It was revealed on June 26 that over the 2024-25 academic year, Ohio State finished eighth in the country in the LEARFIELD Director’s Cup.
Ohio State improved from last year’s 15th place finish last year, but still didn’t reach the heights it was at in the two years prior, finishing in third and fourth place in 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively.
The Director’s Cup is meant to assess the success of athletic departments around the country, taking into account the performance of 19 athletic teams over the year.
The Buckeyes were helped the most in the standings by the football national championship, women’s hockey finishing second, men’s soccer finishing third and wrestling in fifth.
Ten women’s teams qualified for NCAA championships over the year, with soccer (ninth place), cross country (32nd), swimming and diving (14th), basketball (17th), gymnastics (17th), tennis (ninth), softball (17th), track and field (22nd) and golf (24th) each joining hockey on that list.
Eight men’s teams qualified, highlighted by football, soccer, wrestling, gymnastics (seventh), hockey (ninth), swimming and diving (16th), lacrosse (ninth) and tennis (ninth). The co-ed fencing team finished sixth at the NCAA championships.
Texas finished in first place with 1,255.25 points, which was slightly ahead of USC in its first year in the Big Ten conference with 1,253.75 points. UCLA was the only other Big Ten school to finish ahead of Ohio State, coming in fifth place. The Buckeyes finished with 1,032.25 points.
