DIII Outdoor T&F Rankings Update — 2012 Week #3
NEW ORLEANS — The top five men’s teams and the top eight women’s teams remain in the same positions in the latest USTFCCCA Division III Outdoor Track & Field National Team Rankings. A week before the computer rankings drop preseason marks as a factor in compiling team scores, McMurry’s men and Wartburg’s women keep the helm as top teams in the country. The largest movers among the top ten were UW-Stout’s men who moved up to No. 6, and No. 9 Ithaca’s wome who moved to No. 12.
National Ranking PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Event-by-Event | Week-by-Week
Regional Index PDFs: Top Ten | By Team | By Event
Previous Rankings
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2012 Week #3 — April 18 |
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| next ranking: April 25 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | McMurry | 225.10 | ASC | Barbara Crousen (14th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Oshkosh | 190.85 | WIAC | Paul Brown (2nd) | 2 |
| 3 | UW-La Crosse | 189.13 | WIAC | Josh Buchholtz (4th) | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 131.36 | CCIW | Frank Gramarosso (2nd) | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Whitewater | 104.88 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (3rd) | 5 |
| 6 | UW-Stout | 90.57 | WIAC | Laura Knudsen (4th) | 11 |
| 7 | Central (Iowa) | 80.70 | IIAC | Joe Dunham (4th) | 9 |
| 8 | Haverford | 80.45 | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (37th) | 6 |
| 9 | La Verne | 79.62 | SCIAC | Pat Widolff (20th) | 8 |
| 10 | Augustana (Ill.) | 79.60 | CCIW | Paul Olsen (43rd) | 7 |
| 11 | UW-Eau Claire | 75.51 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (10th) | 15 |
| 12 | Calvin | 74.34 | MIAA | Bret Otte (3rd) | 10 |
| 13 | Whitworth | 64.45 | Northwest | Toby Schwarz (16th) | 12 |
| 14 | Wabash | 59.70 | NCAC | Clyde Morgan (4th) | 14 |
| 15 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 59.05 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (27th) | 13 |
| 16 | Middlebury | 55.06 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (24th) | 16 |
| 17 | UW-Platteville | 51.66 | WIAC | Jim Nickasch (11th) | 17 |
| 18 | Moravian | 49.94 | Landmark | Jesse Baumann (1st) | 23 |
| 19 | Rowan | 47.59 | NJAC | Bill Fritz (18th) | 18 |
| 20 | Springfield (Mass.) | 47.43 | NEWMAC | Ken Klatka (35th) | 26 |
| 21 | Christopher Newport | 44.95 | USA South | Tyler Wingard (6th) | 21 |
| 22 | SUNY Cortland | 44.79 | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (5th) | 27 |
| 23 | Occidental | 44.69 | SCIAC | Robert Bartlett (7th) | 19 |
| 24 | Heidelberg | 44.45 | OAC | Briana Hess (2nd) | 20 |
| 25 | SUNY Geneseo | 44.00 | SUNYAC | Dave Prevosti (8th) | 58 |
| Dropped out: No. 22 Monmouth (Ill.), No. 24 Guilford, No. 25 Hamline | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 749.19 | 6 |
| 2 | ASC | 279.27 | 1 |
| 3 | CCIW | 259.99 | 2 |
| 4 | NESCAC | 199.63 | 1 |
| 5 | SCIAC | 193.71 | 2 |
| 6 | OAC | 176.38 | 1 |
| 7 | SUNYAC | 172.81 | 2 |
| 8 | NCAC | 131.00 | 1 |
| 9 | NJAC | 119.74 | 1 |
| 10 | IIAC | 118.93 | 1 |
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2012 Week #3 — April 18 |
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| next ranking: April 25 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Wartburg | 354.03 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Oshkosh | 216.87 | WIAC | Pat Ebel (3rd) | 2 |
| 3 | MIT | 141.43 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (5th) | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Eau Claire | 120.03 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (6th) | 4 |
| 5 | Williams | 95.55 | NESCAC | Fletcher Brooks (4th) | 5 |
| 6 | Methodist | 93.56 | USA South | Duane Ross (5th) | 6 |
| 7 | Illinois Wesleyan | 92.55 | CCIW | Chris Schumacher (15th) | 7 |
| 8 | Washington (Mo.) | 81.28 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (11th) | 8 |
| 9 | Ithaca | 71.63 | Empire 8 | Jennifer Potter (9th) | 12 |
| 10 | Texas Lutheran | 70.28 | ASC | Patrick Zarate (6th) | 9 |
| 11 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 65.54 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (25th) | 10 |
| 12 | George Fox | 64.82 | Northwest | John Smith (6th) | 11 |
| 13 | Illinois College | 63.31 | Midwest | Mike Brooks (11th) | 13 |
| 14 | Central (Iowa) | 57.18 | IIAC | Joe Dunham (4th) | 14 |
| 15 | Middlebury | 52.63 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (24th) | 16 |
| 16 | Mount Union | 51.99 | OAC | Kevin Lucas (2nd) | 18 |
| 17 | SUNY Geneseo | 48.63 | SUNYAC | Dave Prevosti (8th) | 15 |
| 18 | Ramapo | 45.06 | NJAC | Mike Jackson (8th) | 26 |
| 19 | Westfield State | 44.85 | MASCAC | Sean O’Brien (14th) | 21 |
| 20 | Linfield | 41.77 | Northwest | Travis Olson (2nd) | 17 |
| 21 | Willamette | 41.61 | Northwest | Matt McGuirk (8th) | 20 |
| 22 | Buffalo State | 41.28 | SUNYAC | Eugene Lewis (12th) | 24 |
| 23 | Tufts | 40.86 | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (12th) | 23 |
| 24 | UW-La Crosse | 39.72 | WIAC | Pat Healy (21st) | 25 |
| 25 | Emory | 39.39 | UAA | John Curtin (27th) | 22 |
| Dropped out: No. 19 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 495.59 | 3 |
| 2 | IIAC | 462.47 | 2 |
| 3 | NEWMAC | 239.07 | 1 |
| 4 | NESCAC | 237.42 | 3 |
| 5 | CCIW | 179.61 | 1 |
| 6 | Northwest Conference | 170.66 | 3 |
| 7 | UAA | 170.30 | 2 |
| 8 | NJAC | 155.89 | 1 |
| 9 | SUNYAC | 140.40 | 2 |
| 10 | OAC | 128.64 | 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.
