Holland Reporter

Grand Valley State University is leading the Learfield Directors' Cup fall standings for NCAA Division II with a total of 331.00 points. The university's teams have achieved four top ten finishes across all five fall sports. Wingate University follows in second place with 283.50 points, while Colorado State Pueblo holds third place with 282.50 points. Cal Poly Pomona and Colorado School of Mines are in fourth and fifth places, scoring 267.00 and 248.00 points respectively.

The women's cross country team from Grand Valley State finished fourth, earning 80 points, while the men's cross country team placed fifth with 75 points. The women's soccer team also secured a fifth-place finish, contributing 73 points to the total score. The football team finished ninth with 53 points, and the volleyball team came in seventeenth with 50 points.

Both the women's and men's cross country teams, along with the women's soccer team, won NCAA DII Midwest Regional Championships. Meanwhile, the football and volleyball teams advanced to the second round of NCAA tournament action.

The Learfield Directors' Cup is a collaborative initiative between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. It awards points based on each institution's performance in NCAA Championships.

It is important to note that these standings are unofficial as they are published midseason; official standings will be released after the spring season concludes. For complete standings and details on scoring structure, visit NACDA's website at www.directorscup.org or follow updates on X @ldirectorscup.