General | 12/12/2024 9:59:48 AM
League newcomer SUNY Geneseo leads the 2024-25 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup standings, as the fall standings were announced on December 12. The Knights posted a 0.841 composite score and lead second place Nazareth University by just over three tenths of a point following the fall season. The E8 will post updated Commissioner's Cup standings following the winter sports season and the final standings will be released in May after the completion of the spring sports campaign.
Five different institutions won E8 titles in the fall, with Geneseo earning four league championships and St. John Fisher winning a pair of league crowns. For the complete E8 Commissioner's Cup standings, please see below.
The Knights earned a total of 69 points from their fall sports teams, with E8 Championships is in men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey and women’s soccer and a runner-up performances in women’s tennis. Geneseo qualified for the E8 postseason tournaments in five team sports, while finishing in the top half of the standings in all eight of the nine fall sports.
Nazareth is currently in second place, with a percentage total of 0.808 on the strength of its first women’s golf invitational title in addition to runner-up finishes in women’s cross country, women’s soccer and women’s volleyball.
SUNY Brockport is third overall with a percentage total of 0.747 on the strength of a runner-up finish in men’s cross country, regular season title in women’s soccer and playoff berths in all five team sports. St. John Fisher University is right behind in fourth, having won both the men’s soccer and women’s volleyball championships, while also garnering playoff berths in five sports.
Hartwick University is currently fifth in the E8 standings with a composite score of 0.573 after winning its second women’s tennis title in the last three years, while finishing as the runner-up in field hockey. Houghton University rounded out the top half of the standings in sixth with a percentage total of 0.516. Alfred University is seventh with a team percentage of .486, as football had the most points among full-time E8 member institutions.
Utica University, Russell Sage College, Elmira College, SUNY Poly and Keuka College round out the 2024-25 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup standings after the fall season. Elmira advanced to the Empire 8 Championship match in men’s soccer.
Commissioner’s Cup points are awarded based on each team's finish in the Empire 8 conference standings at the completion of the regular season and post-season. Points are awarded on a scale dependent upon the number of schools that sponsor the sport (affiliate members are not calculated into the point scale). A team's regular season finish will be added to its post-season finish and divided by two for the final total for that sport.
Teams tied for a position in the regular season standings are ranked based on tiebreaker scenarios. The actual number of points earned is then divided by the amount of possible points for each school based on conference-sponsored sports to determine their overall percentage.
2024-25 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup Standings (After 2024 Fall Season)
| Institution |
Actual |
Possible |
Percentage |
| SUNY Geneseo |
69 |
82 |
0.841463415 |
| Nazareth |
66.25 |
82 |
0.807926829 |
| SUNY Brockport |
61.25 |
82 |
0.746951220 |
| St. John Fisher |
64.75 |
87 |
0.744252874 |
| Hartwick |
47 |
82 |
0.573170732 |
| Houghton |
39.75 |
77 |
0.516233766 |
| Alfred |
35 |
72 |
0.486111111 |
| Utica |
37 |
87 |
0.425287356 |
| Russell Sage |
29.5 |
77 |
0.383116883 |
| Elmira |
17.25 |
46 |
0.375 |
| SUNY Poly |
14.25 |
58 |
0.245698655 |
| Keuka |
15 |
73 |
0.205479452 |
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