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By Lauren Ellsworth, USTFCCCA May 25, 2021

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

NEW ORLEANS – The NCAA postseason is finally upon us!

As the NCAA Division I East and West Preliminary Rounds are set to get underway on Wednesday in Jacksonville, Florida, and College Station, Texas, here is a look at what women’s teams are expected to make a run to a national title, according to the newest NCAA Division I Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Rating Index that was released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday.

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This Week's National Top Five

1
LSU

2
Southern California

3
Arkansas

4
Texas A&M

5
Texas

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Top-ranked LSU will enter the postseason with athletes across 13 events and boast seven top-5 nationally ranked performances. Leading the way for the Tigers with No. 1 billings are Favour Ofili in the 200 (22.30w) and Tonea Marshall in the 100H (12.52). Adding No. 2 nationally-ranked performances are Symone Mason in the 100 (11.02) and Lisa Gunnarsson in the pole vault (4.50m/14-9). The Tigers also have the top-ranked 4×100 relay of 42.52.

Southern California improved one spot to sit at No. 2 and will rely heavily on their sprints and hurdles squad. The Women of Troy will be paced by Anna Cockrell, who is currently the fastest seasonal performer in the 400H at 54.77 and ranked No. 5 in the 100H. Twanisha Terry is ranked No. 2 nationally in the 100 (11.02w) and anchors the 4×100 relay (No. 2, 42.63).

Arkansas slipped one spot down to No. 3. The Razorbacks are led by the pole vault duo of Nastassja Campbell (No. 1, 4.54m/14-10 3/4) and Lauren Martinez (No. 3, 4.49m/14-8¾). Krissy Gear also adds a No. 2 performance in the 1500 (4:09.00), while the Razorbacks have the second-fastest 4×400 relay of the year (3:26.63).

Fourth-ranked Texas A&M held steady in Week 9. Athing Mu and Tyra Gittens will lead the Aggies with their national-leading performances. Mu is the top seed in the 400 (49.84) and carries the baton on the top-ranked 4×400 relay (3:26.17). Gittens holds the season’s best efforts in the heptathlon (6418) and high jump (1.95m/6-4¾). She is also entering the preliminary rounds with the second-best long jump (6.96m/22-10).

Rounding out our top-5 is Texas, after jumping one spot. Tara Davis leads the Longhorns with her collegiate record in the long jump of 7.14m/23-5¼) and her No. 2 billing in the 100H (12.61w). Other top performers for the Longhorns are Kynnedy Flannel in the 200 (No. 2, 22.47) and Kristine Blazevica in the heptathlon (No. 3, 5947).

Here are the rest of the top-10 teams in Week 9: No. 6 Georgia, No. 7 BYU, No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Florida and No. 10 Oregon. The Cougars climbed nine spots from their No. 16 ranking a week ago and will enter the West Preliminary Round with two national-leading performances: Courtney Wayment in the steeplechase (9:31.37) and Whittni Orton in the 5000 (15:12.91).

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

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National Rank	Team	Points	Conference	Region	CHANGE
1	LSU	361.39	SEC (2)	South Central	◀▶ (LW: 1)
2	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	313.30	Pac-12 (1)	West	▲1 (LW: 3)
3	ARKANSAS	300.51	SEC (1)	South Central	▼1 (LW: 2)
4	TEXAS A&M	295.35	SEC (4)	South Central	◀▶ (LW: 4)
5	TEXAS	255.41	Big 12 (1)	South Central	▲1 (LW: 6)
6	GEORGIA	232.29	SEC (5)	South	▼1 (LW: 5)
7	BYU	227.29	Independent	Mountain	▲9 (LW: 16)
8	ALABAMA	221.59	SEC (3)	South	▼1 (LW: 7)
9	FLORIDA	183.55	SEC (6)	South	◀▶ (LW: 9)
10	OREGON	176.31	Pac-12	West	▼2 (LW: 8)
11	OHIO STATE	150.54	Big Ten (1)	Great Lakes	▲1 (LW: 12)
12	TEXAS TECH	147.57	Big 12	Mountain	▲1 (LW: 13)
13	FLORIDA STATE	138.26	ACC (1)	South	▼3 (LW: 10)
14	MIAMI (FLA.)	134.51	ACC	South	▲1 (LW: 15)
15	UCLA	131.98	Pac-12	West	▼4 (LW: 11)
16	HOUSTON	121.22	American (1)	South Central	▲1 (LW: 17)
17	ARIZONA	104.07	Pac-12	West	▲2 (LW: 19)
18	NC STATE	102.78	ACC	Southeast	▼4 (LW: 14)
19	COLORADO	93.50	Pac-12	Mountain	▼1 (LW: 18)
20	KENTUCKY	90.48	SEC (11)	Southeast	▲2 (LW: 22)
21	RICE	90.26	Conference USA	South Central	◀▶ (LW: 21)
22	WASHINGTON	88.87	Pac-12	West	▲11 (LW: 33)
23	ARIZONA STATE	86.86	Pac-12	West	▲1 (LW: 24)
24	NORTH DAKOTA STATE	83.34	Summit League (1)	Midwest	▲4 (LW: 28)
25	TENNESSEE	83.20	SEC (9)	South	◀▶ (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
Southern California	4	2	2	3	5	5	5	3	2	2	1
Texas A&M	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	2
Georgia	24	35	6	6	7	6	6	5	6	4	3
Alabama	11	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	6	4
North Carolina A&T	8	16	11	19	23	34	20	34	29	13	4
LSU	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	6
Texas	2	3	3	5	4	4	4	6	5	7	7
Florida	19	8	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7
Arizona State	52	26	20	26	25	26	28	24	23	23	9
BYU	39	6	9	20	22	9	9	16	7	11	10
Oregon	32	15	21	13	12	13	13	8	10	8	11
Ohio State	14	11	15	16	16	15	16	12	11	12	11
Texas Tech	5	13	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	14	11
Florida State	18	9	14	9	9	11	11	10	13	10	14
Arkansas	3	4	5	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	15
Virginia	7	19	34	15	15	22	22	20	27	16	16
Air Force	168	139	153	176	128	126	127	63	73	66	16
South Carolina	12	24	31	28	32	24	25	29	26	21	18
Washington	42	46	47	66	62	39	39	33	22	28	19
Miami (Fla.)	22	14	13	14	18	14	14	15	14	35	19
Kentucky	13	10	22	21	28	21	23	22	20	19	21
North Dakota State	20	23	16	22	21	23	24	28	24	25	21
Rice	50	29	32	29	14	19	19	21	21	39	21
Baylor	21	27	37	30	27	31	31	32	28	15	24
Stanford	68	32	53	41	43	44	45	41	32	37	25
Auburn	58	12	10	11	11	18	18	26	30	18	26
Colorado	120	37	36	43	34	17	17	18	19	20	26
Iowa	26	20	27	25	26	30	30	37	35	29	26
NC State	9	28	23	18	24	20	21	14	18	38	26
Arizona	35	47	18	24	29	16	15	19	17	33	30
California	65	34	38	34	39	37	37	43	42	54	30
Duke	36	30	17	17	19	33	33	36	31	36	32
Clemson	29	39	41	50	40	43	44	42	41	31	33
Notre Dame	17	25	25	32	35	45	46	30	38	32	33
Ole Miss	57	80	40	40	44	46	48	54	51	40	33
Wisconsin		76	88	60	57	64	62	47	45	42	33
Georgia Tech	54	43	43	39	49	55	55	40	39	50	33
Penn State	45	49	49	72	78	102	103	55	55	58	33
UCF	94	104	92	86	54	49	53	51	50	60	33
UCLA	31	33	28	12	13	12	12	11	15	26	40
North Carolina	53	50	58	58	60	54	41	44	44	45	40
Minnesota	100	69	50	56	72	79	70	49	47	57	40
Bucknell	80	87	90	93	89	70	73	80	84	71	40
Michigan State	88	93	106	52	69	87	90	62	63	41	44
East Carolina	147	155	156	166	169	143	144	93	95	84	44
Indiana	51	17	24	23	30	29	29	31	36	24	46
Tennessee	15	31	29	35	38	28	34	25	25	30	46
Virginia Tech	43	85	100	37	41	42	42	27	37	34	46
Fresno State	110	118	119	122	120	120	128	125	130	120	46
New Mexico	77	38	42	51	33	32	32	23	49	46	50
Boise State	122	57	56	54	42	47	49	56	53	47	50
Kennesaw State	93	137	55	62	63	68	66	72	67	74	50
Illinois State	105	107	67	102	104	114	115	105	111	76	50
Villanova	47	60	62	77	48	66	68	77	75	53	54
Kent State		91	103	115	111	62	60	61	64	62	54
High Point	33	42	48	49	51	58	58	59	61	63	54
West Virginia	78	147	158	73		110	112	135	139	104	54
Houston	23	21	26	31	20	35	35	17	16	27	58
UNLV	25	45	45	65	70	61	67	84	79	49	58
Furman	38	56	35	38	36	38	38	50	60	64	58
Binghamton				148	159			138	133	106	58
Kansas	27	41	46	44	47	36	36	39	40	55	62
Weber State	114	51	52	42	46	41	43	45	43	43	63
Washington State	95	79	102	127	124	63	64	87	92	69	63
Richmond	46	64	65	90	93	86	88	90	83	87	63
Cornell								RV	RV	RV	63
Kansas State	16	22	19	27	17	27	27	35	34	17
Oklahoma	10	18	30	36	31	25	26	38	33	22
Missouri	37	48	51	47	53	48	50	46	46	44
Michigan	164	157	109	87	96	71	71	73	70	48
South Dakota	41	36	33	33	37	40	40	48	48	51
Nebraska	125	110	85	97	99	107	111	52	52	52
Syracuse	82	153	154	53	55	57	57	60	58	56
South Alabama	40	40	57	61	65	69	69	70	72	59
Oklahoma State	48	55	39	45	45	52	47	75	90	61
Cincinnati		122	98	70	59	76	77	65	59	65
Utah	86	54	54	68	76	50	51	79	87	67
Middle Tennessee	141	67	59	48	50	59	59	68	66	68
Mississippi State	87	63	75	96	102	104	110	78	77	70
Montana State	126	121	137	157	164	171	175	76	80	72
Jacksonville	67	82	101	110	123	131	138	96	98	73
Iowa State	101	74	74	78	74	51	52	69	68	75
South Florida	97	84	97	101	58	60	61	64	65	77
Southern Illinois	75	98	110	128	126	124	125	92	96	78
Memphis	74	75	78	75	83	83	83	71	71	79
Toledo	62	106	121	136	147	99	102	112		80
Illinois	159	170	169	137	134	144	147	95	74	81
Providence	34	70	72	91	103	127	130	130	173	82
McNeese State	60	58	68	69	66	72	72	89	93	83
Prairie View A&M	112	129	146	158	162	173	95	98	101	85
Eastern Michigan	106	125	135	141	145	163	153	162	161	85
Northern Illinois	187	187	187	104	98	105	106	128	124	88
Coastal Carolina	104	133	89	82	85	92	96	86	82	89
SMU	92	113	124	124	125	129	134	120	116	90
Troy	124	145	155	163	164	153	158	153	146	91
Florida International	69	71	73	79	80	82	89	97	100	92
Oregon State	137	109	127	135	133	93	92	83	81	93
UMass Lowell	64	65	66	107	121	132	129	131	119	94
Towson	121	146	148	99	97	96	98	102	106	95
Grand Canyon	89	92	142	156	153	162	164	165	173	95
San Francisco		68	63	67	64	65	63	88	88	97
La Salle	84	141	126	55	61	74	74	100	99	98
Princeton					119	128	132	133	134	99
UTEP	72	81	83	83	82	88	93	101	105	100
Northwestern State	49	59	60	59	79	91	94	99	104	101
Bowling Green	70	86	93	112	112	117	126	123	121	102
UTSA	55	61	70	71	67	75	76	53	54	103
Colorado State	138	96	107	114	116	118	121	85	91	105
George Mason	107	159	111	138	142	81	82	110	110	107
Charlotte	130	164	180	132	127	136	137	146	138	108
Miami (Ohio)	98	142	136	154	158	145	81	104	97	109
Rhode Island	61	73	96	133	132	137	140	152	156	110
Purdue	139	120	115	134	138	154	163	109	108	111
UC Santa Barbara	115	102	128	63	68	90	91	106	78	112
Central Michigan	154	171	154	179		171	161	161	166	113
Howard	131	140	87	100	94	100	85	108	103	114
Cal State Fullerton	66	99	123	116	131	147	153	149	132	115
Nevada	152	152	160	173	139	156	160	114	114	116
Louisiana	91	111	80	85	84	73	75	91	94	117
San Diego State	76	117	82	89	88	95	97	74	76	118
Vanderbilt	81	158	94	92	100	103	105	117	127	119
Abilene Christian	44	53	71	76	91	112	116	111	112	121
Houston Christian	73	77	77	74	75	80	80	118	117	122
Eastern Washington	150	112	120	129	130	133	133	144	150	123
Temple	28	52	61	94	107	121	119	121	113	124
Georgetown	71	88	79	105	118	130	131	148	129	125
Dayton	155	163	169	152	154	138	145	141	148	126
Louisville	109	66	76	81	77	84	84	58	57	127
Stephen F. Austin	112	126	145	158	151	161	167			127
Penn	83	105	117	126	95	101	104	113	142	129
Northern Arizona	119	132	130	98	106	56	56	66	62	130
Bradley										131
Liberty	167	184	144	146	148	157	151	157	159	132
Butler	79	119	141	103	173			158	163	133
TCU	63	62	64	64	73	78	79	82	85	134
Indiana State										135
Loyola-Chicago	59	134	132	140	137	151	157	158	135	136
Wake Forest	30	44	44	46	52	53	54	57	56
UTRGV	RV	RV	140	57	56	67	65	67	69
Northeastern	146	131	143	142	71	77	78	81	86
Alabama State	134	135	133	111	81	89	86	94	89
Portland	111	83	81	88	86	85	87	107	102
Cal Poly	117	130	118	130	113	97	99	102	106
Southern Utah	102	108	112	117	114	115	123	137	109
New Mexico State	148	124	139	149	152	98	101	116	115
Belmont		78	84	80	92	106	107	115	118
Tulane	90	90	69	84	87	94	100	119	120
Wichita State		72	86	113	90	108	108	122	122
Norfolk State			95	109	105	119	124	129	123
Utah State	185	181	182					126	125
Marquette								126	125
Connecticut	RV	RV	129	152	163	142	143	124	128
South Dakota State	179	179	180		144	150	156		131
North Dakota	128	101	108	121	129	139	142	143	136
Drake						122	122	132	137
Akron		94	104	120	115	123	120	134	140
Tulsa	118	95	99	106	101	109	109	142	141
Navy	182	103	105	108	109	111	118	136	143
Rutgers		182	91	95	108	135	139	140	144
Ohio	85	100	116	119	122	125	136	139	145
St. Mary's (Calif.)	173	173	173						147
Delaware	143	143	143			168	168	163	149
Southeastern Louisiana	99	116	122	131	136	141	146	145	151
St. John's (N.Y.)					146	158	150	156	152
Monmouth			131	143	140	146	148	147	153
Western Michigan						149	152	150	154
San Jose State									154
Elon	56	114	113	118	110	113	114	158	157
New Hampshire									158
Georgia Southern				147					160
Army West Point	127	143	159	169	161	158	153	155	161
Southern Miss	144	165	175						163
Charleston Southern	133	149	150	151	149	165	170		165
Ball State	132	151	157				161		166
Murray State	136	150	164						166
Missouri State		169	138	150	157	173			169
Pittsburgh	123	144	151	162	164	169	171	164	170
Maryland	142	156	165	170	160	180	176	165	171
Utah Valley	175	174	175			134	135	169	171
Saint Francis (Pa.)								168	173
Northern Iowa									173
Loyola (Md.)									177
Texas State	108	123	146	158	164	173			178
Southeast Missouri	135	167	135	175	176				178
Eastern Illinois	156	156	156						178
North Texas	163	163	163						178
UAB	140	175	114	123	117	116	117	165	182
Arkansas State	145	138	149	155	143	158	166	170	183
Oral Roberts	156	176	167	171	150	155	159		183
Portland State		127	125	139	135	140	141		185
Idaho	165	115	134	165	169	173	173		185
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	96	89	152	158	154	152	113	150
Idaho State	103	97	169		169	166	168	154
Albany	180	180	180	144	141	148	149
Wofford	159	160	178			164	165
UMass	185	185	185	145	156	166	171
Austin Peay	158	166	158			169	173
Long Beach State					164	173
Hartford			176	166	173	173
Sam Houston State			167	178	176	179
Samford	168	179	168	166	173	180
Boston College	116	168	174	164	169
Wyoming	166	148	162	172	176
Holy Cross				173	179
UC Davis	162	162	165	177	179
Eastern Kentucky			161	125
VCU	129	136	129
ULM	149	152	149
George Washington	151	180	151
USC Upstate	153	153	153
Incarnate Word	159	159	159
Gonzaga		154	162
Mount St. Mary's	171	171	171
Youngstown State	171	171	171
Evansville	176	176	172
California Baptist	170	161	173
Central Arkansas	173	173	173
UT Arlington	176	182	176
Lehigh			176
Campbell		176	178
Lipscomb	178	178	178
James Madison	180	176	180
Wright State	183	183	183
Northwestern	184	184	183
Davidson	RV	RV	RV
Jacksonville State	RV	RV	RV
Marshall	RV	RV	RV
Tarleton State		128
Western Illinois		172
CSUN		172

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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.)

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