FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A national championship in women’s outdoor track and field and a second-consecutive trip to the College World Series in baseball capped a successful year for Razorback Athletics and helped the University of Arkansas to a No. 23 finish in the 2018-19 Learfield IMG College Directors’ Cup. Arkansas earned a spot among the nation’s top intercollegiate athletics programs, finishing with 803 points in the final rankings released on Friday by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of America (NACDA).
A total of 13 Razorback sports scored in this year’s competition resulting in the seventh time Arkansas has scored as many as 800 points in the Directors’ Cup. Arkansas finished in the top 25 for the fifth-consecutive year and the 10th time in the past 12 years. Arkansas finished first in the nation in the rankings among schools with 19 or fewer sports. In fact, Arkansas was the only school with 19 or fewer sports to earn a top 25 finish in the final Directors’ Cup standings.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – With 15 teams or individuals representing Mizzou Athletics in the postseason, Mizzou placed 51st in the final 2018-19 Learfield IMG Directors’ Cup standings, five spots higher than its average finish over the award’s first 25 years (56.12), but down from its back-to-back school-record 33rd-place finishes the past two years. Mizzou tallied 488.75 points, 22.25 points behind 50th-place Colorado, as 11 Tiger teams scored Directors’ Cup points.