DI Rankings: Regular Season Done, Texas A&M and LSU are Latest No. 1s
NEW ORLEANS – The regular season is over and only the NCAA Championships are left for NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field. Preliminary rounds for the national championships will be held next weekend, May 24-26, and the final rounds will be held June 6-9 in Des Moines, Iowa. Using the full lot of data from the regular season — and, after many conference championships this past weekend — we have two new No. 1 teams. Texas A&M’s men have taken over the top spot for the second time this year and are looking to win a fourth-straight national title in the coming weeks. LSU’s women are now No. 1 after winning the SEC title. LSU is the fourth women’s team to be No. 1 this outdoor season.
National Ranking PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Event-by-Event | Week-by-Week
FINAL Regional Index: Top 15 | By Team | By Event
More Info: All-Time Collegiate Top Ten | Updated Football-Player Marks
Previous Rankings
USTFCCCA NCAA Division I |
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Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2012 Week #7 — May 15 |
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| next ranking: May 21 (MONDAY, Pre-NCAA Prelims) | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 297.72 | Big 12 | Pat Henry (8th) | 2 |
| 2 | Florida | 252.92 | SEC | Mike Holloway (10th) | 1 |
| 3 | Indiana | 215.96 | Big Ten | Ron Helmer (5th) | 8 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 201.50 | SEC | Chris Bucknam (4th) | 6 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 201.21 | Big 12 | Wes Kittley (13th) | 3 |
| 6 | LSU | 199.62 | SEC | Dennis Shaver (8th) | 9 |
| 7 | Texas | 197.87 | Big 12 | Bubba Thornton (17th) | 10 |
| 8 | Florida State | 194.84 | ACC | Bob Braman (9th) | 4 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 193.79 | Big Ten | Ed Nuttycombe (28th) | 15 |
| 10 | Nebraska | 163.80 | Big Ten | Gary Pepin (29th) | 17 |
| 11 | Southern California | 158.94 | Pac-12 | Ron Allice (18th) | 7 |
| 12 | Mississippi | 158.09 | SEC | Joe Walker (28th) | 11 |
| 13 | Auburn | 155.28 | SEC | Ralph Spry (15th) | 13 |
| 14 | Arizona State | 150.79 | Pac-12 | Greg Kraft (16th) | 5 |
| 15 | Arizona | 147.87 | Pac-12 | Fred Harvey (10th) | 14 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | 138.02 | SEC | Steve Dudley (2nd) | 12 |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | 124.67 | ACC | Dave Cianelli (11th) | 16 |
| 18 | Penn State | 120.38 | Big Ten | Beth Alford-Sullivan (6th) | 29 |
| 19 | Kansas | 119.24 | Big 12 | Stanley Redwine (12th) | 23 |
| 20 | Oregon | 115.65 | Pac-12 | Vin Lananna (7th) | 22 |
| 21 | Minnesota | 114.01 | Big Ten | Steve Plasencia (4th) | 25 |
| 22 | Stanford | 113.43 | Pac-12 | Edrick Floreal (7th) | 18 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 104.96 | Big 12 | Martin Smith (7th) | 20 |
| 24 | Baylor | 94.93 | Big 12 | Todd Harbour (7th) | 30 |
| 25 | Ohio State | 94.49 | Big Ten | Ed Beathea (1st) | 31 |
| Dropped out: No. 19 Georgia, No. 21 Iowa, No. 24 Princeton | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | SEC | 1308.13 | 6 |
| 2 | Big 12 | 1175.51 | 6 |
| 3 | Big Ten | 1130.42 | 6 |
| 4 | Pac-12 | 863.44 | 5 |
| 5 | ACC | 590.77 | 2 |
| 6 | Big East | 172.02 | |
| 7 | Southland | 140.50 | |
| 8 | Ivy | 140.12 | |
| 9 | Mountain West | 133.44 | |
| 10 | Missouri Valley | 115.26 | |
USTFCCCA NCAA Division I |
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2012 Week #7 — May 15 |
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| next ranking: May 21 (MONDAY, Pre-NCAA Prelims) | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | LSU | 314.25 | SEC | Dennis Shaver (8th) | 2 |
| 2 | Kansas | 273.55 | Big 12 | Stanley Redwine (12th) | 5 |
| 3 | Oregon | 262.24 | Pac-12 | Vin Lananna (7th) | 7 |
| 4 | Florida | 237.62 | SEC | Mike Holloway (5th) | 4 |
| 5 | Clemson | 236.42 | ACC | Lawrence Johnson (4th) | 1 |
| 6 | Texas | 234.15 | Big 12 | Bev Kearney (20th) | 3 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 214.12 | Big 12 | Pat Henry (8th) | 8 |
| 8 | Arizona | 172.03 | Pac-12 | Fred Harvey (10th) | 9 |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 157.58 | Big 12 | Wes Kittley (13th) | 6 |
| 10 | Arizona State | 149.66 | Pac-12 | Greg Kraft (16th) | 10 |
| 11 | Stanford | 140.80 | Pac-12 | Edrick Floreal (7th) | 14 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 140.16 | SEC | J.J. Clark (11th) | 19 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 140.14 | SEC | Lance Harter (22nd) | 11 |
| 14 | UCF | 130.72 | Conference USA | Caryl Smith Gilbert (5th) | 18 |
| 15 | Louisville | 128.56 | Big East | Ron Mann (8th) | 12 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 120.62 | Big 12 | Martin Smith (7th) | 13 |
| 17 | Illinois State | 119.45 | Missouri Valley | Elvis Forde (9th) | 15 |
| 18 | Illinois | 109.02 | Big Ten | Tonja Buford-Bailey (4th) | 36 |
| 19 | Southern Illinois | 106.83 | Missouri Valley | Connie Price-Smith (11th) | 22 |
| 20 | Baylor | 104.20 | Big 12 | Todd Harbour (7th) | 23 |
| 21 | Georgia | 99.28 | SEC | Wayne Norton (13th) | 21 |
| 22 | Ohio State | 98.62 | Big Ten | Karen Dennis (6th) | 24 |
| 23 | Southern California | 92.23 | Pac-12 | Ron Allice (18th) | 16 |
| 24 | Iowa State | 91.15 | Big 12 | Corey Ihmels (5th) | 20 |
| 25 | Florida State | 91.04 | ACC | Bob Braman (9th) | 17 |
| Dropped out: No. 25 Kansas State | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | Big 12 | 1347.73 | 7 |
| 2 | Pac-12 | 1101.32 | 5 |
| 3 | SEC | 1082.53 | 5 |
| 4 | ACC | 555.08 | 2 |
| 5 | Big Ten | 523.38 | 2 |
| 6 | Big East | 471.81 | 1 |
| 7 | Conference USA | 304.41 | 1 |
| 8 | Missouri Valley | 297.46 | 2 |
| 9 | Mountain West | 225.02 | |
| 10 | Ivy | 97.42 | |
About the Rankings
For more on the rankings and links to guideline and rationale information visit …
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The purpose and methodology of the national team computer 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 – not as a method to compare teams head-to-head.
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.
