DIII Indoor T&F National Team Rankings — 2012 Week #1
QUICKLY … North Central (Ill.)’s men and Wartburg’s women remain in the top spot in the first regular-season USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings of the season in Division III. North Central has now been the indoor-season No. 1 for ten-straight ranking weeks.
National Ranking PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Event-by-Event | Week-by-Week
Regional Index PDFs:Top Ten by Region | Full by Team | Event-by-Event
Previous Rankings
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings |
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2012 Week #1 — January 25 |
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| next ranking: February 1 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) | 192.73 | CCIW | Frank Gramarosso (2nd) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-La Crosse | 150.67 | WIAC | Josh Buchholtz (4th) | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 123.04 | WIAC | Paul Brown (2nd) | 3 |
| 4 | McMurry | 79.29 | ASC | Barbara Crousen (14th) | 5 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 77.88 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (3rd) | 7 |
| 6 | Amherst | 73.00 | NESCAC | Ned Nedeau (15th) | 4 |
| 7 | SUNY Geneseo | 65.18 | SUNYAC | Dave Prevosti (8th) | 6 |
| 8 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 57.16 | MIAC | Steve Mathre (17th) | 12 |
| 9 | Wabash | 56.67 | NCAC | Clyde Morgan (4th) | 8 |
| 10 | Central (Iowa) | 52.42 | IIAC | Joe Dunham (4th) | 9 |
| 11 | MIT | 51.09 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (22nd) | 10 |
| 12 | Wartburg | 47.73 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 11 |
| 13 | UW-Eau Claire | 42.45 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (10th) | 14 |
| 14 | Bates | 42.05 | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (17th) | 20 |
| 15 | Methodist | 40.13 | USA South | Duane Ross (5th) | 16 |
| 16 | Haverford | 37.44 | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (37th) | 15 |
| 17 | Tufts | 37.15 | NESCAC | Ethan Barron (7th) | 38 |
| 18 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 36.91 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (27th) | 22 |
| 19 | UW-Platteville | 35.76 | WIAC | Jim Nickasch (11th) | 19 |
| 20 | Rose-Hulman | 31.81 | HCAC | Larry Cole (9th) | 23 |
| 21 | Hamline | 31.77 | MIAC | Paul Schmaedeke (21st) | 13 |
| 22 | UW-Stevens Point | 31.67 | WIAC | Rick Witt (33rd) | 17 |
| 23 | Springfield (Mass.) | 31.12 | NEWMAC | Ken Klatka (35th) | 18 |
| 24 | Calvin | 30.65 | MIAA | Bret Otte (3rd) | 27 |
| 25 | NYU | 30.45 | UAA | Nick McDonough (14th) | 21 |
| dropped out: No. 24 Ohio Wesleyan, No. 25 UMass Dartmouth | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 509.82 | 6 |
| 2 | CCIW | 233.95 | 1 |
| 3 | NESCAC | 228.62 | 3 |
| 4 | IIAC | 127.65 | 2 |
| 5 | SUNYAC | 110.40 | 1 |
| 6 | NCAC | 95.61 | 1 |
| 7 | MIAC | 94.63 | 2 |
| 8 | OAC | 87.63 | |
| 9 | NEWMAC | 83.32 | 2 |
| 10 | ASC | 79.29 | 1 |
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings |
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2012 Week #1 — January 25 |
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| next ranking: February 1 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Wartburg | 190.38 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Oshkosh | 147.45 | WIAC | Pat Ebel (3rd) | 3 |
| 3 | Williams | 115.32 | NESCAC | Fletcher Brooks (4th) | 2 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan | 82.04 | CCIW | Chris Schumacher (15th) | 4 |
| 5 | Methodist | 77.31 | USA South | Duane Ross (5th) | 6 |
| 6 | MIT | 77.08 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (5th) | 5 |
| 7 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 66.93 | Midwest | Roger Haynes (12th) | 7 |
| 8 | Illinois College | 64.76 | Midwest | Mike Brooks (11th) | 9 |
| 9 | Middlebury | 62.72 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (24th) | 8 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 60.28 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (1st) | 12 |
| 11 | Ramapo | 60.19 | NJAC | Mike Jackson (8th) | 10 |
| 12 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 46.74 | NEWMAC | Dave Cusano (1st) | 11 |
| 13 | Wellesley | 46.20 | NEWMAC | John Babington (2nd) | 13 |
| 14 | North Central (Ill.) | 44.37 | CCIW | Kari Kluckhorn (9th) | 14 |
| 15 | Washington (Mo.) | 43.20 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (11th) | 19 |
| 16 | Tufts | 41.61 | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (12th) | 18 |
| 17 | Coe | 41.13 | IIAC | Michael Warta (5th) | 17 |
| 18 | UW-Eau Claire | 39.65 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (6th) | 15 |
| 19 | Ithaca | 38.44 | Empire 8 | Jennifer Potter (9th) | 16 |
| 20 | Moravian | 35.30 | Landmark | Jesse Baumann (1st) | 20 |
| 21 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 34.89 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (25th) | 39 |
| 22 | Buffalo State | 34.67 | SUNYAC | Eugene Lewis (12th) | 21 |
| 23 | Rowan | 31.36 | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (5th) | 23 |
| 24 | Keene State | 30.46 | Little East | Peter Thomas (29th) | 24 |
| 25 | NYU | 29.64 | UAA | Nick McDonough (14th) | 26 |
| dropped out: No. 22 SUNY Oneonta | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 334.42 | 3 |
| 2 | NESCAC | 272.21 | 3 |
| 3 | IIAC | 269.19 | 2 |
| 4 | NEWMAC | 183.89 | 3 |
| 5 | Midwest Conference | 160.99 | 2 |
| 6 | CCIW | 146.63 | 2 |
| 7 | NJAC | 132.97 | 2 |
| 8 | USA South | 101.98 | 1 |
| 9 | UAA | 89.52 | 2 |
| 10 | SUNYAC | 81.49 | 1 |
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.
