How does Pitt improve in the Directors' Cup Standings? This is going to take some explaining.

The final 2016-17 Directors' Cup standings were released recently. The good news? Pitt showed some decent improvement. The bad? There's a lot of work still to be done.

The Panthers were 106th in Division I in last year's standings. This year, they jumped 24 spots up to 92nd. In all, here are the points Pitt's programs earned this year:

Women's Volleyball - 50

Wrestling - 41

Men's Swimming/Diving - 38

Women's Swimming/Diving - 32.5

Men's Track and Field - 29.5

Football - 25

Add it all up and you get 216 points. Better, but still not good. The problem for Pitt is that they have a lot of work to do to get close to the top. While that looks unattainable, the good news is that with even some minor…