Calm Week in Division I National Team Rankings Ahead of Conference Championships Storm

NEW ORLEANS – Between the slim schedule on the opening weekend of conference championships season and the majority of teams biding their time before this coming weekend’s league meets, little changed atop the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I National Team Computer Rankings released Tuesday.

Men’s Top Five
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
Arkansas 176.04 pts	Florida 128.21 pts	Texas A&M 127.23 pts	Wisconsin 116.78 pts	Oregon 99.54 pts
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The defending champions for both genders maintained their positions atop their respective rankings in the Arkansas men and the four-time defending champion Oregon women, while a majority of the top ten teams also remained in a holding pattern.

A top-three showdown is set for this weekend at the SEC Championships as behind Arkansas (176.04 team rankings points) in the men’s rankings were No. 2 Florida (128.21) and No. 3 Texas A&M (127.23).

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That same order is exactly how these three teams entered the 2013 SEC Championships, and it was exactly the order in which they finished at both SECs and NCAA indoors (champion, runner-up and fourth, respectively).

The SEC meet is shaping up to be perhaps the top league meet in the nation this weekend with seven top-25 men’s teams, followed by four in the Big Ten and three in both the MPSF and the ACC.

One of those Big Ten teams, No. 4 Wisconsin (116.78), moved up one spot behind Michael Lihrman’s NCAA Division I record weight throw of 79-7½ (24.27m), while No. 5 Oregon (99.54) of the MPSF slid one spot for the second consecutive week.

No. 6 Florida State (79.52) and No. 7 Penn State (75.16) swapped spots for the second consecutive week, while No. 8 Southern California (66.66) and No. 9 Arizona (65.62) remained stationary.

Behind a fifth-ranked performance at 400 meters by Christopher Giesting in 45.89 and the sixth-ranked distance medley relay team in the nation in 9:29.43, Notre Dame jumped up 10 spots from last week to round out the top 10.

The biggest beneficiary of the opening weekend of conference championships season was No. 18 Kennesaw State, which soared 20 spots upward from last week behind National Athlete of the Week Andre Dorsey for its first top-25 appearance since the beginning of the USTFCCCA rankings in 2008.

Dorsey is the only man in Division I ranked in the top 10 in three different jumps events (No. 3 triple jump, No. 6 high jump, No. 7 long jump).

Women’s Top Five
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
Oregon 201.28 pts	Florida 145.89 pts	Texas A&M 142.86 pts	Arkansas 126.51 pts	Texas 122.02 pts
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The women’s top 10 teams were largely idle this past weekend, which translated into each of the first nine holding steady from last week.

Behind No. 1 Oregon (201.28 team rankings score) – which is looking to match LSU from 1993-1997 as the only five-time-defending champions in women’s Division I indoor history –remained No. 2 Florida (145.89), No. 3 Texas A&M (142.86), No. 4 Arkansas (126.51) and preseason favorite No. 5 Texas (122.02).

As with the men, this upcoming weekend’s SEC women’s indoor championships is sure to produce fireworks. In addition to No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Texas A&M and defending indoor SEC Champion No. 4 Arkansas are top-10 teams in No. 6 Kentucky (100.83) and No. 7 Georgia (98.31) among eight total top-25 teams from the conference.

The Big 12 and MPSF are a distant second, both with three nationally ranked teams set to contend at their championships.

Providence (90.41) remained No. 8 after its third-place finish at the Big East Championships, while No. 9 Stanford (76.35) held firm ahead of this weekend’s MPSF Championships against No. 1 Oregon.

Dartmouth (58.59) rounded out the top 10 after a 13-point jump with the inclusion of Abbey D’Agostino’s top-ranked performance at 3000 meters.

The two biggest improvements in the women’s rankings came from the Big East Championships, as runner-up Georgetown improved 19 positions to No. 15 and champion Villanova jumped 33 to No. 18 behind National Athlete of the Week Emily Lipari.

The national team rankings are complied by mathematical formulae based on national descending order lists. The purpose and methodology of the rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national team race. Rankings points do not equate with NCAA Championships team points. A full description of the rankings can be found here.

The USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings should not be referred to as a “poll” as no voting occurs during the process.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I
Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2014 Week #5 — February 25
next ranking: March 4

Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Arkansas	176.04	SEC	Chris Bucknam (6th)	1
2	Florida	128.21	SEC	Mike Holloway (12th)	2
3	Texas A&M	127.23	SEC	Pat Henry (10th)	3
4	Wisconsin	116.78	Big Ten	Mick Byrne (1st)	5
5	Oregon	99.54	MPSF	Robert Johnson (2nd)	4
6	Florida State	79.52	ACC	Bob Braman (11th)	7
7	Penn State	75.16	Big Ten	Beth Alford-Sullivan (8th)	6
8	Southern California	66.66	Independent (DI)	Caryl Smith Gilbert (1st)	8
9	Arizona	65.62	MPSF	Fred Harvey (12th)	9
10	Notre Dame	52.73	ACC	Joe Piane (39th)	20
11	Mississippi State	49.85	Independent (DI)	Steve Dudley (4th)	13
12	Alabama	46.62	SEC	Dan Waters (3rd)	11
13	Cornell	45.17	Ivy	Nathan Taylor (15th)	24
14	Villanova	44.29	Big East	Marcus O’Sullivan (14th)	10
15	LSU	41.72	SEC	Dennis Shaver (10th)	16
16	UTEP	41.47	Conference USA	Mika Laaksonen (5th)	12
17	Texas	40.61	Big 12	Mario Sategna (1st)	14
18	Kennesaw State	39.41	Atlantic Sun	Andy Eggerth (4th)	38
19	Pittsburgh	39.14	ACC	Alonzo Webb (12th)	15
20	Mississippi	36.87	SEC	Brian O’Neal (2nd)	19
21	Nebraska	35.56	Big Ten	Gary Pepin (31st)	21
22	Texas Tech	35.25	Big 12	Wes Kittley (15th)	17
23	Stanford	34.81	MPSF	Chris Miltenberg (2nd)	18
24	Georgia	33.47	SEC	Wayne Norton (15th)	22
25	Ohio State	33.31	Big Ten	Ed Beathea (3rd)	23
Dropped out: No. 25 Northern Arizona
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	SEC	651.16	7
2	Big Ten	376.29	4
3	MPSF	315.22	3
4	ACC	249.31	3
5	Big 12	202.81	2
6	Independent (DI)	116.51	2
7	Ivy	100.01	1
8	Conference USA	88.64	1
9	American	84.54
10	Mid-American	71.66

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I
Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2014 Week #5 — February 25
next ranking: March 4

Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Oregon	201.28	MPSF	Robert Johnson (2nd)	1
2	Florida	145.89	SEC	Mike Holloway (7th)	2
3	Texas A&M	142.86	SEC	Pat Henry (10th)	3
4	Arkansas	126.51	SEC	Lance Harter (24th)	4
5	Texas	122.02	Big 12	Mario Sategna (1st)	5
6	Kentucky	100.83	SEC	Edrick Floreal (2nd)	6
7	Georgia	98.31	SEC	Wayne Norton (15th)	7
8	Providence	90.41	Big East	Ray Treacy (30th)	8
9	Stanford	76.35	MPSF	Chris Miltenberg (2nd)	9
10	Dartmouth	58.59	Ivy	Sandra Ford-Centonze (22nd)	23
11	Penn State	58.25	Big Ten	Beth Alford-Sullivan (15th)	10
12	Texas Tech	52.75	Big 12	Wes Kittley (15th)	17
13	North Carolina	51.95	ACC	Harlis Meaders (2nd)	12
14	LSU	51.80	SEC	Dennis Shaver (10th)	11
15	Georgetown	50.95	Big East	Patrick Henner (7th)	34
16	South Dakota	45.52	Summit League	Lucky Huber (20th)	14
17	Purdue	44.97	Big Ten	Rolando Greene (2nd)	15
18	Villanova	43.95	Big East	Gina Procaccio (14th)	51
19	UCLA	42.56	MPSF	Mike Maynard (2nd)	13
20	Iowa State	41.90	Big 12	Martin Smith (1st)	18
21	Akron	40.86	Mid-American	Dennis Mitchell (19th)	20
22	Kent State	40.39	Mid-American	Bill Lawson (9th)	30
23	Mississippi State	39.36	SEC	Steve Dudley (4th)	22
24	Duke	38.33	ACC	Norm Ogilvie (11th)	19
25	Missouri	37.62	SEC	Brett Halter (4th)	24
Dropped out: No. 16 Florida State, No. 21 Maryland, No. 25 Michigan
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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	SEC	823.04	8
2	MPSF	413.53	3
3	Big 12	336.21	3
4	ACC	234.87	2
5	Big Ten	218.41	2
6	Big East	191.80	3
7	Mid-American	83.73	2
8	Ivy	81.26	1
9	Conference USA	57.82
10	Summit League	51.50	1

Team	Week #1	Week #2	Week #3	Week #4	Week #5	Week #6
Florida	81	2	2	2	4	1
Texas A&M	1	1	1	1	1	2
LSU	2	3	4	4	3	3
Alabama	161	8	5	3	2	4
Arkansas		109	53	24	9	5
Texas Tech	10	7	6	5	5	6
Southern California	14	10	7	7	6	7
Texas		4	10	14	7	8
Virginia Tech	39	18	14	10	8	9
Auburn	17	5	9	13	18	10
Kentucky	13	11	17	12	16	11
South Florida	5	13	3	6	10	12
Tennessee	32	75	32	39	11	13
North Carolina		86	91	22	12	14
Mississippi State	3	6	8	8	15	15
Oklahoma State		52	45	11	14	16
Virginia		17	12	33	17	17
Iowa State	51	43	31	23	21	18
South Carolina	20	16	20	19	20	19
Nebraska		27	27	42	39	20
Georgia	50	9	11	9	13	21
Northern Arizona	120	39	40	32	31	22
Washington		15	18	26	28	23
Miami (Fla.)	29	33	26	28	23	24
BYU	6	22	19	17	25	25
Arizona State	19	12	13	16	19	26
Minnesota	15	31	22	30	24	27
New Mexico		36	37	18	26	28
Iowa	16	40	28	27	22	29
California	9	20	15	15	27	30
Baylor	31	26	34	20	29	31
Houston	12	30	33	40	38	32
Kansas	52	61	23	36	46	33
Montana State	137	23	25	21	32	34
Ole Miss	7	14	16	29	37	35
Arizona	4	25	21	25	30	36
South Alabama	47	29	30	34	36	37
Florida State	30	47	42	55	63	38
Illinois	27	35	46	41	35	39
Texas State	35	19	38	31	33	40
Oklahoma	18	34	29	37	34	41
Georgetown	162		156	56	41	42
Villanova		58	59	35	40	43
Northwestern State	67	96	99	65	66	44
San Jose State	93	77	93	46	44	45
Penn State	34	24	24	38	42	46
Eastern Kentucky		32	35	49	54	47
Ohio State	33	79	84	44	49	48
Akron	59	38	39	50	51	49
Butler		50	51	45	47	50
Grand Canyon	41	53	43	47	43	51
CSUN	8	21	36	43	48	52
Michigan State	121	122	124	144	52	53
Weber State		59	60	63	59	54
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	61	60	61	59	58	55
Notre Dame	63	66	64	48	57	56
Louisville		48	54	53	56	57
Southern Miss	79	68	67	67	50	58
Washington State	40	51	52	61	53	59
Penn	133	84	88	68	55	60
Wake Forest	116	113	125	134	60	61
Harvard	53	28	41	60	62	62
Indiana		156	157	119	83	63
Air Force		46	47	57	70	64
UTSA	24	55	65	72	84	65
Wichita State		105	48	54	61	66
Utah State	134	123	118	66	79	67
Duke	48	45	55	51	64	68
Kansas State	58	97	62	70	67	69
Syracuse	150	127	133	75	68	70
Oregon	22	72	86	80	75	71
Fairleigh Dickinson					77	72
Gonzaga	151	78	70	82	76	73
Rice	37	102	75	78	65	74
Purdue	96	114	111	76	73	75
Howard	45	136	66	79	45	76
Drake			108	84	94	77
Liberty	49	90	107	62	72	78
UT Arlington	80	110	141	64	82	79
Rutgers	55	111	69	69	71	80
Indiana State	84	94	100	73	69	81
Campbell	132	42	49	71	78	82
Wisconsin	145	49	57	110	127	83
UC Irvine	56	70	112	52	81	84
Clemson	11	69	85	58	74	85
Michigan	82	41	50	88	100	86
North Carolina A&T	124	89	92	109	106	87
UTEP	72	106	72	81	80	88
Colorado	155	116	114	107	115	89
Lamar	68	64	83	85	85	90
Cincinnati	144	176	96	116	117	91
Louisiana Tech	70	99	104	104	123	92
Southeast Missouri	69	85	95	91	102	93
UMass Lowell		117	120	122	93	94
Tarleton State	143	182	188	112	87	95
Louisiana	91	153	103	108	95	96
North Texas	76	92	90	98	101	97
Stanford	98	56	58	101	103	98
NC State	115	104	106	128	133	99
Missouri	89	62	97	92	98	100
Southeastern Louisiana	65	80	81	86	91	101
UC Santa Barbara	21	54	77	74	86	102
Incarnate Word	92	37	56	77	112	103
UTRGV	111	130	102	100	92	104
Wyoming		76	71	89	96	105
Cal State Fullerton	26	63	73	93	97	106
Connecticut	74	134	135	90	88	107
Princeton		161	144	103	99	108
California Baptist		119	115	117	116	109
Northeastern	71	44	44	87	108	110
UCLA	105	73	78	113	105	111
Memphis	141	180	159	168	178	112
Providence	36	67	63	99	113	113
UNC-Wilmington	64	146	147	97	114	114
TCU	23	128	154	127	90	115
Davidson				176	111	116
South Dakota		154	143	95	89	117
Navy	38	74	82	106	110	118
Iona		107	109	156	118	119
Eastern Illinois		196		123	126	120
Monmouth					120	121
High Point	54	82	94	83	104	122
Youngstown State		141	101	102	122	123
Southern Utah	156	142	105	94	109	124
Texas A&M-Commerce	88	108	119	120	125	125
Appalachian State	129	167	181	172	145	126
North Dakota		87	80	96	107	127
Norfolk State		144	152	143	151	128
Charlotte	95	65	68	126	128	129
Utah Valley	126	81	74	111	119	130
Stony Brook		101	98	147	175	131
Pittsburgh	42	88	76	105	121	132
Cal Poly	62	126	145	140	146	133
Alabama State	46	91	110	118	129	134
Long Beach State	110	57	113	129	134	135
Samford	86	83	79	115	137	136
Portland	123	95	89	114	124	137
DePaul	97	100	117	124	136	138
Northern Colorado	60	120	127	121	132	139
North Dakota State	57	115	130	125	131	140
New Orleans	131	129	134	131	144	141
Furman					148	142
Jackson State	142	155	167	191	130	143
Southern	140	140	129	132	138	144
Texas Southern	154	199	183	197	138	144
Eastern Washington	94	132	137	133	149	146
Kent State	134	148	151	135	143	147
Army West Point	25	147	158	149	142	148
Florida A&M	85	98	116	130	135	149
UMBC	122	187	139	139	141	150
Montana	127	175	168	158	156	151
Albany	43	121	138	142	150	152
Colorado State	100	112	121	141	153	153
Illinois State		138	146	148	152	154
St. Thomas (Minn.)	170			137	158	154
Manhattan	113	157	171	145	154	156
Tulane	149	150	149	159	163	157
Georgia Tech	87	103	123	136	140	158
Boston University		137	136	169	159	159
Arkansas State	101	165	163	150	147	160
Troy	118	170	174	146	157	161
Milwaukee						162
Columbia		135	140	183	155	163
Maryland		149	155	155	160	164
Little Rock	130	71	126	138	169	164
Sacramento State	90	174				166
Tulsa		163	161	174	181	167
Central Arkansas	78	169		184	171	168
Dartmouth				176	192	168
Yale	28	133	142	160	164	170
Eastern Michigan	104	158	148	151	166	171
Bradley		93	87	157	173	172
Middle Tennessee	163	143	150	153	170	173
Hampton		124	132	154	165	174
Sam Houston State	114	125	131	152	161	175
East Carolina	117	179	169	171	162	176
Cornell	148	118	122	162	167	177
ETSU	125	131	128	163	180	178
William & Mary				176	189	179
Coastal Carolina	139				168	180
Queens (N.C.)	106	185	164	164	171	180
Western Illinois					174	182
McNeese State	66	145	153	161	177	183
Southern Illinois	112	180	179	164	176	184
Brown	128	164	172	167	183	184
Florida International	107	162	175	164	179	186
Boston College						187
George Mason	138	201	165	182	182	188
Kennesaw State	77	139	162	181		188
La Salle		151	160	170	188	190
Belmont		196	193			191
ULM	152	191		187	184
South Dakota State			191	173	185
South Carolina State	109	159	177	175	186
Grambling State	170		173	179	186
UMES					189
CSU Bakersfield	146	182	188	187	191
Lipscomb	136	173	170	180
Rhode Island		160		184
Idaho State				184
UC San Diego	73	195	196	187
Stephen F. Austin	102	171	184	190
San Francisco		194	192	192
Loyola-Chicago		168	166	193
Santa Clara		177	176	194
VCU	153			194
VMI	167			194
Coppin State		187	184	197
George Washington	147	178	178
UC Riverside	44	166	180
Buffalo		184	182
Oral Roberts		189	186
Merrimack	158	190	187
Abilene Christian	170	152	188
Boise State		198	194
American		186	195
Lindenwood			197
Bethune-Cookman		172
Northern Iowa		191
Charleston Southern	83	193
Idaho	103	200
Loyola Marymount	75
Seattle	99
UC Davis	108
Pepperdine	119
UNC Asheville	157
Wagner	159
Bryant	160
Prairie View A&M	164
Utah Tech	165
UMass	166
Tennessee State	168
Alabama A&M	168
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	170
Elon	170

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