-00 – 22^nd (347)
2000-01 – 30^th (342.5)
2001-02 – 23^rd (371.5)
2002-03 – 14^th (482)
2003-04 – 16^th (469.5)
2004-05 – 22^nd (363.25)
2005-06 – 36^th (324.25)
2006-07 – 10^th (686.25)
2007-08 – 16^th (577.5)
2008-09 – 18^th (620.5)
2009-10 – 13^th (638)
2010-11 – 8^th (688)
2011-12 – 9^th (689.25)
2012-13 – 7^th (789.50)
2013-14 – 3^rd (977.50)
2014-15 – 2^nd (1,016.75)
2015-16 – 12^th (703)
2016-17 – 5^th (864.50)
2017-18 – 7^th (883.25)
2018-19 – 2^nd (1,083.75)