OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City finished 11
th in the final Learfield Athletic Directors' Cup NAIA standings, the National Association of College Directors of Athletics announced on Tuesday.
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The Cup, which measures the overall performance of athletic departments on the national level, is awarded each year. OCU has won the Cup four times. 2001-02, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19.
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The Stars scored 665.5 points. OCU had one scoring sport excluded because the scoring system requires the scores to be counted for men's and women's basketball, men's soccer and volleyball, along with the university's top nine other sports. OCU was awarded 100 points for its national champion men's golf team, 85 for its third-place finish in men's wrestling, 73 for competitive dance, 70 for competitive cheer, 61.5 each for women's wrestling, women's cross country and women's indoor track, 57 for softball, 46 for men's cross country and 25 each for men's basketball and men's basketball. Men's indoor track and field's 45.5 points were excluded.
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The Stars missed the top 10 by 2.5 points. Cumberlands won for the third consecutive year, joining OCU, Simon Fraser and Azusa Pacific as the only schools to win the Cup in three consecutive seasons.
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OCU, which won the Sooner Athletic Conference's Commissioner's Cup, was the top SAC team in the standings. Texas Wesleyan was 61
st at 324, followed by Wayland Baptist (77
th, 232), USAO (96
th, 181.5), Mid-America Christian (109
th, 153), Nelson (110
th, 150), John Brown (118
th, 137), Langston (126
th, 115) and Ozarks (155
th, 50).
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