UW-La Crosse Headlines NCAA DIII Dual Meet Rankings After Conference Championships
NEW ORLEANS — With two more iterations of the NCAA Division III Team Dual Meet Rankings to go, both UW-La Crosse teams found themselves at the top of their respective lists when the most recent version was released Thursday.
The Eagles climbed into the same nest together last week and remained there following a busy week with multiple conferences holding their championship meets.
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UW-La Crosse’s lead in the men’s rankings remains miniscule. The Eagles own a 3.76-point advantage over second-ranked Augustana (Ill.) while third-ranked Rowan sits a bit further behind at a 6.16-point differential.
UW-Whitewater made a splash in the rankings, coming in for their debut at fourth place with 211.14 points. Williams College sits behind the Warhawks in fifth.
A glance at the women’s rankings shows that UW-La Crosse’s edge there continues to grow and is up to 18.35 points over second-ranked UW-Stout. The Titans don’t have too much of a cushion in second as Whitworth only trails by 0.68 points.
Rounding out the top-5 of the women’s list are fourth-ranked North Central (Ill.) and fifth-ranked Ithaca College.
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.
