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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Southeast Missouri State University has won the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Cup for the 2025-26 school year the league office announced on Tuesday.
It marks the second-straight and fourth Cup title for the Redhawks in the past six years.
The award is a symbol of overall athletic excellence in Conference-sponsored championships.
The Redhawks finished with 102.0 points, which was 5.5
points ahead of a trio of schools that tied for second-place. The Redhawks were bolstered by first-place finishes in each men's and women's indoor track and field and women's outdoor track and field and runner-up finishes in women's cross country and baseball.
Eastern Illinois, Little Rock and Tennessee Tech finished with 96.5 points. Southern Indiana was fifth (81) and followed by Lindenwood (80), UT Martin (78), SIUE (77.5), Morehead State (70), Western Illinois (61.5) and Tennessee State (40).
The 2025-26 season marked the 17th 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 league's sponsored sports and each school was required to count its totals from each sport in its grand total.
The points system now has schools 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 10 schools sponsor a sport, the champion will earn 10 points, 9 points for second place, 8 points for third place, etc.).
In addition, winners of OVC Tournaments (soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis, beach volleyball, softball and baseball as well as the football champion) get one additional bonus point.