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LINCOLN – Following an impressive winter season where all 10 Husker sports scored at the national level, Nebraska Athletics is ranked seventh nationally in the Learfield Directors Cup standings released Thursday, April 25.
The Huskers, who notched their first top-10 ranking at the end of the winter season since 2013-14 when they were ninth (638.00), produced their highest point total in the Learfield Directors Cup rankings since the turn of the century with 672.25 points, trailing only the 754 points through the winter season scored by the 1999-2000 Huskers.
Nebraska’s seventh-place standing at the conclusion of the winter season is its best in the Learfield Directors Cup since closing the winter of 2009-10 in sixth with 617.25 points. It is the 10th time since the inception of the Directors Cup (1993-94) that the Huskers have been ranked among the top 10 nationally following the conclusion of the winter sports season.
The Huskers amassed 509.25 points across the winter season with contributions at the national level from every sport, marking the first time in at least 20 years that every NU winter sport scored at the NCAA level in the Directors Cup rankings.
Nebraska capped the winter season with 80 points for a fourth-place NCAA finish from its historically powerful men’s gymnastics program. Five Husker men’s gymnasts combined for 10 All-America awards at the championship. The Husker women’s gymnastics team added 53.75 points for its 17th-place NCAA finish.
Nebraska’s winter season also featured 69 points for a ninth-place team finish from the Husker wrestling program, while the women’s bowling team scored 65 points for a fifth-place team finish. The men’s indoor track and field team also scored big, providing 63.75 points for a 12th finish at the NCAA Championships, while the women’s indoor track and field squad provided 49 points for a 25th-place finish.
The Husker women’s basketball team added 50 big points with a 17th-place national finish by advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, while the Nebraska men’s basketball program provided 25 points by earning a bid to March Madness.
The Nebraska women’s swimming and diving team pulled in 44 points for its 30th-place NCAA finish, while the rifle team rounded out the 10 Husker teams that scored Learfield Directors Cup points during the winter with 10 points for its eighth-place national showing.
Nebraska was one of a nation-leading five Big Ten Conference teams ranked among the top 10 schools in the final winter standings. The ACC managed two representatives in the top 10, while the SEC, Big 12 and Pac-12 each settled for one school among the top 10 nationally.
Learfield Directors Cup Top 10
(Through Completion of the NCAA Division I Winter Sports Season)
1. Stanford – 977.0
2. Texas – 746.50
3. North Carolina – 733.50
4. Michigan – 708.00
5. Penn State – 702.75
6. Notre Dame – 698.00
7. Nebraska – 672.25
8. Ohio State – 669.00
9. Wisconsin – 662.50
10. Alabama – 659.13
2023-24 Nebraska Sport-By-Sport Directors Cup Finishes (Points)
Women’s Volleyball – 2nd (90) – Fall
Men’s Gymnastics – 4th (80)
Women’s Soccer – 5th (73) – Fall
Women’s Bowling – 5th (65)
Rifle – 8th (10)
Men’s Wrestling – 9th (69)
Men’s Indoor Track & Field – 12th (63.75)
Women’s Gymnastics – 17th (53.5)
Women’s Basketball – 17th (50)
Women’s Indoor Track & Field – 25th (49)
Women’s Swimming & Diving – 30th (44)
Men’s Basketball – 33rd (25)
Big Ten Schools in Directors Cup Winter Standings
4. Michigan – 708.00
5. Penn State – 702.75
7. Nebraska – 672.25
8. Ohio State – 669.00
9. Wisconsin – 662.50
18. Minnesota – 509.75
30. Michigan State – 416.75
32. Indiana – 412.00
37. Iowa – 381.00
42. Northwestern – 353.00
47. Illinois – 325.50
55. Purdue – 284.00
60. Rutgers – 274.50
69. Maryland – 218.50
