D-I Top Teams Before NCAA Indoor Meet Are Defending Champs Florida Men, Oregon Women

NEW ORLEANS – Defending NCAA Division I indoor championship teams – Florida’s men and Oregon’s women – claim the top spot in the final regular-season national computer rankings compiled by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Despite being outflanked by No. 2 LSU 15-13 in total number of entries for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Gator men have each of their entrants seeded in the top eight of their respective events. The No. 1 Oregon women (14 entries) will also have No. 2 LSU (13) along with No. 3 Texas (12) among the challengers for the team crown.

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The national championships will be held this weekend, March 11-12 in College Station, Texas, and will be hosted by Texas A&M. Live coverage can be found on NCAA.com and ESPN3.com. ESPN2 will air tape-delayed coverage of the meet on Wednesday, March 16. This week’s rankings reflect those who declared and were accepted into the national-championship field.

Men’s No. 1 Florida, No. 2 LSU and No. 3 Arkansas will go head-to-head in many events – namely sprints, hurdles, and jumps. In the long and triple jumps, the top three nationally-ranked teams will have a combined six participants in events. No. 4 Texas A&M improved three spots from the previous week in qualifying key components in the 400 and 800 meters in the season’s final days. The Aggies will lead all teams with a meet-high seven entries in the sprint and hurdle events, followed by LSU (6) and Florida (5). No. 6 Indiana leads the field with five entries in distance events while LSU (6) and No. 10 Nebraska (5) are tops in the jump entries. Arkansas is the only school with both 4×400 and DMR squads slated to compete.

Florida (57) won last year’s indoor national title – their first in school history – with a 13-point victory over runners-up Oregon and Texas A&M (44). Mike Holloway’s squad returns reigning national champs Jeff Demps in the 60 meters and Christian Taylor in the triple jump. LSU will attempt to win their first crown since 2004 and their third overall. No. 3 Arkansas will go for their first indoor national title since 2006 with a possible 20th indoor crown. No. 4 Texas A&M is looking for their first indoor national title in school history to go with their back-to-back current titles outdoors.

Oregon’s top-ranked women will have a meet-high 14 entries into the national meet and claim top seeds in the mile (Jordan Hasay) and pentathlon (Brianne Theisen). Hasay, a sophomore, will attempt the rare mile-3000 double, entering the meet as the fourth seed in the 3k. Earlier in the year, Theisen claimed a new collegiate record in the pentathlon (4,507). No. 2 LSU has 13 total entries and boasts a meet-high eight in the sprint and hurdles. No. 3 Texas follows with ten total entries and is among No. 6 Florida State, No. 11 BYU, and No. 14 Nebraska with four jump entries apiece to lead the category. No. 7 Tennessee leads the country with four entrants in the distance events. Oregon, No. 4 Arkansas, and Tennessee are the only schools with both 4×400 and DMR teams.

The Ducks won the 2010 indoor national title – their first in school history – by the largest margin (25) seen in the national meet since 1998. Oregon topped runner-up Tennessee by a 61-36 tally and will return Theisen and the 4×400-meter relay team as defending national champs. LSU is looking for their record-extending 12th national crown and their first since a 2002 to 2004 three-peat. Texas is looking for a seventh national team crown, a first since going back-to-back in 1998 and 1999. Arkansas could win their first women’s indoor national crown in school history and to improve upon their all-time best finish of third in 2000.

USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings
2011 Week #7 – March 7 (NCAA Week)
next ranking: none, NCAA final results

Rank	School	Points	Last Week
1	Florida	235.30	1
2	LSU	156.69	2
3	Arkansas	126.08	3
4	Texas A&M	118.28	7
5	BYU	84.29	5
6	Indiana	78.23	4
7	Oregon	75.24	6
8	Florida State	75.14	13
9	Texas	71.04	10
10	Nebraska	67.25	9
11	Stanford	63.69	12
12	Virginia Tech	61.55	15
13	Kansas State	60.20	17
14	Arizona	59.40	11
15	Oklahoma	59.12	8
16	Penn State	57.57	14
17	Wisconsin	57.09	16
18	Minnesota	54.14	19
19	Washington	47.35	22
20	Ohio State	46.26	20
21	Alabama	43.05	21
22	Iowa	43.03	23
23	Clemson	39.20	25
24	Liberty	38.05	26
25	Texas Tech	34.34	18
Dropped out: No. 24 Mississippi State

Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	SEC	713.02	4
2	Big 12	488.13	6
3	Big Ten	369.32	6
4	Pac-10	312.91	4
5	ACC	270.00	3
6	Mountain West	104.45	1
7	BIG EAST	61.24
8	Big Sky	53.78
9	Southland	44.23
10	Big South	42.03	1


USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings
2011 Week #7 – March 7 (NCAA Week)
next ranking: none, NCAA final results

Rank	School	Points	Last Week
1	Oregon	206.17	1
2	LSU	158.33	2
3	Texas	129.89	4
4	Arkansas	114.78	3
5	Texas A&M	98.44	5
6	Florida State	89.15	7
7	Tennessee	88.06	6
8	Arizona	72.17	10
9	UCF	69.48	13
10	Clemson	68.49	9
11	BYU	68.12	8
12	Southern Illinois	63.96	12
13	Oklahoma	62.68	11
14	Nebraska	58.72	14
15	Villanova	55.44	36
16	Baylor	50.08	18
17	Michigan	49.43	16
18	Ohio State	49.20	15
19	Southern Miss	43.61	23
20	Auburn	41.42	17
21	Arizona State	40.04	21
22	Connecticut	37.96	30
23	Texas Tech	37.73	19
24	Stony Brook	34.09	24
25	West Virginia	32.04	37
Dropped out: No. 20 TCU, No. 22 Duke, No. 25 Georgia

Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	SEC	530.60	4
2	Big 12	515.83	6
3	Pac-10	416.78	3
4	ACC	300.23	2
5	BIG EAST	191.32	3
6	Big Ten	182.99	2
7	Conference USA	167.28	2
8	Mountain West	144.98	1
9	Missouri Valley	121.01	1
10	America East	37.14	1

About the Rankings
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The purpose and methodology of the national team computer rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national-title race – not as a method to compare teams head-to-head.

The Regional Index is determined using a similar method as national rankings, but on a smaller scale, comparing teams versus others within the same region. The result is a ranking that showcases squads with better all-around team potential — a group makeup critical for conference or similar team-scored events. A team may achieve a better regional ranking than a counterpart that has a better national ranking. Historically, some teams are better national-championship teams than conference-championship teams, having a few elite athletes that score very well in a diverse environment where teams do not have entries in more than a few events. Some teams are better at conference championships or similar team-scored events where they enter, and are competitive, in many of the events.

How a team fares in a national championship, conference championship, or scored meet with only a couple or few teams (like a dual or triangular) can be very different, given the number of events, competition, scoring, and makeup of entries — thus the rationale behind each of the ranking systems. Similar arguments about team makeup and rankings can also be found in swimming & diving and wrestling as their sports also have a similar trichotomy when it comes to team theory.

Team	Week #1	Week #2	Week #3	Week #4	Week #5	Week #6	Week #7	FINAL
Southern California	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	1
Georgia	75	58	67	27	27	13	12	2
Auburn	20	25	27	7	7	6	4	3
Arkansas	18	1	2	1	1	1	1	4
Oklahoma State	22	22	25	31	14	14	10	5
Mississippi State	24	34	16	13	15	19	14	6
Virginia	17	27	15	17	8	9	18	6
Texas Tech	3	7	4	3	5	5	6	8
North Carolina	10	8	5	6	3	4	7	8
Texas A&M	1	2	3	5	4	3	3	10
Ole Miss	13	10	13	16	17	18	16	10
Oklahoma	4	6	8	8	9	8	9	12
Nebraska	12	13	11	18	18	22	21	12
BYU	74	52	36	25	28	29	25	14
Oregon	87	36	55	57	54	51	50	15
Georgetown	59	82	49	26	19	25	17	16
Kentucky	31	40	44	33	34	26	23	16
Wisconsin	27	41	34	53	24	27	26	16
Washington	5	4	7	4	6	7	5	19
Villanova	11	15	9	10	11	10	8	19
South Carolina	33	28	32	60	75	46	48	21
South Florida	38	30	30	30	33	42	74	21
Baylor	81	33	24	22	25	24	20	23
Arizona State	15	19	21	32	35	20	19	24
Missouri	35	17	20	19	23	31	28	24
New Mexico	29	20	23	15	16	15	11	26
Purdue	23	31	35	34	39	35	30	26
Texas	7	14	26	37	38	39	37	26
Wyoming	63	44	42	40	44	40	38	26
Duke	45	77	63	43	46	49	51	26
Iowa	34	23	19	23	22	33	33	31
LSU	73	74	73	74	72	38	36	32
CSUN	36	37	33	39	40	43	43	32
Northern Colorado	47	70	74	76	59	67	64	32
Wake Forest	101	66	66	48	32	34	32	35
Cal Poly	132	72	70	61	63	36	40	36
Akron	42	43	41	41	43	44	44	36
Miami (Fla.)	53	84	100	97	99	73	72	36
Boston University	88	87	92	101	94	90	78	36
Illinois	8	9	12	9	10	12	13	40
Virginia Tech	9	12	10	14	20	16	22	41
Cincinnati	79	90	59	21	21	32	27	41
South Alabama		56	54	72	69	48	49	41
Northern Iowa	43	59	69	69	67	75	71	41
Colorado	30	38	51	86	89	93	85	41
Harvard	16	16	22	24	26	21	42	46
Tarleton State	71	91	88	47	49	54	54	46
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	76	64	46	63	61	64	62	46
Utah State	68	55	53	64	62	65	63	46
Iowa State	6	21	17	35	37	41	41	50
Louisville	129	71	86	85	83	57	52	50
Boston College		101	106	68	64	66	56	50
Kent State	49	61	58	59	57	61	58	50
Alabama	37	35	40	49	55	68	65	50
UCLA	61	95	52	56	58	70	67	50
Penn State	14	11	14	20	13	23	15	56
Florida	21	5	6	11	12	11	29	56
Northern Arizona	64	32	38	36	36	30	31	56
Houston	39	46	60	28	31	17	35	56
Texas State	56	63	37	29	30	28	24
California	19	18	18	12	29	37	34
Princeton	26	47	61	65	42	45	39
Washington State	48	42	50	50	45	50	45
Arizona	41	51	39	44	48	47	46
Montana State	146	119	112	72	56	56	47
Clemson	40	26	29	38	50	53	53
Alabama State	83	86	93	99	41	58	55
Kansas	109	83	82	89	87	55	57
Air Force	62	69	77	58	60	62	59
North Carolina A&T	46	48	47	54	52	60	60
Southeastern Louisiana			122	80	82	63	61
Connecticut	32	39	48	75	71	72	66
Florida State	70	67	79	66	66	69	68
High Point	28	45	43	55	53	71	69
Furman	60	73	72	77	74	74	70
Ohio State	82	54	64	67	68	76	73
Tennessee	25	24	28	45	47	59	75
TCU	58	29	31	46	76	84	76
Rutgers	52	53	62	81	79	77	77
Indiana State	84	93	96	83	84	80	79
North Texas	67	68	68	79	80	87	79
Cal State Fullerton	123	121	65	71	70	81	81
Portland	90	105	108	78	77	79	82
Samford	80	94	85	92	90	82	83
Penn	85	112	113	115	113	86	84
Syracuse		150		91	98	96	85
Grand Canyon	72	98	97	62	65	78	87
Norfolk State		102	110		73	97	87
South Dakota	55	62	75	84	78	83	89
DePaul	69	78	83	82	81	89	90
Southeast Missouri	78	80	80	87	91	92	91
East Texas A&M	127	88	94	52	51	52
Stanford	44	49	56	42	86	85
Arkansas State	51	79	81	88	85	88
NC State	96	89	89	104	102	91
Cornell	86	111	114	121	97	94
Eastern Kentucky	94	76	84	94	96	95
Southern Miss	65	57	71	93	92	98
Kansas State	121	114	101	105	107	99
Indiana	112	130		111	100	100
Sacramento State	56	64	76	95	93	101
Louisiana	146	127	139	124	126	102
Eastern Washington	115	132	105	108	108	103
Columbia	120	141	91	96	95	104
Georgia Tech	54	96	99	102	105	105
Notre Dame	98	97	102	109	101	106
Incarnate Word		75	95	90	88	107
Youngstown State	102	85	87	103	104	108
Michigan	92	114	90	100	103	109
Boise State		123	137	133	126	110
Sam Houston State	114	137				111
Wichita State	100	147			109	112
Kennesaw State	128	139	134			113
Holy Cross	76	92	98	106	106	114
Lamar	132	125	130	118	118	115
UTEP	129	141	139			115
ULM	105	147		117	116	117
Louisiana Tech	115	132	134	135		117
Colorado State	91	103	111	114	112	119
Binghamton	137	123	130	130	117	119
Eastern Illinois	104	145	139	111	110	121
UTSA	110	147		111	110	121
George Mason	132	145	119	116	115	121
Bradley		136		120	122	124
Middle Tennessee	93	134	132	132		125
UNC Asheville						125
Western Kentucky						125
Michigan State	97	99	103	107	119	128
Florida A&M	136	144			113	129
Appalachian State	103	107	120	119	121	129
Liberty			129	124	123	129
Little Rock	113	60	57	51		129
Marshall	95	104	107	122	119	133
Idaho			139			133
North Dakota State						133
Rhode Island	106	108	115	127	123
Utah Valley	106	108	115	127	123
UT Arlington		119	128	130	126
Albany	108	117	124	133	126
Long Beach State			134		126
UMBC	118	50	45	70
Pittsburgh	89	81	78	98
Charleston Southern	50	100	104	110
Drake				123
Kansas City	111	126	121	126
San Jose State		141	139	129
Monmouth	66	106	109
Yale	146	110	117
Northeastern	99	113	118
Loyola-Chicago		122	123
Saint Louis		127	124
Houston Christian		116	126
Tulane		129	127
Coppin State		134	132
Charlotte	139	131	138
Lipscomb	132	118	139
Northwestern State	129	138	139
Memphis	117	140
Illinois State	121	151
Queens (N.C.)	118
Dartmouth	124
Maine	125
Navy	126
William & Mary	137
Eastern Michigan	139
North Florida	141
Stephen F. Austin	142
Howard	142
UMES	144
Army West Point	144
Jackson State	146

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FINAL

Southern California

Georgia

Auburn