JMU Sits Atop Sun Belt’s Bubas Cup Standings After Fall Sports

HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison University leads the Sun Belt Conference's Vic Bubas Cup standings through the 2025 fall sports season. The Bubas Cup is the Sun Belt's all-sports championship, awarded to the top athletics department in the conference based on a points system.

In the fall sports season, James Madison captured its first Sun Belt football title after earning the league's top conference record at 8-0 to win the regular season and earn 15 points. Volleyball also earned a regular season title to grab 14 points. Additional points included 10 for women's soccer, eight for cross country and one for men's soccer. JMU does not earn points for field hockey's fourth-place finish in the MAC.

Arkansas State accumulated 45.0 points in the Bubas Cup Standings, which puts them ahead of Coastal Carolina, Louisiana and Marshall in a tie for third (36.5).

The Vic Bubas Cup is named after the Sun Belt Conference's first Commissioner. Bubas was appointed the conference's commissioner on Oct. 6, 1976, and served for 14 years until his retirement in 1990. He led the conference during a period in which its membership increased from six to eight members and its sport sponsorship grew from four to 10 sports. Bubas was a three-time ACC Coach of the Year at Duke in the 1960s, taking his team to three Final Fours. In 2007, he was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Bubas passed away in April 2018 at the age of 91.

Points for the Bubas Cup are awarded based on regular-season finish for sports that have a regular season conference schedule. Points are awarded based on Sun Belt Championship finish if that sport does not have a regular-season conference schedule. Points are awarded based on the number of schools sponsoring the sport. Institutions not sponsoring a sport do not receive points in that sport. Institutions tying for positions split the combined points of their positions.

For sports that have both a regular-season schedule and a conference tournament, one additional point will be awarded to the winner of the conference tournament, including an additional point for winning the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship.

For sports with divisions, the conference records of all teams are ranked and points are awarded regardless of divisional finish. Standings for the sports of men's and women's soccer are determined by points rather than winning percentage.

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