The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga led the Southern Conference in the standings for the Learfield Sports Director's Cup for the second consecutive year.
The director's cup is an all-sports trophy that recognizes across the board success among collegiate athletics programs. Points are awarded based on each institution's finish in NCAA Championships in up to 20 sports 10 women's and 10 men's.
The Mocs were 117 out of 351 NCAA Division I schools, which is the second-highest finish in the school's history. They were 99th in 2009.
Among the schools that UTC beat included Cincinatti, Colorado State, Memphis, Alabama-Birmingham, Charlotte, MTSU and Washington State. The Mocs' finish would have placed them second in both the Atlantic 10 and Sun Belt Conferences, and fourth in Conference USA.
UTC had 149 points, with 70 coming in basketball, 29 in wrestling and 25 in both women's basketball and softball to lead the SoCon for the fifth time since the Director's Cup was started in 1994.
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