Hope College Places 15th in Learfield Directors’ Cup Standings for Second-Highest Finish
By: Alan Babbitt Hope College’s competitive excellence in postseason competition fueled a 15th-place finish in the Learfield Cup Directors’ Cup Division III standings for the 2025-26 academic year. Hope totaled 724.25 points during the fall, winter, and spring NCAA Championships, earning the college’s second-highest standing ever and the best since a 12th-place finish during the 2005-06 academic year. Hope also recorded the highest point total for an MIAA member school this season. This year, Hope earned points in men’s cross country, women’s cross country, football, women’s volleyball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s swimming and diving, women’s swimming and diving, women’s…
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