BATON ROUGE – A national championship in men’s track and field and top five placings for indoor men’s and women’s track and field, the gymnastics team and beach volleyball squad helped propel LSU to a No. 15 finish in the Directors’ Cup for the 2020-21 athletic season.
LSU was one of eight Southeastern Conference schools finishing in the Top 25.
Texas won the Director’s Cup for the first time with Stanford in second. Michigan and North Carolina rounded out the top four.
The Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in NCAA Championships. Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA’s website at www.directorscup.org. In addition, please visit www.thedirectorscup.com and follow us on Twitter @ldirectorscup.
LSU earned points in 15 sports topped by the 100 points picked up by men’s track and field for its championship captured last month at Oregon. LSU added another combined 175 points for its second-place finish in men’s indoor track and field competition and third in women’s track and field.
Gymnastics won 72.75 points for its T5 placing and beach volleyball’s T3 finish earned LSU 55 points.
The following is a look at the points each LSU sport scored along with its national finish in NCAA Championship events:
LSU Sport/Directors’ Cup Points/NCAA Finish
Men’s Track and Field/100 points/ No. 1
Men’s Indoor Track and Field/90 points/ No. 2
Women’s Indoor Track and Field/85 points/ No. 3
Women’s Track and Field/73.5 points/No. 6
Women’s Gymnastics/72.75 points/No. 5
Women’s Golf/68.25 points/No. 9
Baseball/64 points/No. 9
Softball/64 points/No. 9
Beach Volleyball/55 points/No. 3
Men’s Basketball/50 points/No. 17
Women’s Tennis/50 points/ No. 19
Women’s Swimming/43.5 points/No. 30
Men’s Swimming/38 points/No. 18
Men’s Tennis/25 points/No. 33
Men’s Golf/16 points/No. 552021 Director’s Cup Final Standings
1. Texas, 1,252 points
2. Stanford, 1,195.75 points
3. Michigan, 1,126.50 points
4. North Carolina, 1,126.25 points
5. Florida, 1,121.75 points
6. USC, 1,052.00 points
7. Alabama, 1,017.25 points
8. Arkansas 988.75 points
9. Ohio State, 972.50 points
10. Georgia, 971.50 points
11. Virginia, 970.25 points
12. Kentucky, 960.25 points
13. UCLA, 933.25 points
14. Notre Dame, 900.00 points
15. LSU, 895.00 points
16. Florida State, 893.00 points
17. BYU, 871.25 points
18. Oklahoma State, 860.50 points
19. Texas A&M, 846.25 points
20 Arizona State, 840.00 points