After the close of the fall portion of the 2025-26 academic year, Fairfield University leads the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in the national Learfield Directors’ Cup standings as well as the Richard J. Ensor, Esq. MAAC Commissioner’s Cup ledger.
The Learfield Cup measures success across all NCAA programs with points earned for participation and advancement in NCAA Tournament play. The Stags’ 70 points this fall were bolstered by Fairfield’s Field Hockey program, which won the NEC Championship and earned the second NCAA postseason win in program history, as well as the third consecutive MAAC Championship and NCAA appearance for the Fairfield Volleyball program.
The Stags rank 79 out of 363 Division I programs on the national ledger. Fairfield is also eighth among the more than 100 teams in the I-AAA classification (Division I, no football) and fifth among the 21 Division I Jesuit institutions, trailing only Georgetown, Saint Louis, Xavier, and Creighton, while besting a roster that includes Boston College, Fordham, Gonzaga, Marquette, and others.
In 2024-25, Fairfield Athletics finished 102nd overall in the Learfield Cup standings as well as 10th in the I-AAA class and fifth among Jesuit institutions, after winning a school-record eight conference championships in 2024-25. Fairfield's 185 points placed the University atop the MAAC, significantly in front of second-place Quinnipiac's 80 total points.
In addition to leading the overall MAAC Commissioner's Cup, at the close of the fall season, Fairfield also ranks atop the standings for the MAAC Commissioner’s Cup for Women’s Sports, awarded annually as a symbol of overall excellence in conference competition.
Within the MAAC this fall, Fairfield won both the MAAC Championship and the Regular Season Championship in Volleyball, as well as the MAAC Regular Season Championship for Women’s Soccer. Both Women’s and Men’s Soccer reached the semifinals of their respective conference tournaments. In addition, Women’s Cross Country matched its best finish in program history at fifth place at the conference meet, led by Hannah Snayd’s second consecutive individual title. Men’s Cross Country improved its standing at the MAAC Championship with a seventh-place performance.
The Stags have won the MAAC Commissioner’s Cup in back-to-back seasons and have claimed the last four MAAC Women’s Commissioner’s Cups.
Fairfield Field Hockey’s NEC Championship and Regular Season Championship this fall do not factor into the MAAC Commissioner’s Cup standings.
