2019 NCAA DI Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 7

NEW ORLEANS – The better a team performed at its respective conference championship meet this past weekend, the better the chance it was rewarded kindly in the latest edition of the NCAA Division I Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Rating Index, released on Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Such was the case for a quartet of teams in the top-10 as Florida, Oregon, Houston and Southern California all moved up one spot from the previous installment.

Those were just some of the moves, though, as we prepare for the true postseason to begin with the dawning of the NCAA Division I Preliminary Rounds in two weeks.

NCAA Division I — Men's Outdoor Track & Field
This Week's National Top Five
Texas Tech
LSU
Florida
BYU
Texas A&M
1
Texas Tech
2
LSU
3
Florida
4
BYU
5
Texas A&M
All TFRI Reports

Texas Tech and LSU remained No. 1 and No. 2 following championship efforts this past weekend at the Big 12 and SEC Championships, respectively. It was the Red Raiders’ second conference title in as many years, while the Tigers won their first since 1990. Norman Grimes led the Red Raiders as he clocked the nation’s second fastest time in the 400 Meter Hurdles (49.11), while the Tigers’ Mondo Duplantis reached rarefied air and broke the collegiate record in the pole vault.

The Gators jumped back into the top-3 after turning in several star-making performances in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Grant Holloway added to his lore when he clocked the second fastest time in collegiate history in the 110 Meter Hurdles (13.07). Hakim Sani Brown became the newest member of the Sub-10 Club in the 100 when he went 9.99, while teammate Raymond Ekevwo ran a season best of 10.02. Elsewhere, Thomas Mardal improved his spot in the hammer on the Descending Order List to fifth with his heave of 73.00m (239-6).

Then we have the Ducks, Cougars and Trojans as they are now No. 6, No. 7 and No. 8, respectively, right behind No. 4 BYU and No. 5 Texas A&M.

Oregon got a boost from Cravon Gillespie’s incredible effort at the Pac-12 Championships. Gillespie tied the meet record in the 100 with his time of 9.97 – which moved him up to No. 3 on the Descending Order List – and then lowered his season best in the 200 to 20.17. Gillespie was also a member of the Ducks’ now fourth-ranked 4×100 relay team.

Houston received strong outings from Mario Burke and Amere Lattin at the American Athletic Conference Championships. Burke clocked a windy 9.95 in the 100, which has him second on the Descending Order List, while Lattin doubled up with titles in the 100H and 400H, coming in at fifth and sixth on the national chart.

Cameron Samuel and Earnie Sears III helped Southern California climb higher up the TFRI. Samuel took over the national lead in the 400H at 49.09 and Sears tied for the national lead in the high jump when he cleared 2.27m (7-5¼). Both won individual conference titles.

There were three other notable jumps in the top-25 this week: Virginia shot up eight places from No. 23 to No. 15, its best rating since 2017; Florida State soared 17 spots from No. 37 to No. 20; Kentucky hurdled its way back into the top-25 for the first time since Week 2 after Daniel Roberts tied the second fastest mark in collegiate history in the 110H in winning the SEC title – and beating Holloway in the process.

Outside of the top-25, the biggest moves were turned in by No. 81 Utah State (up 54 spots), No. 124 Troy (up 53 spots) and No. 130 UTSA (up 46 spots).

Don’t forget that the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held June 5-8 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas.

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USTFCCCA National TFRI: Track & Field Rating Index

2019 Checkpoint #7 - May 13th

Top 25 Teams
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National
Rank
 TeamPointsConferenceRegionCHANGE
1texas-techTEXAS TECH357.96Big 12 (1)Mountain◀▶
(LW: 1)
2lsuLSU294.06SEC (1)South Central◀▶
(LW: 2)
3floridaFLORIDA242.77SEC (2)South▲1
(LW: 4)
4byuBYU230.46Independent (DI)Mountain▼1
(LW: 3)
5texas-amTEXAS A&M219.86SEC (4)South Central◀▶
(LW: 5)
6oregonOREGON197.68Pac-12 (1)West▲1
(LW: 7)
7houstonHOUSTON178.10American (1)South Central▲1
(LW: 8)
8southern-californiaSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA177.29Pac-12West▲1
(LW: 9)
9north-carolina-atNORTH CAROLINA A&T170.40MEAC (1)Southeast▼3
(LW: 6)
10alabamaALABAMA169.40SEC (5)South◀▶
(LW: 10)
11stanfordSTANFORD149.85Pac-12West◀▶
(LW: 11)
12mississippi-stateMISSISSIPPI STATE148.25SEC (8)South▲1
(LW: 13)
13northern-arizonaNORTHERN ARIZONA147.25Big Sky (2)Mountain▼1
(LW: 12)
14arizonaARIZONA140.00Pac-12 (3)West◀▶
(LW: 14)
15virginiaVIRGINIA135.68ACC (2)Southeast▲8
(LW: 23)
16georgiaGEORGIA127.70SEC (9)South▼1
(LW: 15)
17texasTEXAS127.05Big 12 (3)South Central▼1
(LW: 16)
18south-carolinaSOUTH CAROLINA120.98SEC (10)Southeast▼1
(LW: 17)
19iowaIOWA120.95Big Ten (1)Midwest▼1
(LW: 18)
20florida-stateFLORIDA STATE110.23ACC (3)South▲17
(LW: 37)
21uclaUCLA105.77Pac-12 (2)West▲1
(LW: 22)
22kansasKANSAS104.78Big 12Midwest▼3
(LW: 19)
23kentuckyKENTUCKY94.88SEC (6)Southeast▲6
(LW: 29)
24arkansasARKANSAS90.72SEC (3)South Central▼4
(LW: 20)
25baylorBAYLOR84.10Big 12South Central▼4
(LW: 21)


Week-by-Week Ranking

Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.
TeamPreseasonWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4Week #5Week #6Week #7Week #8Week #9FINAL
Texas Tech11111111111
Florida43337343322
Houston69995587773
Georgia101010111314151617134
Stanford16191515910111112195
Texas A&M22223455456
LSU96642222237
BYU54456634648
Texas8111213161316171489
Alabama355647101081710
Mississippi State1212111011111312131611
Oregon7877189765612
South Carolina2520201612151718231512
Kansas2826262626181922202114
North Carolina A&T2415171817196991015
Arkansas2321212415172024262015
Florida State1178835283720192817
UCLA1723252021202221181118
Virginia2933353723232315151218
Wisconsin1416181924242426252518
Oklahoma State5159576772483042423518
Arizona1518141414121414111422
Baylor1313131219222125242422
North Dakota State3636333131292831372624
Southern Miss2728303344444664623924
Michigan2125272850494751513626
Kansas State3942443841404040434226
Iowa State7274525534364335362928
TCU2629313529343234333328
South Dakota3840424337393928303828
Kennesaw State4546494961605957595728
Notre Dame13411010710766636060586728
Indiana1914161733322630282233
Kentucky1824242727272923211834
Michigan State5255565873505247455134
Purdue3430222539303332272736
Southern California30343436889810937
Sam Houston State6631323430383136394537
Middle Tennessee5649505463626668757837
Iowa2217192110161819222340
Minnesota4747474853525145463740
Liberty5461667178889282775640
Saint Francis (Pa.)1591611681351421111311387540
Utah State6265646414012513581818240
Southern Utah9392939952646773665445
Coppin State8684848975844252535046
Arizona State10010010010174726866686546
Wichita State3741434554545455566646
Arkansas State8896959498981051021028846
Northern Arizona3527282920211213163050
Washington7357556246414143313150
Harvard11698989288907976656050
Air Force11412212112079857585797950
Alabama State17212313311512512510950
Long Beach State6868737665736154556255
Illinois4354617251555563616455
Penn State4045464760656258576855
Louisville8476777071747780877655
Illinois State1481471511541131141361381289855
Houston Christian15315015210110210810010510055
California4248293028313633323261
Akron3337394432353538404061
Tennessee2022232342475039344761
Villanova14411011013113612310261
Oklahoma44444850383738272934
Nebraska81908691404545484741
Virginia Tech50505152646978464843
Clemson64323632252525413844
Ohio State41384122222627374146
Ole Miss63647466454248494948
Memphis949494889092103656349
Furman868586838387846952
Missouri61663842434344293553
Maryland55515857695349505055
Western Kentucky132696974767882706758
Princeton89888882576664727159
Kent State49606256596165616061
Miami (Fla.)53535460625858626463
Washington State83879090677070747269
UT Arlington15316216016510210410610810870
Tennessee State1451541541571169190989871
NC State878989931079610112012472
South Carolina State57565941363334444473
Colorado82816765495169678674
UTEP959797971217781777677
Syracuse48434546474653538280
Stephen F. Austin74676561867576787881
Penn85919275778183979483
Tulane707979808179857984
Campbell31394040828291888385
Coastal Carolina15715916116815515817114213586
Columbia14213413313410410811413313687
Army West Point144138125128898972838089
CSUN1021041061039294959910090
Georgia Tech113109111115971011041039991
South Alabama79828283939597909192
George Mason15917217717816216216918218093
Eastern Washington16617517514110610611712112794
Rutgers46353739485963757395
Cal State Fullerton15416817116414114815811511196
Rice105959695919394919397
UMass Lowell16417116817512712313213211699
UTSA112112113114159165176130131101
Auburn808387878576849495103
Dartmouth989999100111109112106110104
Monmouth1201201268087889696105
Miami (Ohio)130132119123120106
North Carolina106123126125137120124122112107
Oral Roberts13113213013199105107113118108
UMBC140148123133108111113118126110
Weber State141140146124124121119122111
UC Santa Barbara135113118117148144123110112
Colorado State787880818480938784113
William & Mary104111110111183179186190183114
Iona91116114113120121127126109115
Hampton75777878122128149148152116
Louisiana Tech99102103106112117133141134117
Troy141144149153168169177124115118
Northern Iowa77808184146151150155153119
Navy143140134159157120
Albany58626868131134122156162121
Savannah State172170129152149122
Chicago State183178123
North Florida103105105109124
Southeast Missouri187182172169125
Butler139140143148136135137137184126
Boston College180181184181161127
Youngstown State67717073949998104107128
Buffalo161175175181165177100111114129
South Dakota State126130122123134137144150146130
UC Davis123129131132160161161147131
Portland325860595656575652
Georgetown657071695557565954
Kansas City606363637071747170
Gonzaga768583858786898674
Bethune-Cookman118119119118869285
Northwestern State697272515868738988
Charlotte7175767996979610189
Abilene Christian977375776867716990
Norfolk State130131134137133143809392
Texas State929391981051071109597
Eastern Kentucky59525353114113116114101
Pittsburgh122124132145153118126107103
Wyoming109106104105117116118117104
Jackson State14715215316117718299105106
San Francisco129114112112132131142140113
Southern Illinois136101101104100100102112117
Grand Canyon13713314510895103109109119
South Florida101115116116150156162116121
Duke138136135135144138148128129
New Mexico124127128127115119128127130
Connecticut96103102102119126140129132
Drake110107108119109112125146133
Eastern Michigan151135136136103115120135137
Cincinnati158147156139139
Utah Valley121125127130129122130144140
Montana149146148156182188134141
Tulsa108142138139128127138145142
Idaho State125129147151143
Louisiana146156158163147157163143144
CSU Bakersfield169176181149145
Santa Clara167145142143152150153160147
San Jose State170150146147157153157163148
Yale152163163151138145152158150
North Texas151152158126136141153151
Arkansas-Pine Bluff168175177180143154154
Loyola-Chicago120121129129154154168171155
Central Michigan128137144150118130139162156
UC Irvine174177166155164161158
Wake Forest155155155175171187185159
Detroit Mercy157157159173166167169160
ULM154164164166139139145165163
Southeastern Louisiana145149154164164
Boise State127161159162174172175174165
Brown111118115121164164160166166
Idaho179156160166160165168167
Morgan State163167174187168
Cornell158172173179142141146178169
Bradley150166166170178178184189171
Mississippi Valley State165174180183159173172
N.C. Central170179173
UC Riverside175174
Montana State161158171170175
La Salle115117117122188171176176
Siena186177
Samford107108109110181180180178
McNeese State149163166184181
LIU168180190182
Morehead State186186189185
Appalachian State169178179182170173178188186
Lehigh187
Providence184184188
Boston University125126124124185189
Marquette161165169172170174185177190
DePaul133149147149190
High Point119143139140151146151157
Incarnate Word158165166176181178166
Portland State117128137138156152155
Western Carolina175182
Rider180183188
New Hampshire190
Citadel188
Florida A&M179
Florida International185
Lipscomb187
Bucknell189
Rhode Island9096
Texas Southern143139141142
Central Arkansas163167167171
ETSU159168169172
Milwaukee154168171176

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field

2019 Rankings Calendar
Weeks National TFRIRegional TFRIConference TFRI#EventSquad KEY DATES
PreseasonMon 3/18
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Mar. 1: DI Season Opens
Week 1Mon 4/1
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Mon 4/1
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Week 2Mon 4/8
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Mon 4/8
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Week 3Mon 4/15
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Week 4Mon 4/22
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Week 5Mon 4/29
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Week 6Mon 5/6
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Mon 5/6
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May 12: Final Qualifying Day
Week 7Mon 5/13
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Mon 5/13
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Mon 5/13
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Week 8Mon 5/20
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Mon 5/20
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May 23-25 NCAA DI First Rounds
Week 9Tue 5/28
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Mon 5/27
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Mon 5/27
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Mon 5/27
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June 5-8: NCAA DI Championships Final Site (Austin, Texas)
FINAL Results
(official final ranking)
Sat 6/8
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Sat 6/8
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