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NACDA Directors' Cup
Awarded forThe most successful overall athletic program in each division of collegiate sports.
Presented byNational Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics
History
Most winsNCAA Division I: Stanford Cardinal (26)
NCAA Division II: Grand Valley State Lakers (15)
NCAA Division III: Williams Ephs (22)
NAIA: Azusa Pacific Cougars (8)
NJCAA: Iowa Central Tritons (5)
Most recentNCAA Division I: Texas Longhorns
NCAA Division II: Grand Valley State Lakers
NCAA Division III: Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
NAIA: Cumberlands Patriots
NJCAA: Iowa Western Reivers
Websitehttps://thedirectorscup.com/

The NACDA Directors' Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the NACDA Learfield Directors' Cup or simply as the Directors' Cup, is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities in the United States[a] with the most success in collegiate athletics. Points for the NACDA Directors' Cup are based on order of finish in various championships sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) or, in the case of Division I Football, media-based polls. A first-place finish in a sport earns 100 points, second place 90 points, third place 85 points, fourth place 80 points, and lesser values for lower finishes (exact numbers beyond fourth place depend on the sport and division.[1][2]

The award originated in 1993 and was presented to NCAA Division I schools only. In 1995, it was extended to Division II, Division III, and NAIA schools as well, then extended further to junior colleges in 2011 based on standings from the NATYCAA Cup.[3][4] Each division receives its own award.

The physical award is a Waterford Crystal trophy. Prior to 2003, the sponsor of the NACDA Directors' Cup was retail merchandiser Sears, and the award was known as the Sears Cup. Beginning in the 2003–04 season, the sponsor was the United States Sports Academy. In 2007–08, Learfield Sports assumed the sponsorship of the Directors' Cup. Learfield Sports rebranded to Learfield IMG College in 2016 and to simply Learfield in 2021.

  1. ^ The three Canadian universities which compete in the NCAA or NAIA, including Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, and University of Victoria, are also eligible for the award.

History

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill won the award in its inaugural year, but then Stanford University won the Division I award for 25 straight years until the streak was broken in 2020–21 by the University of Texas. Texas repeated in 2022, Stanford regained the cup in 2023, and Texas won again in 2024.

In Division II, UC Davis won six of the first eight awards, but its athletic program moved to Division I in 2003 and Grand Valley State has won 16 of the 19 awards since as of 2024 (the title went unawarded for two years due to COVID-19). The only other current Division II member with an award is 1999 winner Adams State. All other Division II winners (Bakersfield, California Baptist, and Grand Canyon) are now members of Division I.

Williams College has had by far the most success in Division III, having won the Cup 22 of the 27 times it has been awarded for that division. The only other D-III member with more than one Cup is 2023 and 2024 winner Johns Hopkins.

The NAIA division was dominated by Simon Fraser University of British Columbia in its early years, but in 2002, SFU transferred most of its sports programs to Canada's college athletics federation, then known as Canadian Interuniversity Sport and now as U Sports. SFU left U Sports in 2011 and has since become a full member of NCAA Division II. From 2004–05 to 2011–12, Azusa Pacific University assumed the mantle at the NAIA level, winning eight consecutive championships before moving to NCAA Division II in the 2012–13 season. Oklahoma City University has been the most successful school since that year, with three Directors' Cups in the 2010s and four overall.

For two-year colleges, Iowa Central Community College has been the most successful school, winning five of the 10 titles.

Scoring system

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  • NCAA Division I: Counts top 19 sports at each school with the following breakdowns:[5]
    • Four of which must be baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball and women's volleyball
    • The next highest 15 sports scored for each institution, regardless of gender, will be used in the standings (except men's water polo)[a]
    • For FBS Football: the top 25 teams are awarded points based on their final rank in the Coaches Poll. 26th place is considered a tie between every non-ranked bowl winner, and the next available rank is considered a tie between every non-ranked bowl loser.
  • NCAA Division II: Counts top 15 sports at each school with the following breakdowns:[5]
    • Four of which must be baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball and women's volleyball
    • The next highest 11 sports scored for each institution, regardless of gender, will be used in the standings (except men's water polo)[a]
  • NCAA Division III: Counts top 18 sports at each school with the following breakdowns:[5]
    • Four of which must be men's basketball, men's soccer, women's basketball and women's soccer
    • The next highest 14 sports scored for each institution, regardless of gender, will be used in the standings (except men's water polo)[a]
  • NAIA: Counts top 13 sports at each school with the following breakdowns:[5]
    • Four of which must be men's basketball, men's soccer, women's basketball and women's volleyball
    • The next highest 9 sports scored for each institution, regardless of gender, will be used in the standings
  • Junior/Community Colleges: The highest scoring institution in the NATYCAA Cup standings among the NJCAA Scholarship, NJCAA Non-Scholarship, and State Associations divisions will be declared the Directors' Cup winner.[5]
  1. ^ a b c Men's water polo is the only sport with an NCAA championship for which NACDA does not award any points.

Tiebreaking

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If two teams have the same number of points at the end of the season, the tiebreaker is the number of national championships won. If still tied the next tiebreaker is the number of second-place finishes, then third-place finishes and so on until one team wins.[5] The tiebreaker is only used for first place.

Criticism

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The scoring structure has been criticized for several reasons, especially due to the number of sports counted per division. Although the number of sports counted in the scoring is based on the average number of sports sponsored by a team in that division, certain schools offer many more or many fewer sports than that. For example, Stanford's dominance at the Division I level is partially attributable to them sponsoring 36 sports teams (of which 31 are NCAA sports), the most in Division I outside of the Ivy League, which does not grant athletic scholarships, and Ohio State, which sponsors 37 sports teams (of which 32 are NCAA sports). This gives Stanford more opportunities to win titles than most other schools, especially considering that some of the sports Stanford sponsors are not played by very many other schools (5 out of 31 have championship fields under 20 teams, and one [namely men's gymnastics] has fewer than 20 sponsoring schools), all but guaranteeing a substantial number of points for the few schools that do (NACDA awards significantly fewer points for teams that finish lower than fourth in sports with less competition, but the top four teams (except in 8-team and 4-team bracket sports) always receive 100, 90, 85, and 80 points respectively). Ohio State, which sponsors teams in more NCAA sports than Stanford (5 of which, like Stanford, have championship fields under 20 teams) has never won the Cup (Ohio State has finished second 3 times, third twice, fourth 3 times, and in the top ten 7 more times).

Another common criticism is the fact that four sports are required to be counted despite some schools not sponsoring those sports. While every Division I school sponsors men's basketball, and all but two (The Citadel and VMI) sponsor women's basketball, a significant number of D-I schools do not sponsor the other two "mandatory counters" of baseball and women's volleyball. In the 2023–24 school year, 21 schools did not sponsor women's volleyball and 53 did not sponsor baseball, giving those schools an inherent disadvantage as they must count a sport for which they are guaranteed to receive no points.

Other reasons for criticism are over the way NACDA awards points in "National Collegiate" sports, which are sports where Division I, II, and III schools all compete directly against each other instead of being separated. The NCAA considers National Collegiate championships equivalent to Division I, therefore Division III schools are allowed to grant athletic scholarships in those sports, but NACDA counts points earned in National Collegiate competitions toward whatever division a team primarily competes in. Similarly, several otherwise Division III schools compete in Division I for men's ice hockey (despite Division III having its own ice hockey tournament), so there have been instances where two different Division III teams earn 100 points in the sport.[6]

Multiple suggestions have been made to change the scoring system. Some of the most popular of these include making each sport worth a proportional number of points to the number of schools that compete in it, to get rid of the limit on the number of sports counted, then divide a school's total points by the number of sports it sponsors, and to count the median number of teams per division instead of the average (the median number of teams at a Division I school, for example, is 16, which is substantially lower than the 19 sports that are currently counted). However, NACDA has never seriously considered any of these suggestions.

Past scoring system

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From the creation of the award until the 2017–18 season the scoring was as follows:[7]

  • NCAA Division I: Counted up to 20 total sports at each school, with a maximum of 10 sports counted for each gender
  • NCAA Division II: Counted up to 14 total sports at each school, with a maximum of 7 sports counted for each gender
  • NCAA Division III: Counted up to 18 total sports at each school, with a maximum of 9 sports counted for each gender
  • NAIA: Counted up to 12 total sports at each school, with a maximum of 6 sports counted for each gender
  • Junior/Community Colleges: Same as current

Past winners

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  • Results for years and schools shown in italics represent current standings and are not yet final.
  • These results are for the "final" standings, calculated after spring sports end.

NCAA Division I

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Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth
1993–94[8] North Carolina Stanford UCLA Florida Penn State Arizona Texas USC Michigan Arizona State
1994–95[9] Stanford North Carolina UCLA Arizona Florida USC Michigan Penn State Nebraska Texas
1995–96[10] Stanford UCLA Florida Texas Michigan North Carolina Arizona Nebraska Penn State USC
1996–97[11] Stanford North Carolina UCLA Nebraska Florida Arizona Texas Ohio State USC LSU
1997–98[12] Stanford (tie) Florida, North Carolina UCLA Michigan Arizona Georgia Washington Nebraska LSU
1998–99[13] Stanford Georgia Penn State Florida UCLA Michigan Duke Virginia (tie) Arizona, USC
1999–2000[14] Stanford UCLA Michigan Penn State North Carolina Nebraska Florida Arizona Texas LSU
2000–01[15] Stanford UCLA Georgia Michigan Arizona Ohio State Florida USC Arizona State Penn State
2001–02[16] Stanford Texas Florida North Carolina UCLA Michigan Minnesota Georgia Arizona LSU
2002–03[17] Stanford Texas Ohio State Michigan Penn State UCLA Florida North Carolina California Arizona State
2003–04[18] Stanford Michigan UCLA Ohio State Georgia Florida North Carolina Washington California Texas
2004–05[19] Stanford Texas UCLA Michigan Duke Florida Georgia Tennessee North Carolina USC
2005–06[20] Stanford UCLA Texas North Carolina Florida Notre Dame California Duke Georgia USC
2006–07[21] Stanford UCLA North Carolina Michigan USC Florida Tennessee Texas California Arizona State
2007–08[22] Stanford UCLA Michigan Arizona State Texas Florida California LSU Penn State Georgia
2008–09[23] Stanford North Carolina Florida USC Michigan Texas California Virginia LSU Ohio State
2009–10[24] Stanford Florida Virginia UCLA Florida State Texas A&M North Carolina Ohio State California Duke
2010–11[25] Stanford Ohio State California Florida Duke North Carolina Virginia Texas A&M Florida State Oklahoma
2011–12[26] Stanford Florida UCLA Ohio State Florida State Texas USC North Carolina Texas A&M Michigan
2012–13[27] Stanford Florida UCLA Michigan Texas A&M Penn State Oklahoma North Carolina Notre Dame Georgia
2013–14[28] Stanford Florida Notre Dame Virginia Penn State Texas UCLA USC Duke Texas A&M
2014–15[29] Stanford UCLA USC Florida North Carolina Virginia Ohio State Penn State Texas Notre Dame
2015–16[30] Stanford Ohio State Michigan USC Florida UCLA North Carolina Virginia Texas Oregon
2016–17[31] Stanford Ohio State Florida USC North Carolina Michigan Texas Penn State Oregon Kentucky
2017–18[32] Stanford UCLA Florida USC Texas Michigan Ohio State Georgia Florida State Texas A&M
2018–19[33] Stanford Michigan Florida Texas USC UCLA Florida State Virginia Duke North Carolina
2019–20 Not awarded because of the COVID-19 pandemic[34][a]
2020–21[36] Texas Stanford Michigan North Carolina Florida USC Alabama Arkansas Ohio State Georgia
2021–22[37] Texas Stanford Michigan Ohio State Florida North Carolina Arkansas Notre Dame Kentucky Oklahoma
2022–23[38] Stanford Texas Ohio State Virginia Florida Tennessee Georgia North Carolina LSU USC
2023–24[39] Texas Stanford Tennessee Florida Virginia Texas A&M North Carolina Michigan Alabama UCLA
University Cup wins Top Ten Rankings
Stanford 26 30
Texas 3 25
North Carolina 1 25
Florida 30
UCLA 24
Michigan 23
USC 19
Ohio State 15
Penn State 12
Georgia 12
Virginia 10
California 8
Arizona 8

Stanford and Florida are the only schools to finish within the top 10 every season. Stanford has never finished below second.

  1. ^ At the time of the competition being canceled the top 10 was as follows: Stanford, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin, BYU, Virginia, Penn State, Louisville, Notre Dame, North Carolina[35]

NCAA Division II

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Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth
1995–96 UC Davis Abilene Christian North Dakota State South Dakota State Cal State Bakersfield
1996–97 UC Davis Abilene Christian Cal State Bakersfield Central Oklahoma Indianapolis
1997–98 Cal State Bakersfield UC Davis Abilene Christian Barry Florida Southern
1998–99 Adams State (tie) UC Davis; Abilene Christian (tie) Florida Southern; North Dakota State
1999–2000 UC Davis North Dakota State North Dakota Florida Southern Western Colorado
2000–01 UC Davis North Dakota Cal State Bakersfield UC San Diego Western Colorado
2001–02 UC Davis Grand Valley State UC San Diego Truman State Western Colorado
2002–03 UC Davis Grand Valley State North Florida Cal State Bakersfield South Dakota State
2003–04 Grand Valley State UC San Diego Truman State North Dakota Chico State
2004–05 Grand Valley State Nebraska–Omaha Chico State North Dakota Cal State Bakersfield
2005–06 Grand Valley State Abilene Christian Nebraska–Omaha Southern Illinois Edwardsville Cal State Bakersfield
2006–07 Grand Valley State UC San Diego Abilene Christian Minnesota State Mankato North Dakota
2007–08 Grand Valley State Abilene Christian Minnesota State Mankato UC San Diego Tampa
2008–09 Grand Valley State Minnesota State Mankato Central Missouri Abilene Christian Indianapolis
2009–10 Grand Valley State California (PA) Central Missouri Minnesota State Mankato St. Cloud State
2010–11 Grand Valley State Central Missouri Augustana (SD) Abilene Christian UC San Diego
2011–12 Grand Canyon Grand Valley State Ashland Augustana (SD) Indianapolis
2012–13 Grand Canyon Grand Valley State Ashland Minnesota State Mankato Adams State
2013–14 Grand Valley State West Texas A&M Central Missouri Indianapolis Ashland
2014–15 Grand Valley State Ashland Central Missouri Lewis (IL) Minnesota State
2015–16 Grand Valley State Saint Leo (FL) UC San Diego California Baptist Minnesota State
2016–17 Grand Valley State California Baptist West Florida UC San Diego Queens (NC)
2017–18 California Baptist Grand Valley State West Texas A&M Saint Leo (FL) Florida Southern
2018–19 Grand Valley State UC San Diego West Texas A&M Queens (NC) Indianapolis
2019–20 Not awarded because of the COVID-19 pandemic[34][40][a]
2020–21
2021–22 Grand Valley State West Texas A&M Indianapolis Queens (NC) Azusa Pacific
2022–23[42] Grand Valley State West Texas A&M Colorado Mines Indianapolis Wingate
2023–24[43] Grand Valley State Indianapolis West Texas A&M Wingate Tampa
  1. ^ At the time of the 2020 competition being canceled the top 5 was as follows: Colorado Mines, Western Washington, Grand Valley State, Wingate, West Chester (PA)[41]

Schools in italics no longer compete in Division II.

University Cup wins
Grand Valley State 16
UC Davis 6
Grand Canyon 2
Adams State 1
Cal State Bakersfield 1
California Baptist 1

NCAA Division III

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Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth
1995–96 Williams UC San Diego Wisconsin–Oshkosh College of New Jersey Rowan
1996–97 Williams College of New Jersey UC San Diego Emory Wisconsin–Oshkosh
1997–98 UC San Diego (tie) College of New Jersey; Cortland State (tie) Williams; Middlebury
1998–99 Williams Middlebury College of New Jersey Amherst Rowan
1999–2000 Williams UC San Diego College of New Jersey St. Thomas (MN) Middlebury
2000–01 Williams Middlebury College of New Jersey Emory Ithaca
2001–02 Williams Ithaca College of New Jersey Middlebury Emory
2002–03 Williams Emory College of New Jersey Trinity (TX) Washington (MO)
2003–04 Williams Emory Middlebury College of New Jersey Wisconsin–Stevens Point
2004–05 Williams Middlebury Washington (MO) Trinity (TX) Wisconsin–Stevens Point
2005–06 Williams College of New Jersey Middlebury Emory Cortland State
2006–07 Williams Middlebury Cortland State Amherst Washington (MO)
2007–08 Williams Washington (MO) College of New Jersey Amherst Middlebury
2008–09 Williams Middlebury Amherst Washington (MO) Cortland State
2009–10 Williams Amherst Washington (MO) Middlebury Illinois Wesleyan
2010–11 Williams Middlebury Washington (MO) Amherst Calvin
2011–12 Middlebury Washington (MO) Williams Amherst Wisconsin–Whitewater
2012–13 Williams Emory Middlebury Wisconsin–Whitewater Washington (MO)
2013–14 Williams Wisconsin–Whitewater Johns Hopkins Washington (MO) Amherst
2014–15 Williams Johns Hopkins MIT Washington (MO) Amherst
2015–16 Williams Washington (MO) Emory Tufts Middlebury
2016–17 Williams Washington (MO) Tufts Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Johns Hopkins
2017–18 Williams MIT Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Emory Middlebury
2018–19 Williams Johns Hopkins Washington (MO) Middlebury Emory
2019–20 Not awarded because of the COVID-19 pandemic[34][40][a]
2020–21
2021–22 Tufts Johns Hopkins Middlebury MIT Washington (MO)
2022–23[42] Johns Hopkins Tufts Williams MIT Emory
2023–24[43] Johns Hopkins Williams Emory Tufts NYU
  1. ^ At the time of the 2020 competition being canceled the top 5 was as follows: Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Chicago, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Middlebury[44]

Schools in italics no longer compete in Division III.

University Cup wins
Williams 22
Johns Hopkins 2
UC San Diego 1
Middlebury 1
Tufts 1

NAIA

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Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth
1995–96 Pacific Lutheran Simon Fraser Mobile Berry Azusa Pacific
1996–97 Simon Fraser Pacific Lutheran Azusa Pacific Mobile Willamette
1997–98 Simon Fraser Mobile Findlay Oklahoma City Puget Sound
1998–99 Simon Fraser Azusa Pacific Life (tie) Oklahoma City; Lindenwood
1999–2000 Simon Fraser Lindenwood Azusa Pacific Mary Oklahoma City
2000–01 Simon Fraser Oklahoma City Azusa Pacific Lindenwood Cumberlands (KY)
2001–02 Oklahoma City Lindenwood Simon Fraser Azusa Pacific Malone
2002–03 Lindenwood Simon Fraser Azusa Pacific Mary Oklahoma City
2003–04 Simon Fraser Azusa Pacific Lindenwood Oklahoma City (tie) Mary; Dickinson State
2004–05 Azusa Pacific Lindenwood Simon Fraser Point Loma Nazarene Mary
2005–06 Azusa Pacific Lindenwood Lindsey Wilson Oklahoma Baptist Simon Fraser
2006–07 Azusa Pacific Lindenwood Concordia (CA) Cedarville Oklahoma Baptist
2007–08 Azusa Pacific Simon Fraser Embry–Riddle Fresno Pacific Concordia (CA)
2008–09 Azusa Pacific Concordia (CA) Lindenwood Fresno Pacific California Baptist
2009–10 Azusa Pacific Simon Fraser Fresno Pacific Concordia (CA) Lindenwood
2010–11 Azusa Pacific Embry–Riddle Shorter Fresno Pacific Lindenwood
2011–12 Azusa Pacific Shorter Embry–Riddle Oklahoma Baptist Lindsey Wilson
2012–13 Oklahoma Baptist Lindsey Wilson Concordia (CA) Embry–Riddle (FL) Olivet Nazarene
2013–14 Grand View Oklahoma City Lindsey Wilson Embry–Riddle Olivet Nazarene
2014–15 Oklahoma Baptist Lindsey Wilson Oklahoma City Wayland Baptist Embry–Riddle
2015–16 Lindsey Wilson Oklahoma Baptist Wayland Baptist Olivet Nazarene Indiana Wesleyan
2016–17 Oklahoma City Lindsey Wilson Keiser Wayland Baptist William Carey
2017–18 Oklahoma City Lindsey Wilson Wayland Baptist Keiser Indiana Wesleyan
2018–19 Oklahoma City William Carey Lindsey Wilson Keiser Indiana Wesleyan
2019–20 Not awarded because of the COVID-19 pandemic[34][a]
2020–21 Keiser Indiana Tech Indiana Wesleyan Oklahoma City Marian (IN)
2021–22 Indiana Wesleyan Keiser Grand View Indiana Tech Southeastern (FL)
2022–23[42] Indiana Tech Marian (IN) Keiser Indiana Wesleyan Southeastern (FL)
2023–24[43] Cumberlands Indiana Wesleyan Keiser Marian William Carey
  1. ^ At the time of the competition being canceled the top 5 was as follows: Lindsey Wilson, Indiana Wesleyan, Eastern Oregon, Grand View, Cumberlands (KY)[45]

Schools in italics no longer compete in the NAIA.

University Cup wins
Azusa Pacific 8
Simon Fraser 6
Oklahoma City 4
Oklahoma Baptist 2
Cumberlands 1
Grand View 1
Indiana Tech 1
Indiana Wesleyan 1
Keiser 1
Lindenwood 1
Lindsey Wilson 1
Pacific Lutheran 1

Two-year colleges

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Year First Second Third Fourth Fifth
2011–12[46] Fresno (CA) Mt. San Antonio (CA) Orange Coast (CA) Iowa Central Santa Rosa (CA)
2012–13[47] Gloucester (NJ)[a] Iowa Central Mt. San Antonio (CA) Monroe (NY) Suffolk (NY)
2013–14[48] Iowa Western Mt. San Antonio (CA) Herkimer (NY) Iowa Central Orange Coast (CA)
2014–15[49] Mt. San Antonio (CA) Iowa Central Herkimer (NY) Nassau (NY) Iowa Western
2015–16[50] Iowa Central Suffolk (NY) Rowan (NJ)[b] Spokane (WA) Mt. San Antonio (CA)
2016–17[51] Iowa Central Spokane (WA) Mt. San Antonio (CA) Tyler (TX) Riverside (CA)
2017–18[52] Iowa Central Rowan (NJ)[b] Mt. San Antonio (CA) Tyler (TX) Herkimer (NY)
2018–19[53] Iowa Central Suffolk (NY) Barton (KS) Mt. San Antonio (CA) Spokane (WA)
2019–20 Not awarded because of the COVID-19 pandemic[34]
2020–21[54] Iowa Central Iowa Western Barton (KS) Tyler (TX) Cowley (KS)
2021–22[55] Iowa Western Mt. San Antonio (CA) Iowa Central Barton (KS) Rowan (NJ)[b]
  1. ^ Now known as Rowan College
  2. ^ a b c Previously Gloucester County College
College Cup wins
Iowa Central 5
Iowa Western 2
Fresno (CA) 1
Gloucester/Rowan (NJ) 1
Mt. San Antonio (CA) 1

See also

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References

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