ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Navy captured the 2025-26 Patriot League Presidents' Cup, winning six league titles during the spring and a league-best 10 titles overall to finish atop the overall leaderboard for the 11th time in the last 12 years and for the 12th time overall.

Navy has finished either first or second each of the last 19 times the Presidents' Cup has been awarded.

Navy also won the men's title for the fourth year in a row and has now won at least a share of nine men's titles.

Navy earned 154 points during the 2025-26 season, reclaiming the Presidents' Cup after finishing second last year. The Midshipmen had previously won a Patriot League-record 10 straight Presidents' Cup titles from 2013-14 through 2023-24.

Navy won Patriot League championships in men's cross country, men's indoor track and field, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, men's outdoor track and field, men's golf, women's golf, men's tennis, women's tennis and women's lacrosse.

Additionally, men's and women's basketball, men's tennis (shared with Lehigh) and women's lacrosse (shared with Army) won regular-season titles.

Navy has won 100 Patriot League titles since the league expanded to 10 teams in 2013-14. The next closest school is Boston University with 48.

Navy has won 51 titles over the last five years, while Boston University is second with 22.

Overall, Navy has won a Patriot League-record 182 titles, with Army second at 163.

The Patriot League Presidents' Cup is awarded to the member institution with the highest cumulative sports point total in the Patriot League standings for sponsored men's and women's sports. Points are awarded based on a combination of an institution's regular-season and tournament finishes in each sport.

In football, points are awarded based on the final regular-season standings. If there is no regular-season competition and a Patriot League championship determines the champion, points are awarded based on the final championship standings.

If all teams compete in the Patriot League championship and there is regular-season competition, points are awarded based on the average of the final regular-season standings and the tournament finish. If all teams do not participate in the Patriot League championship and regular-season competition is held, points are awarded based on the average of the final season standings and the tournament finish.

For teams not participating in the championship, the final regular-season standings will be utilized.

Bucknell leads all programs with 18 overall Patriot League Presidents' Cup titles, followed by Navy with 12 and Army West Point with five. The three schools are the only winners of the overall title in league history.

2025-26 Patriot League Presidents' Cup Final Standings
(Number of Patriot League sports in parentheses)

OVERALL

1.      Navy (21), 154

2.      Army West Point (20), 151

3.      Boston University (20), 135.5

4.      Bucknell (24), 124.75

5.      Lehigh (24), 113.25

6.      Holy Cross (24), 88

7.      Colgate (22), 83.25

8.      Lafayette (22), 76.25

9.      Loyola Maryland (17), 75.5

10.  American (15), 61.5

MEN

1.      Navy (10), 71.25

2.      Army West Point (10), 67

3.      Lehigh (11), 59.25

4.      Bucknell (11), 54.5

5.      Boston University (8), 53

6.      Lafayette (11), 40.75

7.      Holy Cross (11), 38.5

8.      Loyola Maryland (7), 35

9.      Colgate (10), 34.75

10.  American (6), 32.5

WOMEN

1.      Army West Point (10), 84

2.      Navy (11), 82.75

3.      Boston University (12), 82.5

4.      Bucknell (13), 70.25

5.      Lehigh (13), 54

6.      Holy Cross (13), 49.5

7.      Colgate (12), 48.5

8.      Loyola Maryland (10), 40.5

9.      Lafayette (11), 35.5

10.  American (9), 32.5

ABOUT THE PATRIOT LEAGUE

The Patriot League is in its fourth decade of academic and athletic achievement, continually demonstrating that student-athletes can excel both academically and athletically without sacrificing high standards. The Patriot League's athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to the founding principle of admitting and graduating student-athletes who are academically representative of their classes. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education.