Today's college notes leads with an item about Notre Dame College and Lake Erie College's spots in the Learfield Sports Directors Cup standings. Both schools rank among the top 100 in the Divisions II standings entering the spring championship season.  

The Learfield Cup awards schools points based upon performances at NCAA championship events. Lake Erie, which moved to Division II in 2009-10, is looking to crack the top for the first time in school history. 

The Learfield Cup awards titles and points at all levels. Below is a list of where Ohio schools rank in the standings:

Division I

15. Ohio State

86. Kent State 

96. Akron

104. Miami

111. Dayton

123. Ohio

136. Cincinnati

139. Bowling Green

150. Toledo

165. Cleveland State 

177. Xavier

Division II

1. Ashland 

26. Findlay

78. Notre Dame 

83. Lake Erie

101. Tiffin

149. Cedarville

Division III

25. Mount Union (Having a powerful football team helps)

26. Ohio Northern 

43. Kenyon

60. Denison

74. Heidelberg 

77. Wittenberg

102. Case Western Reserve

104. Wooster

117 Marietta 

162. Oberlin

184. Otterbein

217. Defiance

234. Mount St. Joseph

283. John Carroll

Full Division I standings

Full Division II standings

Full Division III standings

-- Guy Cipriano | @newsheraldguy