Despite not getting any points from basketball, Williams holds a comfortable lead in the NACDA Director’s Cup standings, 142.25 points ahead of UW-La Crosse.

The standings, which are based on national finishes in various sports, major and minor, are as follows:

1 Williams 739.75
2 UW-La Crosse 597.5
3 UW-Stevens Point 582.75
4 Washington U. 508.75
5 Middlebury 499
6 Trinity (Texas) 482
7 Calvin 456
8 New Jersey 443.5
9 Springfield 407
10 Wartburg 395
11 Amherst 379.5
12 Wheaton (Ill.) 355.5
13 Emory 345
14 Geneseo State 334
15 Messiah 330

Williams gained its winter points from fourth-place finishes nationally in women’s track and men’s and women’s swimming. The Ephs finished 12th in wrestling and 14th in the ever-popular women’s skiing, though that accounts for just 24 points. UW-Stevens Point got 100 for its repeat performance in Salem, but also placed in women’s track, wrestling, men’s swimming, men’s track, women’s swimming and women’s ice hockey.

Millikin, which won the Division III women’s basketball title, is ranked No. 51 with 184 points — 100 from women’s basketball and the rest from wrestling and women’s swimming.

Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in up to 18 sports: nine women’s and nine men’s.