In 2018, Furman placed in the top 75 best colleges in the NACDA Directors' Cup Division I Final Standings, being the only liberal arts college in the US and only member of the Southern Conference to do so.[33] In the 2019–2020 season, Furman finished in 32nd place in the NACDA Director's Cup Final Fall Standings.[34] Despite its small size, Furman has had several of its sports teams ranked in the NCAA Div 1 Top 25 in the nation in recent times: men's football at #2 in NCAA-I-AA, men's soccer at #3 in the nation, women's golf at #8, men's cross country at #7, women's cross country at #9, men's basketball at #23 and women's tennis at #24.