DI Rankings: Texas A&M, LSU Are Ranked No. 1 Heading to Des Moines

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NEW ORLEANS – The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships will continue next weekend, June 6-9 in Des Moines, Iowa, with 24 left standing in each event, entered as a result of performances from preliminary rounds held this past weekend. The latest USTFCCCA National Team Rankings are based on these entries and show the top teams in the country, Texas A&M’s men and LSU’s women, are still No. 1 after the championships’ opening weekend. LSU’s men moved to No. 2 in the rankings from No. 4 while Arizona’s men jumped three spots to No. 6. Kansas’ women remain No. 2 while indoor national champions Oregon climbed two spots to No. 3.

[All rankings corrected from intial release. Rankings corrected 5/29 3:30pm CT]

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USTFCCCA NCAA Division I
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2012 Week #9 — May 29 (Pre-NCAA Finals) [corrected 5/29, 3:30pm CT]
next ranking: FINAL, NCAA Championship results
Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Texas A&M	284.76	Big 12	Pat Henry (8th)	1
2	LSU	222.51	SEC	Dennis Shaver (8th)	4
3	Arizona	220.20	Pac-12	Fred Harvey (10th)	6
4	Texas	219.50	Big 12	Bubba Thornton (17th)	5
5	Florida State	209.96	ACC	Bob Braman (9th)	7
6	Florida	204.69	SEC	Mike Holloway (10th)	2
7	Indiana	194.06	Big Ten	Ron Helmer (5th)	3
8	Virginia Tech	178.65	ACC	Dave Cianelli (11th)	16
9	Southern California	165.52	Pac-12	Ron Allice (18th)	13
10	Auburn	163.34	SEC	Ralph Spry (15th)	12
11	Texas Tech	161.66	Big 12	Wes Kittley (13th)	9
12	Arkansas	156.37	SEC	Chris Bucknam (4th)	8
13	Nebraska	152.27	Big Ten	Gary Pepin (29th)	10
14	Mississippi	146.39	SEC	Joe Walker (28th)	11
15	Oregon	133.19	Pac-12	Vin Lananna (7th)	21
16	Stanford	126.54	Pac-12	Edrick Floreal (7th)	18
17	Arizona State	121.61	Pac-12	Greg Kraft (16th)	14
18	Penn State	115.81	Big Ten	Beth Alford-Sullivan (6th)	19
19	Ohio State	104.82	Big Ten	Ed Beathea (1st)	25
20	Kansas	104.30	Big 12	Stanley Redwine (12th)	20
21	Georgia	101.45	SEC	Wayne Norton (13th)	27
22	Minnesota	100.78	Big Ten	Steve Plasencia (4th)	26
23	Wisconsin	99.17	Big Ten	Ed Nuttycombe (28th)	15
24	UCLA	95.73	Pac-12	Mike Maynard (3rd)	28
25	Oklahoma	93.62	Big 12	Martin Smith (7th)	22
Dropped out: No. 17 Mississippi State, No. 23 Iowa, No. 24 Baylor

 

Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	SEC	1220.75	6
2	Big 12	1118.74	5
3	Big Ten	990.05	6
4	Pac-12	954.19	6
5	ACC	617.52	2
6	Ivy	186.03
7	Big East	163.12
8	Missouri Valley	155.00
9	Mountain West	117.96
10	Summit League	110.99

 

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I
Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2012 Week #9 — May 29 (Pre-NCAA Finals) [corrected 5/29, 3:30pm CT]
next ranking: FINAL, NCAA Championship results
Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	LSU	349.89	SEC	Dennis Shaver (8th)	1
2	Kansas	276.72	Big 12	Stanley Redwine (12th)	2
3	Oregon	239.80	Pac-12	Vin Lananna (7th)	5
4	Texas A&M	232.32	Big 12	Pat Henry (8th)	6
5	Clemson	225.74	ACC	Lawrence Johnson (4th)	3
6	Texas	205.21	Big 12	Bev Kearney (20th)	4
7	Stanford	181.28	Pac-12	Edrick Floreal (7th)	10
8	Florida	175.25	SEC	Mike Holloway (5th)	7
9	Oklahoma	142.20	Big 12	Martin Smith (7th)	16
10	Arizona	141.65	Pac-12	Fred Harvey (10th)	8
11	Tennessee	137.86	SEC	J.J. Clark (11th)	9
12	Arkansas	135.96	SEC	Lance Harter (22nd)	13
13	UCF	135.89	Conference USA	Caryl Smith Gilbert (5th)	14
14	Southern California	131.28	Pac-12	Ron Allice (18th)	23
15	Southern Illinois	117.53	Missouri Valley	Connie Price-Smith (11th)	18
16	Arizona State	114.91	Pac-12	Greg Kraft (16th)	12
17	Florida State	113.61	ACC	Bob Braman (9th)	24
18	Georgia	99.83	SEC	Wayne Norton (13th)	20
19	Ohio State	97.45	Big Ten	Karen Dennis (6th)	22
20	Louisville	97.28	Big East	Ron Mann (8th)	15
21	Illinois State	90.79	Missouri Valley	Elvis Forde (9th)	17
22	Texas Tech	85.59	Big 12	Wes Kittley (13th)	11
23	Southern Miss	81.46	Conference USA	Kevin Stephen (5th)	26
24	San Diego State	80.11	Mountain West	Shelia Burrell (3rd)	37
25	TCU	79.81	Mountain West	Darryl Anderson (8th)	30
Dropped out: No. 19 Illinois, No. 21 Baylor, No. 25 Iowa State

 

Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	Big 12	1242.04	5
2	Pac-12	1085.71	5
3	SEC	1057.89	5
4	ACC	581.16	2
5	Big East	499.91	1
6	Big Ten	465.34	1
7	Conference USA	328.52	2
8	Missouri Valley	318.19	2
9	Mountain West	236.25	2
10	Ivy	107.09

 

 

About the Rankings

For more on the rankings and links to guideline and rationale information visit …
http://www.ustfccca.org/rankings/division-i-rankings

The purpose and methodology of the national team computer 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 – not as a method to compare teams head-to-head.

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.