NCAA DIII Indoor Team Dual Meet Rankings – February 9
NEW ORLEANS – Through the first weekend of February, the MIT men and UW-La Crosse women sit atop the NCAA Division III Track & Field Team Dual Meet Rankings.
But not by much.
With 175.16 points (more on the scoring system in a moment), the Engineer men are only narrowly ahead of No. 2 UW-Whitewater (171.10) and No. 3 Augustana (Ill.) (169.87).
The women’s race is just as close between defending NCAA team champion UW-La Crosse (170.90) and No. 2 MIT (168.02).
The full rankings – including breakdowns by region, conference and head-to-head match-up – can be found below and on D3Rankings.us.
These rankings, compiled by Carnegie Mellon’s Gary Aldrich and released every Wednesday during the season, differ from the USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings in one important respect.
While the USTFCCCA Rankings are designed to forecast how programs might fare at the NCAA Championships, these Team Dual Meet Rankings are indicative of how full teams with two athletes per event would fare in head-to-head competition.
Scores are the sums of all points earned by a team in each event. Only two athletes per team may be considered in each event (and one relay team per event), and an athlete can only be used in up to three events, excluding relays. Points are based on the best marks by those athletes in the current season.
Programs must be a member of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association to be eligible for the rankings. You can check your membership status here. In addition, a member of that program’s coaching staff has to submit the rankings
More information on the process can be found here.
