DIII Rankings: Wartburg Women Set New Rankings Standard, McMurry Men Keeps Sizable Lead
NEW ORLEANS — With just three days remaining of the regular season in NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field, the top three men’s and women’s teams in the latest USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings are unchanged from a week ago. McMurry is the No. 1 men’s team in the land while Wartburg’s women set a new all-time rankings high this week with 366.60 ranking points.
National Ranking PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Event-by-Event | Week-by-Week
Regional Index PDFs: Top Ten | By Team | By Event
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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 #7 — May 16 |
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| next ranking: May 21 (MONDAY, pre-NCAA) | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | McMurry | 249.05 | ASC | Barbara Crousen (14th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-La Crosse | 150.90 | WIAC | Josh Buchholtz (4th) | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | 150.70 | WIAC | Paul Brown (2nd) | 3 |
| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | 144.40 | CCIW | Frank Gramarosso (2nd) | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Eau Claire | 142.07 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (10th) | 6 |
| 6 | UW-Stout | 127.84 | WIAC | Laura Knudsen (4th) | 7 |
| 7 | UW-Whitewater | 123.93 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (3rd) | 5 |
| 8 | Wabash | 88.59 | NCAC | Clyde Morgan (4th) | 9 |
| 9 | Central (Iowa) | 77.92 | IIAC | Joe Dunham (4th) | 15 |
| 10 | La Verne | 75.43 | SCIAC | Pat Widolff (20th) | 8 |
| 11 | Augustana (Ill.) | 74.12 | CCIW | Paul Olsen (43rd) | 10 |
| 12 | Haverford | 71.51 | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (37th) | 17 |
| 13 | Calvin | 71.25 | MIAA | Bret Otte (3rd) | 12 |
| 14 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 64.63 | MIAC | Steve Mathre (17th) | 16 |
| 15 | Middlebury | 58.49 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (24th) | 11 |
| 16 | Whitworth | 56.43 | Northwest | Toby Schwarz (16th) | 13 |
| 17 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 56.32 | Midwest | Roger Haynes (29th) | 31 |
| 18 | Bates | 53.09 | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (17th) | 14 |
| 19 | Wartburg | 51.94 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 50 |
| 20 | Christopher Newport | 47.23 | USA South | Tyler Wingard (6th) | 20 |
| 21 | SUNY Geneseo | 46.31 | SUNYAC | Dave Prevosti (8th) | 19 |
| 22 | UW-Stevens Point | 46.25 | WIAC | Rick Witt (33rd) | 18 |
| 23 | SUNY Oneonta | 44.74 | SUNYAC | Matt LoPiccolo (8th) | 23 |
| 24 | Rowan | 43.80 | NJAC | Bill Fritz (18th) | 26 |
| 25 | Guilford | 43.64 | ODAC | Danny Cash (2nd) | 21 |
| Dropped out: No. 22 Mount Union, No. 24 Moravian, Mo. 25 UW-Platteville | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 813.04 | 6 |
| 2 | ASC | 284.73 | 1 |
| 3 | CCIW | 275.44 | 2 |
| 4 | NESCAC | 177.55 | 2 |
| 5 | SCIAC | 173.04 | 1 |
| 6 | IIAC | 158.77 | 2 |
| 7 | OAC | 155.80 | |
| 8 | NCAC | 130.27 | 1 |
| 9 | SUNYAC | 124.69 | 2 |
| 10 | MIAC | 124.45 | 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 #7 — May 16 |
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| next ranking: May 21 (MONDAY, pre-NCAA) | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Wartburg | 366.60 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (14th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-Oshkosh | 176.42 | WIAC | Pat Ebel (3rd) | 2 |
| 3 | Washington (Mo.) | 123.63 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (11th) | 3 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan | 98.19 | CCIW | Chris Schumacher (15th) | 7 |
| 5 | Methodist | 95.95 | USA South | Duane Ross (5th) | 4 |
| 6 | Middlebury | 80.87 | NESCAC | Martin Beatty (24th) | 6 |
| 7 | Williams | 77.23 | NESCAC | Fletcher Brooks (4th) | 9 |
| 8 | UW-La Crosse | 71.19 | WIAC | Pat Healy (21st) | 5 |
| 9 | Mount Union | 70.42 | OAC | Kevin Lucas (2nd) | 12 |
| 10 | Illinois College | 69.68 | Midwest | Mike Brooks (11th) | 14 |
| 11 | UW-Eau Claire | 64.17 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (6th) | 8 |
| 12 | MIT | 62.27 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (5th) | 15 |
| 13 | McMurry | 60.01 | ASC | Barbara Crousen (14th) | 10 |
| 14 | Tufts | 52.73 | NESCAC | Kristen Morwick (12th) | 16 |
| 15 | Birmingham-Southern | 52.33 | SCAC | Kenneth Cox (3rd) | 11 |
| 16 | Ithaca | 50.51 | Empire 8 | Jennifer Potter (9th) | 17 |
| 17 | Emory | 46.46 | UAA | John Curtin (27th) | 18 |
| 18 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 46.17 | Midwest | Roger Haynes (12th) | 13 |
| 19 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 42.69 | MIAC | Joe Sweeney (32nd) | 35 |
| 20 | Rowan | 42.09 | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (5th) | 22 |
| 21 | Texas Lutheran | 41.47 | ASC | Patrick Zarate (6th) | 20 |
| 22 | UW-River Falls | 40.85 | WIAC | Aaron Decker (2nd) | 19 |
| 23 | UW-Stevens Point | 39.85 | WIAC | Megan Craig (3rd) | 31 |
| 24 | Central (Iowa) | 37.97 | IIAC | Joe Dunham (4th) | 24 |
| 25 | SUNY Cortland | 37.88 | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (5th) | 34 |
| Dropped out: No. 21 Ramapo, No. 23 George Fox, No. 25 Millikin | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 470.41 | 5 |
| 2 | IIAC | 463.05 | 2 |
| 3 | NESCAC | 248.33 | 3 |
| 4 | UAA | 211.77 | 2 |
| 5 | MIAC | 181.03 | 1 |
| 6 | CCIW | 176.17 | 1 |
| 7 | OAC | 166.05 | 1 |
| 8 | Midwest Conference | 164.81 | 2 |
| 9 | NEWMAC | 143.97 | 1 |
| 10 | USA South | 114.99 | 1 |
