Preseason Indoor T&F Rankings Announced for NCAA DII
NEW ORLEANS – Though the 2016 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships are still months away, it’s never too early to get a sneak peak at the 2015-16 season with preseason National Team Computer Rankings.
This data was generated using the TFRRS data of 2014-15 student-athletes who were listed with freshman, sophomore or junior eligibility. These do not take into account transfers, redshirts or incoming freshmen.
TEAM PDFs: Top 25 Summary | By Team
Week By Week PDFs: By Rank | By Week | All-Time
INDIVIDUAL PDF: By Event
Grand Valley State’s men and women made it a clean sweep atop the rankings to start the 2015-16 season.
Based on last year’s returners, the Laker men are sizeable favorites over GLIAC rival No. 2 Tiffin, recent cross country national champions No. 3 Colorado Mines, No. 4 Findlay and No. 5 Saint Augustine’s. Defending national champion Adams State entered at No. 6.
The GVSU women are projected as narrow favorites over No. 2 New Mexico Highlands, No. 3 Hillsdale, defending indoor/outdoor national champion No. 4 Central Missouri and No. 5 Lincoln (Mo.).
The first regular-season edition of the rankings will be released in January using only marks achieved during the 2015-16 season.
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Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2016 Preseason — WEDNESDAY, November 25, 2015 |
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| next ranking: January 26 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | 2015 FINAL |
| 1 | Grand Valley State | 206.58 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 2 |
| 2 | Tiffin | 145.45 | GLIAC | Jeremy Croy (16th) | 6 |
| 3 | Colorado Mines | 102.45 | RMAC | Matt Sparks (3rd) | 13 |
| 4 | Findlay | 101.17 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (28th) | 2 |
| 5 | Saint Augustine’s | 98.54 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 5 |
| 6 | Adams State | 96.95 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 1 |
| 7 | Central Missouri | 94.94 | MIAA | Kirk Pedersen (20th)/Kip Janvrin (18th) | 19 |
| 8 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 90.31 | Lone Star | Tom Dibbern (3rd) | 12 |
| 9 | Pittsburg State | 83.49 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (28th) | 24 |
| 10 | CSU-Pueblo | 81.46 | RMAC | Matt Morris (3rd) | 16 |
| 11 | Minnesota State | 79.92 | NSIC | Jim Dilling (3rd) | 32 |
| 12 | Ashland | 75.01 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (13th) | 4 |
| 13 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 74.64 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 11 |
| 14 | Southern Indiana | 72.69 | GLVC | Mike Hillyard (18th) | 7 |
| 15 | Lewis | 59.01 | GLVC | Dana Schwarting (11th) | 8 |
| 16 | Shippensburg | 48.87 | PSAC | Dave Osanitsch (11th) | 43 |
| 17 | Emporia State | 45.61 | MIAA | Steve Blocker (5th) | 28 |
| 18 | Sioux Falls | 45.33 | NSIC | Reid Ehrisman (4th) | 19 |
| 19 | Western State | 44.62 | RMAC | Chris Bradford (7th) | 10 |
| 20 | Lake Superior State | 44.46 | GLIAC | Jason Davis (3rd) | 14 |
| 21 | Johnson C. Smith | 43.07 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | 19 |
| 22 | Chadron State | 41.86 | RMAC | Brad Gamble (2nd) | 22 |
| 23 | Black Hills State | 41.48 | RMAC | Seth Mischke (5th) | 28 |
| 24 | Southern Connecticut | 40.14 | Northeast-10 | John Wallin (6th) | 26 |
| 25 | West Texas A&M | 39.28 | Lone Star | Darren Flowers (7th) | 22 |
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| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | GLIAC | 617.85 | 5 |
| 2 | RMAC | 427.09 | 6 |
| 3 | MIAA | 288.52 | 3 |
| 4 | Lone Star | 218.62 | 3 |
| 5 | GLVC | 169.90 | 2 |
| 6 | NSIC | 168.74 | 2 |
| 7 | CIAA | 163.86 | 2 |
| 8 | GNAC | 145.12 | |
| 9 | Northeast-10 | 99.71 | 1 |
| 10 | PSAC | 84.41 | 1 |
| Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Atlantic | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| Central | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| East | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| Midwest | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| South | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| South Central | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| Southeast | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| West | (first ranking January 26) | ||
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2016 Preseason — WEDNESDAY, November 25, 2015 |
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| next ranking: January 26 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | 2015 FINAL |
| 1 | Grand Valley State | 157.01 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 6 |
| 2 | New Mexico Highlands | 149.41 | RMAC | Bob DeVries (24th) | 3 |
| 3 | Hillsdale | 138.61 | GLIAC | Andrew Towne (5th) | 2 |
| 4 | Central Missouri | 123.35 | MIAA | Kirk Pedersen (20th)/Kip Janvrin (18th) | 1 |
| 5 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 120.92 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (15th) | 5 |
| 6 | Adams State | 95.38 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 11 |
| 7 | Pittsburg State | 88.76 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (30th) | 29 |
| 8 | Johnson C. Smith | 73.24 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | 19 |
| 9 | Ashland | 70.14 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (13th) | 3 |
| 10 | U-Mary | 69.63 | NSIC | Mike Thorson (22nd) | 21 |
| 11 | Lewis | 68.10 | GLVC | Dana Schwarting (11th) | 11 |
| 12 | Saginaw Valley State | 67.47 | GLIAC | Rod Cowan (7th) | 16 |
| 13 | Augustana (S.D.) | 64.73 | NSIC | Tracy Hellman (16th) | 23 |
| 14 | Minnesota Duluth | 59.96 | NSIC | Joanna Warmington (5th) | 37 |
| 15 | West Texas A&M | 59.95 | Lone Star | Darren Flowers (7th) | 14 |
| 16 | Chadron State | 54.74 | RMAC | Brad Gamble (2nd) | 43 |
| 17 | Saint Augustine’s | 51.57 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 16 |
| 18 | Southern Connecticut | 46.18 | Northeast-10 | Melissa Stoll (4th) | 8 |
| 19 | Academy of Art | 42.32 | PacWest | Torrey Olson (2nd) | 50 |
| 20 | Tiffin | 40.04 | GLIAC | Jeremy Croy (16th) | NR |
| 21 | Alaska Anchorage | 37.99 | GNAC | Michael Friess (26th) | 43 |
| 22 | Wayne State (Neb.) | 34.97 | NSIC | Marlon Brink (16th) | 23 |
| 23 | Queens (N.C.) | 34.58 | SAC | Jim Vahrenkamp (4th) | 33 |
| 24 | Simon Fraser | 33.85 | GNAC | Brit Townsend (16th) | 7 |
| 25 | Western State | 33.66 | RMAC | Chris Bradford (7th) | 34 |
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| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | GLIAC | 520.73 | 5 |
| 2 | MIAA | 391.61 | 3 |
| 3 | RMAC | 372.96 | 4 |
| 4 | NSIC | 363.44 | 4 |
| 5 | CIAA | 182.58 | 2 |
| 6 | Northeast-10 | 129.15 | 1 |
| 7 | GLVC | 89.27 | 1 |
| 8 | Lone Star | 87.50 | 1 |
| 9 | GNAC | 81.54 | 2 |
| 10 | Gulf South | 65.56 | |
| Women’s Regional Index Leaders (FINAL) | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Atlantic | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| Central | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| East | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| Midwest | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| South | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| South Central | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| Southeast | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| West | (first ranking January 26) | ||
| View All Regional Rankings | |||
