CLEVELAND, OH – With seven teams qualifying for NCAA Championship competition in the winter, Johns Hopkins maintained its lead in the 2022-23 Learfield Directors' Cup standings at the end of the winter season it was announced today.  The seven teams accumulated 381 Directors' Cup points; coupled with the record 505.5 points that six Blue Jay teams earned in the fall, Johns Hopkins now has 881.5 points on the year and leads second-place Williams by 68 points as the Ephs have accumulated 813.5 points.  This is the third consecutive year that Johns Hopkins has led the Directors' Cup standings at the conclusion of the winter.
 
2022-23 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup
Final Division III Winter Standings (3-30-2023) • Top 10
1 - Johns Hopkins (881.5 points)
2 – Williams (813.5)
3 – MIT (675.25)
4 – Tufts (645.5)
5 – Chicago (618)
6 – Washington-St. Louis (565)
7 – Wartburg (551.5)
8 – Ithaca (528.75)
9 – Emory (528.250
10 – Carnegie Mellon (524)
 
The Seven
Johns Hopkins had a Division III national-best seven 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 and fencing teams all represented Johns Hopkins in the NCAAs this winter.
 
Breakin' It Down  (the seven NCAA teams for Johns Hopkins this winter, point totals & NCAA placement)
Men's Swimming  (80 Directors' Cup Points) – Fourth place at NCAA Championships
Women's Indoor Track (80) – Fourth place at NCAA Championships
Women's Swimming (66) – 11th place at NCAA Championships
Men's Basketball (64) – NCAA Sweet 16
Men's Indoor Track (46) – 25th place at NCAA Championships
Women's Basketball (25) – NCAA First Round
Fencing (20) – 27^th place at NCAA Championships
 
 
 
Second-Best Winter Total
The 881.5 points that Johns Hopkins has accumulated through the winter this year rank as the second-best total in Directors' Cup history.  Williams holds the record for points accumulated through the winter with 896.75 points during the 2009-10 academic year.
 
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 25th-place finish in men's indoor track (46)).
 
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 98 points this year, the men's swimming team has now earned 1,958.3 points, the most of any Blue Jay team.  With 1,652.5 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 274 of those schools have scored points in the Directors' Cup standings through the winter.
 
About the the Learfield 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 five 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
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.