NJCAA Indoor National Rankings: South Plains Still On Top

NEW ORLEANS—South Plains held onto its perch as the No. 1 NJCAA men’s and women’s indoor track & field team, and two new teams joined the top five along with dozens of teams changing places. The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released the rankings on Wednesday.

The rest of the men’s top five was reshuffled, as Central Arizona climbed two spots to No. 2. New No. 3 Iowa Central and No. 4 Iowa Western each moved down a spot; Western Texas moved up to No. 5.

On the women’s side, No. 2 Iowa Central, No. 3 New Mexico JC, and No. 5 Coffeyville held on to their respective rankings.

It was a good week for the Central Arizona program, as their No. 4 women’s team also joined the top five.

Three men’s teams joined the top 25: No. 21 Garden City, No. 22 Johnson County, and No. 25 Hutchinson. The same number of women’s programs were newly ranked: No. 23 Gillette, No. 24 DuPage, and No. 25 Hutchinson.

Two teams took over the No. 1 spot in their respective regional rankings: the Coffeyville men in the Central, and the Monroe women in the Atlantic.

Want to know why your team moved? Check out the "by team" PDF in the sidebarfor a complete point breakdown of each team.

The computer rankings will be released every Wednesday between now and the March 6-7 NJCAA Championships. You can see the entire top 25 below, and peruse the PDFs (sidebar) for each event, the top 45+ men’s and women’s junior college teams, and much more.

Click here for an explanation of how the USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings work. The point system is based on the TFRRS national descending order lists. The higher athletes are ranked, the more points they contribute to their teams. Team totals are derived from adding up the point contributions of each of their athletes. Points do not equate to NJCAA Championships scoring.