The Tower will display a “1” in celebration of the University of Texas at Austin winning the LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup for the second-straight year and the fourth time in the last five years. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) made this announcement this summer. During the current 2024-25 season, the Longhorns won two National Championships and landed seven NCAA top-three finishes. UT amassed 1,255.25 points, while USC placed second with 1,253.75 points and Stanford took third with 1,251.0 points.

UT snapped Stanford’s 25-year stronghold on the Directors’ Cup during the 2020-21 season by scoring 1,252 points, while the Cardinal posted 1,195.75 points. That victory ended an impressive run by Stanford that began in 1994-95 and went through 2018-19 (no Cup was awarded in 2019-20 due to COVID-19). North Carolina won the first Cup in 1993-94. The Longhorns finished second in the standings three times during the Cardinal’s 25-year run, earning runner-up honors in 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2004-05.

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