General | 3/19/2025 1:42:31 PM
Empire 8 newcomer SUNY Geneseo continues to lead the 2024-25 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup standings, as the standings were announced through the winter season on March 20. The Knights own a 0.8496 composite score and lead second place SUNY Brockport by just under a tenth 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.
The Knights lead all Empire 8 institutions with nine league titles through the winter season, while Utica University and St. John Fisher University have recorded two E8 Championships apiece. For the complete E8 Commissioner's Cup standings, please see below.
The Knights earned 48.25 of a possible 56 points from their winter sports teams, with E8 Championships in men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s swimming and diving and women’s basketball. In the fall, Geneseo won the Empire 8 men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey and women’s soccer championships. Geneseo has finished in the top half of the standings in 13 of the 15 sports they have competed in to date.
SUNY Brockport is currently in second overall with a percentage total of 0.757 on the strength of a runner-up finishes in women’s basketball and men’s indoor track and field, in addition to regular season title in both men’s and women’s basketball and third place finishes in women’s indoor track and field and men’s swimming and diving.
Nazareth is third after the winter season, with a percentage total of 0.748 on the strength of runner-up finishes in women’s indoor track and field and semifinal appearances in both men’s and women’s basketball. St. John Fisher University is fourth with a score of .702, earning a semifinal berth in women’s basketball and third place finish in men’s indoor track and field.
Houghton University is currently fifth in the E8 standings with a composite score of 0.511, while Utica University rounded out the top half of the standings in sixth with a percentage total of 0.492. The Pioneers won the Empire 8 men’s basketball championship for the second straight season and won the regular season crown in men’s ice hockey.
Hartwick College, Alfred University, Russell Sage College, SUNY Poly, Elmira College and Keuka College round out the 2024-25 Empire 8 Commissioner’s Cup standings after the winter season. SUNY Poly advanced to the Empire 8 Championship game in men’s basketball.
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 2025 Winter Season)
| Institution |
Actual |
Possible |
Percentage |
| SUNY Geneseo |
117.25 |
138 |
0.84963768 |
| SUNY Brockport |
104.5 |
138 |
0.75724638 |
| Nazareth |
103.25 |
138 |
0.74818841 |
| St. John Fisher |
90.5 |
129 |
0.70155039 |
| Houghton |
60.75 |
119 |
0.5105042 |
| Utica |
65.5 |
133 |
0.4924812 |
| Hartwick |
63.5 |
134 |
0.4738806 |
| Alfred |
58.5 |
124 |
0.47177419 |
| Russell Sage |
46 |
119 |
0.38655462 |
| SUNY Poly |
28.25 |
82 |
0.3445122 |
| Elmira |
24 |
70 |
0.34285714 |
| Keuka |
20 |
97 |
0.20618557 |
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