Dr. Patrick R. Damore Commissioner's Cup Standings After 2026 SUNYAC Winter Championships
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Cortland sits a top the Dr. Patrick R. Damore Commissioner's Cup standings after winter championships while New Paltz is No. 2 and Plattsburgh is No. 3.
The cup was named for Dr. Patrick R. Damore in 2012 when he retired as the SUNYAC Commissioner after serving in the position for 33 years. Damore passed away at the age of 90 on May 23, 2021.
Cortland took home four SUNYAC titles this winter including women's swimming and diving, men's and women's indoor track and field and men's basketball. The women's basketball team finished the regular season No. 2, the women's ice hockey team was No. 3 and the men's ice hockey team was No. 4. The women's basketball and women's ice hockey teams advanced to the SUNYAC finals to add points for the Red Dragons. The men's swimming and diving and the men's wrestling teams both finished second at the conference championship meets.
New Paltz women's basketball team was the top seed going into the SUNYAC tournament and went on to win the conference crown. The men's basketball team advanced to the postseason ranked No. 4. Both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams finished fifth at the league championship meet.
Plattsburgh women's ice hockey was the top seed after regular season play and went on to win its second-straight SUNYAC championship. Women's basketball was the fourth seed and men's basketball was fifth, both teams advanced to the semifinals. The men's ice hockey team competed in the quarterfinals as the sixth seed. The men's and women's indoor track and field teams both finished in fourth place at the SUNYAC championship meet.
The final SUNYAC Patrick R. Damore Commissioner's Cup standings will be released in May after the 2026 spring championships.
The Commissioner's Cup point system is determined by the 20 different conference sports in the fall, winter, and spring. A 10-point system is used in each sport. The first-place team gets 10 points, the second-place team gets 9 points, and so on. A team's regular-season finish will be added to their post-season finish and divided by two for their final total for that sport. The total number of points that a school accumulates is divided by the number of conference sports it has. This school total determines the overall winner at the end of the school year. View the complete Dr. Patrick R. Damore Commissioner's Cup list and history here.
2026 SUNYAC Commissioner's Cup Winter Standings
| Rank | School | Avg. Pts. |
| 1 | Cortland | 8.77 |
| 2 | New Paltz | 6.98 |
| 3 | Plattsburgh | 6.40 |
| 4 | Oneonta | 6.16 |
| 5 | Oswego | 5.92 |
| 6 | Fredonia | 5.02 |
| 7 | Buffalo State | 4.93 |
| 8 | Canton | 3.03 |
| 9 | Morrisville | 3.02 |
| 10 | Potsdam | 1.83 |
