CLEVELAND, OH – Six Blue Jay fall teams combined to accumulate 454.5 points to help Johns Hopkins rank second in the  Learfield Directors' Cup Division III standings as of December 23.  All six of JHU's scoring teams placed in the top 10 in their respective NCAA Championship with three, top-four finishes highlighting the season. 
 
The final fall standings, which will include the still-to-be-completed Division III football championship, will be announced on January 22. Neither of the teams competing in that championship game will alter the top 20 in the standings as of today's announcement.
 
Tufts totaled 485 points in the fall to grab the top spot in the standings with Johns Hopkins (454.5), Washington-St. Louis (358.5), Williams (343.5) and Trinity (TX (334) rounding of the top five.
 
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Division III Fall Standings (12-23-2025) • Top 10
1 – Tufts (485 points)
2 - Johns Hopkins (454.5 points)
3 – Washington-St. Louis (358.5)
4 – Williams (343.5)
5 – Trinity (TX) (334)
6 – Emory (311)
7 – Middlebury (307.5)
8 – Wesleyan (CT) (291)
9 – Wisconsin-La Crosse (278.5)
10T – Christopher Newport (272)
10T – MIT (272)
 
Breakin' It Down  (the six NCAA teams for Johns Hopkins this fall, point totals & NCAA placement)
Field Hockey (90 Directors' Cup Points) – NCAA Runner-Up
Football (83) – NCAA Semifinals
Women's Cross Country  (80) – 4th place at NCAA Championships
Men's Cross County (73.5) – 6th place at NCAA Championships
Volleyball (64) – NCAA Sweet 16
Women's Soccer (64) – NCAA Sweet 16
 
JHU Now Bosts Seven of Top Eight
With its 454-point haul, Johns Hopkins now holds seven of the top eight all-time Division III Directors' Cup fall point totals; in all, there have been just 11 instances of a school accumulating 400 or more Directors' Cup points in the fall with Johns Hopkins owning seven of those eight.
 
Most Directors' Cup Fall Points – Division III History (1995-2025)
(All instances of 400+ points listed)
Johns Hopkins – 500.5 (2022-23)
Johns Hopkins - 495.5 (2024-25)
Tufts - 485 (2025-26)
Johns Hopkins – 481 (2019-20)
Johns Hopkins – 475 (2018-19)
Johns Hopkins – 471 (2021-22)
Johns Hopkins – 459 (2023-24)
Johns Hopkins - 454 (2025-26)
Williams – 443.5 (2022-23)
Williams – 412 (2004-05)
Washington-St. Louis – 410 (2016-17)
 
The Big Picture
There are more than 400 schools competing under the NCAA Division III banner and 178 of those schools scored points in the Directors' Cup standings in the fall.
 
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 in NCAA Championships.  New to the scoring structure eight 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; the next 14 highest-scoring teams – regardless of gender – will be used.  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.
                                                                         
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