NCAA DIII Rankings Begin To Settle As Season Winds Down
NEW ORLEANS — The action is heating up in NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field.
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Two weeks ago many of the conferences held their championships and that shook up the National Team Computer Rankings when they came out last Tuesday.
Two days from now is the final day for athletes to try to qualify for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships held May 26-28 in Waverly, Iowa.
So what happened to the rankings in the meantime?
Well, in the latest installment released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), a majority of the top-10 teams in each set remained the same. Eleven of the 20 teams in both top-10s held strong, including the top-5 teams in the men’s rankings and three of the five in the women’s rankings.
The most movement in the top-10 happened in the women’s rankings where Washington (Mo.) and UW-La Crosse are still 1-2. Nebraska Wesleyan leapfrogged Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Baldwin Wallace jumped two spots from No. 8 to No. 6. The biggest mover into the top-10 was that of Rowan, as the Owls went from No. 15 last week to No. 9 this week.
Another team that shook up the women’s chart was Concordia Moorhead. One week after debuting in the top-25 at No. 21, the Cobbers moved up to No. 11 after Mikayla Forness (No. 2 javelin) and Olivia Johnson (No. 4 shot put) impressed.
Just like the women’s team, Rowan’s men worked its way inside the top-10. The Owls regained their footing at climbed three spots from No. 13 to No. 10.
MIT, Mount Union and RPI also jumped multiple spots this week. The Engineers went from No. 16 to No. 13, the Purple Raiders from No. 20 to No. 15 and the other Engineers surged from No. 33 to No. 19.
Including RPI, there were three new teams to the top-25s. The others were women’s teams from UMass Boston and Southern Maine.
Stay tuned for the pre-championship version of the National Team Computer Rankings when they are published next Monday.
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Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2016 Week #7 — May 17 |
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| next ranking: May 23 (pre-NCAA Championships) | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | North Central (Ill.) | 156.55 | CCIW | Frank Gramarosso (6th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-La Crosse | 127.56 | WIAC | Josh Buchholtz (8th) | 2 |
| 3 | UW-Whitewater | 112.55 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (7th) | 3 |
| 4 | UW-Eau Claire | 101.56 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (14th) | 4 |
| 5 | UW-Platteville | 93.74 | WIAC | Chris Rotzenberg (4th) | 5 |
| 6 | Occidental | 91.67 | SCIAC | Robert Bartlett (11th) | 7 |
| 7 | UW-Oshkosh | 90.12 | WIAC | Ben Dorsey (1st) | 6 |
| 8 | Augustana (Ill.) | 80.60 | CCIW | Paul Olsen (47th) | 8 |
| 9 | Monmouth (Ill.) | 79.94 | Midwest | Roger Haynes (33rd) | 9 |
| 10 | Rowan | 77.90 | NJAC | Dustin Dimit (2nd) | 13 |
| 11 | Central (Iowa) | 76.95 | IIAC | Joe Dunham (8th) | 11 |
| 12 | SUNY Cortland | 76.63 | SUNYAC | Steve Patrick (9th) | 10 |
| 13 | MIT | 74.50 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (26th) | 16 |
| 14 | Whitworth | 62.76 | Northwest | Toby Schwarz (20th) | 12 |
| 15 | Mount Union | 59.86 | OAC | Kevin Lucas (6th) | 20 |
| 16 | Widener | 58.87 | Middle Atlantic | Vince Touey (29th) | 14 |
| 17 | UW-Stevens Point | 53.57 | WIAC | Rick Witt (37th) | 15 |
| 18 | Salisbury | 53.44 | CAC | Jim Jones (17th) | 18 |
| 19 | RPI | 52.15 | Liberty League | Colin Tory (16th) | 33 |
| 20 | UW-Stout | 50.87 | WIAC | Kyle Steiner (3rd) | 17 |
| 21 | St. Olaf | 48.45 | MIAC | Phil Lundin (8th) | 23 |
| 22 | Pomona-Pitzer | 48.29 | SCIAC | Tony Boston (8th) | 19 |
| 23 | SUNY Oneonta | 47.17 | SUNYAC | Angelo Posillico (3rd) | 22 |
| 24 | Wesley | 47.06 | CAC | Stephen Kimes (4th) | 21 |
| 25 | Stockton | 44.13 | NJAC | Jayson Resch (4th) | 25 |
| dropped out: No. 24 Aurora | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 630.31 | 7 |
| 2 | CCIW | 336.74 | 2 |
| 3 | SCIAC | 234.35 | 2 |
| 4 | SUNYAC | 182.45 | 2 |
| 5 | Northwest Conference | 168.47 | 1 |
| 6 | MIAC | 146.09 | 1 |
| 7 | NJAC | 145.47 | 2 |
| 8 | CAC | 130.57 | 2 |
| 9 | NCAC | 128.02 | |
| 10 | NESCAC | 122.76 | |
| Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Atlantic | Rowan | 404.09 | 1 |
| Central | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 302.29 | 1 |
| Great Lakes | Mount Union | 390.55 | 1 |
| Mideast | Widener | 292.37 | 1 |
| Midwest | UW-La Crosse | 416.53 | 1 |
| New England | Williams | 448.45 | 1 |
| South/Southeast | Christopher Newport | 420.14 | 1 |
| West | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 423.63 | 1 |
| View All Regional Rankings | |||
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2016 Week #7 — May 17 |
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| next ranking: May 23 (pre-NCAA Championships) | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Washington (Mo.) | 145.85 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (15th) | 1 |
| 2 | UW-La Crosse | 133.57 | WIAC | Pat Healy (25th) | 2 |
| 3 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 130.47 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (29th) | 4 |
| 4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 122.23 | SCIAC | Glenn Stewart (2nd) | 3 |
| 5 | Illinois Wesleyan | 112.12 | CCIW | Chris Schumacher (19th) | 5 |
| 6 | Baldwin Wallace | 91.75 | OAC | Matthew Cole (1st) | 8 |
| 7 | MIT | 81.75 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (9th) | 7 |
| 8 | UW-Oshkosh | 76.24 | WIAC | Ben Dorsey (4th) | 6 |
| 9 | Rowan | 71.09 | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (9th) | 15 |
| 10 | SUNY Oneonta | 69.89 | SUNYAC | Angelo Posillico (3rd) | 10 |
| 11 | Concordia Moorhead | 66.99 | MIAC | Marv Roeske (21st) | 21 |
| 12 | Denison | 65.81 | NCAC | Mark FitzPatrick (5th) | 9 |
| 13 | Stevens | 65.60 | Empire 8 | Justin Wood (4th) | 11 |
| 14 | North Central (Ill.) | 60.73 | CCIW | Kari Kluckhohn (13th) | 12 |
| 15 | St. Lawrence | 57.20 | Liberty League | Kate Curran (8th) | 13 |
| 16 | UW-Stout | 56.54 | WIAC | Kyle Steiner (3rd) | 14 |
| 17 | Ithaca | 52.00 | Empire 8 | Jennifer Potter (13th) | 17 |
| 18 | Carleton | 51.78 | MIAC | Donna Ricks (23rd) | 19 |
| 19 | Williams | 51.33 | NESCAC | Nate Hoey (3rd) | 16 |
| 20 | Pomona-Pitzer | 47.85 | SCIAC | Kirk Reynolds (27th) | 22 |
| 21 | Carthage | 47.54 | CCIW | Stephanie Domin (15th) | 18 |
| 22 | Whitworth | 45.96 | Northwest | Toby Schwarz (20th) | 20 |
| 23 | UMass Boston | 43.97 | Little East | Consandria Walker (6th) | 35 |
| 24 | Southern Maine | 43.82 | Little East | George Towle (19th) | 54 |
| 25 | UW-Platteville | 43.59 | WIAC | Chris Rotzenberg (4th) | 25 |
| dropped out: No. 23 Ohio Wesleyan, No. 24 Colby | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | WIAC | 396.22 | 4 |
| 2 | CCIW | 237.96 | 3 |
| 3 | UAA | 227.54 | 1 |
| 4 | SCIAC | 225.67 | 2 |
| 5 | OAC | 191.95 | 1 |
| 6 | NESCAC | 188.67 | 1 |
| 7 | MIAC | 174.47 | 2 |
| 8 | NCAC | 170.19 | 1 |
| 9 | SUNYAC | 159.98 | 1 |
| 10 | Northwest Conference | 154.96 | 1 |
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