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Texas has clinched the 2025-26 Division I NACDA Learfield Directors\u2019 Cup, awarded yearly to the nation\u2019s top collegiate athletic department, as announced<\/a> by UT Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n The win, secured following the results of the NCAA Track & Field Outdoor Championships, is the Longhorns\u2019 third consecutive. Since the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the Directors\u2019 Cup from being awarded in the 2019-20 school year, Texas has won five of the last six.<\/p>\n \u201cWinning The Directors Cup is the Crown Jewel for an athletic department, as it encompasses success of all of our sports,\u201d Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cSo proud of the students, coaches & staff. However, we couldn\u2019t accomplish this feat let alone five times without Longhorn Nation!\u201d<\/p>\n The Directors\u2019 Cup, developed by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and USA Today, evaluates<\/a> athletic departments through a point system that factors in 19 sport programs. Five are required \u2014 men\u2019s basketball and baseball, women\u2019s basketball, volleyball and women\u2019s soccer \u2014 while the remaining 14, regardless of gender, are the athletic department\u2019s highest-scoring programs based on NCAA championship finishes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Texas\u2019 national titles in rowing, men\u2019s swim and dive and softball helped propel Texas to another Directors\u2019 Cup victory. A second-place finish by men\u2019s tennis, as well as third-place finishes by women\u2019s basketball, women\u2019s swim and dive, and beach volleyball, served as other crucial results.\u00a0<\/p>\n Baseball\u2019s ongoing competition in the College World Series could increase the Longhorns\u2019 point total, though the cup is already set to remain in Austin.\u00a0<\/p>\n