DIII Indoor T&F Rankings — 2012 Week 3, February 8
QUICKLY … The top three men’s teams — No. 1 North Central (Ill.), No. 2 UW-La Crosse, and No. 3 UW-Oshkosh — remain unchanged from the previous week and has been the same since the preseason. On the women’s side, the top six teams are the same as last week with No. 1 Wartburg, No. 2 UW-Oshkosh, and No. 3 Williams holding down the top three spots. Expect some movement next week national rankings will be compiled for the first time this season with only marks from the 2012 indoor season.
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 #3 — February 8 |
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| next ranking: February 15 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) | 172.29 | CCIW | Frank Gramarosso (2nd) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-La Crosse | 148.86 | WIAC | Josh Buchholtz (4th) | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 121.75 | WIAC | Paul Brown (2nd) | 3 |
| 4 | McMurry | 89.19 | ASC | Barbara Crousen (14th) | 5 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 78.86 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (3rd) | 6 |
| 6 | Amherst | 72.21 | NESCAC | Ned Nedeau (15th) | 4 |
| 7 | UW-Eau Claire | 63.66 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (10th) | 17 |
| 8 | SUNY Geneseo | 59.18 | SUNYAC | Dave Prevosti (8th) | 7 |
| 9 | UW-Platteville | 58.39 | WIAC | Jim Nickasch (11th) | 16 |
| 10 | Wabash | 57.93 | NCAC | Clyde Morgan (4th) | 9 |
| 11 | Haverford | 56.05 | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (37th) | 8 |
| 12 | Central (Iowa) | 54.97 | IIAC | Joe Dunham (4th) | 11 |
| 13 | UW-Stout | 51.82 | WIAC | Laura Knudsen (4th) | 25 |
| 14 | MIT | 48.91 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (22nd) | 14 |
| 15 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 47.13 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (27th) | 12 |
| 16 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 45.97 | MIAC | Steve Mathre (17th) | 13 |
| 17 | Wartburg | 42.09 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 10 |
| 18 | Methodist | 37.73 | USA South | Duane Ross (5th) | 18 |
| 19 | Christopher Newport | 35.58 | USA South | Tyler Wingard (6th) | 15 |
| 20 | UMass Dartmouth | 33.50 | Little East | Steve Gardiner (4th) | 20 |
| 21 | Baldwin-Wallace | 31.42 | OAC | Bill Taraschke (27th) | 66 |
| 22 | Rose-Hulman | 30.43 | HCAC | Larry Cole (9th) | 22 |
| 23 | Springfield (Mass.) | 30.30 | NEWMAC | Ken Klatka (35th) | 21 |
| 24 | Buffalo State | 27.27 | SUNYAC | Eugene Lewis (12th) | 24 |
| 25 | NYU | 26.96 | UAA | Nick McDonough (14th) | 26 |
| dropped out: No. 19 Tufts, No. 23 Bates | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 573.88 | 6 |
| 2 | NESCAC | 205.14 | 1 |
| 3 | CCIW | 193.22 | 1 |
| 4 | IIAC | 121.43 | 2 |
| 5 | SUNYAC | 106.92 | 2 |
| 6 | OAC | 97.60 | 1 |
| 7 | NCAC | 89.88 | 1 |
| 8 | ASC | 89.19 | 1 |
| 9 | NEWMAC | 81.85 | 2 |
| 10 | USA South | 73.31 | 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 #3 — February 8 |
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| next ranking: February 15 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Wartburg | 188.68 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Oshkosh | 136.11 | WIAC | Pat Ebel (3rd) | 2 |
| 3 | Williams | 117.01 | NESCAC | Fletcher Brooks (4th) | 3 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan | 85.56 | CCIW | Chris Schumacher (15th) | 4 |
| 5 | Methodist | 81.03 | USA South | Duane Ross (5th) | 5 |
| 6 | MIT | 78.61 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (5th) | 6 |
| 7 | Washington (Mo.) | 70.76 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (11th) | 14 |
| 8 | Illinois College | 63.73 | Midwest | Mike Brooks (11th) | 7 |
| 9 | Middlebury | 61.25 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (24th) | 8 |
| 10 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 60.56 | Midwest | Roger Haynes (12th) | 9 |
| 11 | UW-Whitewater | 57.09 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (1st) | 10 |
| 12 | Ramapo | 55.27 | NJAC | Mike Jackson (8th) | 11 |
| 13 | Ithaca | 48.71 | Empire 8 | Jennifer Potter (9th) | 12 |
| 14 | UW-Eau Claire | 47.37 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (6th) | 22 |
| 15 | Wellesley | 45.47 | NEWMAC | John Babington (2nd) | 15 |
| 16 | SUNY Oneonta | 43.89 | SUNYAC | Matt LoPiccolo (8th) | 27 |
| 17 | North Central (Ill.) | 43.31 | CCIW | Kari Kluckhorn (9th) | 16 |
| 18 | Tufts | 42.67 | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (12th) | 17 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 41.95 | NEWMAC | Dave Cusano (1st) | 13 |
| 20 | Coe | 38.01 | IIAC | Michael Warta (5th) | 18 |
| 21 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 37.87 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (25th) | 19 |
| 22 | Moravian | 33.73 | Landmark | Jesse Baumann (1st) | 21 |
| 23 | Buffalo State | 33.17 | SUNYAC | Eugene Lewis (12th) | 20 |
| 24 | UW-La Crosse | 29.83 | WIAC | Pat Healy (21st) | 28 |
| 25 | Rowan | 29.24 | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (5th) | 23 |
| dropped out: No. 24 Keene State, No. 25 Amherst | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 323.92 | 4 |
| 2 | NESCAC | 270.30 | 3 |
| 3 | IIAC | 263.90 | 2 |
| 4 | NEWMAC | 176.86 | 3 |
| 5 | Midwest Conference | 149.15 | 2 |
| 6 | CCIW | 145.18 | 2 |
| 7 | NJAC | 122.05 | 2 |
| 8 | UAA | 115.38 | 1 |
| 9 | USA South | 104.68 | 1 |
| 10 | SUNYAC | 90.37 | 2 |
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.
