USC finishes seventh in 2025-2026 Directors’ Cup standings
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The 2025-2026 college athletics season is now in the books. And with it, so is the race for the Directors’ Cup, presented annually to the school with the top performance in NCAA championships across all sports.
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Last year, USC narrowly missed out on winning the award, finishing in second place in the standings. This year, the Trojans fell off slightly from last year’s performance, but still recorded another top ten finish, landing in seventh.
This marks USC’s first time finishing in the top ten in consecutive seasons since 2017-2018 and 2018-2019. The Trojans have finished in the top ten nine times and the top five six times since 2014-2015, but have yet to win the award.
In fact, just three schools have ever won the Directors’ Cup. North Carolina claimed the inaugural edition in 1993-1994, before Stanford dominated the award for the next 25 years. Since 2020-2021, however, Texas has been the biggest powerhouse, including taking home the title once again this year.
The highlight of the year for USC was the women’s water polo team winning the national championship. Among the major team sports, only baseball delivered a deep postseason run, making it to the program’s first super regional in 21 years.
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