USTFCCCA News & Notes
McMurry, Wartburg Lead-Off D-III Outdoor Season as Early National Leaders
NEW ORLEANS – The first national team computer rankings of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the 2011 NCAA Division III outdoor track & field season were released on Wednesday. On top of the division’s rankings — based solely on meet results from the first few weeks of the outdoor season — are McMurry’s men and Wartburg’s women.
National Computer Rankings:
PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Full by Event | Event-by-Event
Previous Rankings | Rankings Guidelines & Rationale
Regional Index:Top 10 Teams by Region
Dual Meet RPI: Website
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NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings |
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2011 Week #1 – April 6 |
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| next ranking: April 13 | |||
| Rank | School | Points | Last Week |
| 1 | McMurry | 243.19 | |
| 2 | La Verne | 137.25 | |
| 3 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 137.09 | |
| 4 | Central (Iowa) | 135.40 | |
| 5 | North Central (Ill.) | 113.27 | |
| 6 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 113.24 | |
| 7 | Augustana (Ill.) | 109.22 | |
| 8 | Whitworth | 106.89 | |
| 9 | Redlands | 105.01 | |
| 10 | Washington (Mo.) | 101.68 | |
| 11 | Baldwin-Wallace | 100.54 | |
| 12 | Haverford | 86.02 | |
| 13 | Willamette | 75.93 | |
| 14 | UW Oshkosh | 71.67 | |
| 15 | UW Whitewater | 70.77 | |
| 16 | Rowan | 70.35 | |
| 17 | Cal Lutheran | 62.01 | |
| 18 | Ohio Northern | 60.10 | |
| 19 | Occidental | 55.14 | |
| 20 | Williams | 49.69 | |
| 21 | Calvin | 48.46 | |
| 22 | UW La Crosse | 46.34 | |
| 23 | Ramapo | 42.86 | |
| 24 | Christopher Newport | 41.91 | |
| 25 | Hamline | 35.63 | |
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | SCIAC | 542.22 | 5 |
| 2 | ASC | 284.48 | 1 |
| 3 | OAC | 255.19 | 2 |
| 4 | CCIW | 246.74 | 2 |
| 5 | Northwest Conference | 233.52 | 2 |
| 6 | WIAC | 226.69 | 3 |
| 7 | UAA | 207.27 | 1 |
| 8 | IIAC | 175.33 | 1 |
| 9 | Centennial | 128.12 | 1 |
| 10 | Midwest Conference | 126.88 | 1 |
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NCAA Division III |
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Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings |
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2011 Week #1 – April 6 |
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| next ranking: April 13 | |||
| Rank | School | Points | Last Week |
| 1 | Wartburg | 172.56 | |
| 2 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 156.53 | |
| 3 | UW Oshkosh | 145.88 | |
| 4 | Whitworth | 126.58 | |
| 5 | MIT | 119.38 | |
| 6 | Methodist | 117.79 | |
| 7 | Texas Lutheran | 108.16 | |
| 8 | Rhodes | 107.51 | |
| 9 | Calvin | 106.34 | |
| 10 | George Fox | 98.06 | |
| 11 | Middlebury | 92.47 | |
| 12 | Central (Iowa) | 81.61 | |
| 13 | Redlands | 75.62 | |
| 14 | North Central (Ill.) | 74.14 | |
| 15 | Cal Lutheran | 72.40 | |
| 16 | Illinois College | 62.34 | |
| 17 | Williams | 61.53 | |
| 18 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 59.38 | |
| 19 | Willamette | 57.39 | |
| 20 | UW Eau Claire | 56.57 | |
| 21 | Linfield | 54.15 | |
| 22 | UW Whitewater | 50.75 | |
| 23 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 47.85 | |
| 24 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 47.16 | |
| 25 | Centre | 43.68 | |
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference |
Points
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Top 25 Teams
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| 1 | Northwest Conference |
350.86
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4
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| 2 | SCIAC |
341.78
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3
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| 3 | WIAC |
305.43
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3
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| 4 | IIAC |
303.66
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2
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| 5 | SCAC |
236.08
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2
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| 6 | NESCAC |
227.68
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2
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| 7 | MIAC |
173.56
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1
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| 8 | NEWMAC |
157.87
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1
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| 9 | USA South |
156.37
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1
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| 10 | Midwest Conference |
154.08
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2
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About the Rankings
For more on the national team rankings and links to guideline and rationale information visit …
/rankings/division-iii-rankings
Rankings are determined by a mathematical formula, which is based on current national descending order lists. This is what’s used to compile a team’s ranking. The purpose and methodology of the rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national-title race.
The Regional Index is determined using a similar method as national rankings, but on a smaller scale, comparing teams versus others within the same region. The result is a ranking that showcases squads with better all-around team potential — a group makeup critical for conference or similar team-scored events. A team may achieve a better regional ranking than a counterpart that has a better national ranking. Historically, some teams are better national-championship teams than conference-championship teams, having a few elite athletes that score very well in a diverse environment where teams do not have entries in more than a few events. Some teams are better at conference championships or similar team-scored events where they enter, and are competitive, in many of the events.
How a team fares in a national championship, conference championship, or scored meet with only a couple or few teams (like a dual or triangular) can be very different, given the number of events, competition, scoring, and makeup of entries — thus the rationale behind each of the ranking systems. Similar arguments about team makeup and rankings can also be found in swimming & diving and wrestling as their sports also have a similar trichotomy when it comes to team theory.