Ohio State Eighth in Final LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup Standings
6/26/2025 10:00:00 AM | General
18 sports contributed points toward national competition for overall athletic department success
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State Department of Athletics finished in eighth place in the final LEARFIELD Director's Cup Standings for the 2024-25 academic/athletic year. The Directors' Cup Standings honor institutions maintaining a broad-based program and achieving success in its NCAA sports programs.
Texas won this year's competition, by less than two points, with 1,255.25 points to edge new Big Ten Conference member USC, which totaled 1,253.75 points to finish just ahead of third-place Stanford with 1,251.00 points. Just 4.25 points separated the top three schools. North Carolina and UCLA round out the top five teams.
Tennessee finished sixth with Florida, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Duke finishing in seventh through 10th place, respectively. The Buckeyes finished with 1,032.25 total points.
Schools can score points in five countable sports – women's soccer, volleyball and basketball, and men's basketball and baseball – and 14 additional NCAA sports for a total of 19 sports counted toward the final point totals. Ohio State had 19 sports programs score points this year.
Ohio State's 10 women's teams to make an NCAA field and contribute points include the fall sports of soccer (9th place, overall) and cross country (32nd), the winter sports of hockey (2nd), swimming and diving (14th), basketball (17th) and gymnastics (17th), and the spring sports of tennis (9th), softball (17th), track and field (22nd) and golf (24th).
The eight Ohio State men's NCAA (and CFP) teams were football (1st) and soccer (3rd) in the fall, the winter sports of wrestling (5th), gymnastics (7th), hockey (9th) and swimming and diving (16th), and the spring sports of lacrosse (9th) and tennis (9th).
In addition, the co-ed fencing team was sixth at the NCAA championships.
The Big Ten Conference had seven teams in the final Top 25: USC (2nd), UCLA (5th), Ohio State (8th), Michigan (13th), Penn State (16th), Oregon (18th) and Nebraska (21st). The SEC led all conferences with 11 teams in the Top 25.
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Texas won this year's competition, by less than two points, with 1,255.25 points to edge new Big Ten Conference member USC, which totaled 1,253.75 points to finish just ahead of third-place Stanford with 1,251.00 points. Just 4.25 points separated the top three schools. North Carolina and UCLA round out the top five teams.
Tennessee finished sixth with Florida, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Duke finishing in seventh through 10th place, respectively. The Buckeyes finished with 1,032.25 total points.
Schools can score points in five countable sports – women's soccer, volleyball and basketball, and men's basketball and baseball – and 14 additional NCAA sports for a total of 19 sports counted toward the final point totals. Ohio State had 19 sports programs score points this year.
Ohio State's 10 women's teams to make an NCAA field and contribute points include the fall sports of soccer (9th place, overall) and cross country (32nd), the winter sports of hockey (2nd), swimming and diving (14th), basketball (17th) and gymnastics (17th), and the spring sports of tennis (9th), softball (17th), track and field (22nd) and golf (24th).
The eight Ohio State men's NCAA (and CFP) teams were football (1st) and soccer (3rd) in the fall, the winter sports of wrestling (5th), gymnastics (7th), hockey (9th) and swimming and diving (16th), and the spring sports of lacrosse (9th) and tennis (9th).
In addition, the co-ed fencing team was sixth at the NCAA championships.
The Big Ten Conference had seven teams in the final Top 25: USC (2nd), UCLA (5th), Ohio State (8th), Michigan (13th), Penn State (16th), Oregon (18th) and Nebraska (21st). The SEC led all conferences with 11 teams in the Top 25.
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