Johns Hopkins tops fall Director's Cup standings for the fourth consecutive year

Hopkins had an NCAA Division III-best seven teams qualify for NCAA championship competition this fall

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Published Jan 20, 2022

For the fourth consecutive year, Johns Hopkins sits atop the final Learfield Directors' Cup standings at the end of the fall season. Hopkins had an NCAA Division III-best seven teams qualify for NCAA championship competition and totaled 471 points to claim the top spot, 73.5 points ahead of second-place Middlebury.

2021-22 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup

  1. Johns Hopkins, 471 points
  2. Middlebury, 397.5
  3. Tufts, 330.5
  4. Chicago, 320.5
  5. Calvin, 308
  6. MIT, 300.5
  7. Christopher Newport, 278.5
  8. Emory, 270
  9. Washington & Lee, 267.5
  10. Washington-St. Louis, 261

With seven teams qualifying for NCAA competition, JHU matched a school record originally set in 2018. It also accumulated the third-most points ever by any school during the fall season. Hopkins set a record with 481 points in the fall of 2019 after totaling 475 in 2018.

Johns Hopkins Fall 2021 finishes

  • Women's cross country (100 Directors' Cup points)—NCAA champion
  • Field hockey (90)—NCAA runner-up
  • Volleyball (64)—NCAA Sweet 16
  • Women's soccer (64)—NCAA Sweet 16
  • Football (53)—NCAA Sweet 16
  • Men's soccer (50)—NCAA second round
  • Men's cross county (50)—24th place at NCAA championships

The Learfield IMG Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and USA Today. Over the course of the year, Directors' Cup points are awarded based on a school's finish in up to 18 sports—nine men's and nine women's—in NCAA championships.

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