CLEVELAND – The final NAIA Learfield Directors' Cup fall standings were released Thursday and Eastern Oregon University finds itself in the top-50. The Mountaineers are one of four Cascade Collegiate Conference teams ranked in the top-50, while a total of 10 CCC institutions are in the top-100. 

Eastern sits 40th in the final fall standings with 104.00 points after having a pair of teams qualify for the NAIA National Championships earlier this year. Leading the way is Mountaineer Men's Cross Country with 54 points as the team finished 20th at Nationals back in mid-November. Racking up the 50 points for EOU was Mountaineers Volleyball after the team qualified for the National Championships for the eighth year in a row. They finished ranked 16th overall in the NAIA.

Out of the CCC, Oregon Tech leads all of the NAIA in the overall fall standings with 275.50 points. College of Idaho finishes the fall with 175.00 points to sit in 14th place after sending three fall teams to nationals. 

Lewis-Clark State College (33rd, 120.50 points) and Southern Oregon University (35th, 117.50) also sit in the top-50. Corban University (60th, 64.00 points), Bushnell University (70th, 59.00 points), Northwest University (78th, 53.00 points), Multnomah University (90th, 38.00 points), and Warner Pacific University (92nd, 25.00 points) each rank in the top-100.

The LEARFIELD Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. The winter standings will begin distribution on Thursday, March 31.

Please note, standings published midseason are unofficial. Official standings will be published upon the completion of the spring season. Complete standings and the scoring structure can be found on NACDA's website at www.directorscup.org. In addition, please visit www.thedirectorscup.com and follow on Twitter @ldirectorscup.

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