DIII Indoor T&F Rankings — 2012 Week #2, February 1
QUICKLY … North Central (Ill.)’s men and Wartburg’s women continue their reign at No. 1 in the top spot in the USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings in Division III.
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 (Top 25) |
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2012 Week #2 — February 1 |
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| next ranking: February 8 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) | 180.78 | CCIW | Frank Gramarosso (2nd) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-La Crosse | 151.45 | WIAC | Josh Buchholtz (4th) | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 132.70 | WIAC | Paul Brown (2nd) | 3 |
| 4 | Amherst | 72.49 | NESCAC | Ned Nedeau (15th) | 6 |
| 5 | McMurry | 72.34 | ASC | Barbara Crousen (14th) | 4 |
| 6 | UW-Whitewater | 70.19 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (3rd) | 5 |
| 7 | SUNY Geneseo | 62.41 | SUNYAC | Dave Prevosti (8th) | 7 |
| 8 | Haverford | 57.58 | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (37th) | 16 |
| 9 | Wabash | 57.52 | NCAC | Clyde Morgan (4th) | 9 |
| 10 | Wartburg | 51.86 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 12 |
| 11 | Central (Iowa) | 49.15 | IIAC | Joe Dunham (4th) | 10 |
| 12 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 48.24 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (27th) | 18 |
| 13 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 48.22 | MIAC | Steve Mathre (17th) | 8 |
| 14 | MIT | 46.64 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (22nd) | 11 |
| 15 | Christopher Newport | 43.80 | USA South | Tyler Wingard (6th) | 26 |
| 16 | UW-Platteville | 41.99 | WIAC | Jim Nickasch (11th) | 19 |
| 17 | UW-Eau Claire | 41.58 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (10th) | 13 |
| 18 | Methodist | 39.00 | USA South | Duane Ross (5th) | 15 |
| 19 | Tufts | 34.02 | NESCAC | Ethan Barron (7th) | 17 |
| 20 | UMass Dartmouth | 33.84 | Little East | Steve Gardiner (4th) | 31 |
| 21 | Springfield (Mass.) | 30.84 | NEWMAC | Ken Klatka (35th) | 23 |
| 22 | Rose-Hulman | 30.26 | HCAC | Larry Cole (9th) | 20 |
| 23 | Bates | 30.00 | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (17th) | 14 |
| 24 | Buffalo State | 29.72 | SUNYAC | Eugene Lewis (12th) | 33 |
| 25 | UW-Stout | 28.59 | WIAC | Laura Knudsen (4th) | 28 |
| dropped out: No. 21 Hamline, No. 22 UW-Stevens Point, No. 24 Calvin, No. 25 NYU | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 518.83 | 6 |
| 2 | NESCAC | 220.02 | 3 |
| 3 | CCIW | 216.62 | 1 |
| 4 | IIAC | 125.86 | 2 |
| 5 | SUNYAC | 109.11 | 2 |
| 6 | NCAC | 90.58 | 1 |
| 7 | UAA | 84.19 | |
| 8 | USA South | 82.80 | 2 |
| 9 | MIAC | 82.32 | 1 |
| 10 | NEWMAC | 78.53 | 2 |
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2012 Week #2 — February 1 |
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| next ranking: February 8 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Wartburg | 177.33 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Oshkosh | 151.02 | WIAC | Pat Ebel (3rd) | 2 |
| 3 | Williams | 114.94 | NESCAC | Fletcher Brooks (4th) | 3 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan | 87.60 | CCIW | Chris Schumacher (15th) | 4 |
| 5 | Methodist | 83.77 | USA South | Duane Ross (5th) | 5 |
| 6 | MIT | 80.95 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (5th) | 6 |
| 7 | Illinois College | 64.77 | Midwest | Mike Brooks (11th) | 8 |
| 8 | Middlebury | 63.84 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (24th) | 9 |
| 9 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 60.08 | Midwest | Roger Haynes (12th) | 7 |
| 10 | UW-Whitewater | 59.33 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (1st) | 10 |
| 11 | Ramapo | 58.04 | NJAC | Mike Jackson (8th) | 11 |
| 12 | Ithaca | 48.92 | Empire 8 | Jennifer Potter (9th) | 19 |
| 13 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 46.73 | NEWMAC | Dave Cusano (1st) | 12 |
| 14 | Washington (Mo.) | 46.59 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (11th) | 15 |
| 15 | Wellesley | 45.79 | NEWMAC | John Babington (2nd) | 13 |
| 16 | North Central (Ill.) | 44.68 | CCIW | Kari Kluckhorn (9th) | 14 |
| 17 | Tufts | 41.26 | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (12th) | 16 |
| 18 | Coe | 41.07 | IIAC | Michael Warta (5th) | 17 |
| 19 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 39.74 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (25th) | 21 |
| 20 | Buffalo State | 35.03 | SUNYAC | Eugene Lewis (12th) | 22 |
| 21 | Moravian | 34.10 | Landmark | Jesse Baumann (1st) | 20 |
| 22 | UW-Eau Claire | 33.41 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (6th) | 18 |
| 23 | Rowan | 30.19 | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (5th) | 23 |
| 24 | Keene State | 28.87 | Little East | Peter Thomas (29th) | 24 |
| 25 | Amherst | 28.05 | NESCAC | John Adamson (1st) | 26 |
| dropped out: No. 18 NYU | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 325.39 | 3 |
| 2 | NESCAC | 273.10 | 4 |
| 3 | IIAC | 253.16 | 2 |
| 4 | NEWMAC | 186.88 | 3 |
| 5 | Midwest Conference | 153.54 | 2 |
| 6 | CCIW | 151.80 | 2 |
| 7 | NJAC | 130.38 | 2 |
| 8 | USA South | 109.30 | 1 |
| 9 | UAA | 92.03 | 1 |
| 10 | SUNYAC | 75.52 | 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.
