Liberty Athletics continues to see its national brand lifted across all sports, as the Flames have finished at No. 97 in the final 2024-25 Learfield IMG College Directors’ Cup standings.
This mark ranks just behind where the Flames have finished in recent seasons. The Flames finished at No. 98 in 2022-23. Liberty’s best ever finish came following the 2020-21 season at No. 72. Following the 2021-22 season, the Flames finished at No. 74. Prior to these finishes, Liberty’s previous best Directors’ Cup ranking was No. 82 following the 2001-02 athletics season and No. 96 following the 2011-12 athletics campaign.
Texas led the rankings and the Longhorns were followed by USC, Stanford, North Carolina, UCLA, Tennessee, Florida, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Duke to round out the top 10. Princeton was the highest ranked non-Power Five program with a final ranking of No. 32, followed by fellow Ivy League member Harvard at No. 34.
Here are the Group of Five conference members who finished in the top 100:
#49 New Mexico
#78 South Florida
#84 UMass
#88 Western Michigan
#91 Boise State
#93 Colorado State
#97 Liberty
#98 Navy
#99 Hawaii
Liberty received points in this year’s Directors’ Cup rankings thanks to national championship finishes or bowl game appearances by women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s lacrosse, and softball.
Conference USA rankings:
97. Liberty
141. Jax State
154. Sam Houston
169. Western Kentucky
197. Louisiana Tech
214. FIU
225. UTEP
263. New Mexico State
264. Middle Tennessee
Virginia FBS program rankings:
12. Virginia
45. Virginia Tech
97. Liberty
166. James Madison
226. Old Dominion
Previous years’ rankings:
2024-25: 97
2023-24: 118
2022-23: 98
2021-22: 74
2020-21: 72
All-Time Top 100 rankings:
2020-21: 72
2021-22: 74
2001-02: 82
2018-19: 93
2011-12: 95
2024-25: 97
2022-23: 98
