2021 NCAA DI Men’s Indoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 2

NEW ORLEANS – It had been 336 days since Oregon last competed.

The Ducks certainly made up for lost time this past weekend at the Razorback Invitational as they broke a collegiate record, set an all-time world best, tallied four collegiate-leading marks and posted eight performances that rank among the top-8 nationally. All told, Oregon headlines Week 2 of the NCAA Division I Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Rating Index that was released on Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

NCAA Division I — Men's Indoor Track & Field
This Week's National Top Five
Oregon
Arkansas
LSU
Texas Tech
Florida State
1
Oregon
2
Arkansas
3
LSU
4
Texas Tech
5
Florida State
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Behind the Ducks, only two programs from the top-5 in Week 1 remain in Week 2: Arkansas dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 and LSU held steady at No. 3. Elsewhere in the top-5, Texas Tech jumped two spots from No. 6 to No. 4 and Florida State followed suit from No. 7 to No. 5.

Where else could you start with Oregon than its Distance Medley Relay quartet? For the second year in a row, the Ducks lowered the collegiate record in the event: This time by more than five seconds to 9:19.24 and took down a near five-year-old all-time world best set by Team USA. On top of that, three of those athletes who competed on that relay team fared exceptionally well as an individual: Charlie Hunter doubled back to run 3:54.54 in the mile to match the fourth best performer and the fourth best performance in collegiate history; Cooper Teare and Cole Hocker went 7:46.10 and 7:46.44 in the 3000, respectively, for the top-2 marks in nation currently.

Oregon also saw strong performances from a pair of debutants: Micah Williams in the 60 and Emmanuel Ihmeje in the triple jump. Williams took over the national lead in the 60 with his time of 6.56, while Ihmeje bounded his way into the top-3 nationally at 16.41m (53-10¼).

Arkansas got a big boost from its heptathletes this past weekend inside the Randal Tyson Track Center. Markus Ballengee, Etamar Bhastekar and Daniel Spejcher now rank second (5827), fifth (5680) and ninth (5508), respectively in the multi. The Razorbacks also saw a few new names added to the national top-10: Jalen Brown in the 400 (46.56), Kiernan Taylor in the 800 (1:48.66) and Gilbert Boit in the 3000 (7:53.62), among others.

JuVaughn Harrison debuted in the high jump this past weekend at the LSU Louisiana Invitational and reminded the nation just how good he is at the event. Harrison, the 2019 NCAA Outdoor champion, cleared 2.28m (7-5¾) to take over the national lead. It was just a few weeks ago that Harrison put himself among the top-3 individuals in the long jump at 7.98m (26-2¼).

Texas Tech made its way back into the top-5 behind Gabriel Oladipo’s big weekend. Oladipo, a freshman, put together a great series in the weight throw at the Texas Tech Invitational. Two of his throws went past 22.00m (72-2), including a 22.43m (73-7¼) heave on his fourth attempt that is now tied for second nationally with Israel Oloyede of Arizona, who was runner-up.

Florida State owns two national-leading marks and three others that take up residence in the national top-5. Trey Cunningham and Isaac Grimes headline the 60H (7.64) and long jump (8.18m/26-10), while Kasaun James and Don’drea Swint both sit top-5 in the 60 at No. 2 (6.57) and No. 4 (6.63), respectively. Not to be outdone, Jeremiah Davis is a distant second to Grimes on the Descending Order List in the long jump at 7.99m (26-2¾).

Here are the rest of the top-10 teams in Week 2: No. 6 Ole Miss (up 26 spots), No. 7 North Carolina A&T (down 5 spots), No. 8 Tennessee (down 3 spots), No. 9 Georgia (up 13 spots), No. 10 Texas A&M (up 1 spot).

Remember: The 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held March 11-13 at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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2021 Checkpoint #2 - February 1st

Top 25 Teams
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National
Rank
 TeamPointsConferenceRegionCHANGE
1oregonOREGON187.17MPSFWestNR
2arkansasARKANSAS160.48SEC (1)South Central▼1
(LW: 1)
3lsuLSU139.25SECSouth Central◀▶
(LW: 3)
4texas-techTEXAS TECH112.51Big 12Mountain▲2
(LW: 6)
5florida-stateFLORIDA STATE110.30ACCSouth▲2
(LW: 7)
6ole-missOLE MISS106.63SECSouth▲26
(LW: 32)
7north-carolina-atNORTH CAROLINA A&T102.34MEACSoutheast▼5
(LW: 2)
8tennesseeTENNESSEE91.08SECSouth▼3
(LW: 5)
9georgiaGEORGIA88.81SECSouth▲13
(LW: 22)
10texas-amTEXAS A&M81.00SECSouth Central▲1
(LW: 11)
11texasTEXAS70.91Big 12 (1)South Central▲4
(LW: 15)
12southern-californiaSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA63.85MPSFWest▼2
(LW: 10)
13tcuTCU62.74Big 12South Central▲42
(LW: 55)
14iowaIOWA62.11Big Ten (1)Midwest▼5
(LW: 9)
15alabamaALABAMA60.92SEC (3)South▼7
(LW: 8)
16iowa-stateIOWA STATE60.79Big 12Midwest▲23
(LW: 39)
17byuBYU54.94MPSFMountain▼13
(LW: 4)
18north-dakota-stateNORTH DAKOTA STATE54.87Summit League (1)Midwest▼2
(LW: 16)
19arizona-stateARIZONA STATE53.29MPSFWest▲37
(LW: 56)
20baylorBAYLOR44.18Big 12South Central▲5
(LW: 25)
21kansas-stateKANSAS STATE40.27Big 12Midwest▼1
(LW: 20)
22kentuckyKENTUCKY39.45SECSoutheast▼10
(LW: 12)
23oklahomaOKLAHOMA38.96Big 12Midwest▼10
(LW: 13)
24indianaINDIANA38.56Big TenGreat Lakes▼7
(LW: 17)
25syracuseSYRACUSE38.05ACCNortheast▲1
(LW: 26)


Week-by-Week Ranking

Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.
TeamWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4Week #5Week #6Week #7FINAL
Oregon1111111
LSU33232222
Georgia229799563
Florida31381088754
North Carolina A&T27655875
Florida State75544646
Arkansas12323337
Alabama8151414151287
Tennessee58111212999
Ole Miss3268710131110
Southern California1012171313151311
North Dakota State1618191818202012
Iowa State3916151514141213
Texas151191111111014
Kentucky1222281617192314
BYU417186641616
Virginia Tech2145242521161716
Arizona State5619311920171518
North Carolina4564274029273118
Michigan1436652933333218
Baylor2520292831323518
Indiana1724212027232122
Miami (Ohio)89573124252422
South Dakota1926262226282922
Iowa914122730181925
Arizona29332628293025
TCU5513222323343325
Colorado State90109354248524525
Minnesota2333527476595325
Texas Tech644107101430
Texas A&M1110131716222231
Kansas State2021232425313631
Kansas2828343336364031
Missouri2431253734444631
Illinois3742455047515831
Michigan State6588988485707331
Oklahoma1323162122262737
Purdue4260697172414237
Notre Dame49617581535537
Pittsburgh46424960656537
DrakeRVRVRVRVRV948337
Cincinnati5465743819211842
NebraskaRVRVRVRVRVRV2642
Auburn4641514544302842
Southern Miss5057645252555642
Eastern Kentucky5978889449504446
Virginia1827203638394746
Southeastern Louisiana9295951031046246
South Carolina2732364446667546
Villanova89867746
Samford5798868086768046
Western Illinois1047879828146
Clemson3530304151433853
Eastern Michigan2939323535403953
Buffalo6871475252555653
Sam Houston State5350585668806353
Mississippi StateRV58795150616453
Louisville3051486065716953
Akron6170727258384159
Furman4148496654584359
UT Arlington4447374642464859
Kent State4853535859484959
Houston Christian8440403939646759
Ohio State67879230322425
Washington376632403534
Washington State354334373737
South Alabama38624447434750
Air Force76857868614951
Houston36343848454552
Rutgers47566769715454
Montana StateRV9581101636859
Oklahoma State58594143414260
South Dakota State51526364565761
Northern Iowa33434655556066
Rice826268
Alcorn State1027369
Middle Tennessee88676371
Georgia Tech63685463707472
Wichita State87725059646974
NC State66817357576776
Penn State40557693957778
Stephen F. Austin49678354667879
Wisconsin62828565697281
UTSA748456676275
Miami (Fla.)726987768079
Wake Forest697382617481
Kennesaw State435460707883
Little Rock819059617484
Northern Arizona8485
Lipscomb606677818887
Charlotte9494997388
Duke526170798389
Tennessee State9210871777790
Army West Point8393839191
ConnecticutRV91
California9693
Liberty717990869495
Indiana StateRV75808910096
CampbellRV4455738797
Arkansas State737762859298
Illinois State8310191929799
Weber State3480758290100
Louisiana8888100100102101
Navy8793102
Southeast Missouri106100103
Youngstown StateRVRV8991103104
Wyoming77919698103106
Texas State898639106
Syracuse262568106
Coppin StateRVRVRVRVRVRV
Maryland79991029698
North Texas6476949799
Marquette106
William & Mary103102107
Central Arkansas70638489
Louisiana TechRVRV99
IU Indy757475
Colorado828282
Norfolk State9310993
Oral Roberts959595
Oakland959795
Bradley9296
Southern Utah979797
ULM9810998
George Mason999999
Jackson State78100101
Northwestern State85105104
Abilene Christian8694105
High Point80103106
Troy91107106
SouthernRVRVRV
Texas A&M-Corpus ChristiRVRVRV
Purdue Fort WayneRVRV
Valparaiso96
New Orleans112

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