OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City is seventh in the freshly released Learfield Directors' Cup NAIA Winter Standings.
 
The Learfield Directors' Cup, which measures the on-field success of college athletics programs, was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in the NAIA Championships. Universities are allowed to count their top 13 scores.
 
The Stars are the only Sooner Athletic Conference team in the top 50 of the standings with only the spring sports left to score.
 
OCU has 554 points with 85 points, 73 points gathered from competitive dance, 70 points from competitive cheer, 61.5 points each from women's wrestling and indoor women's track and field, 45.5 points from men's indoor track and field and 25 points from men's basketball. In the fall, OCU got 61.5 points from women's cross country, 46 from men's cross country and 25 from men's soccer. The Stars were 28^th after the fall season.
 
OCU is ranked nationally in three spring sports – second in softball, fourth in men's golf and 23^rd in women's golf. Men's and women's outdoor track and field has no national rankings but both OCU squads are expected to score at the NAIA Meet.
 
Cumberlands leads the standings with 990.5 points.
 
From the SAC, Texas Wesleyan is 63^rd (202.5 points), Wayland Baptist is 70^th (176.5), John Brown is 88^th (137), Langston is 96^th (115), Nelson is 103^rd (100), Mid-America Christian and USAO are tied for 115^th (75 each), and College of the Ozarks is 132^nd (50).