Updated Director's Cup standings!!!

[jeff1vol]

UT finished #6 an all-time best. And our Track and Field program still has LOTS of room for improvement. Great job by D. White and ALL involved. https://twitter.com/direct_cupdates?lang=en

 

[Tman44]

"Tennessee sat in 10th place when NACDA posted its previous standings update on June 13. And thanks to the Volunteers baseball program netting 78 points with its run to the College World Series, UT leapfrogged Michigan, USC, North Carolina and Georgia in the final standings."

Tennessee Secures #6 Finish in LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup Race - University of Tennessee Athletics

 

[VolinMichigan]

Nice!

 

[Jimmyandjoes]

4 of 10 are SEC schools. Texas would have made it 5. No other conference had more than 2

 

[Volador]

Stanford
Texas
OSU
VA
FL
The University of Tennessee!!
And who cares about the others??

 

[BruisedOrange]

Time graphs are cool, and very revealing to follow.

I noticed we didn't get the bump we needed from Beach Volleyball.
Time to fahr somebody.

 

[BruisedOrange]

...and the old Eastern Division of the SEC goin' out with a bang, finishing 5th, 6th, and 7th in the nation.

 

[J C Higgins]

UT finished #6 an all-time best. And our Track and Field program still has LOTS of room for improvement. Great job by D. White and ALL involved. https://twitter.com/direct_cupdates?lang=en

Glad we did well but IMO it's a pretty lame award considering the criticisms cited in the article below. I doubt our standing could legitimately be criticized but there are some schools that score well just by the number of "minor" sports they offer.

NACDA Directors' Cup - Wikipedia

 

[VolnGermany]

I'm tired of comparing us to schools who win championships in tiddly-winks when it comes to all sports championships. Sorry, but when all schools do not have lacrosse, men's gymnastics, cricket, and frisbee golf teams they should not count.

I'll die on this hill.

 

[Volfan1000]

UT finished #6 an all-time best. And our Track and Field program still has LOTS of room for improvement. Great job by D. White and ALL involved. https://twitter.com/direct_cupdates?lang=en

A Terrific Year and eventually Tennessee could finish in the top 5 some day.

 

[WillisWG]

Tennessee notches best-ever finish (again) in Directors Cup standings

It’s official: This was the best sports year ever for the University of Tennessee with a third-place finish in the LEARFIELD Directors Cup standings.

247sports.com

Tennessee, which previously secured its third consecutive SEC All-Sports Trophy, backed up its “Everything School” self-proclamation with six sports recording top-five finishes and 11 of its 20 teams achieving top-10 finishing during this academic year.

We take great pride in being the ‘Everything School’,” Tennessee Director of Athletics/Vice Chancellor Danny White said in a statement on Wednesday.

National Recognition Highlights Tennessee Athletics' Success in 2023-24 | Rocky Top Insider

Tennessee earned a program-high finishing in the LEARFIELD Directors' Cup standings on Wednesday, highlighting the widespread success.

www.rockytopinsider.com

Tennessee also accomplished another program-first during the 2023-2024 year as “all 20 sports at Tennessee reached the postseason (NCAAs and a bowl game) for the first time in school history en route to UT’s record third-place finish” according to UT Athletics.