2022 NCAA DII Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 3

NEW ORLEANS – Another week filled with a lot of changes.

Here is the third edition of the 2022 NCAA Division II Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Rating Index released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday. Only marks from the current season are being used, which gives a comprehensive, objective look at which teams have stood out during the season.

NCAA Division II — Men's Outdoor Track & Field
This Week's National Top Five
West Texas A&M
East Texas A&M
Pittsburg State
Grand Valley State
Central Missouri
1
West Texas A&M
2
East Texas A&M
3
Pittsburg State
4
Grand Valley State
5
Central Missouri
All TFRI Reports

Welcome to the top, West Texas A&M! For the first time in program history, the Buffs are the top-ranked team in the National TFRI during the outdoor season. The Buffs gained 10 new or improved national top-10 performances at home during the Jo Meaker Classic. Let’s start with Benjamin Azamati’s collegiate lead in the 200 of 20.13 that also matched his NCAA DII record. Six other performances reside in the top-5 of the Descending Order List: Jalen Purcell in the 100 (No. 3, 10.26cw); Jahmaal Wilson in the 110H (No. 2, 13.89c); Jeremiah Lauzon in the 200 (No. 2, 20.64cw); Butare Rugenerwa in the 800 (No. 2, 1:47.73c). West Texas A&M also has the second-best 4×100 relay this season that is No. 6 on the NCAA DII all-time chart.

Texas A&M-Commerce improved one spot to No. 2. The Lions hosted the East Texas Invitational and picked up four new or improved national top-10 efforts. Two of those came in the 200 as Delan Edwin (No. 3, 20.72) and J.T Smith (No. 8, 20.91) turned in strong efforts at home. Dodley Thermitus registered the third-best triple jump of the season (15.56mw/51-¾), while the Lions’ 4×400 relay turned in the ninth-fastest time of the season.

Pittsburg State climbed two spots to No. 3. Of the Gorillas’ six national top-10 marks collected this past weekend at the 14th Annual David Suenram/Gorilla Classic, four of them take up residence in the top-5 of the Descending Order List. Braylen Bewer is No. 2 in the 400 at 46.70, while Henry Kiner soared to No. 3 in the long jump at 7.58m (21-10½). Pittsburg State also had a pair of relays move up on the seasonal chart: the 4×100 relay is No. 3 at 40.12; the 4×400 relay is No. 2 at 3:09.50.

Grand Valley State fell three spots to No. 4 to no fault of its own. While the Lakers didn’t turn in any national top-10 marks, that could change this weekend as they are scheduled to compete at the Mt. SAC Relays and Kennesaw State Invitational.

Central Missouri jumped five spots from No. 10 in Week 2 to round out the top-5 in Week 3. The Mules had four national top-10 performances, including a new national lead in the pole vault by Reagan Ulrich (5.37m/17-7¼). Antonio Lay is ranked No. 2 in the 100 (10.25) and No. 5 in the 200 (20.80), while Parker Wormek is No. 4 in the 110H (14.02).

Here are the rest of the top-10 teams in Week 3: No. 6 Adams State (down two spots), No. 7 CSU Pueblo (down one spot), No. 8 Colorado School of Mines (held steady), No. 9 UC-Colorado Springs (up two spots) and No. 10 Missouri Southern (up six spots). The Lions made the jump thanks to four new or improved national top-10 marks, including two in the hammer throw by Josh Fulmer (No. 2, 62.47m/205-0) and Peyton Barton (No. 2, 60.29m/197-10).

Mark your calendars for May 26-28, because that’s when the 2022 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Michigan!

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2022 Checkpoint #3 - April 12th

Top 25 Teams
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National
Rank
 TeamPointsConferenceRegionCHANGE
1west-texas-amWEST TEXAS A&M326.09Lone Star (1)South Central▲1
(LW: 2)
2east-texas-amEAST TEXAS A&M235.24Lone Star (2)South Central▲1
(LW: 3)
3pittsburg-statePITTSBURG STATE199.48MIAA (1)Central▲2
(LW: 5)
4grand-valley-stateGRAND VALLEY STATE192.82GLIAC (1)Midwest▼3
(LW: 1)
5central-missouriCENTRAL MISSOURI143.72MIAA (4)Central▲5
(LW: 10)
6adams-stateADAMS STATE125.34RMAC (4)South Central▼2
(LW: 4)
7csu-puebloCSU PUEBLO115.86RMAC (10)South Central▼1
(LW: 6)
8colo-school-of-minesCOLO. SCHOOL OF MINES112.85RMAC (2)South Central◀▶
(LW: 8)
9uc-colorado-springsUC-COLORADO SPRINGS107.90RMAC (1)South Central▲2
(LW: 11)
10missouri-southernMISSOURI SOUTHERN105.17MIAA (2)Central▲6
(LW: 16)
11angelo-stateANGELO STATE99.88Lone Star (3)South Central▼4
(LW: 7)
12queens-n-cQUEENS (N.C.)98.10SAC (1)Southeast▼3
(LW: 9)
13lee-tennLEE (TENN.)94.63GSC (2)South▼1
(LW: 12)
14lincoln-moLINCOLN (MO.)85.50MIAA (3)Central▲5
(LW: 19)
15fort-hays-stateFORT HAYS STATE75.24MIAA (5)Central▼2
(LW: 13)
16hardingHARDING74.73GAC (1)Central▼1
(LW: 15)
17southern-connecticutSOUTHERN CONNECTICUT62.18Northeast-10 (1)East▼3
(LW: 14)
18lindenwoodLINDENWOOD60.39GLVC (3)Midwest▲11
(LW: 29)
19ashlandASHLAND56.67G-MAC (2)Midwest▲4
(LW: 23)
20neb-kearneyNEB.-KEARNEY55.94MIAA (6)Central▼2
(LW: 18)
21alabama-huntsvilleALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE53.03GSC (1)South▼1
(LW: 20)
22academy-of-artACADEMY OF ART52.07PacWest (3)West▲2
(LW: 24)
23carson-newmanCARSON-NEWMAN51.00SAC (4)Southeast▲19
(LW: 42)
24azusa-pacificAZUSA PACIFIC49.35PacWest (1)West▼3
(LW: 21)
25cal-poly-pomonaCAL POLY POMONA47.64CCAA (1)West▼8
(LW: 17)


Week-by-Week Ranking

Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.
TeamWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4Week #5Week #6Week #7Week #8Week #9FINAL
Pittsburg State5534454441
West Texas A&M2211111112
Grand Valley State1142222223
East Texas A&M4323333334
Ashland302319111210119125
Adams State9465545556
Lincoln (Mo.)1619141714207776
Missouri Southern49161091114810106
Colo. School of Mines258810779899
Central Missouri1310566666610
Academy of Art22242225251620171610
Carson-Newman31422323271817201912
UC-Colorado Springs611989812151413
Alabama-Huntsville14202129212428222014
Southern Connecticut1014171416172111815
CSU Pueblo36778910121115
Angelo State1571113101113161315
Harding8151619202729252415
Davenport (Mich.)432935302923262719
Lane909497817519
Lindenwood27291822242325282821
American International9610556616243312921
Neb.-Kearney32182021192127292623
Northwest Missouri26252727282831333323
Northern State353233353638373823
Azusa Pacific12212420231316141526
Augustana (S.D.)1054126262519212126
Chico State37526365686773554626
Simon Fraser63222624222626272229
Findlay56656632333334303029
Texas A&M-Kingsville33363934373933393929
Saginaw Valley State35514268757070766029
Holy Family (Pa.)526356696573831009729
Queens (N.C.)2391215151214131834
Limestone19323650525940363534
MSU Moorhead645530313137343236
Hillsdale120788777869262726736
Indianapolis1118610911011186989236
Fort Hays State18131516182222242539
Catawba60717361586655565539
Concordia-St. Paul1201211265257626339
Black Hills State8511811958596361606439
Truman958791961091021104539
Lenoir-Rhyne88383542343230323144
Mount Olive17273149384036424144
Cal State LA69748372698264403746
Tampa44545062606056656146
Emmanuel (Ga.)41454645435460746946
Cal Poly Pomona11172528293032353449
Mississippi College29416764833741434049
Missouri S&T42536039404647687749
Washburn107303018171918191752
Western Washington40262831323435384252
Alaska Anchorage74474351555859634752
Fresno Pacific21394044454345504952
Slippery Rock68626153534249485152
Northwood (Mich.)58696247474846545452
ShorterRV91949111511363696652
Minnesota State972834363638242323
Northwest Nazarene786877889435394136
Seton Hill543738383941444943
Wheeling9297994147424744
Western Colorado345752485444484645
Missouri Western867670607275585248
Tiffin464653404251545150
Chadron State203145374445505352
Sioux Falls939779848277535853
Johnson C. Smith364951414653685956
Wingate243433464956526157
Shippensburg553344575150515758
Lee (Tenn.)71213121315151859
Westminster (Utah)103748595961026461
Wayne State (Neb.)658172767657726765
Lincoln (Pa.)106555655697168
Colorado Mesa4048546264777370
Embry-Riddle (Fla.)437781757778818071
Concord805637676674747872
Tusculum100122123435061657773
Southern Indiana5047596468717574
East Stroudsburg965549525765757976
Michigan Tech4883829510188918278
Dallas Baptist126115123981018779
Seattle Pacific5854717483828680
Lees-McRae996065706780808981
Lubbock Christian727057738071858882
U-Mary888483
UT Tyler818664788790969183
Albany State (Ga.)1231298586939585
UNC Pembroke676671876369799686
Edinboro6689899710087909287
Oklahoma Christian777385637376768388
Quincy (Ill.)1061081091147179789088
Minot State94106111798491959390
Emporia State599399102102109949491
Lewis1171201269478858710193
Walsh848493819295929794
Illinois-Springfield516759667072677095
Florida Southern64987610711210810610596
Saint Augustine'sRV72758648496644
UPR Mayaguez8966
Oklahoma Baptist2861688281818485
West Alabama73100106112119849899
South Dakota Mines4795104118125122102
Assumption103
Western Oregon6179788388100104104
Columbus State395969808997100106
Anderson (S.C.)12511698110109107
Lincoln Memorial98125106108112119108
Southern Wesleyan (S.C.)70445874798999109
Saint Martin's12393103109
Colorado Christian5780848996107107111
Morehouse91101105112
Cedarville12710212099103108113
Cal State San Marcos387580100111115113114
Central Washington92115116116128130114115
Virginia Union53829098105116116116
Fort Valley State104129105116116116
UW-Parkside93104104111118
Georgian Court9112188909399115119
St. Thomas Aquinas7699103108103105112120
Charleston (W.Va.)508898101117123120121
California (Pa.)628592103113119121121
Southern Nazarene109131121123
Minnesota Duluth123
Benedict8210111512297106125125
Lock Haven115126
Kentucky Wesleyan759096104114119123127
MSU Denver101111118124127128
North Greenville90112120110119118126129
Bloomfield9592115113118
Montana St.-Billings102105107121123
Saint Rose106112119125128
Tuskegee119125128
Franklin Pierce87107112119124125128
Southwest Baptist113121124128
Kutztown117126128
Belmont AbbeyRV127129
Wilmington (Del.)118102113121129
Montevallo7194100123129
Southwest Minnesota State123118125
New Haven89109114126
Indiana (Pa.)126
CUI108131128
Roberts Wesleyan104110
Augusta83114117
Post123124
Frostburg State124
Southern Arkansas79110127
Wayne State (Mich.)117128
Saint Leo111119129
Spring Hill (Ala.)4548
Cal Poly Humboldt103126
King114127
St. Edward's101
Biola (Calif.)105
East Central (Okla.)110
Glenville State111
Christian Brothers113
Newberry116
Rogers State118
Virginia State122
Flagler127
LivingstoneRV

USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field

2022 Rankings Calendar
Weeks National TFRIRegional TFRIConference TFRI#EventSquad KEY DATES
Week 1Tue 3/29
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Mon 3/28
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Week 2Tue 4/5
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Mon 4/4
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Week 3Tue 4/12
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Mon 4/11
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Week 4Tue 4/19
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Mon 4/18
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Week 5Tue 4/26
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Mon 4/25
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Week 6Tue 5/3
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Mon 5/2
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Week 7Tue 5/10
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Mon 5/9
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Week 8Tue 5/17
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Mon 5/16
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Mon 5/16
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Mon 5/16
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Week 9Mon 5/23
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Sun 5/22
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Sun 5/22
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Sun 5/22
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FINAL Results
(official final ranking)
Sun 5/29
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