USTFCCCA Polls & Rankings

By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA March 18, 2019

2019 NCAA DI Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index – Preseason

NEW ORLEANS – There won’t be a changing of the guard – at least for now – atop the NCAA Division I Men’s Track & Field Rating Index now that we remove the roof and add a few events to the ledger.

That’s because Texas Tech – the team that was ranked No. 1 throughout the indoor season – begins the outdoor season in the same spot. The Red Raiders received their first outdoor No. 1 billing in program history when the Preseason TFRI was released on Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field NATIONAL TFRI Top 5 – Men
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
Texas Tech	Texas A&M	Alabama	Florida	BYU

NATIONAL TFRI

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A trio of SEC programs sit No. 2 through No. 4 – Texas A&M, Alabama and Florida, in that order – and BYU rounds out the top-5.

Texas Tech finds itself at the top thanks to six marks that are ranked in the top-5 of the TFRI Individual Rankings, which combine previous outdoor bests and the current Descending Order List. Norman Grimes enters the season ranked No. 2 in the 400H at 49.38, while Charles Brown and Odaine Lewis own the No. 2 spots in the long jump and triple jump, respectively. Jah-Nhai Perinchief is ranked third in the high jump, while Lewis and Divine Oduduru are listed fourth in the long jump and 200, respectively.

Robert Grant, Tahar Triki and Devin Dixon lead the Aggies into the season. Grant and Triki are ranked No. 1 in the 400H and triple jump, respectively, while Dixon is No. 2 in the 800. Grant and Triki recorded both of their top marks at the SEC Championships last year. Texas A&M has been ranked No. 2 in the Preseason TFRI in three of the past four years.

The Crimson Tide is looking for big things from Alfred Chelanga, Gilbert Kigen and Vincent Kiprop, as well as Kord Ferguson. Chelanga, Kigen and Kiprop all have spots in the top-5 of the TFRI Individual Rankings in the 10,000 (Kiprop is also listed in the 5000), while Ferguson is in the top-10 of both the shot put and discus throw. You can’t forget about Shelby McEwen either, who just captured the indoor title in the high jump. This is the highest that Alabama has been ranked in the preseason in program history.

Grant Holloway is expected to lead the Gators during the outdoor season, just as he did indoors. Holloway, who scored 27.5 points at the indoor meet two weeks ago, is ranked No. 1 in both the 110H and long jump. Other top-5 marks for Florida include Anders Eriksson in the hammer throw and Clayton Brown in the triple jump. The Gators started the 2018 season ranked No. 4 and quickly moved to No. 1, where they stayed the remainder of the campaign.

The Cougars have never been ranked in the top-5 until now. BYU is hoping for big points in Austin, Texas, from Rory Linkletter, Connor McMillan and Clayton Young. Each of those three men is listed in the top-10 of the 5000 and 10,000. Clayson Shumway is also a scoring threat in the steeplechase.

No. 6 Houston, No. 7 Oregon, No. 8 Texas, No. 9 LSU and No. 10 Georgia round out the top-10.

Be sure to check back throughout the season as the TFRI will shift ahead of the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships set to begin June 5 in Austin, Texas.

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USTFCCCA National TFRI: Track & Field Rating Index

2019 Preseason - March 18th

Top 25 Teams

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National Rank	Team	Points	Conference	Region	2018 FINAL
1	TEXAS TECH	336.13	Big 12 (1)	Mountain	5
2	TEXAS A&M	270.41	SEC (4)	South Central	7
3	ALABAMA	227.03	SEC (5)	South	5
4	FLORIDA	221.08	SEC (2)	South	2
5	BYU	205.15	Independent (DI)	Mountain	40
6	HOUSTON	173.09	American (1)	South Central	3
7	OREGON	170.23	Pac-12 (1)	West	35
8	TEXAS	166.21	Big 12 (3)	South Central	25
9	LSU	162.05	SEC (1)	South Central	8
10	GEORGIA	159.14	SEC (9)	South	1
11	FLORIDA STATE	155.39	ACC (3)	South	11
12	MISSISSIPPI STATE	152.19	SEC (8)	South	10
13	BAYLOR	122.46	Big 12	South Central	55
14	WISCONSIN	115.47	Big Ten	Great Lakes	27
15	ARIZONA	112.53	Pac-12 (3)	West	43
16	STANFORD	99.05	Pac-12	West	8
17	UCLA	90.94	Pac-12 (2)	West	66
18	KENTUCKY	90.92	SEC (6)	Southeast	16
19	INDIANA	84.76	Big Ten (2)	Great Lakes	70
20	TENNESSEE	80.71	SEC (7)	South	55
21	MICHIGAN	78.70	Big Ten	Great Lakes	20
22	IOWA	78.57	Big Ten (1)	Midwest	31
23	ARKANSAS	77.51	SEC (3)	South Central	12
24	NORTH CAROLINA A&T	75.99	MEAC (1)	Southeast	49
25	SOUTH CAROLINA	75.92	SEC (10)	Southeast	35

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Week-by-Week Ranking

Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.

Team	Preseason	Week #1	Week #2	Week #3	Week #4	Week #5	Week #6	Week #7	Week #8	Week #9	FINAL
Texas Tech	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Florida	4	3	3	3	7	3	4	3	3	2	2
Houston	6	9	9	9	5	5	8	7	7	7	3
Georgia	10	10	10	11	13	14	15	16	17	13	4
Stanford	16	19	15	15	9	10	11	11	12	19	5
Texas A&M	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	4	5	6
LSU	9	6	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	7
BYU	5	4	4	5	6	6	3	4	6	4	8
Texas	8	11	12	13	16	13	16	17	14	8	9
Alabama	3	5	5	6	4	7	10	10	8	17	10
Mississippi State	12	12	11	10	11	11	13	12	13	16	11
Oregon	7	8	7	7	18	9	7	6	5	6	12
South Carolina	25	20	20	16	12	15	17	18	23	15	12
Kansas	28	26	26	26	26	18	19	22	20	21	14
North Carolina A&T	24	15	17	18	17	19	6	9	9	10	15
Arkansas	23	21	21	24	15	17	20	24	26	20	15
Florida State	11	7	8	8	35	28	37	20	19	28	17
UCLA	17	23	25	20	21	20	22	21	18	11	18
Virginia	29	33	35	37	23	23	23	15	15	12	18
Wisconsin	14	16	18	19	24	24	24	26	25	25	18
Oklahoma State	51	59	57	67	72	48	30	42	42	35	18
Arizona	15	18	14	14	14	12	14	14	11	14	22
Baylor	13	13	13	12	19	22	21	25	24	24	22
North Dakota State	36	36	33	31	31	29	28	31	37	26	24
Southern Miss	27	28	30	33	44	44	46	64	62	39	24
Michigan	21	25	27	28	50	49	47	51	51	36	26
Kansas State	39	42	44	38	41	40	40	40	43	42	26
Iowa State	72	74	52	55	34	36	43	35	36	29	28
TCU	26	29	31	35	29	34	32	34	33	33	28
South Dakota	38	40	42	43	37	39	39	28	30	38	28
Kennesaw State	45	46	49	49	61	60	59	57	59	57	28
Notre Dame	134	110	107	107	66	63	60	60	58	67	28
Indiana	19	14	16	17	33	32	26	30	28	22	33
Kentucky	18	24	24	27	27	27	29	23	21	18	34
Michigan State	52	55	56	58	73	50	52	47	45	51	34
Purdue	34	30	22	25	39	30	33	32	27	27	36
Southern California	30	34	34	36	8	8	9	8	10	9	37
Sam Houston State	66	31	32	34	30	38	31	36	39	45	37
Middle Tennessee	56	49	50	54	63	62	66	68	75	78	37
Iowa	22	17	19	21	10	16	18	19	22	23	40
Minnesota	47	47	47	48	53	52	51	45	46	37	40
Liberty	54	61	66	71	78	88	92	82	77	56	40
Saint Francis (Pa.)		159	161	168	135	142	111	131	138	75	40
Utah State	62	65	64	64	140	125	135	81	81	82	40
Southern Utah	93	92	93	99	52	64	67	73	66	54	45
Coppin State	86	84	84	89	75	84	42	52	53	50	46
Arizona State	100	100	100	101	74	72	68	66	68	65	46
Wichita State	37	41	43	45	54	54	54	55	56	66	46
Arkansas State	88	96	95	94	98	98	105	102	102	88	46
Northern Arizona	35	27	28	29	20	21	12	13	16	30	50
Washington	73	57	55	62	46	41	41	43	31	31	50
Harvard	116	98	98	92	88	90	79	76	65	60	50
Air Force	114	122	121	120	79	85	75	85	79	79	50
Alabama State				172	123	133	115	125	125	109	50
Long Beach State	68	68	73	76	65	73	61	54	55	62	55
Illinois	43	54	61	72	51	55	55	63	61	64	55
Penn State	40	45	46	47	60	65	62	58	57	68	55
Louisville	84	76	77	70	71	74	77	80	87	76	55
Illinois State	148	147	151	154	113	114	136	138	128	98	55
Houston Christian		153	150	152	101	102	108	100	105	100	55
California	42	48	29	30	28	31	36	33	32	32	61
Akron	33	37	39	44	32	35	35	38	40	40	61
Tennessee	20	22	23	23	42	47	50	39	34	47	61
Villanova				144	110	110	131	136	123	102	61
Oklahoma	44	44	48	50	38	37	38	27	29	34
Nebraska	81	90	86	91	40	45	45	48	47	41
Virginia Tech	50	50	51	52	64	69	78	46	48	43
Clemson	64	32	36	32	25	25	25	41	38	44
Ohio State	41	38	41	22	22	26	27	37	41	46
Ole Miss	63	64	74	66	45	42	48	49	49	48
Memphis	94	94	94	88	90	92	103	65	63	49
Furman		86	85	86	83	83	87	84	69	52
Missouri	61	66	38	42	43	43	44	29	35	53
Maryland	55	51	58	57	69	53	49	50	50	55
Western Kentucky	132	69	69	74	76	78	82	70	67	58
Princeton	89	88	88	82	57	66	64	72	71	59
Kent State	49	60	62	56	59	61	65	61	60	61
Miami (Fla.)	53	53	54	60	62	58	58	62	64	63
Washington State	83	87	90	90	67	70	70	74	72	69
UT Arlington	153	162	160	165	102	104	106	108	108	70
Tennessee State	145	154	154	157	116	91	90	98	98	71
NC State	87	89	89	93	107	96	101	120	124	72
South Carolina State	57	56	59	41	36	33	34	44	44	73
Colorado	82	81	67	65	49	51	69	67	86	74
UTEP	95	97	97	97	121	77	81	77	76	77
Syracuse	48	43	45	46	47	46	53	53	82	80
Stephen F. Austin	74	67	65	61	86	75	76	78	78	81
Penn	85	91	92	75	77	81	83	97	94	83
Tulane	70	79	79	80	81	79	85	79		84
Campbell	31	39	40	40	82	82	91	88	83	85
Coastal Carolina	157	159	161	168	155	158	171	142	135	86
Columbia	142	134	133	134	104	108	114	133	136	87
Army West Point	144	138	125	128	89	89	72	83	80	89
CSUN	102	104	106	103	92	94	95	99	100	90
Georgia Tech	113	109	111	115	97	101	104	103	99	91
South Alabama	79	82	82	83	93	95	97	90	91	92
George Mason	159	172	177	178	162	162	169	182	180	93
Eastern Washington	166	175	175	141	106	106	117	121	127	94
Rutgers	46	35	37	39	48	59	63	75	73	95
Cal State Fullerton	154	168	171	164	141	148	158	115	111	96
Rice	105	95	96	95	91	93	94	91	93	97
UMass Lowell	164	171	168	175	127	123	132	132	116	99
UTSA	112	112	113	114	159	165	176	130	131	101
Auburn	80	83	87	87	85	76	84	94	95	103
Dartmouth	98	99	99	100	111	109	112	106	110	104
Monmouth		120	120	126	80	87	88	96	96	105
Miami (Ohio)					130	132	119	123	120	106
North Carolina	106	123	126	125	137	120	124	122	112	107
Oral Roberts	131	132	130	131	99	105	107	113	118	108
UMBC	140	148	123	133	108	111	113	118	126	110
Weber State		141	140	146	124	124	121	119	122	111
UC Santa Barbara	135	113	118	117	148	144	123	110		112
Colorado State	78	78	80	81	84	80	93	87	84	113
William & Mary	104	111	110	111	183	179	186	190	183	114
Iona	91	116	114	113	120	121	127	126	109	115
Hampton	75	77	78	78	122	128	149	148	152	116
Louisiana Tech	99	102	103	106	112	117	133	141	134	117
Troy	141	144	149	153	168	169	177	124	115	118
Northern Iowa	77	80	81	84	146	151	150	155	153	119
Navy					143	140	134	159	157	120
Albany	58	62	68	68	131	134	122	156	162	121
Savannah State					172	170	129	152	149	122
Chicago State								183	178	123
North Florida	103	105	105	109						124
Southeast Missouri						187	182	172	169	125
Butler	139	140	143	148	136	135	137	137	184	126
Boston College		180	181	184				181	161	127
Youngstown State	67	71	70	73	94	99	98	104	107	128
Buffalo	161	175	175	181	165	177	100	111	114	129
South Dakota State	126	130	122	123	134	137	144	150	146	130
UC Davis	123	129	131	132	160	161	161	147		131
Portland	32	58	60	59	56	56	57	56	52
Georgetown	65	70	71	69	55	57	56	59	54
Kansas City	60	63	63	63	70	71	74	71	70
Gonzaga	76	85	83	85	87	86	89	86	74
Bethune-Cookman	118	119	119	118			86	92	85
Northwestern State	69	72	72	51	58	68	73	89	88
Charlotte	71	75	76	79	96	97	96	101	89
Abilene Christian	97	73	75	77	68	67	71	69	90
Norfolk State	130	131	134	137	133	143	80	93	92
Texas State	92	93	91	98	105	107	110	95	97
Eastern Kentucky	59	52	53	53	114	113	116	114	101
Pittsburgh	122	124	132	145	153	118	126	107	103
Wyoming	109	106	104	105	117	116	118	117	104
Jackson State	147	152	153	161	177	182	99	105	106
San Francisco	129	114	112	112	132	131	142	140	113
Southern Illinois	136	101	101	104	100	100	102	112	117
Grand Canyon	137	133	145	108	95	103	109	109	119
South Florida	101	115	116	116	150	156	162	116	121
Duke	138	136	135	135	144	138	148	128	129
New Mexico	124	127	128	127	115	119	128	127	130
Connecticut	96	103	102	102	119	126	140	129	132
Drake	110	107	108	119	109	112	125	146	133
Eastern Michigan	151	135	136	136	103	115	120	135	137
Cincinnati					158	147	156	139	139
Utah Valley	121	125	127	130	129	122	130	144	140
Montana	149	146	148	156	182	188		134	141
Tulsa	108	142	138	139	128	127	138	145	142
Idaho State					125	129	147	151	143
Louisiana	146	156	158	163	147	157	163	143	144
CSU Bakersfield					169	176	181	149	145
Santa Clara	167	145	142	143	152	150	153	160	147
San Jose State	170	150	146	147	157	153	157	163	148
Yale	152	163	163	151	138	145	152	158	150
North Texas		151	152	158	126	136	141	153	151
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	168	175	177	180			143	154	154
Loyola-Chicago	120	121	129	129	154	154	168	171	155
Central Michigan	128	137	144	150	118	130	139	162	156
UC Irvine			174	177	166	155	164	161	158
Wake Forest		155	155	155	175	171	187	185	159
Detroit Mercy		157	157	159	173	166	167	169	160
ULM	154	164	164	166	139	139	145	165	163
Southeastern Louisiana					145	149	154	164	164
Boise State	127	161	159	162	174	172	175	174	165
Brown	111	118	115	121	164	164	160	166	166
Idaho		179	156	160	166	160	165	168	167
Morgan State					163	167	174	187	168
Cornell	158	172	173	179	142	141	146	178	169
Bradley	150	166	166	170	178	178	184	189	171
Mississippi Valley State	165	174	180	183			159	173	172
N.C. Central							170	179	173
UC Riverside								175	174
Montana State					161	158	171	170	175
La Salle	115	117	117	122	188		171	176	176
Siena								186	177
Samford	107	108	109	110	181	180		180	178
McNeese State					149	163	166	184	181
LIU						168	180	190	182
Morehead State					186	186	189		185
Appalachian State	169	178	179	182	170	173	178	188	186
Lehigh									187
Providence					184	184			188
Boston University	125	126	124	124		185			189
Marquette	161	165	169	172	170	174	185	177	190
DePaul	133	149	147	149					190
High Point	119	143	139	140	151	146	151	157
Incarnate Word		158	165	166	176	181	178	166
Portland State	117	128	137	138	156	152	155
Western Carolina						175	182
Rider					180	183	188
New Hampshire							190
Citadel						188
Florida A&M					179
Florida International					185
Lipscomb					187
Bucknell					189
Rhode Island	90			96
Texas Southern	143	139	141	142
Central Arkansas	163	167	167	171
ETSU	159	168	169	172
Milwaukee	154	168	171	176

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field

2019 Rankings Calendar

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Preseason	Mon 3/18 MEN \| WOMEN				Mar. 1: DI Season Opens
Week 1	Mon 4/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/1 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Mon 4/8 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/8 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/8 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Mon 4/15 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/15 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/15 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/15 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Mon 4/22 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/22 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/22 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/22 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Mon 4/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/29 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Mon 5/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/6 MEN \| WOMEN	May 12: Final Qualifying Day
Week 7	Mon 5/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/13 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Mon 5/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/20 MEN \| WOMEN	May 23-25 NCAA DI First Rounds
Week 9	Tue 5/28 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/27 MEN \| WOMEN	June 5-8: NCAA DI Championships Final Site (Austin, Texas)
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 6/8 MEN \| WOMEN		Sat 6/8 MEN \| WOMEN

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Preseason	Mon 3/18 MEN \| WOMEN				Mar. 1: DI Season Opens
Week 1	Mon 4/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/1 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Mon 4/8 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/8 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/8 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Mon 4/15 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/15 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/15 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/15 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Mon 4/22 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/22 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/22 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/22 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Mon 4/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/29 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Mon 5/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/6 MEN \| WOMEN	May 12: Final Qualifying Day
Week 7	Mon 5/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/13 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Mon 5/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/20 MEN \| WOMEN	May 23-25 NCAA DI First Rounds
Week 9	Tue 5/28 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/27 MEN \| WOMEN	June 5-8: NCAA DI Championships Final Site (Austin, Texas)
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 6/8 MEN \| WOMEN		Sat 6/8 MEN \| WOMEN

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