Cortland 28th in final 2023-24 Directors’ Cup Standings

06/25/2024 

The SUNY Cortland men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletic program finished in 28th place in the 2023-24 LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup competition among the approximately 430 eligible NCAA Division III programs competing nationally for the prestigious honor. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), LEARFIELD and USA Today present the award to recognize overall excellence among collegiate athletic programs.

The Red Dragons finished with a score of 522.50 points. Johns Hopkins (Md.) won the Directors’ Cup with 1,117.50 points, followed by Williams (Mass.) with 1,026.08, Emory (Ga.) with 1,009, Tufts (Mass.) with 992.50 and New York University with 964.50.

Cortland was the second-highest scoring school from New York state, behind NYU, and the top scorer among State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) schools. Geneseo placed 34th with 461 points. Cortland's finish is its best since the 2016-17 season. The Red Dragons have earned 24 top-30 finishes since the competition began in the 1995-96 school year.

Cortland had 14 teams earn points, led by the football team which claimed the 2023 NCAA Division III title last December. Points are awarded based on NCAA postseason finishes and the size of each postseason field. The national champion in each sport earns 100 points. The Red Dragon scorers were:

Football - 1st place (100 pts.)

Men's Soccer - tied for 9th place (64 pts.)

Field Hockey - tied for 9th place (53 pts.)

Women's Volleyball - tied for 17th place (50 pts.)

Women's Lacrosse - tied for 17th place (50 pts.)

Baseball - tied for 31st place (37.5 pts.)

Men's Cross Country - top-5 NCAA regional finish (32 pts.)

Women's Soccer - tied for 33rd place (25 pts.)

Women's Ice Hockey - tied for 9th place (25 pts.)

Men's Ice Hockey - tied for 9th place (25 pts.)

Wrestling - tied for 53rd place (20.5 pts.)

Women's Indoor Track and Field - tied for 55th place (18.5 pts.)

Men's Indoor Track and Field - tied for 55th place (15.5 pts.)

Men's Outdoor Track and Field - tied for 63rd place (6.5 pts.)

There are four Directors’ Cup Awards, one to honor overall champions in each of the NCAA’s Divisions (I, II and III) and the NAIA. It is the first-ever cross-sectional all-sports national recognition award for both men and women. NACDA is the professional and educational association for more than 12,500 college athletics directors, associates, assistants and conference commissioners, along with affiliate individuals or corporations. More than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada are represented in NACDA's membership.

2023-24 LEARFIELD DIRECTORS’ CUP

Final Division III Standings

Rank School, Points 

1. Johns Hopkins (Md.), 1,117.5
2. Williams (Mass.), 1,026.08
3. Emory (Ga.), 1,009
4. Tufts (Mass.), 992.5
5. New York University, 964.5

6. Middlebury (Vt.), 946.5
7. Mass. Institute of Technology, 942
8. Washington-St. Louis (Mo.), 912
9. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.), 887.75
10. Wisconsin-Whitewater, 843.75

11. Wisconsin-La Crosse, 804
12. Chicago (Ill.), 796.75
13. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), 765.08
14. Christopher Newport (Va.), 749.1
15. Pomona-Pitzer (Calif.), 719.75

16. Washington & Lee (Va.), 714.25
17. Wartburg (Iowa), 707.5
18. Stevens Institute (N.J.), 648
19. Lynchburg (Va.), 625.35
20. Hope (Mich.), 622.5 

21. Rowan (N.J.), 603.58
22. Trinity (Texas), 594
23. Case Western Reserve (Ohio), 589
24. Loras (Iowa), 567.08
25. Bowdoin (Maine), 535.5 

26. Denison (Ohio), 530.5
27. Amherst (Mass.), 523.5
28. CORTLAND, 522.5
29. Calvin (Mich.), 520.6
30. Rochester, 517.75 

Other New York schools in Top 100:  

32. Ithaca, 509.5
33. SUNY Geneseo, 461
34. Hobart/William Smith, 381
35. RIT, 365
36. St. John Fisher, 312.5
37. RPI, 308.58
38. St. Lawrence, 291
39. Vassar, 224.5
40. Utica, 210

Complete standings are online at: https://nacda.com/documents/2024/6/9/23.24DIII_FinalOverallStandings.pdf 

CORTLAND’S DIRECTORS’ CUP FINISHES

2023-24: 28th

2022-23: 38th

2021-22: 30th

2018-19: 57th

2017-18: 54th

2016-17: 21st

2015-16: 22nd

2014-15: 12th

2013-14: 23rd

2012-13: 11th

2011-12: 10th

2010-11: 16th

2009-10: 17th

2008-09: 5th

2007-08: 9th

2006-07: 3rd

2005-06: 5th

2004-05: 13th

2003-04: 8th

2002-03: 15th

2001-02: 12th

2000-01: 13th

1999-00: 17th

1998-99: 8th

1997-98: 2nd (tied)

1996-97: 8th

1995-96: 19th

(not conducted in 2019-20 or 2020-21)