Six ACC schools are ranked in the top 20 of the final LEARFIELD Cup standings

GREENSBORO, NC (theACC.com) Six ACC schools are ranked in the top 20 in the final Division I LEARFIELD College Directors Cup announced Wednesday.

Virginia led all ACC schools in fourth place, led by a third straight NCAA women’s swimming and diving championship and a second straight NCAA men’s tennis championship.

North Carolina joined the Cavaliers in the top 10 at eighth, followed by Duke (16th), Florida State (17th), NC State (19th) and Notre Dame (20th). The ACC’s six schools in the top 20 this year are second-most in the conference.

Louisville (32nd), Wake Forest (42nd), Syracuse (45th) and Miami (49th) make up 10 ACC institutions in the top 50. They are closely followed by Clemson (51st), Pitt (52nd) and Virginia Tech (55th).

The ACC led all conferences with nine NCAA titles in 2022-23. In the league’s 70-year history, ACC institutions have won 182 team national championships and 406 individual NCAA championships, including 29 in the most recent academic year (21 women, eight men).

The final standings for the 2022-23 LEARFIELD Directors Cup highlight the amazing accomplishments of our student-athletes, coaches and programs, said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. Our league enjoyed unprecedented athletic success at many levels and we look to build on that momentum heading into the new school year.

This is the 21st consecutive year that at least four ACC schools finished in the top 30 in the final LEARFIELD Directors Cup standings. North Carolina and Virginia have finished in the top 30 nationally in each of the 29 years the Directors Cup has been held.

ACC teams won NCAA championships this school year in the following sports:

Women’s Cross Country NC State
Field Hockey North Carolina
Men’s Soccer Syracuse
Women’s Swimming and Diving Virginia
Fencing Notre Dame
Women’s Tennis in North Carolina
Men’s Tennis Virginia
Women’s Golf Wake Forest
Men’s Lacrosse Notre Dame

Additionally, 16 ACC teams joined the conferences’ NCAA championship teams to reach the national finals or semifinals:

North Carolina Women’s Soccer NCAA Finals
Florida State Women’s Soccer NCAA Semifinals
Pitt men’s soccer NCAA semifinals
Pitt Volleyball NCAA Semifinals
Louisville Volleyball NCAA Finals
Miami Men’s Basketball NCAA Semifinals
Virginia Tech women’s basketball NCAA semifinals
NC State WomensTennis NCAA Finals
Boston College Womens Lacrosse NCAA Finals
Syracuse Womens Lacrosse NCAA Semifinals
Duke Mens Lacrosse NCAA Finals
Virginia Mens Lacrosse NCAA Semifinals
Georgia Tech Mens Golf NCAA Finals
Florida State Mens Golf NCAA Semifinals
North Carolina Mens Golf NCAA Semifinals
Florida State Softball’s NCAA Finals

The ACC currently sponsors 27 NCAA sports, 14 for women and 13 for men in women’s gymnastics, up to 28 in 2023-24. The No Autonomy Five conference sponsors more than 28 sports, and the soon-to-be 15 women’s sports are the most of any peer conference.

The LEARFIELD Directors Cup was developed as a joint collaboration between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and athletics.USA today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s ranking at the NCAA Championships.

Complete rankings and scoring structure can be found on the NACDA website atwww.directorscup.org. Also visitwww.thedirectorscup.com and follow us on Twitter@ldirectorscup.

About ACC

Now in its 70th year of competition with 15 members, the Atlantic Coast Conference has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the nation’s strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences. ACC members Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest continue to build on the cornerstones of the league. was founded in 1953 and balances academics, athletics and integrity. The ACC currently sponsors 27 NCAA sports with 14 women’s and 13 men’s member institutions in 10 states. Women’s gymnastics will become the league’s 28th sponsored sport in the 2023-24 school year. In August 2019, ESPN and the ACC partnered to launch the ACC Network (ACCN), a 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports and league-wide original programming. For more information, visit theACC.com and follow @accsports on Instagram and @theACC on Twitter and Facebook (facebook.com/theACC).

About LEARFIELD
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