
USTFCCCA News & Notes

Florida Men Move Into Division I Top Spot As NCAA Championship Looms
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Monday evening the seventh weekly update of the NCAA Division I National Team Rankings for indoor track & field. This week’s rankings include only season bests from the athletes declared and accepted into the competition field for this weekend’s NCAA Championships to be held Friday-Saturday, March 12-13, in Fayetteville, Ark.
PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Event-by-Event | Week-by-Week
Previous Rankings | Rankings Guidelines & Rationale | Regional Index
NCAA Championship: Field Breakdown | MEN Accepted List | WOMEN Accepted List
ESPN360.com will stream portions of the championships live beginning at 8 p.m. Central time, Friday, March 12, and 6:10 p.m. Central time, Saturday, March 13. To access the live stream, visit www.ESPN360.com. Click on the FAQs link for software and system requirements, etc. Anyone with a .edu e-mail address is able to obtain access to ESPN360 at no cost. NCAA.com will stream supplemental coverage as available when ESPN360.com is not live. Additionally, ESPN2 will air a 90-minute show at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, March 17.
The men of Florida (167.57) jumped to the No. 1 spot in the nation after the final list of qualifiers for the NCAA Championships has been analyzed. The Gators enter the meet with three top-seeded entries, including Jeff Demps in the 60-meter dash, Calvin Smith in the 200 meter, and Christian Taylor in the triple jump.
Oregon’s men (146.21) climbed to No. 2 and clam national leaders Andrew Wheating in the 800 meters, Ashton Eaton in the heptathlon, and the leading distance medley relay team. Oregon is the defending indoor national champions.
Texas A&M slipped to No. 3, but still hold six marks that fall as top five seeds including the nation’s leading – and, world leading – 4×400-meter relay team.
On the women’s side, Oregon (189.58) remains as the nation’s top ranked team for the fourth-straight week. The Ducks lead the women’s field with 16 entries, including four in the sprint/hurdle events, four in the distance, three in the mid-distance events, both relays, two jump entries, and a pentathlete. Oregon has the top seeded DMR team and five other entries that seeded third or better.
No. 2 Texas A&M (150.72) will enter the championships with 12 entries, nine of which come from sprint and hurdle events. Jessica Beard has the top seed in the 400-meter dash with a 51.15, oversized-track clocking from the Big 12 Championships.
LSU (124.22) surged to the third spot on the rankings as last chance weekend added two more possible high-scoring positions in sprinting events.
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Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Rankings |
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2010 Week #7 – March 8, Pre-NCAA Week |
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School
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Points | Last Week |
1 | Florida | 167.57 | 2 |
2 | Oregon | 146.21 | 3 |
3 | Texas A&M | 141.18 | 1 |
4 | Arizona State | 109.06 | 5 |
5 | LSU | 102.55 | 4 |
6 | Texas Tech | 96.46 | 7 |
7 | Minnesota | 92.97 | 12 |
8 | Arkansas | 81.31 | 6 |
9 | Florida State | 74.39 | 14 |
10 | Virginia Tech | 73.75 | 8 |
11 | Nebraska | 71.90 | 11 |
12 | Indiana | 71.67 | 10 |
13 | New Mexico | 69.12 | 22 |
14 | Penn State | 62.56 | 13 |
15 | Oklahoma | 60.44 | 9 |
16 | California | 50.42 | 16 |
17 | Auburn | 49.03 | 18 |
18 | Georgia | 48.92 | 24 |
19 | Northern Arizona | 48.90 | 17 |
20 | Stanford | 48.73 | 15 |
21 | Arizona | 48.09 | 21 |
22 | Baylor | 45.76 | 19 |
23 | Kentucky | 43.90 | — |
24 | Texas | 41.85 | 25 |
25 | Mississippi | 40.04 | 23 |
Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Rankings |
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2010 Week #7 – March 8, Pre-NCAA Week |
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Rank | School | Points | Last Week |
1 | Oregon | 189.58 | 1 |
2 | Texas A&M | 150.72 | 2 |
3 | LSU | 124.22 | 6 |
4 | Florida | 117.75 | 3 |
5 | Tennessee | 107.12 | 5 |
6 | Clemson | 107.04 | 4 |
7 | Arkansas | 95.77 | 8 |
8 | Penn State | 89.16 | 7 |
9 | Villanova | 78.94 | 9 |
10 | Louisville | 72.77 | 13 |
11 | Florida State | 64.50 | 17 |
12 | Auburn | 61.77 | 11 |
13 | Indiana State | 59.23 | 16 |
14 | Nebraska | 59.13 | 18 |
15 | West Virginia | 55.26 | — |
16 | Southern Illinois | 54.63 | 12 |
17 | Arizona | 54.43 | 14 |
18 | South Carolina | 52.03 | 23 |
19 | Iowa State | 51.46 | 21 |
20 | BYU | 49.78 | 15 |
21 | Oklahoma | 49.11 | 19 |
22 | UTEP | 48.04 | 10 |
23 | Indiana | 44.13 | 20 |
24 | Virginia Tech | 41.18 | 22 |
25 | Kentucky | 38.78 | — |