USTFCCCA Polls & Rankings

By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA May 25, 2021

2021 NCAA DI Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 9

NEW ORLEANS – Welcome to the NCAA postseason!

With the start of the NCAA Division I East and West Preliminary Rounds set for Wednesday in Jacksonville, Florida, and College Station, Texas, respectively, it’s time to find out which men’s teams are set up to make a run at the national title, according to the most recent edition of the National TFRI, which was released on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

NCAA Division I — Men's Outdoor Track & Field

This Week's National Top Five

1
LSU

2
Oregon

3
BYU

4
Southern California

5
Texas

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LSU continues to hold down the top spot in the National TFRI. The Tigers qualified 20 entries for the postseason, including a whopping nine that rank among the top-2 in their respective events: Terrance Laird is No. 1 in both the 100 and 200; JuVaughn Harrison is No. 1 in both the high jump and long jump; Noah Williams is No. 1 in the 400; Damion Thomas is No. 2 in the 110H; Sean Burrell is No. 2 in the 400H; and both the 4×100 and 4×400 relays sit No. 2.

Oregon is poised to make a run at the national title, should it make it unscathed back to Hayward Field through the West Preliminary Round. The Ducks qualified athletes across 13 events, with multiple athletes in the 100 (x2), 800 (x3), 1500 (x4), steeplechase (x2), 5000 (x3) and long jump (x2). Cole Hocker, who is ranked first nationally in the 5000 and third nationally in the 1500, set his sights on becoming the first man in NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships history to sweep both events in the same year (Sheila Reid of Villanova has been the only athlete to accomplish that feat, back in 2011).

BYU sits third in the penultimate version of the National TFRI, its best rank in program history entering the NCAA postseason. The Cougars hope to see many their mid-distance and distance athletes make it through to Eugene, Oregon, as more than half of their 26 entries are in those events. Conner Mantz is the leader of the pack with his top-ranked mark in the 10,000 of 27:41.16.

Southern California is among the podium contenders at this stage of the season, earning the No. 4 spot in the National TFRI. The Trojans qualified athletes in 13 events, with Isaiah Jewett pacing the way with his No. 1 rank in the 800. Don’t overlook USC in the field, though, as it will have a double dose of athletes in the hammer, shot put and triple jump.

Texas comes it at No. 5, nearly matching its best rank this late in the season since 2012 (The Longhorns were No. 4 in 2012). Look for big efforts in the coming weeks from the likes of Micaiah Harris in the 200, Steffin McCarter in the long jump, O’Brien Wasome in the triple jump and Leo Neugebauer in the decathlon, among other athletes.

Here are the rest of the top-10 teams in Week 9: No. 6 Florida State, No. 7 Florida, No. 8 Arkansas, No. 9 Texas A&M and No. 10 Houston. Both the Cougars and the Razorbacks made some big moves between Week 8 and Week 9, improving their positions three spots and six spots, respectively.

The 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held from June 9-12 at the reimagined Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

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USTFCCCA National TFRI: Track & Field Rating Index

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National Rank	Team	Points	Conference	Region	CHANGE
1	LSU	397.50	SEC (3)	South Central	◀▶ (LW: 1)
2	OREGON	265.29	Pac-12 (1)	West	◀▶ (LW: 2)
3	BYU	236.37	Independent	Mountain	▲2 (LW: 5)
4	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	232.70	Pac-12	West	▼1 (LW: 3)
5	TEXAS	229.77	Big 12 (1)	South Central	▼1 (LW: 4)
6	FLORIDA STATE	199.06	ACC (1)	South	◀▶ (LW: 6)
7	FLORIDA	197.28	SEC (4)	South	▲1 (LW: 8)
8	ARKANSAS	176.85	SEC (1)	South Central	▲6 (LW: 14)
9	TEXAS A&M	175.61	SEC (6)	South Central	▲3 (LW: 12)
10	HOUSTON	171.67	American (1)	South Central	▲3 (LW: 13)
11	ALABAMA	158.01	SEC (2)	South	▼1 (LW: 10)
12	KENTUCKY	157.78	SEC (5)	Southeast	▼1 (LW: 11)
13	IOWA STATE	154.47	Big 12	Midwest	▼4 (LW: 9)
14	IOWA	150.68	Big Ten (1)	Midwest	▲2 (LW: 16)
15	GEORGIA	148.79	SEC (8)	South	▼8 (LW: 7)
16	NORTH CAROLINA A&T	148.62	MEAC (1)	Southeast	▼1 (LW: 15)
17	TENNESSEE	125.27	SEC (6)	South	▲1 (LW: 18)
18	ARIZONA STATE	109.59	Pac-12	West	▲2 (LW: 20)
19	MICHIGAN	109.52	Big Ten	Great Lakes	▲4 (LW: 23)
20	ARIZONA	106.92	Pac-12	West	▲1 (LW: 21)
21	KANSAS	103.75	Big 12	Midwest	▼2 (LW: 19)
22	OKLAHOMA	102.57	Big 12	Midwest	◀▶ (LW: 22)
23	VIRGINIA	99.90	ACC	Southeast	▲1 (LW: 24)
24	NORTHERN ARIZONA	98.60	Big Sky (1)	Mountain	▼7 (LW: 17)
25	VIRGINIA TECH	94.18	ACC	Southeast	◀▶ (LW: 25)

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Week-by-Week Ranking

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

Team	Week #1	Week #2	Week #3	Week #4	Week #5	Week #6	Week #7	Week #8	Week #9	Week #10	FINAL
LSU	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Oregon	10	5	6	6	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
North Carolina A&T	16	27	14	15	19	11	9	15	16	12	3
Florida	21	3	3	3	4	8	8	8	7	14	4
Southern California	5	4	4	2	5	4	4	3	4	3	5
Texas	4	6	7	7	6	6	6	4	5	4	6
Texas A&M	2	7	8	5	8	10	10	12	9	7	6
Georgia	42	49	15	11	13	16	16	7	15	13	8
Arizona State	29	20	22	18	20	24	26	20	18	23	9
Florida State	38	17	29	9	10	5	5	6	6	6	10
Tennessee	17	26	10	13	11	13	14	18	17	16	11
Iowa	45	18	25	28	30	21	21	16	14	15	12
Alabama	28	10	5	8	9	9	11	10	11	8	13
Stephen F. Austin	39	23	33	42	41	45	47	38	38	32	13
Kentucky	31	9	11	10	14	15	18	11	12	9	15
Mississippi State	14	13	18	20	21	25	28	26	26	17	15
BYU	12	1	2	4	2	2	2	5	3	5	17
Houston	6	11	17	24	26	30	12	13	10	11	18
Auburn	22	12	12	22	22	31	31	30	34	36	18
Clemson	18	15	20	19	23	27	30	27	27	22	20
Minnesota	127	96	103	119	127	61	33	33	32	29	20
Northern Arizona	85	123	88	89	35	17	17	17	24	37	20
Kansas	9	14	16	16	17	14	15	19	21	24	23
Michigan	147	40	57	45	48	32	23	23	19	20	24
Georgetown	46	70	40	29	27	29	32	44	42	31	24
Tulsa		85	84	90	74	76	73	66	60	53	24
Oklahoma	13	19	19	23	16	18	19	22	22	21	27
Arkansas		45	60	36	12	12	13	14	8	18	28
Virginia	20	21	27	17	18	23	24	24	23	28	28
Arizona	8	24	13	12	15	19	20	21	20	19	30
Ole Miss	40	81	32	31	25	20	27	32	31	25	30
Middle Tennessee	170	73	53	96	98	55	57	78	77	78	30
Iowa State	68	8	9	14	7	7	7	9	13	10	33
Notre Dame	3	31	36	82	104	106	48	36	36	34	34
Kansas State	51	50	47	57	38	43	41	37	37	38	34
TCU	30	29	21	26	28	26	29	28	28	27	36
Virginia Tech	77	51	62	47	39	57	56	25	25	26	37
Nebraska	47	42	50	52	42	35	36	40	40	30	37
Oklahoma State	36	53	28	50	56	36	35	39	39	33	37
South Dakota	25	25	24	27	24	28	25	29	35	35	37
Campbell	99	138	69	73	99	82	86	83	81	67	37
Sam Houston State	48	48	46	49	49	51	45	48	54	44	42
South Carolina	34	35	39	38	46	54	55	70	62	56	42
Stanford	131	36	43	25	33	56	54	52	53	61	42
Miami (Ohio)	44	60	59	53	59	66	63	74	70	72	42
Washington	7	22	26	35	29	37	40	34	29	39	46
North Dakota State	67	55	55	67	53	33	34	31	33	42	46
Colorado State	105	59	67	71	71	73	72	65	69	63	46
Montana State	84	93	112	55	52	64	69	69	103	99	46
Southeastern Louisiana	33	41	49	51	51	39	38	41	41	45	50
Long Beach State	55	46	63	77	88	96	82	88	88	59	50
Lipscomb	43	84	104	121	126	74	74	85	83	69	50
UCLA	118	97	107	60	64	68	66	71	65	70	50
Hofstra	142	90	93	93	92	95	96	97	102	86	50
Idaho	113	129	146	150	118	116	123	139	136	110	50
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	50
North Carolina	64	95	58	58	81	102	105	82	76	51	57
Ohio State	134	44	52	62	75	49	59	46	44	54	57
Northern Iowa		114	100	65	61	75	78	80	82	81	57
Wyoming	93	103	117	125	129	137	145	140	141	122	57
UTEP	32	43	51	63	70	78	77	57	56	57	61
Washington State	129	47	99	118	55	34	44	61	50	62	62
Charlotte	49	65	61	68	63	84	85	89	85	65	62
Michigan State	97	104	108	79	100	97	103	115	121	89	62
Buffalo	179	111	122	135	143	150	109	111	117	104	65
Texas Tech	24	28	30	34	31	22	22	35	30	40
Purdue	50	32	42	40	44	46	50	55	51	41
Penn State	61	69	64	54	60	69	70	45	46	43
South Alabama	66	87	101	108	112	70	67	62	61	46
Missouri	23	34	35	39	36	42	42	43	43	47
Coppin State	RV	RV	38	43	43	48	49	54	52	48
Louisville	149	89	76	103	95	129	131	68	63	49
UT Arlington	26	37	48	59	58	60	61	53	58	50
Cincinnati		62	34	37	37	44	46	47	48	52
Eastern Kentucky	69	109	120	33	165	58	58	60	59	55
Baylor	11	16	23	30	32	38	37	42	45	58
Butler	19	58	74	21	47	47	51	59	47	60
Grand Canyon	73	72	134	117	121	62	62	63	67	64
Illinois	148	79	56	69	68	85	83	72	71	66
Drake	106	128	145	146	96	111	121	92	78	68
South Dakota State	71	74	54	64	50	63	64	67	68	71
Indiana	53	63	75	78	82	83	81	96	101	73
Gonzaga					130	132	134	137	93	74
Army West Point	80	94	97	94	83	67	68	64	66	75
Coastal Carolina	103	126	138	138	154	161	170	95	87	76
McNeese State	62	71	73	75	76	79	79	73	75	77
Wake Forest	37	54	81	66	90	110	111	98	86	79
Furman	95	166	71	41	79	87	90	93	74	80
Villanova	15	33	44	48	54	71	87	91	64	82
Maryland		124	136	149	153	153	160	90	90	83
Tennessee State	139	158	111	116	119	127	127	129	128	84
Miami (Fla.)	35	30	31	32	34	41	39	50	49	85
Liberty	78	108	121	113	125	94	99	107	105	87
Wichita State	87	67	72	72	72	77	76	87	92	88
Arkansas State	120	125	77	74	40	50	52	76	73	90
Houston Christian	135	76	45	61	62	65	65	79	72	91
East Carolina	161	181	83	86	89	100	102	84	89	92
Central Arkansas	136	180	169		73	72	75	77	80	93
North Texas	102	107	87	95	97	109	108	81	84	94
UTSA	104	122	135	143	150	156	158	100	95	95
Samford	81	116	132	83	87	92	94	99	100	96
Wisconsin		153	150	110	128	119	128	134	131	97
UC Irvine	176	176	68	80	85	88	84	103	97	98
NC State	27	38	41	44	45	40	43	49	91	100
California	59	61	65	76	77	59	71	75	79	101
New Orleans	132	145	130	133	137	139	150	141	139	102
Eastern Illinois	56	82	89	88	86	114	115	125	116	103
Providence	63	149	144	173						105
Rutgers	125	121	126	127	124	128	129	105	104	106
Louisiana	150	143	98	128	132	135	140	159	164	107
Eastern Michigan	52	92	80	87	78	89	93	102	99	108
Connecticut	109	115	129	107	120	121	130	130	125	109
Iona	172	78	90	106	115	122	122	120	129	111
Mount St. Mary's	151	165	167	156	157	161	166	157	160	112
Colorado	107	39	37	46	69	53	60	51	57	113
Kennesaw State	74	83	70	81	65	80	80	94	94	114
Southern Miss	70	66	94	97	101	107	112	110	110	115
Syracuse				158	156	146	153	166	174	116
Marquette			78	98	107	99	101	122	120	117
Youngstown State	94	133	143	147	147	169	176			118
Norfolk State		166					173	175	163	119
South Florida	179	179	179					152	137	120
Lamar	110	130	149	151	155	155	163	132	132	121
Rice	58	56	66	70	67	81	92	86	96	123
Texas State	79	105	113	123	131	131	135	136	134	124
Southern Illinois	72	113	116	115	123	124	125	117	124	125
Northeastern	114	163	173	141	144	140	146	173	175	126
Santa Clara		106	123	172	166	90	97	143	143	127
Pittsburgh	41	99	114	56	57	52	53	58	130	128
Portland		144	159	167	169	173	159	158	140	129
UC Santa Barbara	83	88	142	136	158	166	161	173	178	130
UMass Lowell	108	155	167	175	177					131
La Salle	152	147	156	159	161	163	168	164	168	132
Florida A&M	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Texas Southern	RV	RV	RV							RV
Duke	130	135	140	120	116	136	142	56	55
Akron		120	128	105	91	103	91	101	98
Troy	115	119	127	132	138	145	154	121	106
Southeast Missouri	182	80	96	99	113	118	117	114	107
William & Mary	100	110	115	111	111	115	116	109	108
Utah State	121	101	92	92	93	98	98	104	109
Illinois State	137	156	95	100	110	126	133	133	111
Northwestern State	76	100	109	126	80	86	89	127	112
Memphis	60	91	79	91	94	105	113	119	113
Southern Utah		75	85	104	103	117	119	113	114
Idaho State	57	68	86	85	105	104	104	118	115
Navy	141	140	152	101	106	101	110	116	118
Alabama State	123	150	163	168	164		88	123	119
Fairleigh Dickinson				142	139	112	107	112	122
Western Illinois			82	84	84	113	114	131	123
Eastern Washington	126	139	147	155	140	152	157	126	126
North Florida	98	154	98	102	102	120	120	135	127
Weber State	91	57	91	109	109	91	95	128	133
Florida International								142	135
Air Force	89	98	106	114	114	123	124	124	138
Albany	96	102	110	112	117	125	126	145	142
Stony Brook	86	168	176				144	150	144
Pepperdine				130	141	149	167	162	145
Alcorn State							118	146	146
Indiana State	160	160	180			177	139	144	147
Binghamton						170	178	170	148
Kent State		136	141	153	142	141	138	148	149
New Mexico	128	132	161	164	152	133	136	138	150
VMI		170	153					149	151
Montana		117	119	122	122	130	132	147	152
Abilene Christian	54	52	102	134	149	144	137	153	153
ULM	92	118	124	129	133	138	143	151	154
Prairie View A&M	112	134	154	160	158	163	147	154	155
Monmouth	157	174	139	144	145	142	148	154	156
DePaul		164	170				149		157
Little Rock	111	146	118	131	136	148	155	156	158
Western Kentucky								169	159
Northern Colorado	117	137	154	160	151	151	156	159	160
Bradley			133	139	135	154	162	171	162
High Point	75	77	131	157	170	143	151	163	164
Incarnate Word	65	64	105	145	134	134	141	159	166
Dartmouth									167
Wagner					148	160	172		169
Penn	88	148	158	137	66	93	100	106	170
UC Davis	171	142	148	152	160	167	177		171
Louisiana Tech		162	166	165	108	108	106	108	172
Davidson						147	152	167	173
Sacramento State	159	176	181	171	171	170	179	167	176
Belmont	122	175	157	124					177
Cal State Fullerton	145	173	145			177	184	175	178
UTRGV	RV	RV	178	178	168	173	182	175	180
Utah Valley	116	112	151	162	161	167	174		180
Cal Poly	90	86	125	140	167	176	170		182
New Hampshire		179		154	146	159	165		183
Bryant	175	175	175						184
Georgia Tech	82	127	137	148	171	173	181		185
VCU	166	176	166			158	164		186
North Dakota	163	181	163					165
Tarleton State	155	161	155			163	168	172
Duquesne	169	169	169			157	175
Jackson State	165	165	165				179
Hartford	140	151	162	163	171	177	182
Milwaukee				165	171	170
Appalachian State	119	160	171	170	163
Bucknell					175
Boise State		141	164	174	176
Howard	144	157	165	169
San Jose State	182	182	174	175
SIUE	182	182	174	175
Charleston Southern	124	169	124
Central Connecticut State	133	176	133
UT Martin	143	143	143
Fresno State	153	159	153
Loyola-Chicago	154	154	154
Richmond	155	155	155
California Baptist	158	158	158
Saint Joseph's	101	152	160
Saint Francis (Pa.)	162	188	162
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	164	181	164
Lafayette	167	167	167
ETSU	146	187	172
Rhode Island	172	188	172
George Washington	174	174	174
Wofford	138	131	177
Boston College	177	177	177
Oakland	178	178	178
UC Riverside	167	184	179
Illinois Chicago	181	181	181
George Mason		170	182
N.C. Central	182	182	182
Winthrop	182	182	182
CSUN			183
South Carolina State	RV	RV	RV
Portland State		172
Delaware State		184
Northern Kentucky		186

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2021 Rankings Calendar

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Week 1	Mon 3/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 3/29 MEN \| WOMEN			Feb. 1: DI Season Opens
Week 2	Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	May 16: Final Qualifying Day
Week 8	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 9	Tue 5/25 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 10	Tue 6/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 6/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 6/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 6/1 MEN \| WOMEN	May 27-29 NCAA DI First Rounds
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 6/12 MEN \| WOMEN				June 9-12: NCAA DI Championships Final Site (Eugene, Ore.)

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Week 1	Mon 3/29 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 3/29 MEN \| WOMEN			Feb. 1: DI Season Opens
Week 2	Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	May 16: Final Qualifying Day
Week 8	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 9	Tue 5/25 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/24 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 10	Tue 6/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 6/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 6/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 6/1 MEN \| WOMEN	May 27-29 NCAA DI First Rounds
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 6/12 MEN \| WOMEN				June 9-12: NCAA DI Championships Final Site (Eugene, Ore.)