Wayland 6th in inaugural SAC Commissioner's Cup

Wayland Baptist wound up in sixth place in the inaugural Sooner Athletic Conference Commissioner's Cup.

The SAC Commissioner's Cup was created as a symbol of overall excellence in athletics. Member institutions earned points for their finish of each varsity team in the SAC's 16 officially-recognized sports over the 2022-23 academic year.
 
Schools accumulated points based on the number of institutions competing within a given sport, with the highest-finishing institution collecting the maximum points and following in descending order. Points in baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball and volleyball were awarded based upon the regular-season standings. In cross country, golf, track & field and wrestling, scoring was determined by finish in the conference championship event. 
 
Wayland recorded the third-highest number of points out of the 12 full-member schools in the conference. However, rankings are based on a percentage reflected through points earned versus points possible. WBU accumulated 65 points of a possible 114, or 57 percent.
 
Wayland captured one SAC championship in 2022-23, in men's golf, while finishing second in men's basketball and men's cross country. For the complete scorecard breakdown, click here.
 
Oklahoma City University won the inaugural SAC Commissioner's Cup, tallying 97 points of a possible 123, or 78.9 percent. In 2022-23, the Stars captured six SAC championships in men's cross country, men's wrestling, women's cross country, women's golf, softball and women's outdoor track & field.
 
Texas Wesleyan came in second in the standings, tying OCU with 97 points but a lower percent, 75.8, of its possible 128 points. The Rams boasted of five league titles in baseball, football, women's basketball, men's track & field and women's wrestling.

For sports including affiliate members, points were determined by excluding those per-sport member teams and giving the maximum possible points to the highest finishing SAC full-member school. The second-highest SAC school received the second highest possible points for the sport, etc. 
 

2022-23 Sooner Athletic Conference Commissioner's Cup
Rank	School	Pts. Earned	Pts. Possible	Pct.
1.	Oklahoma City	97	123	.789
2.	Texas Wesleyan	97	128	.758
3.	Mid-America Christian	52	73	.712
4.	Science & Arts	60	85	.706
5.	John Brown	58	85	.682
6.	Wayland Baptist	65	114	.570
7.	SW Assemblies of God	59	108	.546
8.	Langston	32	67	.478
9.	Southwestern Christian	47	103	.456
10.	Panhandle State	34	115	.296
11.	North Texas Dallas	14	49	.286
12.	Central Christian	18	88	.205