Indoor Champs UW Oshkosh Takes Over Women’s Top Spot in D-III
NEW ORLEANS – The fifth week of national team computer rankings of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the 2011 NCAA Division III outdoor track & field season were released on Wednesday. The women of UW Oshkosh took the reins as the nation’s top-ranked team for the first time this outdoor season. UW Oshkosh finished second in last year’s NCAA Outdoor Championships and are the reigning NCAA indoor team champions. McMurry remains No. 1 in the men’s national team rankings for the fifth-straight week.
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PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Full by Event | Week-by-Week
Previous Rankings | Rankings Guidelines & Rationale
Regional Index:Top 10 Teams by Region
Dual Meet RPI: Website
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NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings |
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2011 Week #5 – May 4 |
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| next ranking: May 11 | |||
| Rank | School | Points | Last Week |
| 1 | McMurry | 221.17 | 1 |
| 2 | North Central (Ill.) | 152.89 | 2 |
| 3 | La Verne | 107.93 | 7 |
| 4 | UW La Crosse | 105.29 | 6 |
| 5 | UW Oshkosh | 102.81 | 11 |
| 6 | Central (Iowa) | 100.09 | 5 |
| 7 | UW Whitewater | 85.34 | 9 |
| 8 | Calvin | 82.29 | 36 |
| 9 | Redlands | 80.31 | 12 |
| 10 | Whitworth | 80.29 | 10 |
| 11 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 79.88 | 8 |
| 12 | Washington (Mo.) | 77.15 | 4 |
| 13 | UW Stout | 74.62 | 16 |
| 14 | Baldwin-Wallace | 70.40 | 15 |
| 15 | Haverford | 70.12 | 3 |
| 16 | Moravian | 67.69 | 18 |
| 17 | Cal Lutheran | 65.34 | 17 |
| 18 | Augustana (Ill.) | 64.88 | 14 |
| 19 | SUNY Fredonia | 62.86 | 35 |
| 20 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 60.06 | 13 |
| 21 | Buffalo State | 52.55 | 19 |
| 22 | Bates | 50.35 | 22 |
| 23 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 48.97 | 20 |
| 24 | Wabash | 48.65 | 26 |
| 25 | SUNY Cortland | 46.41 | 58 |
| dropped out: No. 21 Middlebury, No. 23 Williams, No. 24 Rose-Hulman, No. 25 NYU | |||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 471.52 | 4 |
| 2 | SCIAC | 344.06 | 4 |
| 3 | CCIW | 252.10 | 2 |
| 4 | ASC | 238.68 | 1 |
| 5 | OAC | 213.77 | 1 |
| 6 | SUNYAC | 195.38 | 3 |
| 7 | NESCAC | 175.20 | 1 |
| 8 | UAA | 163.46 | 1 |
| 9 | IIAC | 145.77 | 1 |
| 10 | Northwest Conference | 127.77 | 1 |
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NCAA Division III |
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Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings |
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2011 Week #5 – May 4 |
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| next ranking: May 11 | |||
| Rank | School | Points | Last Week |
| 1 | UW Oshkosh | 222.85 | 2 |
| 2 | Wartburg | 206.46 | 1 |
| 3 | Methodist | 117.57 | 4 |
| 4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 114.54 | 3 |
| 5 | Ithaca | 108.64 | 12 |
| 6 | Williams | 105.79 | 5 |
| 7 | Texas Lutheran | 93.62 | 10 |
| 8 | Calvin | 91.19 | 15 |
| 9 | MIT | 76.62 | 8 |
| 10 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 73.45 | 6 |
| 11 | Middlebury | 73.42 | 14 |
| 12 | UW Whitewater | 69.66 | 27 |
| 13 | Central (Iowa) | 63.48 | 7 |
| 14 | George Fox | 61.11 | 9 |
| 15 | Illinois College | 55.72 | 16 |
| 16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 54.43 | 13 |
| 17 | Whitworth | 52.73 | 11 |
| 18 | Gustavus Adolphus | 51.02 | 36 |
| 19 | North Central (Ill.) | 48.26 | 17 |
| 20 | Carleton | 48.25 | 42 |
| 21 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 40.80 | 25 |
| 22 | Coe | 40.18 | 67 |
| 23 | Linfield | 39.86 | 24 |
| 24 | Occidental | 39.51 | 46 |
| 25 | Wellesley | 39.15 | 32 |
| dropped out: No. 18 UW Eau Claire, No. 19 Buffalo State, No. 20 Rhodes, No. 21 Centre, No. 22 UW La Crosse, No. 23 Moravian | |||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC |
425.44
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| 2 | IIAC |
372.48
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| 3 | NESCAC |
255.66
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| 4 | SCIAC |
224.74
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| 5 | Northwest Conference |
191.87
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| 6 | NEWMAC |
176.36
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| 7 | CCIW |
156.75
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| 8 | MIAC |
144.40
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| 9 | SCAC |
132.25
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| 10 | USA South |
131.14
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About the Rankings
For more on the national team rankings and links to guideline and rationale information visit …
/rankings/division-iii-rankings
Rankings are determined by a mathematical formula, which is based on current national descending order lists. This is what’s used to compile a team’s ranking. 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-title race.
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.
