MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University finished 42^nd in the final Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings, marking the fifth-best finish in school history and its best finish since a 40^th-place finish in 2010-11.
 
WVU's 42^nd-place finish is nine spots higher than last year's 51^st-place finish.
 
The Mountaineers' best finishes were a school-best 30^th-place finish in 2007-08, 37^th in 2009-10, 40^th in 2010-11, 41^st in 1997-98 and 42^nd in 2024-25.
 
West Virginia finished as the sixth-highest ranked Big 12 school in the final standings: BYU (25^th), Oklahoma State (29^th), Arizona State (34^th), TCU (38^th), Texas Tech (40^th), West Virginia (42^nd), Arizona (43^rd), Baylor (52^nd), Iowa State (56^th), Utah (60^th), Kansas (65^th), Colorado (69^th), Houston (72^nd), Kansas State (79^th), UCF (83^rd) and Cincinnati (125^th).
 
The Learfield Directors' Cup was developed by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NCAA Championships.
 
Standings and scoring structure can be found on NACDA's website at directorscup.org.