Arizona State is 19th in the final Directors' Cup standings, its first top-20 finish in six school years.

ASU improved 12 places in 2018-19 with 821 points in the national all-sports ranking administered since 1993-94 by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

The Sun Devils last finished in the top 20 at No. 18 in 2012-13. Their highest finish with No. 4 in 2007-08.

Others from the Pac-12 in the top 20 are Stanford (No. 1), USC (5), UCLA (6) and Cal (18). Arizona finished No. 41 (572.50 points).

All of the schools in the top 20 are from Power 5 conferences: Pac-12, Big 10, ACC with five, SEC four and Big 12 one. The highest non-Power 5 finishers are BYU at No. 29 and Princeton No. 30.

Every Pac-12 school finished in the top 100. Washington was No. 24, Oregon 27, Colorado 50, Oregon State 65, Utah 79 and Washington State 89.

In Division I Directors' Cup scoring, schools are allowed to count postseason points from up to 19 sports, four of which must include men's basketball, baseball, women's basketball and volleyball.

ASU's 18 sports earning Directors' Cup points were football, men's/women's basketball, baseball, softball, hockey, wrestling, men's/women's golf, men's/women's swimming, men's/women's tennis, men's/women's indoor/outdoor track and gymnastics.

ASU Directors' Cup finishes

2018-19 – 19th

2017-18 – 31st

2016-17 – 43rd

2015-16 – 37th

2014-15 – 30th

2013-14 – 27th

2012-13 – 18th

2011-12 - 30th

2010-11 - 27th

2009-10 - 22nd

2008-09 - 12th

2007-08 - 4th

2006-07 - 10th

2005-06 - 13th

2004-05 - 11th

2003-04 - 17th

2002-03 - 10th

2001-02 - 15th

2000-01 - 9th

1999-00 - 11th

1998-99 - 12th

1997-98 - 12th

1996-97 - 13th

1995-96 - 21st

1994-95 - 12th

1993-94 - 10th

ASU clinches Territorial Cup Series title with tiebreaker victory over Arizona

Arizona State has clinched a win in the 2018-19 Territorial Cup Series over rival Arizona.

ASU rallied in spring sports to pull even with UA at 10.5 points apiece.

The tiebreaker is the higher finish in the national Directors' Cup standings, which ASU leads by an insurmountable 211 points through Wednesday.

With all Directors Cup points counted other than baseball, ASU is No. 22 nationally with 783.5 points and UA is No. 39 with 572.50. Only ASU will receive baseball points.

After the College World Series, ASU will have its highest Directors' Cup finish since at least 2013-14 (No. 27) and perhaps will crack the top 20 for the first time since 2012-13 (No. 18). ASU was No. 31 in 2017-18.

ASU's title in the Territorial Cup Series is its fifth in the last six years. UA won the first three years (2009-10 through 2011-12). The 2012-13 title is disputed with ASU counting men's indoor track and claiming a tiebreaker victory based on a higher finish in the Directors' Cup standings.

So over a decade, ASU leads 5-4 overall in undisputed titles.

ASU's series points in 2018-19 were in football, women's cross country, men's basketball, women's basketball (half point), women's swimming, gymnastics, baseball, men's golf, women's tennis, men's tennis and women's outdoor track.

UA's points were in men's cross country, soccer, volleyball, women's basketball (half point), men's swimming, softball, men's indoor track, women's indoor track, men's outdoor track, women's golf and beach volleyball.

Reach the reporter at jeff.metcalfe@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8053. Follow him on Twitter @jeffmetcalfe.

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