The University of Texas has won its fifth Directors\u2019 Cup title, all in the last six seasons, as the most successful NCAA Division I athletics program in the country.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in Division II, Grand Valley State won its sixth consecutive title and 18th overall; Washington University in Missouri won its first-ever Directors\u2019 Cup in D3; and University of Cumberlands won its third-consecutive Cup in the NAIA.<\/p>\n
Texas Dominates D1 Cup<\/p>\n
The Texas Longhorns won their third consecutive title using both breadth and dominance. They won three national titles in men\u2019s swimming & diving, women\u2019s rowing, and softball. They also picked up points in 18 sports \u2013 including four of the five compulsory sports.<\/p>\n
The University of Virginia finished 5th in the 2025-2026 final standings, boosted by an NCAA title in women\u2019s swimming and diving.<\/p>\n
Texas is one of only three schools that have won the award in its 32 editions. Stanford has won 26, Texas has won five, and North Carolina has one title.<\/p>\n
Top 10 Teams<\/p>\n
Texas \u2013 1,322
\nStanford \u2013 1,263.5
\nUCLA \u2013 1,199.25
\nNorth Carolina \u2013 1,166.75
\nVirginia \u2013 1,148.75
\nFlorida \u2013 1,104.5
\nUSC \u2013 1095.5
\nGeorgia \u2013 1,081.25
\nMichigan \u2013 1,076.75
\nOhio State \u2013 1,071.25<\/p>\n
In Division I, schools all have five compulsory sports counted toward their score: men\u2019s basketball, women\u2019s basketball, baseball, women\u2019s soccer, and women\u2019s volleyball. Their 14 next-highest scoring sports are also scored.<\/p>\n
Other Divisions<\/p>\n
Courtesy: NACDA<\/p>\n
Division II \u2013 Grand Valley State University<\/p>\n
Overall Standings<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u2013\u00a0Conference Standings<\/a> Division III \u2013 Washington University in St. Louis<\/p>\n Overall Standings<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u2013\u00a0Conference Standings<\/a> NAIA \u2013 Cumberlands (Kentucky)<\/p>\n Overall Standings<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u2013\u00a0Conference Standings<\/a>
\nComplete Release<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u2013 For the 18th\u00a0time in the Learfield Directors\u2019 Cup history,\u00a0Grand Valley State University (GVSU)\u00a0will take home the hardware after compiling 1,089.75 total points in 20 total sports, including three of the four sports that must be counted. The Lakers took home the title in women\u2019s basketball, women\u2019s cross country and men\u2019s outdoor track and field. Due to scoring in the max number of 11 additional sports being counted, the following scores were omitted in the final total \u2013 women\u2019s soccer, men\u2019s swimming and diving, women\u2019s lacrosse, men\u2019s tennis and women\u2019s outdoor track and field.<\/p>\n
\nComplete Release<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u2013\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Washington University in St. Louis\u00a0becomes just the eighth different institution to take home the Learfield Directors\u2019 Cup, capturing first for the 2025-26 year with 1,266.50 overall points. The Bears have finished as high as second on four separate occasions (2017, 2016, 2012 and 2008). WashU scored in 18 total sports (all 4 countable sports), including 13 teams with top 10 finishes. The Bears claimed the title in women\u2019s soccer and women\u2019s indoor track and field.<\/p>\n
\nComplete Release<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u2013\u00a0For the third-straight year,\u00a0Cumberlands\u00a0(Kentucky) finishes first in the Learfield Directors\u2019 Cup standings with 1,021 total points.\u00a0Overall, Cumberlands scored in 24 total sports, including all 4 sports that must be counted towards the final standings (women\u2019s basketball, men\u2019s soccer, and women\u2019s volleyball). 11 sports were omitted in the final standings \u2013 women\u2019s cross country, women\u2019s indoor track and field, women\u2019s wrestling, men\u2019s wrestling, baseball, men\u2019s golf, women\u2019s lacrosse, men\u2019s lacrosse, softball, women\u2019s tennis and men\u2019s tennis \u2013 due to Cumberlands scoring in more (18) than the maximum number of countable sports allowed (9). The Patriots took home the national championship in men\u2019s outdoor track and field and earned four runner-up finishes \u2013women\u2019s soccer, men\u2019s swimming and diving, men\u2019s indoor track and field, and women\u2019s outdoor track and field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Texas has won its fifth Directors\u2019 Cup title, all in the last six seasons, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-356662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}