CLEVELAND — The first set of winter Division I standings in the Learfield Directors' Cup was released Thursday and has Colorado positioned at No. 11 with 412.5 points, one of five Pac-12 schools ranked in the top 20 on its leaderboard.
The 11th-place standing is close to the highest CU has ever been positioned after the completion of winter sports. CU was ranked ninth three times and then 16th would be the next highest standing behind this current season.
The Buffaloes were unofficially as high as No. 3 following the 2018 NCAA Skiing Championships that CU hosted March 7-10 in Steamboat Springs.