George Fox, Whitworth Still On Top Of NCAA DIII Dual Meet Rankings

NEW ORLEANS — For the first time this season, the same two teams that sat atop the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Dual Meet Rankings one week ago stayed in place.

Once again, the George Fox men and the Whitworth women were No. 1, but one of their leads shrunk.

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First, in the men’s rankings, the Bruins own a slim 0.53-point advantage over No. 2 Rowan. There is a bit more room between the Owls and third-ranked MIT (185.96), fourth-ranked Rose-Hulman (183.57) and fifth-ranked Williams (183.02).

Comparatively, the Pirates sit comfortably in front of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps with a 6.08-point cushion (190.31 to 184.23). The top-5 is identical behind Whitworth as Ohio Northern sits third, Emory is fourth and Ithaca is fifth.

The full rankings — including breakdowns by region, conference and head-to-head matchups — can be found on D3Rankings.us.

These rankings, compiled by Carnegie Mellon’s Gary Aldrich and released every Thursday 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 marks to the rankings.