Home UVA Athletics scores second straight Top 5 finish in Learfield Directors’ Cup
Politics

UVA Athletics scores second straight Top 5 finish in Learfield Directors’ Cup

Chris Graham
ncaa
(© dennizn – stock.adobe.com)

UVA Athletics ranked fifth overall in the 2023-2024 Learfield Directors’ Cup, and was tops in the ACC.

The final numbers for the all-sports competition were released on Wednesday by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

Virginia finished up with a strong spring sports season, with the women’s swimming team bringing home its fourth straight national title, men’s lacrosse getting to Championship Weekend and baseball making a third trip to the College World Series in the past four years.

The fifth-place finish is the second straight top-five for UVA, which ranked fourth in the final rankings last year.

“We had another incredible season in competition and in the classroom,” Athletics Director Carla Williams said. “Our student-athletes, coaches and staff continue to perform at the highest level while representing themselves and this wonderful university with honor and integrity. Our continued excellence is a tribute to their hard work and dedication. We are so grateful for the opportunity to represent the University of Virginia.”

Top 10

1. Texas 1377.00
2. Stanford 1312.75
3. Tennessee 1217.00
4. Florida 1189.00
5. Virginia 1066.25
6. Texas A&M 1059.25
7. North Carolina 1035.75
8. Alabama 1028.88
9. UCLA 1017.50
10. Notre Dame 1008.50

ACC

5. Virginia 1066.25
7. North Carolina 1035.75
10. Notre Dame 1008.50
12. Florida State 998.88
17. Duke 928.50
21. NC State 853.50
31. Clemson 675.75
44. Syracuse 538.00
48. Louisville 515.50
50. Virginia Tech 499.25
56. Wake Forest 421.00
67. Miami (FL) 368.25
68. Boston College 360.00
74. Georgia Tech 316.50
80. Pittsburgh 277.00

Support AFP




Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

Latest News

Politics, U.S. & World

TV: AFP editor Chris Graham talks U.S. Senate passage of ICE funding bill on Fox5 DC

uva basketball ryan odom huddle
Basketball

UVA Basketball: Has Ryan Odom built himself a Top 10 team for next season?

This time last year, UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom was introducing a bunch of strangers to each other, and trying to convince them, and everybody else, that they could get Virginia Basketball back to where it had been not that long ago. Heading into his second summer as the head coach, Odom is building on...

louise lucas abigail spanberger
Politics, Virginia

Louise Lucas to the ‘Data Center Diva’: No more tax breaks for data centers

Gov. Abigail Spanberger and House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott want the state and localities to continue to be able to offer massive tax breaks to data center developers.

melanie lucero congress
Politics, Virginia

Another contentious Republican primary in the Fifth District in the offing

us politics congress
Politics, U.S. & World

U.S. Senate votes to advance $70B immigration enforcement funding bill

baltimore orioles
Baseball

Baltimore Orioles quietly playing themselves back into playoff contention

joanna hardin uva softball
Etc.

UVA Softball: Coach Joanna Hardin signs three-year contract extension