USTFCCCA Polls & Rankings

By Tom Lewis, USTFCCCA March 20, 2018

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

NEW ORLEANS –The NCAA Division I Women’s Outdoor Preseason National Team Rankings show that Arkansas is the team to beat out of the gate, announced the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday.

The Razorbacks find itself in first place for the first time in the preseason rankings in program history thanks to a loaded roster. Taliyah Brooks (heptathlon), Payton Chadwick (heptathlon), Lexi Jacobus (pole vault), Tori Hoggard (pole vault), Nikki Hiltz (1500) and Devin Clark (steeplechase) lead a plethora of talented athletes from Fayetteville into the outdoor season.

NCAA Division I National Team Computer Rankings – Women
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Arkansas	Oregon	Georgia	Southern California	Texas

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While Arkansas sits on the throne this week, it will face stiff competition week in and week out from other teams in the top-five.

The defending champion Oregon Ducks are in second place in the preseason rankings. Coming off an indoor season that saw the Ducks place fifth, the program will be looking for its second outdoor title in three seasons with a roster that features with the likes of Ariana Washington (100 and 200), Mackenzie Dunmore (400), Katie Rainsberger (1500) and Alaysha Johnson (100 hurdles).

Georgia finds itself right behind the Ducks in third place in the rankings. After winning its first indoor title two weekends ago, the Bulldogs’ outdoor roster will be led by jumpers Keturah Orji, Kate Hall and Tatiana Gusin. After finishing just 1.8 points behind Oregon a season ago during the outdoor campaign, the Bulldogs will look to sweep both the indoor and outdoor championships.

Southern California sits in fourth in the rankings, giving it the highest preseason ranking since coming in at fourth two seasons ago. Leading the way for the Woman of Troy will be sprinters Kendall Ellis, Deanna Hill and Ky Westbrook, as well as hurdlers Dior Hall and Anna Cockrell.

Rounding out the top-five was Texas, which found itself in fifth for its seventh-straight top-10 preseason ranking. The Longhorns stable of hurdlers that features Rushelle Burton ad Ariel Jones will join forces with sprinters like Teahna Daniels that should wreak havoc on the outdoor circuit.

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Three conferences are represented in spots six through 10 in the preseason rankings.

Texas A&M (sixth), Florida (eighth) and LSU (ninth) give the SEC a total of five programs in the top-10. All three programs finished in the top-10 during the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships and should figure heavily into the outdoor picture.

Kansas State comes in at seventh for the program’s highest preseason ranking ever. With discus thrower Shadae Lawrence, triple jumper Shardia Lawrence, long jumper Wurrie Njadoe, hammer thrower Janee’ Kassanavoid and hepthatlete Nina Schultz on its roster, the Big 12 program will look to finish in the top-10 of the outdoor campaign for the fourth-consecutive season.

Stanford comes in at 10th with its second-consecutive top-10 preseason ranking. The Pac-12 squad placed 13th at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships a year ago, and hope to build on that with the likes of Elise Cranny (1500), Valarie Allman (discus) ad Mackenzie Little (javelin) returning this year.

The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held in Eugene, Oregon, at Historic Hayward Field on June 6-9.

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

2018 Preseason - March 20th

National Rank	Team	Points	Conference	Region	2017 FINAL
1	ARKANSAS	289.37	SEC	South Central	6
2	OREGON	234.08	Pac-12	West	1
3	GEORGIA	213.09	SEC	South	2
4	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	207.33	Pac-12 (1)	West	3
5	TEXAS	199.58	Big 12	South Central	7
6	TEXAS A&M	191.69	SEC	South Central	13
7	KANSAS STATE	186.30	Big 12 (1)	Midwest	9
8	FLORIDA	170.69	SEC (1)	South	5
9	LSU	169.44	SEC	South Central	7
10	STANFORD	144.49	Pac-12	West	13
11	MINNESOTA	139.82	Big Ten (1)	Midwest	---
12	KENTUCKY	138.18	SEC	Southeast	4
13	PURDUE	126.59	Big Ten	Great Lakes	21
14	ARIZONA STATE	120.09	Pac-12	West	10
15	COLORADO	113.35	Pac-12	Mountain	12
16	NEBRASKA	103.16	Big Ten	Midwest	---
17	OKLAHOMA	100.25	Big 12	Midwest	72
18	MICHIGAN	90.73	Big Ten	Great Lakes	21
19	FLORIDA STATE	88.74	ACC	South	19
20	VIRGINIA TECH	81.07	ACC	Southeast	11
21	SAN DIEGO STATE	78.79	Mountain West (1)	West	32
22	OLE MISS	76.80	SEC	South	29
23	TENNESSEE	76.15	SEC	South	62
24	NOTRE DAME	75.75	ACC	Great Lakes	---
25	ALABAMA	73.03	SEC	South	28
26	UCLA	68.28	Pac-12	West	---
27	SAN FRANCISCO	67.29	Independent	West	21
28	BOISE STATE	66.64	Mountain West	West	13
29	WISCONSIN	66.29	Big Ten	Great Lakes	62
30	SOUTH CAROLINA	63.14	SEC	Southeast	52
31	MISSOURI	60.44	SEC	Midwest	17
32	NEW MEXICO	59.95	Mountain West	Mountain	32
33	AUBURN	56.98	SEC	South	---
34	IOWA	55.82	Big Ten	Midwest	48
35	IOWA STATE	54.86	Big 12	Midwest	21
36	PENN STATE	52.63	Big Ten	Mid-Atlantic	29
37	BAYLOR	49.76	Big 12	South Central	38
38	TEXAS TECH	46.30	Big 12	Mountain	43
39	GEORGIA TECH	45.98	ACC	South	---
40	KANSAS	45.29	Big 12	Midwest	18
41	MISSISSIPPI STATE	44.89	SEC	South	38
42	EASTERN MICHIGAN	44.00	Mid-American	Great Lakes	32
43	WASHINGTON	43.61	Pac-12	West	43
44	UNLV	43.02	Mountain West	West	38
45	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	42.48	Summit League (1)	Midwest	---
46	DUKE	41.73	ACC	Southeast	52
47	HOUSTON	41.60	American (1)	South Central	---
48	ARIZONA	39.37	Pac-12	West	21
49	HARVARD	38.94	Ivy League	Northeast	29
50	MICHIGAN STATE	38.35	Big Ten	Great Lakes	52
51	NC STATE	36.81	ACC	Southeast	---
52	AIR FORCE	35.68	Mountain West	Mountain	---
53	VILLANOVA	34.91	Big East (1)	Mid-Atlantic	---
54	NEW HAMPSHIRE	34.79	America East	Northeast	43
55	NORTHERN ARIZONA	34.35	Big Sky (1)	Mountain	32
56	MIDDLE TENNESSEE	34.09	Conference USA	South	---
57	CLEMSON	33.13	ACC	Southeast	48
58	UTAH STATE	32.88	Mountain West	Mountain	---
59	CORNELL	32.00	Ivy League	Northeast	---
60	VANDERBILT	31.92	SEC	South	61
61	GRAND CANYON	31.42	WAC (1)	West	---
62	FURMAN	31.13	SoCon	Southeast	52
63	FRESNO STATE	30.54	Mountain West	West	---
64	TEXAS STATE	29.88	Sun Belt (1)	South Central	69
65	CINCINNATI	28.58	American	Great Lakes	69
66	CONNECTICUT	27.22	American	Northeast	---
67	MEMPHIS	26.96	American	South	38
68	SAMFORD	26.76	Southern	South	38
69	AKRON	25.81	Mid-American (1)	Great Lakes	32
70	OHIO STATE	24.71	Big Ten	Great Lakes	72
71	PORTLAND	24.54	Independent	West	---
72	MIAMI (FLA.)	24.32	ACC (1)	South	21
73	WASHINGTON STATE	23.75	Pac-12	West	52
74	TENNESSEE TECH	22.11	Ohio Valley (1)	South	---
75	NORTH DAKOTA	22.07	Big Sky	Midwest	---
76	INDIANA	22.03	Big Ten	Great Lakes	19
77	SOUTH DAKOTA	21.68	Summit League	Midwest	---
78	PROVIDENCE	19.05	Big East	Northeast	72
79	CALIFORNIA	18.81	Pac-12	West	---
80	NORTH CAROLINA A&T	18.35	MEAC	Southeast	---
81	BYU	17.73	Independent (DI)	Mountain	43
82	UTEP	17.46	Conference USA	Mountain	21
83	UTAH	16.57	Pac-12	Mountain	48
84	VIRGINIA	15.92	ACC	Southeast	---
85	NORTH CAROLINA	15.60	ACC	Southeast	---
86	NORTHWESTERN STATE	15.39	Southland	South Central	---
87	MORGAN STATE	14.90	MEAC	Mid-Atlantic	---
87	EASTERN ILLINOIS	14.90	Ohio Valley	Midwest	---
89	TCU	14.59	Big 12	South Central	---
90	WILLIAM AND MARY	14.30	Colonial	Southeast	52
91	WEST VIRGINIA	14.08	Big 12	Mid-Atlantic	---
92	OKLAHOMA STATE	13.36	Big 12	Midwest	48
93	SMU	12.96	American	South Central	---
94	CHARLOTTE	12.79	Conference USA	Southeast	72
95	KENNESAW STATE	12.35	Atlantic Sun (1)	South	62
96	NEW MEXICO STATE	12.31	WAC	Mountain	---
97	INDIANA STATE	11.83	Missouri Valley	Great Lakes	---
98	BROWN	11.51	Ivy League	Northeast	---
99	COLUMBIA	11.21	Ivy League	Northeast	---
100	DELAWARE	10.73	Colonial	Mid-Atlantic	---
101	COLORADO STATE	9.74	Mountain West	Mountain	---
102	KENT STATE	9.35	Mid-American	Great Lakes	13
103	MONTANA	8.95	Big Sky	Mountain	---
104	LOUISVILLE	8.53	ACC	Southeast	32
105	MARYLAND	8.52	Big Ten	Mid-Atlantic	---
106	SYRACUSE	7.94	ACC	Northeast	---
107	NORTHERN ILLINOIS	7.54	Mid-American	Midwest	52
108	WESTERN ILLINOIS	6.44	Summit League	Midwest	---
109	UCF	5.64	American	South	---
110	LOUISIANA	5.56	Sun Belt	South Central	---
111	FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL	5.28	Conference USA	South	---
112	LIBERTY	5.16	Big South (1)	Southeast	---
113	BALL STATE	4.85	Mid-American	Great Lakes	---
114	FLORIDA ATLANTIC	4.37	Conference USA	South	---
115	TULANE	4.11	American	South Central	62
116	SAN JOSE STATE	4.03	Mountain West	West	---
117	COASTAL CAROLINA	4.00	Sun Belt	Southeast	---
118	UC RIVERSIDE	3.86	Big West	West	---
119	CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE	3.58	Big West	West	---
120	ABILENE CHRISTIAN	3.39	Southland	South Central	---
121	CAL POLY	3.12	Big West	West	---
122	ILLINOIS	3.09	Big Ten	Midwest	---
123	CAMPBELL	2.92	Big South	Southeast	---
124	SOUTHERN MISS	2.92	Conference USA (1)	South	---
125	JACKSONVILLE	2.84	Atlantic Sun	South	---
126	SOUTH ALABAMA	2.61	Sun Belt	South	---
127	PRAIRIE VIEW A&M	2.48	SWAC	South Central	---
128	NORTHERN IOWA	2.45	Missouri Valley	Midwest	---
129	SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA	2.41	Southland	South Central	---
130	WESTERN MICHIGAN	2.34	Mid-American	Great Lakes	---
131	NORTH FLORIDA	2.33	Atlantic Sun	South	---
132	UC SANTA BARBARA	2.16	Big West	West	---
133	PITTSBURGH	2.13	ACC	Mid-Atlantic	---
134	UC IRVINE	1.88	Big West	West	---
135	GEORGETOWN	1.84	Big East	Mid-Atlantic	---
136	BOWLING GREEN	1.82	Mid-American	Great Lakes	---
137	SOUTH DAKOTA STATE	1.69	Summit League	Midwest	---
138	STONY BROOK	1.26	America East	Northeast	---
139	LONG BEACH STATE	1.25	Big West (1)	West	---
140	ARKANSAS STATE	1.25	Sun Belt	South Central	---
141	MONTANA STATE	1.17	Big Sky	Mountain	43
142	TOWSON	1.15	Colonial	Mid-Atlantic	---
143	BINGHAMTON	1.05	America East	Northeast	---
144	UT ARLINGTON	0.98	Sun Belt	South Central	77
145	MURRAY STATE	0.97	Ohio Valley	Southeast	---
146	EASTERN KENTUCKY	0.94	Ohio Valley	Southeast	---
147	TENNESSEE STATE	0.91	Ohio Valley	South	62
147	OMAHA	0.91	Summit League	Midwest	---
149	DARTMOUTH	0.89	Ivy League	Northeast	---
150	WICHITA STATE	0.81	American	Midwest	---
151	MISSOURI STATE	0.80	Missouri Valley	Midwest	---
152	MIAMI (OHIO)	0.75	Mid-American	Great Lakes	---
153	ETSU	0.74	Southern	South	72
154	WESTERN KENTUCKY	0.68	Conference USA	Southeast	---
155	ST. JOHN'S (N.Y.)	0.67	Big East	Northeast	---
156	LAMAR	0.67	Southland	South Central	---
157	OHIO	0.65	Mid-American	Great Lakes	---
158	BUFFALO	0.65	Mid-American	Northeast	---
159	WEBER STATE	0.64	Big Sky	Mountain	---
160	UC DAVIS	0.63	Big West	West	52
161	RICE	0.62	Conference USA	South Central	---
162	EAST CAROLINA	0.60	American	Southeast	---
163	HAWAI'I	0.55	Big West	West	---
163	NORTH TEXAS	0.55	Conference USA	South Central	---
165	OREGON STATE	0.50	Pac-12	West	---
165	TULSA	0.50	American	Midwest	---
167	YOUNGSTOWN STATE	0.45	Horizon (1)	Great Lakes	---
168	DRAKE	0.40	Missouri Valley	Midwest	---
168	ELON	0.40	Colonial	Southeast	---
170	SACRAMENTO STATE	0.35	Big Sky	West	---
171	NEVADA	0.35	Mountain West	Mountain	---
171	CAL STATE FULLERTON	0.35	Big West	West	---
173	NORFOLK STATE	0.35	MEAC	Southeast	---
174	UMASS	0.28	Atlantic 10	Northeast	---
175	IDAHO	0.28	Big Sky	West	---
175	BETHUNE-COOKMAN	0.28	MEAC	South	---
177	MARQUETTE	0.25	Big East	Great Lakes	---
177	APPALACHIAN STATE	0.25	Sun Belt	Southeast	---
179	ILLINOIS STATE	0.23	Missouri Valley (1)	Midwest	---
180	LEHIGH	0.22	Patriot	Mid-Atlantic	69
180	VCU	0.22	Atlantic 10 (1)	Southeast	---
180	GARDNER-WEBB	0.22	Big South	Southeast	---
183	NORTHEASTERN	0.20	Colonial (1)	Northeast	---
184	ALABAMA STATE	0.19	SWAC (1)	South	---
185	WYOMING	0.19	Mountain West	Mountain	---
186	INCARNATE WORD	0.15	Southland	South Central	---
186	TROY	0.15	Sun Belt	South	---
188	BOSTON COLLEGE	0.13	ACC	Northeast	---
189	MARIST	0.13	Metro Atlantic	Northeast	---
190	SIUE	0.05	Ohio Valley	Midwest	---
190	LIPSCOMB	0.05	Atlantic Sun	South	---
192	SOUTHERN ILLINOIS	0.03	Missouri Valley	Midwest	62
193	TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI	0.03	Southland	South Central	---
193	TEMPLE	0.03	American	Mid-Atlantic	---
195	PENN	0.02	Ivy League (1)	Mid-Atlantic	---
196	STEPHEN F. AUSTIN	0.01	Southland	South Central	---

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field

2018 Rankings Calendar

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Confernce TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Preseason	Tue 3/20 MEN \| WOMEN				Mar. 1: First Qualifying Date
Week 1	Mon 4/2 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/2 MEN \| WOMEN			March 28-31: Texas/Florida Relays, Stanford Invite
Week 2	Mon 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Mon 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	April 18-21: Kansas/Mt. SAC Relays
Week 4	Mon 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	April 25-28: Penn/Drake/Arkansas Relays
Week 5	Mon 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	May 3-6: Conference Championships Weekend I
Week 6	Mon 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	May 9-13: Conference Championships Weekend II
Week 7	Mon 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Mon 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	May 24-26: NCAA Prelims (Sacramento & Tampa)
Week 9	Tue 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN
FINAL Results	Sat 6/9 MEN \| WOMEN		Sat 6/9 MEN \| WOMEN		June 6-9: NCAA Finals (Eugene)

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Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Confernce TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Preseason	Tue 3/20 MEN \| WOMEN				Mar. 1: First Qualifying Date
Week 1	Mon 4/2 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/2 MEN \| WOMEN			March 28-31: Texas/Florida Relays, Stanford Invite
Week 2	Mon 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/9 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Mon 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/16 MEN \| WOMEN	April 18-21: Kansas/Mt. SAC Relays
Week 4	Mon 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/23 MEN \| WOMEN	April 25-28: Penn/Drake/Arkansas Relays
Week 5	Mon 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/30 MEN \| WOMEN	May 3-6: Conference Championships Weekend I
Week 6	Mon 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/7 MEN \| WOMEN	May 9-13: Conference Championships Weekend II
Week 7	Mon 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/14 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Mon 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	May 24-26: NCAA Prelims (Sacramento & Tampa)
Week 9	Tue 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN
FINAL Results	Sat 6/9 MEN \| WOMEN		Sat 6/9 MEN \| WOMEN		June 6-9: NCAA Finals (Eugene)

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

NCAA Division I National Team Computer Rankings – Women

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