2018 NCAA DIII Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Rankings – Preseason

NEW ORLEANSNorth Central (Ill.) and Rowan know a thing or two – or 11 – about winning NCAA Division III Men’s Outdoor Track & Field team titles.

Since 1980, the Cardinals and Profs have combined for 11 national team titles. North Central (Ill.) last won in 2011, while Rowan’s last crown came in 1984 on the tail end of a five-peat.

Well, the Preseason National Team Rankings released Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) see the Cardinals and Profs as the class of the division as they’re ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the first index of the 2018 season.

NCAA Division III National Team Computer Rankings – Men

1)USC 2)USC 3)USC 4)Georgia 5)Georgia
North Central (Ill.) Rowan UW-La Crosse Augustana (Ill.) UW-Stout
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North Central (Ill.), No. 1 for the first time in the preseason since 2013, is loaded across the board. The Cardinals have top-10 preseason marks in five events, including the steeple (Dan O’Keefe), 5000 (Dhruvil Patel and Nolan McKenna), 10000 (Matthew Norvell), 400 hurdles (Peyton Piron) and pole vault (Luke Winder and Dylan Kuipers).

Rowan, also No. 2 in the 2017 preseason, will rely on its hurdlers and jumpers to win its first team title in 34 years. The Profs have Bobby Cooks and Anthony Salemo, who are No. 1 and No. 2 in the 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles, respectively, as well as Harrison Escoffery and Jeffery Jon Tucker, two of the best high jumpers and horizontal jumpers in the division.

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NATIONAL PDFs: Top 25 | By Team | By Event

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Rankings History: This Season By Rank | All-Time

UW-La Crosse sits No. 3, its lowest ranking in the preseason since 2013 when it was fourth. The three-time defending champion Eagles lost some talent to graduation, yet still feature the likes of Ernest Winters in the sprints and Nathan Berg in the hammer throw.

Augustana (Ill.) comes in at No. 4, its best ranking in program history. The Vikings feature three athletes with top-5 preseason marks: Cody Wheeler in the hammer throw, Tanner Osing in the 5000 and Josh Vamamoto in the 400 hurdles.

UW-Stout is ranked a program-high fifth and can thank Sam Elsner for that. Elsner, the Outstanding Men’s Field Athlete of the NCAA DIII Indoor Championships, enters the season with the top hammer mark in the nation and is ranked third and fourth in the discus and shot put, respectively, using preseason marks.

There is a logjam in the rest of the top-10 as No. 6 UW-Whitewater, No. 7 Mount Union, No. 8 Benedictine (Ill.), No. 9 UW-Eau Claire and No. 10 St. John Fisher all sit within striking distance of each other.

Be sure to check back throughout the season in the lead up to the 2018 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships from May 24-26 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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USTFCCCA National TFRI: Track & Field Rating Index

2018 Preseason - March 21st

Top 25 Teams
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National
Rank
 TeamPointsConferenceRegion2017
FINAL
1north-central-illNORTH CENTRAL (ILL.)113.17CCIW (1)Midwest11
2rowanROWAN112.14NJAC (1)Atlantic7
3uw-la-crosseUW-LA CROSSE96.52WIAC (1)Midwest1
4augustana-illAUGUSTANA (ILL.)92.50CCIWMidwest10
5uw-stoutUW-STOUT89.70WIACMidwest---
6uw-whitewaterUW-WHITEWATER89.38WIACMidwest2
7mount-unionMOUNT UNION86.07OAC (1)Great Lakes3
8benedictine-illBENEDICTINE (ILL.)85.94NACCMidwest4
9uw-eau-claireUW-EAU CLAIRE82.99WIACMidwest5
10st-john-fisherST. JOHN FISHER76.51Empire 8 (1)Atlantic25
11hamlineHAMLINE69.39MIACCentral40
12george-foxGEORGE FOX69.37Northwest Conference (1)West7
13suny-cortlandSUNY CORTLAND66.32SUNYACAtlantic5
14mitMIT59.89NEWMAC (1)New England72
15calvinCALVIN55.44Michigan Intercollegiate (1)Great Lakes20
16birmingham-southernBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN50.04SAASouth/Southeast14
17uw-oshkoshUW-OSHKOSH47.63WIACMidwest51
18tuftsTUFTS45.94NESCACNew England16
19suny-geneseoSUNY GENESEO45.40SUNYAC (1)Atlantic27
20batesBATES44.24NESCACNew England---
21williamsWILLIAMS42.63NESCACNew England13
22greenvilleGREENVILLE37.87SLIAC (1)Midwest27
23uw-stevens-pointUW-STEVENS POINT37.36WIACMidwest15
24texas-lutheranTEXAS LUTHERAN36.29SCAC (1)South/Southeast42
25pomona-pitzerPOMONA-PITZER34.85SCIAC (1)West51


Week-by-Week Ranking

Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.
TeamPreseasonWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4Week #5Week #6Week #7Week #8FINAL
Mount Union7116788121271
North Central (Ill.)1111111112
Rowan2222323333
Benedictine (Ill.)8971025191720134
UW-Platteville798972772118139105
RPI4653543327141517165
St. John Fisher10558666767
George Fox12333457697
Augustana (Ill.)4444575559
UW-Whitewater67857344410
Williams21191927312125232211
Dubuque30433021131520222012
Central (Iowa)42525656142223252412
UW-Stout5811119128101114
Redlands (Calif.)9444507146916141715
Delaware Valley67747373874521262515
Wesley65626266527446652715
Loras37424137183036323015
St. Thomas (Minn.)35414241926944423415
Widener62595963949864787915
UMass Dartmouth551618171513108821
John Carroll66353953242926301521
DePauw17018117010680122135685921
Greenville222931308911945384324
Ramapo34373635764142472925
UW-Oshkosh17202119371611131426
UW-La Crosse3699101122227
Pomona-Pitzer25212324111719181227
Bethel (Minn.)61666357162424161827
Texas Lutheran24131413283330212627
SUNY Geneseo19242826302618243231
Whitworth40474643424448464231
Monmouth (Ill.)52565152514851534531
Montclair State10010310059445357615131
Worcester State29333436585853565531
Brandeis1071161131121248176546231
Rose-Hulman323837381005766738031
Washington (Mo.)41273234405529272338
MIT14151315344228152838
Salisbury104948992788058604638
Trinity (Texas)28321718172332356738
UW-Eau Claire910106262014191942
Christopher Newport26171616249112142
Haverford70756676743433433542
Springfield (Mass.)517171751128482836142
Fitchburg State63696560546055596342
Tufts18232628835171637042
Carleton36404444573538417642
Hamline11141514484749395249
Eastern Mennonite60514951384350495450
Middlebury91393845321022296650
Capital879081788886929310350
Ohio Wesleyan73848380553939343353
Augsburg76787781647877625753
Plymouth State1591681601681491121091496953
Bates20252731869661698153
Anderson (Ind.)------143435470798353
Rhodes6879788973101114909253
Moravian851089910060899810311653
Stockton33313332362527283160
Adrian105106101110354652673860
Connecticut College809597103666662575360
Cornell College------1621201421511667260
UT Tyler150131128146536168717860
Wabash1351491431449110010611111160
Bethany (W.Va.)--97981119399112753766
Wheaton (Ill.)45676770857054484866
Wartburg99128125107192847554966
Wilmington (Ohio)9610510487496467776066
Bridgewater (Va.)1681821721227011111811912566
Occidental44263550106941089212771
UW-Stevens Point23302920233834314172
Penn State Harrisburg53686447393637374472
UMass Boston1288811161567573745072
Aurora81867564777274766572
Methodist92938891656875646872
Johns Hopkins1261351261231145672707172
Calvin152222221711321361389472
Beloit1231301241291671531111259972
Lawrence144177173--97958910411072
Principia10110193947582909711572
Birmingham-Southern16182029122731333682
SUNY Cortland13121212413140404082
Amherst778585901796565586482
Alfred939690931039085817582
Nebraska Wesleyan59735767474969668682
Stevens------------15815711782
Buffalo State6976744299121949811882
Sul Ross State4750--------------82
Bluffton13214013815416010610110210590
Messiah106989499635963803991
Simpson (Iowa)31282523456278454791
Ohio Northern38454340505056515691
Mary Washington125141--79595243525891
Pacific Lutheran98495382297187727491
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps86605846203235368491
Rutgers-Newark1511551521571171231321458791
RIT566160651321351381408891
Bowdoin273440481271021041018991
Stevenson1641761651341471541401369091
Susquehanna1181341301399610499949591
LeTourneau15716410510990107103889691
York (Pa.)5865706910210580879791
Utica6470686815811483899891
Gustavus Adolphus8310096104107108919510191
Lewis & Clark12010911011612612413110810591
Chicago14915615016016116116613210591
Dickinson16316615715312913014215410991
Muhlenberg1361471321026976889911291
Westfield State102114112121--16012810611291
Hope953645622240595011991
Carnegie Mellon11312011511711811013711312091
SUNY Cobleskill13113813513113512914811412091
Albion1711831751369811312012012291
Baldwin Wallace8911110713384677911012491
Washington & Jefferson--1441461408110310212812991
Buena Vista--------166177187--13191
Eastern (Pa.)--187----15614412612613591
Fredonia--------14515112513113591
UW-River Falls16011911612711112712713413591
Concordia Moorhead14615214815516514716215613591
Farmingdale State15215812714514214512213314091
Colorado College15316716116611612614514614091
La Verne11510410211412213414614714091
Muskingum16617316617413711712112914391
UW-Superior------------180--14391
Concordia Texas114118--------------91
Saint John's (Minn.)142150144135113971108473
Illinois College--12513797627311710977
WPI13414214186115116969182
Marietta434847398288958285
Wittenberg728380847177818691
Babson9710295986785848593
Hamilton14816115615210587100105100
SUNY Oneonta------156108140105112102
Trine13313613314913691107115104
Otterbein103107103108101109113122108
Linfield175126120125128125141107112
Colby7880798379838696122
NYU88928796--183--177126
Puget Sound180154149118110118119116127
Elizabethtown------------164183130
Wisconsin Lutheran--------157168115117131
St. Olaf145160159167162167149150133
Minnesota Morris----------143142134
Concordia Wisconsin110123117119188--124121135
Hardin-Simmons10872--------------
Berea (Ky.)5458242533374144
Berry--139147176687997100
Oberlin173175164142959293118
Carthage147162163172151156129123
Piedmont--184174178133152116124
Washington and Lee141110106130109131123127
Virginia Wesleyan--6469747293134130
Ithaca137151136141104115139135
Coast Guard74777685168120133137
Southern Maine718286101172178130139
Emory909992105123141156141
Allegheny (Pa.)121124118115125137155143
Carroll (Wis.)49555555--149144144
East Texas Baptist124121123138119139150148
Heidelberg75818272139136147151
Willamette82919195155175173152
Saint Vincent122129121126170128152153
Bridgewater State143137134151131133153155
St. Lawrence------------158157
Nichols----178--143146161159
Penn State Behrend177------148157183160
DeSales------------154161
Franklin & Marshall127132131157184--160162
SUNY Brockport111117114120140155157163
Franklin----155164163163163163
Pacific (Ore.)179169154161130150165163
UC Santa Cruz165178168165141162167167
Case Western Reserve109112108113189174--168
Olivet138145139147182----169
Elmhurst------182--171170
Nazareth------177138148170171
Rutgers-Camden174186177180184--168172
Wesleyan (Conn.)------------168172
Shenandoah--------146158176174
Cal Lutheran154157151159178143177175
Belhaven (Miss.)--------134159179176
Husson167179169174158165173178
Frostburg State--------184169185178
Whittier130153153169177----178
Hendrix155171162172121138172181
Lynchburg--159158--152164184182
Defiance (Ohio)--------184165173183
Randolph--185175170144170180183
TCNJ----------173185183
North Park50575254616360--
Saint Mary's (Minn.)116122122132153171178--
Illinois Wesleyan180------175--180--
Keene State----------172----
Misericordia39464849164176----
Colby-Sawyer117113109128169179----
Denison84878488174179----
Coe169180178--175179----
Centre119127119124154182----
Geneva------163181184----
Oglethorpe--143145--173185----
Grove City------179150------
Ripon158174167171180------
Westminster (Pa.)57636158--------
Macalester129133129137--------
Lebanon Valley140148142148--------
Spalding139146140150--------
Webster172172171----------
St. Scholastica175187178----------
Millikin183189181----------
Louisiana Christian4854------------
Rhode Island College112115------------
North Central (Minn.)156163------------
Alfred State160169------------
Vassar178--------------
St. Norbert182--------------
Catholic (D.C.)----------------
Southern Virginia----------------
Sewanee----------------
Manchester----------------
Pfeiffer----------------
Swarthmore----------------
McDaniel----------------
Roanoke----------------
Trinity (Conn.)----------------
Millsaps----------------
Alma----------------
Transylvania----------------
Eastern Connecticut State----------------
Wooster----------------
SUNY Oswego----------------
Wheaton (Mass.)----------------
Northwestern-St. Paul----------------
Gwynedd Mercy----------------
Roger Williams----------------
Dallas----------------
Albright----------------
Southwestern (Texas)----------------
Ursinus----------------
King's College (Pa.)----------------
Guilford----------------
Rochester (N.Y.)----------------
Covenant----------------
Gallaudet----------------
Ozarks (Ark.)----------------
Kenyon----------------
Alvernia----------------
Marywood----------------
Eureka----------------
Luther----------------
SUNY Plattsburgh----------------
Hanover----------------
Martin Luther----------------
Thomas More (Ky.)----------------
Waynesburg----------------
Gettysburg----------------
Knox----------------
Concordia Chicago----------------
Hood----------------
Thiel--------------
Franciscan--------------
Saint Joseph's (Maine)--------------
Juniata--------------
Castleton--------------
Lake Forest--------------
Merchant Marine Academy------------
Eastern Nazarene------------
Medgar Evers------------
Regis (Mass.)------------
Earlham--------------
Mount St. Joseph------------
Union (N.Y.)--------
Bard----------
SUNY Potsdam--------
Lakeland (Wis.)------
Houghton--------------
Edgewood------------
Neumann------------
Scranton--------
Immaculata------
Manhattanville------
Rockford----
St. Joseph's (Long Island)----
Keystone162165----------
Gordon (Mass.)------------
Chatham------------
CCNY------------
Caltech------------
MSOE------------
Brevard (N.C.)----------
Newbury------
Chapman--------
Bethany Lutheran--------
Grinnell--------
Goucher--------
Elms--------
Marian (Wis.)--------
UMaine Farmington------
Mount Saint Mary (N.Y.)----
Hunter--
Fontbonne--
Westminster (Mo.)--

USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field

2018 Rankings Calendar
Weeks National TFRIRegional TFRIConference TFRI#EventSquad KEY DATES
PreseasonWed 3/21
MEN | WOMEN
March 1: First Qualifying Date
Week 1Tue 4/3
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/3
MEN | WOMEN
Week 2Tue 4/10
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/10
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/10
MEN | WOMEN
Week 3Tue 4/17
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/17
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/17
MEN | WOMEN
April 20-21: Conference Championships Weekend I
Week 4Tue 4/24
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/24
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 4/24
MEN | WOMEN
April 27-29: Conference Championships Weekend II
Week 5Tue 5/1
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 5/1
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 5/1
MEN | WOMEN
May 3-6: Conference Championships Weekend III
Week 6Tue 5/8
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 5/8
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 5/8
MEN | WOMEN
May 10-12: Conference Championships Weekend IV
Week 7Tue 5/15
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 5/15
MEN | WOMEN
Tue 5/15
MEN | WOMEN
May 17: Last Qualifying Date
Week 8Mon 5/21
MEN | WOMEN
Mon 5/21
MEN | WOMEN
Mon 5/21
MEN | WOMEN
FINAL Results
(official final ranking)
Sat 5/26
MEN | WOMEN
May 24-26: NCAA DIII Champs (La Crosse, Wis.)