CLEVELAND - Gallaudet University finished tied for 239th in the final Learfield Directors' Cup standings, presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of America (NACDA), as the final 2024-25 Division III standings were recently released.

The Bison earned 50 points to finish tied for 239th out of 324 schools that received points from making a NCAA tournament or championship appearance. There are 19 schools ranked 239th. The point structure has changed over the years due to the expansion of NCAA tournament brackets. The highest GU has ever placed in the Directors' Cup standings was last year (2023-24) in 134th place with a program record 145.60 points.

Gallaudet women's sports led the way in 2024-25 with two United East Conference championships from women's volleyball (fall season) and women's basketball (winter season) as each sport earned 25 points each for making the NCAA tournament. 

The Bison have made the final standings 17 times in the 30-year history of the NCAA Division III Directors' Cup standings. Emory University won its first Division III Directors' Cup with 1,198.75 points. Johns Hopkins University, the two-time defending champion, was second with 1,147 points followed by Tufts University (1,069), Washington University-St. Louis (1044.75) and Middlebury College (971.75) round out the top five. The University Athletic Association (UAA) had four institutions in the top-nine spots.

St. Mary's College of Maryland cracked the Top 100 as the Seahawks earned 221 points to finish 92nd overall and lead the way for United East Conference members. Penn State Harrisburg was the second highest ranked United East team in 162nd place (112.50 points). Gallaudet and Keystone College were both ranked 239th with 50 points each. The following United East programs followed Gallaudet in the final standings; Penn College (258th/49 points), Lancaster Bible College (261st/45), Bryn Athyn College (289th/25). This was Gallaudet's 15th season as a member of the United East.

The Learfield Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the NACDA and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NCAA Championships. Overall, 18 sports are counted in the final DIII standings, four of which must be men's and women's soccer and men's and women's basketball. The next highest (14 max.) sports scored for each institution, regardless of gender, are used in the standings.

Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA's website at nacda.com.

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Gallaudet University in Directors' Cup Standings

* NACDA's final results in 2004-05, 2005-06 only ranked the Top 100 programs
BOLD = Program Record

Also see:

• 2024-25 NCAA Division III Directors' Cup standings (PDF)