Liberty Posts Another Top 100 Finish in Learfield Cup Standings
6/27/2025 10:42:00 AM | General
Following a championship-filled athletics season, Liberty has posted another top 100 finish in the annual Learfield Directors' Cup standings.
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Liberty Athletics finished the 2024-25 season ranked No. 97 in the final standings, which ranks the top collegiate athletics departments in the country.
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Liberty has finished inside the top 100 of the Learfield Directors' Cup standings five of the last six rankings and seven times total in athletics department history.
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Liberty was also the top-ranked Conference USA program in the Learfield Directors' Cup standings. The Flames bested second-place Jacksonville State (No. 141) and third-place finisher Sam Houston (No. 154).
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Additionally, Liberty was one of 11 FBS non-Power 4 schools to finish inside the top 100 of the 2024-25 Learfield Directors' Cup standings. Liberty ranked ninth among these schools.
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Liberty received Learfield Directors' Cup contributions from the following sport programs, benefiting most from softball's NCAA Super Regional appearance: football, men's basketball, softball, women's basketball, women's cross country and women's lacrosse.
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During the last two athletics seasons, Liberty Athletics has experienced comprehensive success unlike any span of time in the 50-plus year history of the department.
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Fifteen of Liberty's 20 NCAA Division I athletics programs have won a regular season or tournament championship during the last two years, resulting in 25 total conference titles.
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During the 2024-25 athletics season, Liberty Athletics captured double-digit Conference USA titles for the second year in a row, bringing home 11 CUSA trophies.
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Softball, men's basketball and women's basketball each swept the CUSA regular-season and tournament crowns, while women's soccer (regular season), women's indoor track & field, women's outdoor track & field, women's cross country and men's cross country won single CUSA championships.
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Women's lacrosse and women's swimming & diving both claimed Atlantic Sun crowns, bringing Liberty Athletics' yearly total to 13 total conference championships in 2024-25.        Â
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Liberty's All-Time Top 100 Learfield Directors' Cup rankings:
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Liberty Athletics finished the 2024-25 season ranked No. 97 in the final standings, which ranks the top collegiate athletics departments in the country.
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Liberty has finished inside the top 100 of the Learfield Directors' Cup standings five of the last six rankings and seven times total in athletics department history.
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Liberty was also the top-ranked Conference USA program in the Learfield Directors' Cup standings. The Flames bested second-place Jacksonville State (No. 141) and third-place finisher Sam Houston (No. 154).
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Additionally, Liberty was one of 11 FBS non-Power 4 schools to finish inside the top 100 of the 2024-25 Learfield Directors' Cup standings. Liberty ranked ninth among these schools.
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Liberty received Learfield Directors' Cup contributions from the following sport programs, benefiting most from softball's NCAA Super Regional appearance: football, men's basketball, softball, women's basketball, women's cross country and women's lacrosse.
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During the last two athletics seasons, Liberty Athletics has experienced comprehensive success unlike any span of time in the 50-plus year history of the department.
    Â
Fifteen of Liberty's 20 NCAA Division I athletics programs have won a regular season or tournament championship during the last two years, resulting in 25 total conference titles.
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During the 2024-25 athletics season, Liberty Athletics captured double-digit Conference USA titles for the second year in a row, bringing home 11 CUSA trophies.
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Softball, men's basketball and women's basketball each swept the CUSA regular-season and tournament crowns, while women's soccer (regular season), women's indoor track & field, women's outdoor track & field, women's cross country and men's cross country won single CUSA championships.
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Women's lacrosse and women's swimming & diving both claimed Atlantic Sun crowns, bringing Liberty Athletics' yearly total to 13 total conference championships in 2024-25.        Â
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Liberty's All-Time Top 100 Learfield Directors' Cup rankings:
- 2001-02: 82
- 2011-12: 95
- 2018-19: 93
- 2020-21: 72
- 2021-22: 74
- 2022-23: 98
- 2024-25: 97
- Liberty – 97
- Jacksonville State – 141
- Sam Houston State – 154
- Western Kentucky – 169
- Louisiana Tech – 197
- FIU – 214
- UTEP – 225
- New Mexico State – 263
- Middle Tennessee – 264
- New Mexico - 49
- UConn – 63
- Oregon State – 75
- South Florida – 78
- UMass – 84
- Western Michigan – 88
- Boise State – 91
- Colorado State - 93
- Liberty – 97
- Navy – 98
- Hawaii – 99
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