CLEVELAND – With three teams finishing in the Top 5 of their respective NCAA Championships, the University of Hawai'i jumped to No. 46 in the latest Learfield IMG College Directors' Cup Standings.
 
UH moved up 49 places by accumulating 205 points in the spring season's first three sports. Hawai'i was runner-up in men's volleyball (90 points), top four in beach volleyball (55 points), and quarterfinalist in women's water polo (60 points) to tie with USC for the most points during that span.
 
With its 46^thplace ranking, UH is tops in the Big West Conference and has the fourth-highest point total among non-Power 5 conferences trailing only BYU (West Coast Conference, 19^th), Princeton (20^th, Ivy League), and Denver (41^st, Summit League).
 
The department's highest all-time Directors' Cup ranking is No. 53 set in 2007-08, the same year UH collected its highest-ever point total (385).
 
Stanford continues to lead the standings with 1,258.75 points while Michigan is second at 972.75. Behind UH, the next highest Big West team is Long Beach State at 88^thplace with 150 points. Among the Mountain West, which UH is a football-only member, Air Force leads the conference with a 48^thplace ranking and 317.5 points.
 
The next ranking is expected to be released the first week of June with the final ranking expected late-June.