USTFCCCA Polls & Rankings

By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA May 28, 2019

2019 NCAA DI Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 9

NEW ORLEANS – The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Postseason Checklist is almost complete.

Conference Championship Weekend is long gone.

The NCAA DI East & West Preliminary Rounds just wrapped up.

All that’s left is the NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships, set to begin Wednesday, June 5 at Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium in Austin, Texas.

Before we get to the Lone Star State, it’s time for the final look at the National Rating Index, as it was released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). This is the Pre-Championships Edition and only uses marks from those athletes who qualified for the biggest meet of the season.

NCAA Division I — Men's Outdoor Track & Field

This Week's National Top Five

1
Texas Tech

2
Florida

3
LSU

4
BYU

5
Texas A&M

All TFRI Reports

NATIONAL TFRI
PDFs: Team Detail | Event Detail

REGIONAL TFRI
PDFs: Team Summary | Event Summary

CONFERENCE TFRI
PDFs: Team Summary | Event Summary

#EVENTSQUAD
PDFs: Team Summary | Team Detail | Event Detail

View Women's Post

Texas Tech is the overwhelming favorite to bring back the first national title in school history thanks to a staggering number of quality entries to the final site. The Red Raiders punched 19 tickets to Austin with 10 of them being ranked in the top-5 of their respective events on the Descending Order List. Star sprinter Divine Oduduru has two of them with top-ranked marks in the 100 (9.94) and 200 (19.76), while Andrew Hudson (200), Eric Kicinski (discus) and Odaine Lewis (long jump) are all slotted in at No. 2 in their respective events.

Florida has been a force on the national stage over the past decade with four national titles and five runner-up finishes since 2009. It’s easy to see why the second-ranked Gators could very well add to those numbers in 2019. Florida enters the meet with 16 entries, of which five are billed in the top-5 of the Descending Order List. Individual who are expected to put up big points for the Gators include Grant Holloway in the 110 Meter Hurdles and long jump, Hakim Sani Brown in the 100 and Thomas Mardal in the hammer throw.

LSU seeks its 19th podium finish in program history and has the firepower to do it. The Tigers bring 13 entries to Austin, which includes top-ranked individuals in Mondo Duplantis (pole vault) and JuVaughn Harrison (long jump), as well as the No. 1 4×100 relay team. Harrison is also ranked fifth in the high jump, while Jaron Flournoy has come on late in the 200.

BYU hopes to make its 11th podium in program history by brute force. The Cougars qualified 16 entries with two or more in three events, including an NCAA-record six in the 10,000. That’s not a typo: BYU will have six men in next Wednesday’s final. No program has ever put more than five athletes in a single NCAA final until now.

Texas A&M makes the short trip from College Station to Austin with 12 entries. The fifth-ranked Aggies own four entries that are ranked in the top-5 of the Descending Order List, including national leader Devin Dixon in the 800 and the top-ranked 4×400 relay. Robert Grant and Infinite Tucker will be looked upon to score big points in the 400 Meter Hurdles.

One program whose stock continued to rise throughout the postseason is that of Oregon. The Ducks have 15 entries to the final site, but only three are ranked in the top-3 overall. Oregon is hoping to see strong performances out of Cravon Gillespie in the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay, as well as Max Vollmer in the decathlon.

Houston held steady at No. 7 after an up-and-down weekend in Sacramento. The Cougars were buoyed by the performances of Mario Burke, Obi Igbokwe, Trumaine Jefferson, Quivell Jordan, Amere Lattin and Kahmari Montgomery, who all notched season-best efforts over the three-day competition.

Other top-10 teams in the Pre-Championships Edition of the National Rating Index include No. 8 Texas, No. 9 Southern California and No. 10 North Carolina A&T.

The Longhorns, who soared from No. 14 to No. 8, were one of eight teams to jump three or more spots based off their efforts in the Preliminary Round. South Carolina went from No. 23 to No. 15, UCLA went from No. 18 to No. 11, Arkansas went from No. 26 to No. 20, Indiana went from No. 28 to No. 22, defending national champion Georgia went from No. 17 to No. 13, Virginia went from No. 15 to No. 12 and Kentucky went from No. 21 to No. 18.

NCAA Division I
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
USTFCCCA National TFRI: Track & Field Rating Index

2019 Checkpoint #9 - May 28th

Top 25 Teams

VIEW ALL TEAMS

National Rank	Team	Points	Conference	Region	CHANGE
1	TEXAS TECH	386.93	Big 12 (1)	Mountain	◀▶ (LW: 1)
2	FLORIDA	248.03	SEC (2)	South	▲1 (LW: 3)
3	LSU	238.66	SEC (1)	South Central	▼1 (LW: 2)
4	BYU	231.16	Independent (DI)	Mountain	▲2 (LW: 6)
5	TEXAS A&M	204.05	SEC (4)	South Central	▼1 (LW: 4)
6	OREGON	192.52	Pac-12 (1)	West	▼1 (LW: 5)
7	HOUSTON	190.63	American (1)	South Central	◀▶ (LW: 7)
8	TEXAS	184.86	Big 12 (3)	South Central	▲6 (LW: 14)
9	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	151.10	Pac-12	West	▲1 (LW: 10)
10	NORTH CAROLINA A&T	147.48	MEAC (1)	Southeast	▼1 (LW: 9)
11	UCLA	138.15	Pac-12 (2)	West	▲7 (LW: 18)
12	VIRGINIA	135.30	ACC (2)	Southeast	▲3 (LW: 15)
13	GEORGIA	132.32	SEC (9)	South	▲4 (LW: 17)
14	ARIZONA	126.12	Pac-12 (3)	West	▼3 (LW: 11)
15	SOUTH CAROLINA	124.13	SEC (10)	Southeast	▲8 (LW: 23)
16	MISSISSIPPI STATE	121.46	SEC (8)	South	▼3 (LW: 13)
17	ALABAMA	118.24	SEC (5)	South	▼9 (LW: 8)
18	KENTUCKY	110.56	SEC (6)	Southeast	▲3 (LW: 21)
19	STANFORD	103.78	Pac-12	West	▼7 (LW: 12)
20	ARKANSAS	98.15	SEC (3)	South Central	▲6 (LW: 26)
21	KANSAS	94.94	Big 12	Midwest	▼1 (LW: 20)
22	INDIANA	89.62	Big Ten (2)	Great Lakes	▲6 (LW: 28)
23	IOWA	85.69	Big Ten (1)	Midwest	▼1 (LW: 22)
24	BAYLOR	84.13	Big 12	South Central	◀▶ (LW: 24)
25	WISCONSIN	81.03	Big Ten	Great Lakes	◀▶ (LW: 25)

NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NJCAA Division I NJCAA Division III NAIA

Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Men's Cross Country Women's Cross Country Men's Indoor Track & Field Women's Indoor Track & Field Men's Outdoor Track & Field Women's Outdoor Track & Field

National TFRI: Track & Field Rating Index
National TFRI: Track & Field Rating Index Regional TFRI: Track & Field Rating Index #EventSquad Rankings Conference TFRI: Track & Field Rating Index

2019
2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1923 1922 1921

Week-by-Week Ranking

Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.

Team	Preseason	Week #1	Week #2	Week #3	Week #4	Week #5	Week #6	Week #7	Week #8	Week #9	FINAL
Texas Tech	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Florida	4	3	3	3	7	3	4	3	3	2	2
Houston	6	9	9	9	5	5	8	7	7	7	3
Georgia	10	10	10	11	13	14	15	16	17	13	4
Stanford	16	19	15	15	9	10	11	11	12	19	5
Texas A&M	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	4	5	6
LSU	9	6	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	7
BYU	5	4	4	5	6	6	3	4	6	4	8
Texas	8	11	12	13	16	13	16	17	14	8	9
Alabama	3	5	5	6	4	7	10	10	8	17	10
Mississippi State	12	12	11	10	11	11	13	12	13	16	11
Oregon	7	8	7	7	18	9	7	6	5	6	12
South Carolina	25	20	20	16	12	15	17	18	23	15	12
Kansas	28	26	26	26	26	18	19	22	20	21	14
North Carolina A&T	24	15	17	18	17	19	6	9	9	10	15
Arkansas	23	21	21	24	15	17	20	24	26	20	15
Florida State	11	7	8	8	35	28	37	20	19	28	17
UCLA	17	23	25	20	21	20	22	21	18	11	18
Virginia	29	33	35	37	23	23	23	15	15	12	18
Wisconsin	14	16	18	19	24	24	24	26	25	25	18
Oklahoma State	51	59	57	67	72	48	30	42	42	35	18
Arizona	15	18	14	14	14	12	14	14	11	14	22
Baylor	13	13	13	12	19	22	21	25	24	24	22
North Dakota State	36	36	33	31	31	29	28	31	37	26	24
Southern Miss	27	28	30	33	44	44	46	64	62	39	24
Michigan	21	25	27	28	50	49	47	51	51	36	26
Kansas State	39	42	44	38	41	40	40	40	43	42	26
Iowa State	72	74	52	55	34	36	43	35	36	29	28
TCU	26	29	31	35	29	34	32	34	33	33	28
South Dakota	38	40	42	43	37	39	39	28	30	38	28
Kennesaw State	45	46	49	49	61	60	59	57	59	57	28
Notre Dame	134	110	107	107	66	63	60	60	58	67	28
Indiana	19	14	16	17	33	32	26	30	28	22	33
Kentucky	18	24	24	27	27	27	29	23	21	18	34
Michigan State	52	55	56	58	73	50	52	47	45	51	34
Purdue	34	30	22	25	39	30	33	32	27	27	36
Southern California	30	34	34	36	8	8	9	8	10	9	37
Sam Houston State	66	31	32	34	30	38	31	36	39	45	37
Middle Tennessee	56	49	50	54	63	62	66	68	75	78	37
Iowa	22	17	19	21	10	16	18	19	22	23	40
Minnesota	47	47	47	48	53	52	51	45	46	37	40
Liberty	54	61	66	71	78	88	92	82	77	56	40
Saint Francis (Pa.)		159	161	168	135	142	111	131	138	75	40
Utah State	62	65	64	64	140	125	135	81	81	82	40
Southern Utah	93	92	93	99	52	64	67	73	66	54	45
Coppin State	86	84	84	89	75	84	42	52	53	50	46
Arizona State	100	100	100	101	74	72	68	66	68	65	46
Wichita State	37	41	43	45	54	54	54	55	56	66	46
Arkansas State	88	96	95	94	98	98	105	102	102	88	46
Northern Arizona	35	27	28	29	20	21	12	13	16	30	50
Washington	73	57	55	62	46	41	41	43	31	31	50
Harvard	116	98	98	92	88	90	79	76	65	60	50
Air Force	114	122	121	120	79	85	75	85	79	79	50
Alabama State				172	123	133	115	125	125	109	50
Long Beach State	68	68	73	76	65	73	61	54	55	62	55
Illinois	43	54	61	72	51	55	55	63	61	64	55
Penn State	40	45	46	47	60	65	62	58	57	68	55
Louisville	84	76	77	70	71	74	77	80	87	76	55
Illinois State	148	147	151	154	113	114	136	138	128	98	55
Houston Christian		153	150	152	101	102	108	100	105	100	55
California	42	48	29	30	28	31	36	33	32	32	61
Akron	33	37	39	44	32	35	35	38	40	40	61
Tennessee	20	22	23	23	42	47	50	39	34	47	61
Villanova				144	110	110	131	136	123	102	61
Oklahoma	44	44	48	50	38	37	38	27	29	34
Nebraska	81	90	86	91	40	45	45	48	47	41
Virginia Tech	50	50	51	52	64	69	78	46	48	43
Clemson	64	32	36	32	25	25	25	41	38	44
Ohio State	41	38	41	22	22	26	27	37	41	46
Ole Miss	63	64	74	66	45	42	48	49	49	48
Memphis	94	94	94	88	90	92	103	65	63	49
Furman		86	85	86	83	83	87	84	69	52
Missouri	61	66	38	42	43	43	44	29	35	53
Maryland	55	51	58	57	69	53	49	50	50	55
Western Kentucky	132	69	69	74	76	78	82	70	67	58
Princeton	89	88	88	82	57	66	64	72	71	59
Kent State	49	60	62	56	59	61	65	61	60	61
Miami (Fla.)	53	53	54	60	62	58	58	62	64	63
Washington State	83	87	90	90	67	70	70	74	72	69
UT Arlington	153	162	160	165	102	104	106	108	108	70
Tennessee State	145	154	154	157	116	91	90	98	98	71
NC State	87	89	89	93	107	96	101	120	124	72
South Carolina State	57	56	59	41	36	33	34	44	44	73
Colorado	82	81	67	65	49	51	69	67	86	74
UTEP	95	97	97	97	121	77	81	77	76	77
Syracuse	48	43	45	46	47	46	53	53	82	80
Stephen F. Austin	74	67	65	61	86	75	76	78	78	81
Penn	85	91	92	75	77	81	83	97	94	83
Tulane	70	79	79	80	81	79	85	79		84
Campbell	31	39	40	40	82	82	91	88	83	85
Coastal Carolina	157	159	161	168	155	158	171	142	135	86
Columbia	142	134	133	134	104	108	114	133	136	87
Army West Point	144	138	125	128	89	89	72	83	80	89
CSUN	102	104	106	103	92	94	95	99	100	90
Georgia Tech	113	109	111	115	97	101	104	103	99	91
South Alabama	79	82	82	83	93	95	97	90	91	92
George Mason	159	172	177	178	162	162	169	182	180	93
Eastern Washington	166	175	175	141	106	106	117	121	127	94
Rutgers	46	35	37	39	48	59	63	75	73	95
Cal State Fullerton	154	168	171	164	141	148	158	115	111	96
Rice	105	95	96	95	91	93	94	91	93	97
UMass Lowell	164	171	168	175	127	123	132	132	116	99
UTSA	112	112	113	114	159	165	176	130	131	101
Auburn	80	83	87	87	85	76	84	94	95	103
Dartmouth	98	99	99	100	111	109	112	106	110	104
Monmouth		120	120	126	80	87	88	96	96	105
Miami (Ohio)					130	132	119	123	120	106
North Carolina	106	123	126	125	137	120	124	122	112	107
Oral Roberts	131	132	130	131	99	105	107	113	118	108
UMBC	140	148	123	133	108	111	113	118	126	110
Weber State		141	140	146	124	124	121	119	122	111
UC Santa Barbara	135	113	118	117	148	144	123	110		112
Colorado State	78	78	80	81	84	80	93	87	84	113
William & Mary	104	111	110	111	183	179	186	190	183	114
Iona	91	116	114	113	120	121	127	126	109	115
Hampton	75	77	78	78	122	128	149	148	152	116
Louisiana Tech	99	102	103	106	112	117	133	141	134	117
Troy	141	144	149	153	168	169	177	124	115	118
Northern Iowa	77	80	81	84	146	151	150	155	153	119
Navy					143	140	134	159	157	120
Albany	58	62	68	68	131	134	122	156	162	121
Savannah State					172	170	129	152	149	122
Chicago State								183	178	123
North Florida	103	105	105	109						124
Southeast Missouri						187	182	172	169	125
Butler	139	140	143	148	136	135	137	137	184	126
Boston College		180	181	184				181	161	127
Youngstown State	67	71	70	73	94	99	98	104	107	128
Buffalo	161	175	175	181	165	177	100	111	114	129
South Dakota State	126	130	122	123	134	137	144	150	146	130
UC Davis	123	129	131	132	160	161	161	147		131
Portland	32	58	60	59	56	56	57	56	52
Georgetown	65	70	71	69	55	57	56	59	54
Kansas City	60	63	63	63	70	71	74	71	70
Gonzaga	76	85	83	85	87	86	89	86	74
Bethune-Cookman	118	119	119	118			86	92	85
Northwestern State	69	72	72	51	58	68	73	89	88
Charlotte	71	75	76	79	96	97	96	101	89
Abilene Christian	97	73	75	77	68	67	71	69	90
Norfolk State	130	131	134	137	133	143	80	93	92
Texas State	92	93	91	98	105	107	110	95	97
Eastern Kentucky	59	52	53	53	114	113	116	114	101
Pittsburgh	122	124	132	145	153	118	126	107	103
Wyoming	109	106	104	105	117	116	118	117	104
Jackson State	147	152	153	161	177	182	99	105	106
San Francisco	129	114	112	112	132	131	142	140	113
Southern Illinois	136	101	101	104	100	100	102	112	117
Grand Canyon	137	133	145	108	95	103	109	109	119
South Florida	101	115	116	116	150	156	162	116	121
Duke	138	136	135	135	144	138	148	128	129
New Mexico	124	127	128	127	115	119	128	127	130
Connecticut	96	103	102	102	119	126	140	129	132
Drake	110	107	108	119	109	112	125	146	133
Eastern Michigan	151	135	136	136	103	115	120	135	137
Cincinnati					158	147	156	139	139
Utah Valley	121	125	127	130	129	122	130	144	140
Montana	149	146	148	156	182	188		134	141
Tulsa	108	142	138	139	128	127	138	145	142
Idaho State					125	129	147	151	143
Louisiana	146	156	158	163	147	157	163	143	144
CSU Bakersfield					169	176	181	149	145
Santa Clara	167	145	142	143	152	150	153	160	147
San Jose State	170	150	146	147	157	153	157	163	148
Yale	152	163	163	151	138	145	152	158	150
North Texas		151	152	158	126	136	141	153	151
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	168	175	177	180			143	154	154
Loyola-Chicago	120	121	129	129	154	154	168	171	155
Central Michigan	128	137	144	150	118	130	139	162	156
UC Irvine			174	177	166	155	164	161	158
Wake Forest		155	155	155	175	171	187	185	159
Detroit Mercy		157	157	159	173	166	167	169	160
ULM	154	164	164	166	139	139	145	165	163
Southeastern Louisiana					145	149	154	164	164
Boise State	127	161	159	162	174	172	175	174	165
Brown	111	118	115	121	164	164	160	166	166
Idaho		179	156	160	166	160	165	168	167
Morgan State					163	167	174	187	168
Cornell	158	172	173	179	142	141	146	178	169
Bradley	150	166	166	170	178	178	184	189	171
Mississippi Valley State	165	174	180	183			159	173	172
N.C. Central							170	179	173
UC Riverside								175	174
Montana State					161	158	171	170	175
La Salle	115	117	117	122	188		171	176	176
Siena								186	177
Samford	107	108	109	110	181	180		180	178
McNeese State					149	163	166	184	181
LIU						168	180	190	182
Morehead State					186	186	189		185
Appalachian State	169	178	179	182	170	173	178	188	186
Lehigh									187
Providence					184	184			188
Boston University	125	126	124	124		185			189
Marquette	161	165	169	172	170	174	185	177	190
DePaul	133	149	147	149					190
High Point	119	143	139	140	151	146	151	157
Incarnate Word		158	165	166	176	181	178	166
Portland State	117	128	137	138	156	152	155
Western Carolina						175	182
Rider					180	183	188
New Hampshire							190
Citadel						188
Florida A&M					179
Florida International					185
Lipscomb					187
Bucknell					189
Rhode Island	90			96
Texas Southern	143	139	141	142
Central Arkansas	163	167	167	171
ETSU	159	168	169	172
Milwaukee	154	168	171	176

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field

2019 Rankings Calendar

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

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