Tennessee Tech Leads 2025-26 OVC Commissioner's Cup Standings After Fall Championships
After the completion of the fall sport championships, Tennessee Tech leads the 2025-26 Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Cup all-sport trophy standings; the Cup is a symbol of overall athletic excellence in Conference-sponsored championships.
By OVC Communications
• 2025-26 OVC Commissioner's Cup Standings | Commissioner's Cup History
After the completion of the fall sport championships, Tennessee Tech leads the 2025-26 Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Cup all-sport trophy standings; the Cup is a symbol of overall athletic excellence in Conference-sponsored championships.
The Golden Eagles were bolstered by first-place finishes in women's soccer and football and third-place finishes in women's cross country and volleyball.
TTU tallied 45.5 points, which is six points ahead of Eastern Illinois (39.5). Southern Indiana is third (36) and followed by Southeast Missouri (33.5), Lindenwood (32), UT Martin (31), Little Rock (25.5), SIUE (23.5), Western Illinois (21.5), Morehead State (20.5) and Tennessee State (4).
The 2025-26 season marks the 18th for the Commissioner's Cup, which was previously known as the All-Sports Trophy. The award (which started in 1962-63 for men's sports and 1980-81 for women's sports) was previously divided into a Men's All-Sport Champion and a Women's All-Sport Champion. Points were awarded for each of the 19 sponsored sports and each school was required to count its totals from each sport in its grand total.
With the current points system (updated in 2022-23) schools now count 13 total sports in the final standings. Among those 13, schools are required to count the point totals of three main sports (men's basketball, women's basketball, and volleyball) as well as the highest finishing men's and women's track & field sport (either cross country, indoor track & field or outdoor track & field). Schools that sponsor football are required to count it as one of its 13 sports.
Points are distributed based on the number of schools that sponsor the sport (e.g. if 11 schools sponsor a sport, the champion will earn 11 points, 10 points for second place, 9 points for third place, etc.).
In addition winners of OVC Tournaments (women's soccer, men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis, beach volleyball, softball and baseball) get one additional bonus point, as does the football champion or co-champions.
There are 13 OVC Championships remaining this year (rifle, men's indoor track & field, women's indoor track & field, men's basketball, women's basketball, women's tennis, beach volleyball, women's golf, men's golf, women's outdoor track & field, men's outdoor track & field, softball and baseball); additionally men's tennis teams compete in the "South Division" with Horizon League with a points breakdown based on the order of finish in the division standings.
