General | 3/14/2024 10:00:32 AM
St. John Fisher University continues to maintain a slight lead in the 2023-24 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup standings, as the winter standings were announced on March 14. The Cardinals own a 0.819 composite score and lead second place Nazareth University by just under four tenths of a point following the winter season. The final Empire 8 Commissioner's Cup standings will be released in late May after the completion of the spring sports campaign.
Nazareth leads all Empire 8 institutions with five league championships this season, while Alfred University is right behind with three titles. For the complete E8 Commissioner's Cup standings, please see below.
The Cardinals earned 25.75 of a possible 32 points from their winter sports teams, with women’s basketball earning its third straight league titles, in addition to third place finishes in men’s and women’s indoor track and field and a third place scoring finish for men’s basketball. St. John Fisher has finished in the top half of the standings in all 12 of its sports to date in 2023-24, with six sports earning runner-up finishes.
Nazareth is currently in second place, with a percentage total of 0.781 on the strength of Empire 8 titles in men’s and women’s indoor track and field for the second straight season in addition to its sixth straight women’s swimming and diving title and a runner-up finish in men’s basketball. In addition, Nazareth won women’s soccer and women’s cross country titles in the fall. The Golden Flyers led all Empire 8 institutions during the winter season by recording a 0.875 team score (33.25 of a possible 38 team points).
Utica University remained in third overall with a percentage total of 0.678 after men’s basketball claimed its second Empire 8 Championship and runner-up finishes for both men’s and women’s track and field. The Pioneers tied St. John Fisher by earning 25.75 of a possible 32 points during the winter season.
Houghton University currently sits fourth with a composite score of 0.575 on the strength of a runner-up finish in women’s basketball and fourth place finishes in men’s and women’s indoor track and field in addition to the 2023 E8 Men’s Cross Country title in the fall. Alfred University rounded out the top five with a percentage total of 0.552, as its women’s volleyball and women’s tennis teams claimed 2023 E8 Championships in the fall, while men’s swimming and diving teams both earned runner-up honors. Hartwick College won the 2023-24 men’s swimming and diving title in addition to the 2023 Field Hockey Championship and is sixth overall after the winter season.
Elmira College, Keuka College and Russell Sage round out the 2023-24 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup standings after the winter season. Elmira claimed the 2023 E8 Men’s Soccer Championship during the fall.
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.
2023-24 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup Standings (After 2023-24 Winter Season)
| Institution |
Actual |
Possible |
Percentage |
| St. John Fisher |
77 |
94 |
0.81914894 |
| Nazareth |
75 |
96 |
0.78125 |
| Utica |
63.75 |
94 |
0.67819149 |
| Houghton |
51.75 |
90 |
0.575 |
| Alfred |
50.75 |
92 |
0.55163043 |
| Hartwick |
51 |
100 |
0.51 |
| Elmira |
19.25 |
53 |
0.36320755 |
| Keuka |
22.25 |
69 |
0.32246377 |
| Russell Sage |
28.25 |
90 |
0.31388889 |
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