DIII Indoor T&F Rankings — Week 5, February 22
QUICKLY … The men of North Central (Ill.) and the women of Wartburg retained their No. 1 national-ranking for the sixth-straight week as most of Division III readies for conference indoor meets. UW-La Crosse’s men moved back to No. 2 from No. 3, flipping places with WIAC rival UW-Oshkosh. St. Thomas (Minn.) makes their first appearance in the men’s top five. Williams’ women came back to No. 3 after spending a week at No. 5.
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
Collegiate-Leading Marks | Best Marks by Football Players
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 #5 — February 22 |
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| next ranking: February 29 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) | 141.84 | CCIW | Frank Gramarosso (2nd) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-La Crosse | 136.48 | WIAC | Josh Buchholtz (4th) | 3 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 120.81 | WIAC | Paul Brown (2nd) | 2 |
| 4 | UW-Whitewater | 72.31 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (3rd) | 4 |
| 5 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 71.99 | MIAC | Steve Mathre (17th) | 8 |
| 6 | McMurry | 69.67 | ASC | Barbara Crousen (14th) | 5 |
| 7 | UW-Eau Claire | 69.14 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (10th) | 6 |
| 8 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 67.28 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (27th) | 15 |
| 9 | Wabash | 62.98 | NCAC | Clyde Morgan (4th) | 10 |
| 10 | UW-Stout | 62.38 | WIAC | Laura Knudsen (4th) | 11 |
| 11 | UW-Platteville | 61.37 | WIAC | Jim Nickasch (11th) | 7 |
| 12 | Amherst | 60.01 | NESCAC | Ned Nedeau (15th) | 14 |
| 13 | SUNY Geneseo | 56.75 | SUNYAC | Dave Prevosti (8th) | 9 |
| 14 | Bates | 48.06 | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (17th) | 17 |
| 15 | MIT | 43.66 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (22nd) | 12 |
| 16 | Methodist | 41.57 | USA South | Duane Ross (5th) | 16 |
| 17 | Baldwin-Wallace | 41.29 | OAC | Bill Taraschke (27th) | 20 |
| 18 | Christopher Newport | 39.89 | USA South | Tyler Wingard (6th) | 19 |
| 19 | Haverford | 39.84 | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (37th) | 13 |
| 20 | UMass Dartmouth | 38.86 | Little East | Steve Gardiner (4th) | 18 |
| 21 | UW-River Falls | 35.38 | WIAC | Aaron Decker (2nd) | 24 |
| 22 | Wartburg | 35.17 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 23 |
| 23 | Middlebury | 33.90 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (24th) | 21 |
| 24 | Springfield (Mass.) | 32.51 | NEWMAC | Ken Klatka (35th) | 22 |
| 25 | UW-Stevens Point | 29.35 | WIAC | Rick Witt (33rd) | 42 |
| dropped out: No. 25 Illinois College | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 587.23 | 8 |
| 2 | NESCAC | 217.98 | 3 |
| 3 | CCIW | 169.86 | 1 |
| 4 | SUNYAC | 110.24 | 1 |
| 5 | MIAC | 109.43 | 1 |
| 6 | OAC | 106.22 | 1 |
| 7 | NCAC | 97.34 | 1 |
| 8 | NEWMAC | 84.31 | 2 |
| 9 | USA South | 81.46 | 2 |
| 10 | UAA | 76.14 | |
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 #5 — February 22 |
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| next ranking: February 29 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Wartburg | 253.43 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Oshkosh | 159.41 | WIAC | Pat Ebel (3rd) | 2 |
| 3 | Williams | 90.94 | NESCAC | Fletcher Brooks (4th) | 5 |
| 4 | MIT | 86.47 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (5th) | 3 |
| 5 | Washington (Mo.) | 84.48 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (11th) | 4 |
| 6 | Middlebury | 68.41 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (24th) | 14 |
| 7 | Ithaca | 62.21 | Empire 8 | Jennifer Potter (9th) | 9 |
| 8 | Methodist | 60.30 | USA South | Duane Ross (5th) | 6 |
| 9 | UW-Whitewater | 59.45 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (1st) | 8 |
| 10 | Buffalo State | 56.13 | SUNYAC | Eugene Lewis (12th) | 10 |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 55.74 | CCIW | Chris Schumacher (15th) | 7 |
| 12 | Lehman | 51.02 | CUNYAC | Lesleigh Hogg (16th) | 16 |
| 13 | Illinois College | 45.84 | Midwest | Mike Brooks (11th) | 11 |
| 14 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 44.63 | Midwest | Roger Haynes (12th) | 12 |
| 15 | Ramapo | 36.83 | NJAC | Mike Jackson (8th) | 13 |
| 16 | SUNY Oneonta | 35.72 | SUNYAC | Matt LoPiccolo (8th) | 15 |
| 17 | UW-La Crosse | 35.05 | WIAC | Pat Healy (21st) | 23 |
| 18 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 33.66 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (25th) | 19 |
| 19 | Wheaton (Mass.) | 32.19 | NEWMAC | Dave Cusano (1st) | 18 |
| 20 | Franklin & Marshall | 32.04 | Centennial | Carl Schnabel (9th) | 17 |
| 21 | Tufts | 31.11 | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (12th) | 33 |
| 22 | Bowdoin | 29.92 | NESCAC | Peter Slovenski (26th) | 20 |
| 23 | Coe | 29.20 | IIAC | Michael Warta (5th) | 30 |
| 24 | Mount Union | 28.52 | OAC | Kevin Lucas (2nd) | 21 |
| 25 | Linfield | 26.58 | Northwest | Travis Olson (2nd) | 29 |
| dropped out: No. 22 Birmingham-Southern, No. 24 McMurry, No. 25 Marietta | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 330.14 | 3 |
| 2 | IIAC | 299.26 | 2 |
| 3 | NESCAC | 253.01 | 4 |
| 4 | NEWMAC | 140.59 | 2 |
| 5 | UAA | 129.99 | 1 |
| 6 | SUNYAC | 115.64 | 2 |
| 7 | Midwest Conference | 97.57 | 2 |
| 8 | CCIW | 93.27 | 1 |
| 9 | USA South | 81.28 | 1 |
| 10 | OAC | 80.33 | 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.
