DII Rankings: Adams State, GVSU Retain Number One Footing
NEW ORLEANS — In the latest USTFCCCA National Team Rankings for NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field, the men of Adams State is holding on to their No. 1 spot in the country as they conclude the RMAC Championships today. In women’s rankings, Grand Valley State is still No. 1, but Lincoln (Mo.) moved up to No. 2 and are less than ten ranking points away from Lakers.
National Ranking PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Event-by-Event | Week-by-Week
Regional Index PDFs: Top Ten | By Team | By Event
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Division II Conference Championship Recap — 2011-12 Champions
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| Conference | Cross Country | Indoor Track & Field | Outdoor Track & Field |
| CACC | Felician | — | — |
| CCAA | Chico State | — | Chico State |
| CIAA | Shaw | Saint Augustine’s | Saint Augustine’s |
| Conf. Carolinas | Queens (N.C.) | — | Mount Olive |
| East Coast | C.W. Post | — | — |
| GLIAC | Grand Valley State | Grand Valley State | Grand Valley State |
| GLVC | Southern Indiana | Indianapolis | Indianapolis |
| GNAC | Alaska Anchorage | Western Oregon | (conc. May 11-12) |
| Great American | East Central (Okla.) | — | — |
| Gulf South | Alabama-Huntsville | — | — |
| Heartland Conference | Dallas Baptist | — | — |
| Lone Star | Eastern New Mexico | — | Abilene Christian |
| MIAA | Central Missouri | Central Missouri | Pittsburg State |
| Northeast-10 | Stonehill | Southern Connecticut | Southern Connecticut |
| NSIC | Augustana (S.D.) | Minnesota State | (conc. May 11-12) |
| PacWest | Cal Baptist | — | — |
| Peach Belt | Augusta State | — | — |
| PSAC | Edinboro | Shippensburg | Shippensburg |
| RMAC | Western State | Adams State | (May 6-8) |
| SAC | Mars Hill | — | — |
| SIAC | Morehouse | — | Morehouse |
| Sunshine | Tampa | — | — |
| WVIAC | Seton Hill | — | West Virginia Wesleyan |
WOMEN
| Conference | Cross Country | Indoor Track & Field | Outdoor Track & Field |
| CACC | Philadelphia | — | — |
| CCAA | Chico State | — | Chico State |
| CIAA | Winston-Salem State | Virginia State | Virginia State |
| Conf. Carolinas | Queens (N.C.) | — | Mount Olive |
| East Coast | C.W. Post | — | — |
| GLIAC | Grand Valley State | Grand Valley State | Grand Valley State |
| GLVC | Southern Indiana | Bellarmine | Indianapolis |
| GNAC | Alaska Anchorage | Seattle Pacific | (conc. May 11-12) |
| Great American | Harding | — | — |
| Gulf South | West Florida | — | — |
| Heartland Conference | Dallas Baptist | — | — |
| Lone Star | Midwestern State | — | Angelo State |
| MIAA | Pittsburg State | Lincoln (Mo.) | Lincoln (Mo.) |
| Northeast-10 | Stonehill | UMass Lowell | UMass Lowell |
| NSIC | Augustana (S.D.) | U-Mary | (conc. May 11-12) |
| PacWest | Cal Baptist | — | — |
| Peach Belt | Montevallo | — | — |
| PSAC | Shippensburg | Shippensburg | Shippensburg |
| RMAC | Western State | Adams State | (May 6-8) |
| SAC | Anderson (S.C.) | — | — |
| SIAC | Clark Atlanta | — | Albany State (Ga.) |
| Sunshine | Tampa | — | — |
| WVIAC | Seton Hill | — | Seton Hill |
USTFCCCA NCAA Division II |
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Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2012 Week #6 — May 8 |
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| next ranking: May 15 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Adams State | 210.54 | RMAC | Damon Martin (17th) | 1 |
| 2 | Saint Augustine’s | 188.68 | CIAA | George Williams (36th) | 2 |
| 3 | Abilene Christian | 186.19 | Lone Star | Roosevelt Lofton (3rd) | 4 |
| 4 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 161.15 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (11th) | 8 |
| 5 | Western State | 140.19 | RMAC | Chris Bradford (3rd) | 5 |
| 6 | Grand Canyon | 136.87 | PacWest | Tom Flood (2nd) | 3 |
| 7 | Pittsburg State | 136.23 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (24th) | 6 |
| 8 | Central Missouri | 133.46 | MIAA | Pedersen (16th)/Janvrin (14th) | 9 |
| 9 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 125.94 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (4th) | 7 |
| 10 | Ashland | 123.32 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (9th) | 11 |
| 11 | Angelo State | 112.20 | Lone Star | James Reid (13th) | 10 |
| 12 | Findlay | 105.67 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (24th) | 12 |
| 13 | Indianapolis | 86.36 | GLVC | Scott Fangman (15th) | 13 |
| 14 | Grand Valley State | 83.82 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (13th) | 17 |
| 15 | Alaska Anchorage | 65.31 | GNAC | Michael Friess (22nd) | 14 |
| 16 | Shippensburg | 61.85 | PSAC | Dave Osanitsch (7th) | 28 |
| 17 | Colorado Mines | 61.17 | RMAC | Art Siemers (7th) | 18 |
| 18 | Johnson C. Smith | 60.48 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (5th) | 15 |
| 19 | Missouri Southern | 60.25 | MIAA | Tom Rutledge (23rd) | 16 |
| 20 | Chico State | 59.44 | CCAA | Kirk Freitas (34th) | 20 |
| 21 | West Texas A&M | 58.81 | Lone Star | Darren Flowers (3rd) | 22 |
| 22 | Augustana (S.D.) | 58.37 | NSIC | Tracy Hellman (12th) | 23 |
| 23 | MSU Moorhead | 53.48 | NSIC | Keith Barnier (10th) | 19 |
| 24 | Southern Connecticut | 48.64 | Northeast-10 | John Wallin (2nd) | 21 |
| 25 | Cal State LA | 48.33 | CCAA | Chris Asher (11th) | 26 |
| Dropped out: No. 24 American International, No. 25 Neb.-Kearney | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | MIAA | 547.92 | 4 |
| 2 | Lone Star | 525.57 | 4 |
| 3 | RMAC | 465.89 | 3 |
| 4 | GLIAC | 410.51 | 3 |
| 5 | CIAA | 278.22 | 2 |
| 6 | PSAC | 199.46 | 1 |
| 7 | CCAA | 184.47 | 2 |
| 8 | NSIC | 175.86 | 2 |
| 9 | Northeast-10 | 145.93 | 1 |
| 10 | PacWest | 136.87 | 1 |
USTFCCCA NCAA Division II |
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Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2012 Week #6 — May 8 |
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| next ranking: May 15 | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Grand Valley State | 280.94 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (13th) | 1 |
| 2 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 271.35 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (11th) | 3 |
| 3 | Adams State | 189.65 | RMAC | Damon Martin (24th) | 2 |
| 4 | Central Missouri | 186.10 | MIAA | Pedersen (16th)/Janvrin (14th) | 5 |
| 5 | Grand Canyon | 120.24 | PacWest | Tom Flood (2nd) | 4 |
| 6 | New Mexico Highlands | 119.85 | RMAC | Bob DeVries (20th) | 6 |
| 7 | Western State | 96.46 | RMAC | Chris Bradford (3rd) | 7 |
| 8 | Ashland | 91.24 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (9th) | 12 |
| 9 | Hillsdale | 85.22 | GLIAC | Andrew Towne (1st) | 14 |
| 10 | U-Mary | 84.39 | NSIC | Mike Thorson (18th) | 8 |
| 11 | Shippensburg | 81.29 | PSAC | Dave Osanitsch (7th) | 13 |
| 12 | Alaska Anchorage | 79.55 | GNAC | Michael Friess (22nd) | 15 |
| 13 | Abilene Christian | 78.67 | Lone Star | Roosevelt Lofton (3rd) | 16 |
| 14 | Cal State LA | 73.58 | CCAA | Chris Asher (11th) | 11 |
| 15 | Saint Augustine’s | 73.28 | CIAA | George Williams (36th) | 10 |
| 16 | San Francisco State | 67.08 | CCAA | Terry Burke (7th) | 19 |
| 17 | Johnson C. Smith | 66.45 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (5th) | 9 |
| 18 | Angelo State | 64.39 | Lone Star | James Reid (13th) | 18 |
| 19 | Winona State | 63.07 | NSIC | Mason Rebarchek (8th) | 17 |
| 20 | Findlay | 55.76 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (24th) | 21 |
| 21 | Ferris State | 53.56 | GLIAC | Steve Picucci (4th) | 20 |
| 22 | Pittsburg State | 50.47 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (26th) | 25 |
| 23 | Columbus State | 49.27 | Peach Belt | J.D. Evilsizer (3rd) | 23 |
| 24 | Virginia State | 48.76 | CIAA | Jason Jackson (2nd) | 24 |
| 25 | Seattle Pacific | 47.45 | GNAC | Karl Lerum (7th) | 22 |
| Dropped out: No. 25 Harding | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | GLIAC | 688.01 | 5 |
| 2 | MIAA | 676.90 | 3 |
| 3 | RMAC | 453.46 | 3 |
| 4 | NSIC | 265.75 | 2 |
| 5 | CIAA | 231.86 | 3 |
| 6 | Lone Star | 209.22 | 2 |
| 7 | CCAA | 191.52 | 2 |
| 8 | GNAC | 188.53 | 2 |
| 9 | PSAC | 156.39 | 1 |
| 10 | PacWest | 120.24 | 1 |
