CLEVELAND, OH – With eight teams qualifying for NCAA Championship competition in the winter, Johns Hopkins has built its lead to 223.5 points in the 2021-22 Learfield Directors' Cup standings at the end of the winter season it was announced today.  The eight teams accumulated 384.5 Directors' Cup points; coupled with the 471 that seven Blue Jay teams earned in the fall, Johns Hopkins now has 855.5 points on the year and leads second-place Tufts (632 points) by 223.5 points.
 
2021-22 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup
Final Division III Winter Standings (3-31-2022) • Top 10
1 - Johns Hopkins (855.5 points)
2 – Tufts (632)
3 – Chicago (616.5)
4 – Washington-St. Louis (603)
5 – Middlebury (561.5)
6 – MIT (559.75)
7 – Wisconsin-Eau Claire (527.5)
8 – Williams (511)
9 – Wisconsin-La Crosse (510.5)
10 – Emory (510)
 
The Great Eight
Johns Hopkins had a Division III national-best eight teams qualify for the NCAA Championships this winter.  The Blue Jay men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's indoor track, men's fencing and wrestling teams all represented Johns Hopkins in the NCAAs.
 
Breakin' It Down (the eight NCAA teams for Johns Hopkins this winter, point totals & NCAA placement)
Men's Swimming  (90 Directors' Cup Points) – NCAA Runner-Up
Women's Indoor Track (80) – Fourth place at NCAA Championships
Women's Swimming (69) – Ninth place at NCAA Championships
Men's Basketball (50) – Second Round
Wrestling (30) – 44^th place at NCAA Championships
Women's Basketball (25) – First Round
Men's Indoor Track (20.5) – 52^nd place at NCAA Championships
Fencing (20) – 27^th place at NCAA Championships
 
Why They Vary
Directors' Cup points accumulated can vary by sport based on the size of a team bracket or the number of teams that score points at a particular NCAA championship (note the difference between the 27^th-place finish in fencing (20 points) and the 52^nd-place finish in men's indoor track (20.5)).
 
Leading the Way
Since the formation of the Directors' Cup in 1995-96, the men's and women's swimming teams are the only teams at Johns Hopkins to score every year.  With its 90 points this year, the men's swimming team has now earned 1,838.3 points, the most of any Blue Jay team.  With 1,586.5 points to its credit, women's swimming is second on that list.
 
The Big Picture
There are more than 400 schools competing under the NCAA Division III banner and 270 of those schools have scored points in the Directors' Cup standings through the winter.
 
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.  New to the scoring structure four 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 among the 18.
                                                                         
About Learfield
LEARFIELD is a leading media and technology services company in intercollegiate athletics. The company unlocks the value of college sports for brands and fans through an omnichannel platform with innovative content and commerce solutions. LEARFIELD services includes licensing and multimedia sponsorship management; publishing, audio, digital and social media; data analytics; ticketing, ticket sales and professional concessions expertise; branding; campus-wide business and sponsorship development; and venue technology systems. Since 2008, it has served as title sponsor for the acclaimed LEARFIELD Directors' Cup, supporting athletic departments across all divisions.