DIII Rankings: McMurry, Wartburg Still in Control After “Moving Week”

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NEW ORLEANS — McMurry’s men and Wartburg’s women are still in control as the top teams in the USTFCCCA’s NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings. UW-La Crosse’s men moved up from No. 3 to No. 2 while UW-Oshkosh slipped to No. 3. On the women’s side, Methodist moved up from No. 6 to a season-best No. 3. No. 4 Washington (Mo.) and No. 5 Illinois Wesleyan are also enjoying season-best women’s rankings this week.

This week’s update represents the first in which only marks from the current season are considered for a team’s ranking (except for combined events).

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
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2012 Week #4 — April 25
next ranking: May 2
Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	McMurry	224.01	ASC	Barbara Crousen (14th)	1
2	UW-La Crosse	164.95	WIAC	Josh Buchholtz (4th)	3
3	UW-Oshkosh	137.85	WIAC	Paul Brown (2nd)	2
4	North Central (Ill.)	128.19	CCIW	Frank Gramarosso (2nd)	4
5	Augustana (Ill.)	117.52	CCIW	Paul Olsen (43rd)	10
6	UW-Whitewater	114.24	WIAC	Mike Johnson (3rd)	5
7	UW-Stout	110.72	WIAC	Laura Knudsen (4th)	6
8	Haverford	100.69	Centennial	Tom Donnelly (37th)	8
9	UW-Eau Claire	83.88	WIAC	Chip Schneider (10th)	11
10	La Verne	83.62	SCIAC	Pat Widolff (20th)	9
11	Wabash	78.08	NCAC	Clyde Morgan (4th)	14
12	Whitworth	76.23	Northwest	Toby Schwarz (16th)	13
13	Middlebury	66.49	NESCAC	Martin Beatty (24th)	16
14	Moravian	57.80	Landmark	Jesse Baumann (1st)	18
15	Central (Iowa)	55.22	IIAC	Joe Dunham (4th)	7
16	SUNY Oneonta	51.25	SUNYAC	Matt LoPiccolo (8th)	29
17	Mount Union	49.35	OAC	Kevin Lucas (2nd)	49
18	St. Thomas (Minn.)	49.15	MIAC	Steve Mathre (17th)	71
19	Christopher Newport	49.04	USA South	Tyler Wingard (6th)	21
20	Rowan	45.90	NJAC	Bill Fritz (18th)	19
21	UW-Stevens Point	45.44	WIAC	Rick Witt (33rd)	44
22	Guilford	45.15	ODAC	Danny Cash (2nd)	26
23	UW-Platteville	45.08	WIAC	Jim Nickasch (11th)	17
24	Calvin	40.59	MIAA	Bret Otte (3rd)	12
25	Monmouth (Ill.)	40.50	Midwest	Roger Haynes (29th)	27
Dropped out: No. 15 Nebraska Wesleyan, No. 20 Springfield (Mass.), No. 22 SUNY Cortland, No. 23 Occidental, No. 24 Heidelberg, No. 25 SUNY Geneseo

 

Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	WIAC	730.41	7
2	ASC	285.60	1
3	CCIW	285.26	2
4	SCIAC	185.89	1
5	OAC	174.62	1
6	NESCAC	158.40	1
7	SUNYAC	147.01	1
8	NJAC	136.39	1
9	NCAC	129.11	1
10	ODAC	116.01	1

 

USTFCCCA NCAA Division III
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2012 Week #4 — April 25
next ranking: May 2
Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Wartburg	321.10	IIAC	Marcus Newsom (14th)	1
2	UW-Oshkosh	189.45	WIAC	Pat Ebel (3rd)	2
3	Methodist	123.04	USA South	Duane Ross (5th)	6
4	Washington (Mo.)	121.94	UAA	Jeff Stiles (11th)	8
5	Illinois Wesleyan	95.57	CCIW	Chris Schumacher (15th)	7
6	Williams	81.92	NESCAC	Fletcher Brooks (4th)	5
7	Mount Union	78.43	OAC	Kevin Lucas (2nd)	16
8	Middlebury	71.94	NESCAC	Martin Beatty (24th)	15
9	MIT	71.61	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (5th)	3
10	Illinois College	62.84	Midwest	Mike Brooks (11th)	13
11	McMurry	62.82	ASC	Barbara Crousen (14th)	26
12	Texas Lutheran	62.27	ASC	Patrick Zarate (6th)	10
13	Rowan	62.22	NJAC	Derick “Ringo” Adamson (5th)	30
14	Ramapo	57.85	NJAC	Mike Jackson (8th)	18
15	George Fox	55.74	Northwest	John Smith (6th)	12
16	Emory	53.81	UAA	John Curtin (27th)	25
17	Rhodes	51.77	SCAC	Robert Shankman (21st)	42
18	SUNY Cortland	51.62	SUNYAC	Steve Patrick (5th)	41
19	Wheaton (Mass.)	51.16	NEWMAC	Dave Cusano (1st)	44
20	Worcester State	50.60	MASCAC	Mathew LeMaire (5th)	37
21	Ithaca	47.20	Empire 8	Jennifer Potter (9th)	9
22	Central (Iowa)	43.41	IIAC	Joe Dunham (4th)	14
23	Birmingham-Southern	42.08	SCAC	Kenneth Cox (3rd)	32
24	UW-La Crosse	41.84	WIAC	Pat Healy (21st)	24
25	Amherst	39.92	NESCAC	John Adamson (1st)	45
Dropped out: No. 4 UW-Eau Claire, No. 11 Nebraska Wesleyan, No. 17 SUNY Geneseo, No. 19 Westfield State, No. 20 Linfield, No. 21 Willamette, No. 22 Buffalo State, No. 23 Tufts

 

Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	IIAC	425.78	2
2	WIAC	377.36	2
3	NESCAC	246.24	3
4	UAA	228.98	2
5	NEWMAC	189.64	2
6	CCIW	177.88	1
7	OAC	153.63	1
8	NJAC	152.49	2
9	SCAC	142.25	2
10	USA South	137.49	1

 

 

About the Rankings
For more on the national team rankings and links to guideline and rationale information visit …
http://www.ustfccca.org/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.