CLEVELAND, OH – After accumulating 302.5 points from five of its winter teams, Johns Hopkins is in second place in the 2023-24 LEARFIELD Directors' Cup standings at the end of the winter season it was announced today.  Coupled with the record 459 points that seven Blue Jay teams earned in the fall, Johns Hopkins now has 761.5 points on the year and sits just behind first-place NYU, which earned 480.5 points in the winter to bring its total for the year to 776 points.
 
2023-24 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup
Final Division III Winter Standings (4-4-2023) • Top 10
1 – NYU (776 points)
2 - Johns Hopkins (761.5)
3 – Williams (696.08)
4 – Emory (589)
5 – Washington-St. Louis (589)
6 – MIT (561.5)
7 – Wisconsin-La Crosse (550)
8 – Wartburg (532.5)
9 – Tufts (524)
10 – Middlebury (522)
 
Breakin' It Down  (the five NCAA teams for Johns Hopkins this winter, point totals & NCAA placement)
Women's Indoor Track (85 Directors' Cup Points) – Third place at NCAA Championships
Women's Swimming (66) – 11th place at NCAA Championships
Men's Swimming  (61.5) – 14th place at NCAA Championships
Women's Basketball (64) – NCAA Sweet 16
Fencing (26) – 24^th place at NCAA Championships
 
Why They Vary
Directors' Cup points accumulated can vary by sport based on the size of a team bracket or the number of teams that score points at a particular NCAA championship (note the difference between the 24^th-place finish in fencing (26 points) and the 14th-place finish in men's swimming (61.5)).
 
The Big Picture
There are more than 400 schools competing under the NCAA Division III banner and 269 of those schools have scored points in the Directors' Cup standings through the winter.
 
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 six 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.
                                                                         
About LEARFIELD
LEARFIELD is a media, data, and technology services leader in intercollegiate athletics. The company unlocks the value of college sports for brands and fans through an omnichannel platform with innovative content and commerce solutions. LEARFIELD services include licensing and collegiate sports properties' multimedia sponsorship management; publishing, audio, digital and social media; data analytics and insights; ticketing software; and ticket sales, premium seating, and fundraising services; branding; campus-wide business and sponsorship development. Since 2008, it has served as title sponsor for NACDA's acclaimed LEARFIELD Directors' Cup, recognizing athletic departments across all divisions.