COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs Department of Athletics collected the second most points in school history in the annual Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Sports Competition Cup standings, announced by the league office Tuesday afternoon. UCCS received 793.5 points to finish fourth out of 15 schools in this year's cup. The 793.5 points tie UCCS for the second-most points ever recorded (2018-19), and just four points shy of tying the all-time school record of 797.5 points, set in 2017-18.
Colorado Mesa University claimed the 2024-25 RMAC All-Sports Competition Cup title, earning 854.7 points, edging second-place Colorado School of Mines by 16.2 points (838.5 total points). The Mountain Lions' fourth-place finish is just 29 points behind third-place Colorado State University Pueblo (822.5 points). UCCS finished a comfortable 87.5 points ahead of fifth-place Western Colorado University.
The fourth-place finish by the Mountain Lions marks the ninth straight year UCCS has finished in the top five.
The RMAC All-Sports Competition Cup is awarded to the institution that accumulates the most points over the year based on its teams' outcome in the RMAC's four core sports, along with six wild-card sports. The four core sports are football or men's soccer, men's basketball, women's basketball and volleyball, while the six wild card sports consist of three men's sports and three women's sports, which are designated by that institution's best finish in those 18 non-core sports (22 total RMAC sports).
Total RMAC All-Sports Competition Cup points are calculated based on how the teams finish in the RMAC regular season standings. In the scenario where teams do not have regular season standings, conference championship results are used. If there is a tie, points are combined and divided by the number of teams involved in the tie. Point fractions were rounded up if above 0.5.
The Mountain Lions earned 231.5 points in the core sports of men's and women's basketball, men's soccer and volleyball. Men's soccer led the four core sports with 73 points after finishing fourth in the RMAC regular season. Women's basketball, which went on to win the RMAC tournament championship and proceed to the NCAA tournament, finished sixth in the regular season to put 68 points toward the cup standings. Men's basketball chipped in 58 points after tying for seventh overall, while volleyball rounded out the four core sports with 32.5 points after placing in a tie for 11
th place.
All of UCCS' wild card points came from the Mountain Lions' six cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field programs, with both genders accounting for 281 points in each wild card section. The Mountain Lions swept the men's track and field championships for 200 points while the men's cross country team added 81 points after placing fourth in the conference championship meet.
The Mountain Lions women's outdoor track and field team gained all 100 points possible after being crowned the conference champions, and they supplemented the women's wild card standings with 94 points behind a RMAC Women's Indoor Track and Field runner-up finish. Women's cross country placed third out of 15 teams at the conference championship back in October, tallying 87 points toward the standings.
2024-25 RMAC All-Sports Competition Cup Standings
| INSTITUTION |
POINTS |
| 1. Colorado Mesa |
854.7 |
| 2. Colorado School of Mines |
838.5 |
| 3. CSU Pueblo |
822.5 |
| 4. UCCS |
793.5 |
| 5. Western Colorado |
706.0 |
| 6. MSU Denver |
679.7 |
| 7. Adams State |
629.2 |
| 8. Colorado Christian |
598.5 |
| 9. Regis |
578.8 |
| 10. Fort Lewis |
562.7 |
| 11. Black Hills State |
483.2 |
| 12. South Dakota Mines |
439.0 |
| 13. Westminster |
410.8 |
| 14. Chadron State |
385.0 |
| 15. N.M. Highlands |
360.0 |
Mountain Lions Year-By-Year in RMAC Competition Cup Standings:
| YEAR |
PLACE |
POINTS |
| 2024-25 |
4th |
793.5 |
| 2023-24 |
3rd |
775 |
| 2022-23 |
3rd |
789.3 |
| 2021-22 |
3rd |
778 |
| 2020-21 |
N/A Due to Covid |
| 2019-20 |
4th |
496 |
| 2018-19 |
3rd |
793.5 |
| 2017-18 |
3rd |
797.5 |
| 2016-17 |
4th |
770.5 |
| 2015-16 |
4th |
747 |
| 2014-15 |
8th |
610 |
| 2013-14 |
6th |
600.5 |
| 2012-13 |
6th |
652.5 |
| 2011-12 |
12th |
484 |
| 2010-11 |
13th |
473.5 |
| 2009-10 |
12th |
461 |
| 2008-09 |
12th |
457.7 |
| 2007-08 |
11th |
555 |
| 2006-07 |
10th |
570 |
| 2005-06 |
10th |
580 |
| 2004-05 |
12th |
560 |
| 2003-04 |
11th |
550 |
| 2002-03 |
Tied-10th |
540 |
| 2001-02 |
7th |
560 |
| 2000-01 |
7th |
58 |
| 1999-00 |
10th |
48.25 |
| 1998-99 |
6th |
59.5 |
| 1997-98 |
9th |
49 |
| 1996-97 |
14th |
15.5 |
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
