ASHLAND – The Southern Oregon University athletic department landed at No. 16 in the Learfield NAIA Directors' Cup standings, the final edition of which was released Tuesday by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

YEAR	FINISH
1995-96	150th
1996-97	71st
1997-98	75th
1998-99	41st
1999-00	59th
2000-01	47th
2001-02	22nd
2002-03	33rd
2003-04	88th
2004-05	47th
2005-06	57th
2006-07	100th
2007-08	92nd
2008-09	50th
2009-10	50th
2010-11	29th
2011-12	27th
2012-13	18th
2013-14	32nd
2014-15	6th
2015-16	8th
2016-17	13th
2017-18	13th
2018-19	13th
2019-20	COVID
2020-21	COVID
2021-22	35th
2022-23	13th
2023-24	16th

Points in the standings are awarded based on an institution's finishes at the NAIA Championships in up to 13 sports. SOU scored in 10 of them, accumulating 184 ½ points in the fall, 238 in the winter and 159 ½ in the spring.

Prior to the 2012-13 season, SOU had never placed higher than 22nd in the standings. Since then, the Raiders have been among the top-18 on eight occasions under Matt Sayre, who last week was named the Cascade Conference Athletic Director of the Year for the third time.

SOU's sixth-place finish in 2014-15 still stands as the best for a CCC school since the Cup debuted at the NAIA level in 1995-96.

SOU posted top-10 showings in four sports during 2023-24: women's wrestling (3rd place), softball (7th), women's cross country (8th) and women's volleyball (tied-9th). The Raider men's wrestling team placed 11th at the NAIA Championships, while the men's soccer and women's basketball teams were credited with 17th-place finishes. Women's outdoor track and field, women's indoor track and field, and men's outdoor track and field supplied the rest of the points.

College of Idaho and Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) were the only other CCC schools among the top-30 in the standings. Cumberlands (Ky.) won the overall title.