2018 NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field National Rankings — Preseason
NEW ORLEANS – With the 2018 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field season set to kick off today, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced the NCAA Division II Preseason National Computer Team Rankings.
NATIONAL PDFs: Top-25 Summary | By Team | By Event
WEEK-BY-WEEK PDFs: This Season | All-Time
Two teams that finished fourth at the indoor championships a year ago in Adams State (men) and Pittsburg State (women) lead the way in the initial rankings, while the defending national champion Tiffin Dragons and Adams State Grizzlies sit in second of the men’s and women’s rankings, respectively.
This is the third time Adams State’s men’s program has been ranked first in the preseason poll, including last year and 2015. The Grizzlies captured their most recent national title during the 2015 season. Pittsburg State’s women’s team was also ranked first in the preseason poll last season.
The 2017 national runner-up Ashland Eagles come in at third on the men’s side of the rankings and are followed by Missouri Southern and Minnesota State in fourth and fifth, respectively. Ashland’s ranking ties a program high for the preseason poll, while the latter two teams have never seen their names this high in a preseason ranking.
The women’s rankings nearly mimic the men’s, as the national runner-up from a year ago in Grand Valley State also comes in at third. Behind the Lakers are West Texas A&M and Lincoln (Mo.). This ranking is unchartered territory for the Aggies of West Texas A&M, as its previous high-water mark in the preseason ranking was 12th.
On the other hand, Lincoln’s ranking ties a program low. However, the Blue Tigers should not fret; the last time they started a season fifth in the rankings, they went on to win the national championship (2016).
Rounding out the top-10 on the men’s side are GVSU, Azusa Pacific, Lincoln (Mo.), Texas A&M-Kingsville and Pittsburg State. Azusa Pacific’s ranking is the highest it’s ever been since transitioning to NCAA Division II in 2013.
Spots 6-10 in the women’s rankings belong to Findlay, U-Mary, Minnesota State, New Mexico Highlands and Hillsdale. Findlay’s ranking marked the first top-10 spot for the program since at least 2010.
Past collegiate data is used to determine national preseason rankings in NCAA Division II. Subsequent rankings use only season-best, qualifying-list information from the 2018 season.
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Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2018 Preseason — Thursday, November 30, 2017 |
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| next ranking: January 23 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | 2017 FINAL |
| 1 | Adams State | 171.55 | RMAC | Damon Martin (19th) | 4 |
| 2 | Tiffin | 127.74 | GLIAC | Jeremy Croy (18th) | 1 |
| 3 | Ashland | 118.31 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (15th) | 2 |
| 4 | Missouri Southern | 94.90 | MIAA | Bryan Schiding (5th) | 13 |
| 5 | Minnesota State | 94.83 | NSIC | Mike Turgeon (1st) | 12 |
| 6 | Grand Valley State | 81.34 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (19th) | 8 |
| 7 | Azusa Pacific | 76.97 | PacWest | Jack Hoyt (1st) | 6 |
| 8 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 72.57 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (17th) | 9 |
| 9 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 71.57 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (10th) | 17 |
| 10 | Pittsburg State | 69.39 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (30th) | 23 |
| 11 | Academy of Art | 60.62 | PacWest | Kevin LaSure (3rd) | 5 |
| 12 | Western Oregon | 52.85 | GNAC | Mike Johnson (14th) | 6 |
| 13 | Saint Augustine’s | 51.22 | CIAA | George Williams (42nd) | 3 |
| 14 | Findlay | 51.01 | G-MAC | Marc Arce (30th) | 21 |
| 15 | Fort Hays State | 49.81 | MIAA | Jason McCullough (1st) | 30 |
| 16 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 48.39 | Lone Star | George Pincock (2nd) | 9 |
| 17 | Colorado Mines | 44.40 | RMAC | Matt Sparks (5th) | 38 |
| 18 | Shorter | 39.40 | Gulf South | Scott Byrd (11th) | 16 |
| 19 | Angelo State | 38.81 | Lone Star | Tom Dibbern (2nd) | NR |
| 20 | American International | 35.17 | Northeast-10 | Leo Mayo (12th) | NR |
| 21 | CSU-Pueblo | 33.33 | RMAC | Matt Morris (5th) | 18 |
| 22 | Shippensburg | 29.95 | PSAC | Dave Osanitsch (13th) | NR |
| 23 | Eastern New Mexico | 29.53 | Lone Star | Danielle Kcholi (4th) | NR |
| 24 | Wingate | 29.02 | SAC | Travis LeFlore (3rd) | 23 |
| 25 | Hillsdale | 27.49 | G-MAC | Andrew Towne (4th) | 42 |
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| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | GLIAC | 387.10 | 3 |
| 2 | MIAA | 352.62 | 4 |
| 3 | RMAC | 329.37 | 3 |
| 4 | Lone Star | 221.98 | 4 |
| 5 | NSIC | 143.27 | 1 |
| 6 | PacWest | 137.59 | 2 |
| 7 | GNAC | 105.40 | 1 |
| 8 | G-MAC | 99.08 | 2 |
| 9 | Conf. Carolinas | 79.04 | |
| 10 | Northeast-10 | 62.00 | 1 |
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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2018 Preseason — Thursday, November 30, 2017 |
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| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | 2017 FINAL |
| 1 | Pittsburg State | 125.63 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (32nd) | 4 |
| 2 | Adams State | 111.56 | RMAC | Damon Martin (26th) | 1 |
| 3 | Grand Valley State | 109.52 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (19th) | 2 |
| 4 | West Texas A&M | 93.30 | Lone Star | Matt Stewart (1st) | 5 |
| 5 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 79.39 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (17th) | 9 |
| 6 | Findlay | 76.10 | G-MAC | Marc Arce (30th) | 12 |
| 7 | U-Mary | 74.66 | NSIC | Dennis Newell (1st) | 20 |
| 8 | Minnesota State | 68.88 | NSIC | Mike Turgeon (1st) | 18 |
| 9 | New Mexico Highlands | 67.66 | RMAC | Bob DeVries (26th) | 55 |
| 10 | Hillsdale | 62.41 | G-MAC | Andrew Towne (7th) | 33 |
| 11 | Western State | 60.90 | RMAC | Lindsey Grasmick (1st) | 8 |
| 12 | Azusa Pacific | 60.63 | PacWest | Jack Hoyt (1st) | 15 |
| 13 | Angelo State | 58.45 | Lone Star | Tom Dibbern (2nd) | 24 |
| 14 | Minnesota Duluth | 56.01 | NSIC | Joanna Warmington (8th) | 15 |
| 15 | Academy of Art | 53.08 | PacWest | Kevin LaSure (3rd) | 34 |
| 16 | Johnson C. Smith | 52.76 | CIAA | Larry Moore (1st) | 6 |
| 17 | Queens (N.C.) | 51.19 | SAC | Jim Vahrenkamp (6th) | 14 |
| 18 | Southwest Baptist | 50.57 | MIAA | Corey McElhaney (10th) | 11 |
| 19 | Walsh | 50.11 | G-MAC | Rob Mizicko (6th) | 9 |
| 20 | Cedarville | 43.17 | G-MAC | Jeff Bolender (15th) | 15 |
| 21 | Bellarmine | 39.78 | GLVC | Jim Vargo (18th) | 30 |
| 22 | Missouri Southern | 38.76 | MIAA | Patty Vavra (24th) | 24 |
| 23 | Simon Fraser | 37.84 | GNAC | Brit Townsend (18th) | 24 |
| 24 | Saint Augustine’s | 37.12 | CIAA | George Williams (42nd) | 13 |
| 25 | Ashland | 32.80 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (15th) | NR |
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| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | MIAA | 314.40 | 4 |
| 2 | NSIC | 308.11 | 3 |
| 3 | RMAC | 264.38 | 3 |
| 4 | G-MAC | 260.37 | 4 |
| 5 | Lone Star | 198.73 | 2 |
| 6 | GLIAC | 173.09 | 2 |
| 7 | GNAC | 146.04 | 1 |
| 8 | PacWest | 125.80 | 2 |
| 9 | GLVC | 97.14 | 1 |
| 10 | CIAA | 93.45 | 2 |
