Greatness is …Another banner year for the ACC
- ACC teams won seven NCAA Titles – second most among all conferences.
- Eleven bowl-eligible teams – the most of all Power 5 conferences.
- A team in both the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Final Fours.
- Three teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Elite Eight – most of all conferences.
- Four teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Sweet 16 – most of all conferences.
- Four teams in the College World Series – tied for the most among all conferences.
- Five teams in the NCAA Baseball Championship Super Regionals – tied for the most among all conferences.
- Five teams to host a Regional in the NCAA Baseball Championship – tied for the most among all conferences.
- Six schools in the top 25 of the final Division I LEARFIELD College Directors’ Cup standings – second most among all conferences.
- 12 different league members won at least one 2023-24 ACC Title.
- Continue to exceed and lead in academic metrics-U.S. News and World Report Rankings and NCAA Graduation Success Ratings and APR.
- Relocation of the office headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Addition of three world-class institutions Cal, SMU and Stanford.
- Launch of a new brand campaign.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com)– Six ACC schools are ranked among the top 25, including three in the top 10, of the final Division I LEARFIELD College Directors’ Cup standings, announced Wednesday.
This marks the 22nd consecutive year that four or more ACC schools placed among the top 30 in the final LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings. North Carolina and Virginia have ranked among the top 30 nationally in each of the 30 years the Directors’ Cup has been conducted.
“The final 2023-24 LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings once again highlight the incredible achievements of our student-athletes, coaches and programs,” stated ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “Our conference once again proved its place as a premier conference with unparalleled athletic success, and we look forward to building on this momentum as we approach the new academic year.”
For the third straight year, the ACC won seven or more national titles with seven in 2023-24, the second-most among all conferences. The seven titles follow a league record of nine NCAA titles from last year in 2022-23.
Overall, the 23 national titles in league-sponsored sports over the past three years are the most of all conferences.
In the league’s 71-year history, ACC institutions have captured 189 team national championships and 428 individual NCAA titles, including 22 during the most recent academic year (16 women’s, six men’s).
Virginia led all ACC schools with a fifth-place finish, led by a fourth consecutive NCAA women’s swimming and diving championship and top-five finishes in men’s lacrosse, men’s golf, men’s tennis and women’s tennis.
North Carolina joined the Cavaliers among the top 10 in seventh place, followed by Notre Dame (10th), Florida State (12th), Duke (17th) and NC State (21st). The ACC’s six schools among this year’s top 25 are the second-most of any conference.
Clemson (31st), Syracuse (44th), Louisville (49th) and Virginia Tech (50th) give the ACC 10 institutions among the top 50 and were followed by Wake Forest (56th), Miami (67th), Boston College (68th), Georgia Tech (74th) and Pitt (80th).
The ACC currently sponsors 28 NCAA sports – 15 for women and 13 for men – with the addition of women’s gymnastics in 2023-24. No Autonomy Five conference sponsors more than 28 sports, nor does any peer conference sponsor more than 15 women’s sports.
The LEARFIELD Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) andUSA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in the NCAA Championships.
Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA's website atwww.directorscup.org. In addition, you can follow on Twitter@ldirectorscup.
About the Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference, now in its 71st year of competition and15 members strong, has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. ACC members Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest continue to build upon the cornerstones on which the league was founded in 1953 with a consistent balance of academics,athleticsand integrity. The ACC currently sponsors 28 NCAA sports – 15 for women and 13 for men – with member institutions located in 10 states. In August 2019, ESPN and the ACC partnered to launch ACC Network (ACCN), a 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports and league-wide original programming. For more information, visit theACC.com and follow @accsports on Instagram and @theACC on Twitter and on Facebook (facebook.com/theACC).
About LEARFIELD
LEARFIELD is a leading media, data and technology services company in intercollegiate athletics. The company unlocks the value of college sports for brands and fans through an omnichannel platform with innovative content and commerce solutions. LEARFIELD services includes licensing and multimedia sponsorship management; publishing, audio, digital and social media; data analytics; ticketing, ticket sales and professional concessions expertise; branding; campus-wide business and sponsorship development; and venue technology systems. Since 2008, it has served as title sponsor for the acclaimed LEARFIELD Directors' Cup, supporting athletic departments across all divisions.
