GENESEO, N.Y. - The Empire 8 announced its 2024-25 Commissioner Cup Standings this week following the conclusion of the winter season, and SUNY Geneseo leads all 12 schools in its first year of competition. The Knights own a 0.8496 composite score, leading second place Brockport at 0.757.

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 finished in the top half of the standings in 13 of the 15 sports they have competed in to date.

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

For the full press release from the Empire 8, click here.