Mountaineers Finish 45th in Directors’ Cup

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University finished 45^th in the final Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings, matching the fourth-best finish in school history.

WVU’s 45^th-place finish is 15 spots higher than last year’s 60^th-place finish and is its best finish since a 45^th-place finish in 2012. WVU posted a school-best 30^th-place finish in 2009.

West Virginia accumulated 514.50 points, ranking fifth among Big 12 schools. Texas led all Big 12 schools with a seventh-place finish. Oklahoma (17^th), Baylor (24^th), Oklahoma State (27^th), Kansas (57^th), Iowa State (59^th), TCU (60^th), Texas Tech (65^th) and Kansas State (66^th) rounded out the finishes for Big 12 schools.