NORMAN – For the 21st time in 24 years, the University of Oklahoma earned a top-25 national finish in the Division I LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings, placing 24th in 2023-24 with 805.75 points.
The Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today, and honors institutions maintaining a broad-based athletics program, achieving success in many sports, both men’s and women’s. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in NCAA Championships. For Division I, 19 sports are counted, four of which must be baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s volleyball. The next highest 15 (maximum) sports scored for each institution, regardless of gender, are used in the standings.
The softball team won its eighth national title, posting a 59-7 record and sweeping Texas in the Women’s College World Series Championship Series. Oklahoma has now captured six of the last eight national softball titles. Head coach Patty Gasso and her assistants were named NFCA Staff of the Year, and five Sooners received NFCA All-America honors.
Men’s gymnastics tallied 85 points by advancing to its 24th consecutive NCAA Championships Finals and placing third under head coach Mark Williams.
The top-three finish was OU’s 22nd in the last 23 NCAA Championships.
K.J. Kindler’s women’s gymnastics squad earned 74.3 points after finishing the 2024 season 36-2 overall, recording an NCAA-record score of 198.950 at the Big 12 Championship and advancing to the NCAA Championships semifinals. The Sooners, who were ranked No. 1 the entire regular season, posted an NCAA-record 12 meet scores of 198 or higher. They also set an NCAA standard with their 198.500 national qualifying score.
Men’s golf placed ninth at the national championship, earning 69 points and the program’s seventh top-10 finish in eight years. Head coach Ryan Hybl’s squad won the NCAA Rancho Sante Fe Regional to qualify for the program’s 13th straight NCAA Championships – the second longest streak in the country.
Football earned 60 points by participating in the Valero Alamo Bowl in year two under head coach Brent Venables. The Sooners posted 10 wins for the 42nd time in program history.
Under first-year head coach Roger Kish, wrestling finished 23rd at the NCAA Championships, the program’s best showing since 2016. Stephen Buchanan, who finished third at 197 pounds, became OU’s first All-American since 2021 and the program’s 278th all-time. The team finish netted the Sooners 50.5 points.
