UNLV Finishes 121st Nationally In 2024–25 Learfield Directors’ Cup Standings

The final standings for the 2024 - 2025 Learfield Directors’ Cup Division I title were released on Thursday by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. The award is given out each year to the colleges and universities in the United States with the most success in collegiate athletics. The NACDA judges and ranks a school’s collective athletic success, evaluating 19 of its different athletic programs and then scoring them. Women’s Basketball, soccer, and volleyball, as well as men’s basketball and baseball, must all be included as five of the 19 programs being evaluated for every school.

With the results in, the Mountain West Conference was well represented this year with nine of the top 150 teams. The UNLV Rebels finished seventh in the Mountain West and 121st overall in the nation with a score of 146 points in the final standings. However, it was the New Mexico Lobos who ran away with the conference title, finishing 49th overall, which was 42 spots ahead of the second-place Boise State Broncos. Mountain West schools combined for an average score of 124.1, which ranked behind only the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Big 12, and Ivy League among DI leagues.