Final Division I Standings

ROCHESTER, Mich. - For the second consecutive year, Oakland posted a top-30 finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup final standings, finishing 26th in 2015-16. The Golden Grizzlies' 99 points scored is the second most in the Division I era, behind last season's 100 points (T-18 finish).

"Earning another national ranking for overall athletics performance further stamps that our athletics organization continues to show progress and a foundation of multi-layered successes being established," said Director of Athletics Jeff Konya. "All the credit goes to the student-athletes, coaches and staff for putting in the effort and attitude that these levels of success demand."

Oakland won eight Horizon League titles this year in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving, women's indoor track and field, and women's golf. The Golden Grizzlies had a men's swimmer, Devon Nowicki, earn All-America honors after finishing sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Championships.

The Black and Gold scored 50 points after the fall season with men's and women's soccer both tallying 25 points each. Nowicki led the charge for the men's swimming and diving team as the Golden Grizzlies scored 44 points in men's swimming to jump Oakland up to 94 points through the winter standings. The women's golf program added five points in the spring with their first-ever league title and pushed Oakland's total to 99 points.

The Learfield Directors' Cup is an all-sports trophy that honors institutions that maintain a broad-based program by achieving success in both men's and women's sports in NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA and two-year colleges/universities.

Each institution is awarded points in a pre-determined number of sports for men and women. For Division I, points are awarded in 20 intercollegiate sports to schools that advance to either the postseason championships.

The Golden Grizzlies captured back-to-back McCafferty Trophies with a Horizon League record 62 points scored. Oakland finished atop the men's and women's sports standings for the second straight year.

DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup Standings
1. Denver - 433 pts
2. UC Santa Barbara - 282.75 pts
3. Gonzaga - 180 pts
Wichita State - 180 pts
5. Boston U. - 175 pts
6. Quinnipiac - 170 pts
7. Providence - 168.50 pts
8. Pepperdine - 168 pts
9. St. John's - 155 pts
10. UNC Wilmington - 150 pts
11. Iona - 141 pts
12. Creighton - 137 pts
13. George Washington - 135.50 pts
14. Winthrop - 134 pts
15. Long Beach State - 130 pts
16. Loyola Marymount - 128 pts
17. North Florida - 127 pts
18. LIU Brooklyn - 125.50 pts
19. Cal State Fullerton - 125 pts
Santa Clara - 125 pts
Xavier - 125 pts
22. Hofstra - 115.50 pts
23. Utah Valley - 111 pts
24. Loyola Maryland - 108 pts
25. UC Riverside - 107.50 pts
26. Oakland - 99 pts
27. American - 97 pts
28. Cleveland State - 96 pts
29. Vermont - 94 pts
30. Northeastern - 88 pts

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