2018 NCAA DI Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Rankings – Preseason

NEW ORLEANS –In the four years that the Oregon women’s indoor track & field squad has been ranked first in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Preseason National Team Computer Rankings since 2011, the Ducks hoisted the title at the end of the season.

Memo to the rest of the country: beware.

NCAA Division I National Team Computer Rankings – Women

1)Oregon 2)Arkansas 3)Georgia 4)USC 5)Texas
Oregon Arkansas Georgia Southern California Texas
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With heavy hitters Ariana Washington, Hannah Cunliffe, Katie Rainsberger and Alaysha Johnson  – among others – returning to the squad, the Ducks open the season in the top spot of the rankings, announced on Wednesday by the USTFCCCA, and will look to capture its eighth title in nine years.

Following closely behind Oregon are the Lady Razorbacks from Arkansas, which finished fifth a year ago after sitting second throughout a majority of the season. Arkansas will rely heavily on Lexi Jacobus in the pole vault and Taliyah Brooks in the pentathlon to see if they can once again disrupt Oregon’s dominance on the national level. Arkansas broke Oregon’s streak of five-straight titles in 2015 when the Lady Razorbacks took home the title.

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NATIONAL PDFs
Top 25 | By Team | By Event

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Collegiate All-Time Indoor Bests

This Season Collegiate Bests

Three conferences – the SEC, Pac-12 and Big 12 – represent the three remaining teams in the top-five, with Georgia, Southern California and Texas rounding things out. The Bulldogs were runner-ups a year ago thanks to outstanding performances from Keturah Orji, Mady Fagan and Kate Hall, while the Trojans placed fourth with Kendall Ellis, Anna Cockrell, Dior Hall and Deanna Hill leading the way.

The Longhorns made a huge jump from where they finished a year ago, as Texas placed 25th after a regular season that never saw them slip out of the top-10. With the likes of Teahna Daniels, Zola Golden, Kally Long and Rushelle Burton returning to the mix with transfer Pedrya Seymour joining the squad, the Longhorns should be major players this season.

The remainder of the top-10 is flush with teams from the SEC, as Florida, LSU, Mississippi, Kentucky and Texas A&M own spots six through 10, respectively.

Wisconsin sits just outside of the top-10 in 11th after finishing 41st at the indoor championships a season ago. The ranking marks the second time in three years that the Badgers are in the top-11 in the preseason poll, as they came in ninth prior to the 2016 campaign.

Three other teams that found themselves amongst the best-of-the-best after finishing low in College State a season ago were Iowa State (14th), Villanova (24th) and New Mexico (25th).

The Cyclones wrapped up the season in 47th last year after reaching as high as 18th in the rankings during the regular season. Villanova finished behind Iowa State in 56th, yet find themselves ranked as high as they’ve been since coming in at 22nd in 2012.

New Mexico cracked the top-25 just once a season ago, and the Lobos have never seen themselves this high in the preseason poll. With distance runners Ednah Kurgat and Weini Kelati slated to have solid seasons, New Mexico is destined for its best season in years.

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NCAA Division I
Women's Indoor Track & Field
USTFCCCA National TFRI: Track & Field Rating Index

2018 Preseason - January 10th

Top 25 Teams
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National
Rank
 TeamPointsConferenceRegion2017
FINAL
1oregonOREGON169.15MPSFWest1
2arkansasARKANSAS147.15SEC (1)South Central5
3georgiaGEORGIA135.53SECSouth2
4southern-californiaSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA109.49MPSF (1)West4
5texasTEXAS97.50Big 12 (1)South Central25
6floridaFLORIDA87.49SEC (6)South14
7lsuLSU75.23SEC (4)South Central18
8ole-missOLE MISS74.54SECSouth12
9kentuckyKENTUCKY68.46SECSoutheast6
10texas-amTEXAS A&M57.51SECSouth Central12
11wisconsinWISCONSIN54.73Big TenGreat Lakes52
12michiganMICHIGAN48.26Big TenGreat Lakes14
13minnesotaMINNESOTA47.30Big Ten (1)Midwest---
14iowa-stateIOWA STATE47.09Big 12Midwest47
15mississippi-stateMISSISSIPPI STATE46.15SECSouth21
16stanfordSTANFORD45.17MPSFWest10
17south-carolinaSOUTH CAROLINA43.61SECSoutheast25
18kansas-stateKANSAS STATE43.45Big 12Midwest27
19baylorBAYLOR42.96Big 12South Central14
20alabamaALABAMA36.89SECSouth3
21cincinnatiCINCINNATI35.39American (1)Great Lakes21
22san-diego-stateSAN DIEGO STATE35.23Mountain WestWest21
23penn-statePENN STATE35.14Big TenMid-Atlantic10
24villanovaVILLANOVA31.67Big East (1)Mid-Atlantic56
25new-mexicoNEW MEXICO31.33Mountain WestMountain---


Week-by-Week Ranking

Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.
TeamPreseasonWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4Week #5Week #6Week #7FINAL
Georgia332244111
Arkansas221111222
Kentucky969533333
Florida655688764
Oregon113355675
LSU797766446
Southern California444422557
Stanford1621161299998
Missouri28343214131213149
New Mexico2526282610118810
Texas A&M1076877101010
Cincinnati212827292525202312
Arizona State303333251920242213
Minnesota131111101110121114
Virginia Tech873741372215111214
Purdue262026281516151814
Boise State606642603543141317
Kansas555349432313232417
San Diego State223125304344373717
Colorado384044321718191620
Mississippi State151818203024271720
Auburn617639422626212120
New Hampshire273230342828341523
North Carolina634953493836434423
Harvard465148454953485223
Florida State293535397158222526
Louisville434751505560252627
Kansas State182420221819183127
UCLA653938--------3327
Oklahoma323036383235454827
Villanova242913243349666627
Iowa State142221212021292932
Akron374143332929303032
Iowa342731274147313232
Ole Miss81010112430262735
Wisconsin111312152122323435
Northern Arizona526767573637424237
Texas Tech586566673433414337
Indiana332337233940586537
Tennessee361615181414161940
Penn State232524313132403940
Campbell596968655659515440
North Carolina A&T110134102757361737440
Florida International647269717870797740
Ohio State351534363739282845
Alabama201422171617394045
Providence566465694648494645
BYU727960775138564945
Oklahoma State889388896245675745
Miami (Fla.)454852515454696945
NC State475255535027383851
Eastern Michigan707471708442595651
Air Force425454524446525951
South Carolina171914192731333554
Texas State1091181041078888444454
Texas58894234475154
Notre Dame414350477264745854
Duke575962666163576254
Syracuse627580805962656354
Baylor191219165774646854
Northern Illinois--------129126788054
Clemson443629405873172062
Michigan121717131223364162
West Virginia96115108616057615062
UT Arlington9510496644851545362
Washington State758182686567605562
Bethune-Cookman768383856756625962
Bowling Green1048274585355536162
California537059597478636462
Utah747878746468686762
UC Santa Barbara----------717162
Washington674623354569707362
South Dakota495861567072727662
Eastern Illinois1019883856771797762
Columbia----769590891107962
Nebraska485546444041508162
Kent State313840417676778162
Binghamton--------133--828162
Samford404245489592868462
Middle Tennessee6668707352523536
Georgia Tech9357575447504647
Arizona7886818492819070
UNLV50615855133--7572
Boston College----105--85869975
Kennesaw State54606462636555
UMass51626363757776
Tennessee Tech80898990666681
Dartmouth117129119121----83
Wyoming68717772808484
Connecticut98105106106697585
Charlotte124129127121868587
Rice73807982--8788
Northwestern State9310395101777989
San Jose State--110103103798091
SMU--------818392
Brown11512210712912612893
Portland91969291969394
Indiana State126139--------95
Utah State--9512711310010496
Quinnipiac------13011611697
North Dakota13312411911910810998
Pittsburgh121111118768790100
Colorado State--------133--101
Virginia1061241161179191102
Jacksonville90928788119118103
Furman394547469998104
Stephen F. Austin8510297999896105
Vanderbilt71447579111--105
McNeese State----130------105
Southeastern Louisiana------------105
Houston849793979495109
Loyola Marymount991009896109108111
Hawai'i1121191121119796112
Penn--------129103112
North Dakota State92106100102104101114
Idaho--1291191219394115
Southern Miss--------10199115
Michigan State120137--9389100117
Illinois118138131------118
Northern Iowa----------106119
Sam Houston State8910799103103102120
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi--------105104120
San Francisco83887381106118120
UTEP112126119119122116123
Southern Illinois125127124121110110124
Tulane--77124126114112124
Austin Peay--129124126114112124
Prairie View A&M----------112124
Georgetown8690567883121124
Cal State Fullerton------------124
Maryland818786838282130
Liberty--------131128130
Illinois State119129119121----130
Incarnate Word--------107107133
Wake Forest------126113111133
East Carolina108113114113123124133
Buffalo--------133--133
North Florida--------112115--
Norfolk State--------118118--
Montana105116115116119121--
Northern Colorado--135----119121--
George Mason--------123124--
Central Michigan--------123126--
UMass Lowell--------126128--
South Alabama------126128--
Youngstown State121140----131128--
Eastern Kentucky--------133128--
Monmouth--567294102----
Cornell------100117----
Long Beach State79858587------
TCU82919192------
William & Mary97999498------
Toledo100108--105------
Princeton------108------
Eastern Washington103112111109------
Fresno State107117110110------
Rutgers112119112111------
Richmond--5090115------
New Orleans111123117118------
Temple----101--------
Albany----109--------
Appalachian State116135129--------
Saint Joseph's--63----------
UCF6973----------
Morgan State7683----------
Army West Point--94----------
Ball State101109----------
Marist--114----------
Montana State--121----------
Elon--128----------
Western Michigan123141----------
Florida Atlantic126------------
Oral Roberts128------------
Arkansas State129------------
VCU130------------
Sacramento State131------------
CSUN131------------
Missouri State133------------
Oakland--------------
SIUE--------------
Davidson--------------
Kansas City--------------
Rider--------------
Towson--------------
Georgia State--------------
Marshall--------------
Northeastern--------------
Southeast Missouri--------------
Navy--------------
UC Riverside--------------
Tennessee State--------------
Lamar--------------
UTSA--------------
Idaho State--------------
Western Illinois--------------
Omaha--------------
Louisiana Tech--------------
Jacksonville State--------------
USC Upstate--------------
Murray State--------------
Saint Francis (Pa.)--------------
Hartford--------------
Miami (Ohio)--------------
Wofford--------------
Maine--------------
Coppin State--------------
Howard--------------
Texas Southern--------------
Florida A&M--------------
LIU--------------
Delaware State--------------
Radford--------------
Tulsa--------------
Grand Canyon--------------
Memphis--------------
Gardner-Webb--------------
Loyola-Chicago--------------
Nevada--------------
Ohio--------------
Fairleigh Dickinson--------------
Dayton--------------
Robert Morris--------------
Troy--------------
Wichita State--------------
Loyola (Md.)--------------
Duquesne--------------
Xavier--------------
Oregon State--------------
St. John's (N.Y.)--------------
ETSU--------------
Lehigh--------------
NJIT--------------
Georgia Southern--------------
Marquette--------------
Western Kentucky--------------
Louisiana--------------
North Texas--------------
South Dakota State--------------
Drake--------------
James Madison--------------
South Florida--------------
N.C. Central--------------
Coastal Carolina--------------
UC Irvine--------------
Cal Poly--------------
Manhattan--------------
Western Carolina--------------
Boston University--------------
Northwestern--------------
Central Connecticut State--------------
Portland State--------------
DePaul--------------
Abilene Christian--------------
Sacred Heart--------------
Rhode Island--------------
Hampton--------------
Butler--------------
Weber State--------------
Alcorn State--------------
Bucknell--------------
Stony Brook--------------
Vermont--------------
Delaware--------------
Southern--------------
Alabama State--------------
Holy Cross--------------
Milwaukee--------------
Yale--------------
CSU Bakersfield------------
Iona------------
UMBC------------
High Point------------
UMES------------
VMI------------
UTRGV------------
Houston Christian------------
Lafayette------------
ULM----------
South Carolina State------------
Utah Valley------------
Central Arkansas------------
Charleston Southern----------
La Salle------------
American------------
UAB------------
Lipscomb----------
Alabama A&M--------
Mount St. Mary's----------
Wright State--------
UC Davis--
Bryant--101--------
Fordham------------
Winthrop------------
Bradley------------
Arkansas-Pine Bluff------------
UNC-Wilmington----------
Canisius----------
Saint Louis----------
IU Indy----------
Seattle------
Siena--------
Detroit Mercy----------
Grambling State----------
Mississippi Valley State--------
Northern Kentucky------
Purdue Fort Wayne------
College Of Charleston--------
Chattanooga--------
Belmont--------
Southern Utah--------
New Mexico State--------
Illinois Chicago--------
Little Rock----
Valparaiso------
UNCG------
Evansville----
Cleveland State----
UT Martin--
Wagner----
St. Francis Brooklyn----
UNC Asheville----
George Washington--
Jackson State--
Savannah State--
Chicago State--

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field

2018 Rankings Calendar
Weeks National TFRIRegional TFRIConference TFRI#EventSquad KEY DATES
PreseasonWed 1/10
MEN | WOMEN
Dec. 1: First contest allowed
Week 1Mon 1/22
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Mon 1/22
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Week 2Mon 1/29
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Mon 1/29
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Mon 1/29
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Week 3Mon 2/5
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Mon 2/5
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Mon 2/5
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Mon 2/5
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Week 4Mon 2/12
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Mon 2/12
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Mon 2/12
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Mon 2/12
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Feb. 15-17: Conference Championships
Week 5Mon 2/19
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Mon 2/19
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Mon 2/19
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Mon 2/19
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Feb. 23-25: Conference Championships
Week 6Mon 2/26
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Mon 2/26
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Mon 2/26
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Mon 2/26
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Week 7Sun 3/4
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Mon 3/5
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Mon 3/5
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Mon 3/5
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March 9-10: NCAA Championships (College Station, Texas)
FINAL Results
(official final ranking)
Sat 3/10
MEN | WOMEN
Sat 3/10
MEN | WOMEN