It wasn’t in question a few weeks ago, but now it’s official:

Stanford has earned its 13th straight Directors’ Cup.

The Cardinal finished the year with a grand total of 1429.00 points, riding on the strength of two national titles (men’s golf and women’s cross country) and points in 19 of 20 possible sports.

The Cardinal’s nearest competition, UCLA, finished a whopping 172 points behind (1257.00 total) for its second straight year as the runner-up, followed closely by North Carolina (1161.33), Michigan (1135.25) and Southern California (1103.50) to round out the top five.

The Directors’ Cup is determined by the Sports Academy and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and is based on final NCAA Division-I standings of up to 10 men’s and 10 women’s sports from each respective school. Though 21 total sports finished high enough to earn points for the cup, Stanford had only 10 high finishes from the Cardinal women (complemented by nine from the men) count toward its official tally.

Among those were the NCAA titles in men’s golf and women’s cross country, as well as runner-up finishes in men’s swimming and diving, women’s volleyball and women’s water polo. Eleven other Cardinal sports finished in the top 10 nationally: men’s gymnastics (third), women’s tennis (tied for third), women’s swimming and diving (fourth), men’s indoor track and field (fourth), women’s golf (fifth), women’s gymnastics (fifth), women’s indoor track and field (sixth), fencing (ninth), women’s soccer (tied for ninth), men’s outdoor track and field (tied for 10th) and women’s outdoor track and field (tied for 10th).

The Cardinal has won the award — which was known as the Sears Cup prior to the 2003-2004 season, when the U.S. Sports Academy took over sponsorship — the last 13 years of the trophy’s 14-year history.