GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference leads all conferences with four schools among the top 10 of the final fall Division I LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings released Thursday morning.
The ACC’s seven member schools among the top 25 and 12 schools among the top 55 are also the most of any conference.
“Our teams enjoyed an outstanding fall season capped by three NCAA Championships,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “The continued excellence shown by our student-athletes is inspiring, and I look forward to continuing to watch our winter programs compete with our spring competitions right around the corner.”
Notre Dame (second place), North Carolina (sixth), Florida State (ninth) and Pitt (10th) lead the ACC in the current standings. They are followed among the top 25 by No. 13 Wake Forest, No. 16 NC State and No. 25 Louisville.
Clemson (26th), Syracuse (33rd), Duke (46th), Virginia Tech (51st) and Virginia (54th) also stand among the top 55.
National championships by NC State in women’s cross country, Florida State in women’s soccer and Clemson in men’s soccer highlighted the ACC’s fall sports seasons. In addition, 10 ACC football teams earned invitations to bowl games, and Louisville and Pitt both reached the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship.
The updated LEARFIELD Cup standings with results from winter sports will be published in early April.
The LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and
USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NCAA Championships.
Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA’s website at
www.directorscup.org. In addition, please visit
www.thedirectorscup.com and follow on Twitter
@ldirectorscup.
About the ACC
The Atlantic Coast Conference, now in its 69th year of competition and 15 members strong, has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. ACC members Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest continue to build upon the cornerstones on which the league was founded in 1953 with a consistent balance of academics, athletics and integrity. The ACC currently sponsors 27 NCAA sports – 14 for women and 13 for men – with member institutions located in 10 states. In August 2019, ESPN and the ACC partnered to launch ACC Network (ACCN), a 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports and league-wide original programming. For more information, visit theACC.com and follow @theACC on Twitter and on Facebook (facebook.com/theACC).
About LEARFIELD
LEARFIELD is a leading media and technology services company 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 includes licensing and multimedia sponsorship management; publishing, audio, digital and social media; data analytics; ticketing, ticket sales and professional concessions expertise; branding; campus-wide business and sponsorship development; and venue technology systems. Since 2008, it has served as title sponsor for the acclaimed LEARFIELD Directors' Cup, supporting athletic departments across all divisions.