Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Finishes As Top Non-Power Conference School in Directors' Cup
June 29, 2015 | General
Monday TigerBlog On Princeton's Directors' Cup Finish
Princeton finished as the Ivy League leader and in fact the top finisher among non-Power Conference schools in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup for 2014-15. The Directors' Cup measures overall athletic success through a points system based on NCAA championship participation and results.
Princeton had a huge spring, getting 80 points in the fall, 172 in the winter and then 300.5 in the spring. The teams contributing to the spring haul were women's lacrosse, women's open rowing, women's tennis, men's tennis, women's track and field and men's track and field.
The women's water polo team gave more points in the spring than any other team. The most points by any sport all year were the 80 in fencing, though that is a combined total for the men and women.
Princeton went from 77th at the end of the fall to 56th at the end of the winter to 41st in the final standings.
The top 40 finishers featured eight Pac 12 schools - including the top three, who were Stanford, UCLA and USC - eight ACC schools, six Big 12 schools, nine SEC schools and nine Big Ten schools.
Princeton was then 41st.
This is the 22nd year of the Directors' Cup. Princeton has finished in the top 50 19 times.
The 2014-15 year was also the 19th time in those 22 years that Princeton has finished first in the Ivy League.