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By Lauren Ellsworth, USTFCCCA May 25, 2021

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

NEW ORLEANS – It’s meet week!

The 2021 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships are set to take place on the campus of Grand Valley State in Allendale, Michigan. Competition will begin on Thursday and conclude Saturday.

Here is what the men’s team title race could shape up to be in the Pre-Championships edition of the the National TFRI that was released on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

NCAA Division II — Men's Outdoor Track & Field

This Week's National Top Five

1
Grand Valley State

2
West Texas A&M

3
Angelo State

4
Ashland

5
Pittsburg State

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Grand Valley State is seeking its first men’s national title and enters the meet ranked No. 1. The Lakers will enter the meet with 17 entries with nine sitting in the top-5. Athletes entering the meet as the top seed are Dennis Mbuta in the 800 (1:49.07) and Isaac Harding in the 5000 (13:47.08).

West Texas A&M heads into the NCAA meet at No. 2. Nine of the 10 entries for the Buffs of them sit among the top-5. Don’t blink, because you won’t want to miss Benjamin Azamati. The national leader and NCAA DII record holder in the 100 (9.97) and 200 (20.20c/20.13A) is also part of the second-ranked 4×100 (40.04).

Third-ranked Angelo State is looking to get back on the podium and potentially win the program’s first NCAA crown. The Rams boast 12 entries across 10 events. Decio Andrade is the lone top-seed for the Rams with his 73.57m (241-5) in the hammer throw.

Don’t count out fourth-ranked Ashland, as the Eagles are on title defense after claiming the crown for the first time in program history in 2019. As he has all season long, Trevor Bassitt will lead this Ashland squad as the top seed in the 110H (13.59), 400H (49.04) and carries the baton for the national-leading 4×400 (3:08.78) and third-ranked 4×100 (40.08).

Pittsburg State gained one spot to regain a position in the top-5. The Gorillas will head to Allendale, Michigan with 18 entries across 11 events. Brett Thompson is the top-seed in the javelin with his haul of 76.65m (251-6) and joined with three teammates in the event.

Here is the rest of the top-10 teams in Week 9: No. 6 Texas A&M-Commerce, No. 7 Colorado School of Mines, No. 8 Central Missouri, No. 9 Tiffin and No. 10 Missouri Southern.

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National Rank	Team	Points	Conference	Region	CHANGE
1	GRAND VALLEY STATE	237.15	GLIAC (1)	Midwest	◀▶ (LW: 1)
2	WEST TEXAS A&M	216.45	Lone Star (1)	South Central	◀▶ (LW: 2)
3	ANGELO STATE	188.43	Lone Star	South Central	▲1 (LW: 4)
4	ASHLAND	185.51	GLIAC	Midwest	▼1 (LW: 3)
5	PITTSBURG STATE	157.84	MIAA (1)	Central	▲1 (LW: 6)
6	EAST TEXAS A&M	149.39	Lone Star	South Central	▲1 (LW: 7)
7	COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES	129.59	RMAC	South Central	▼2 (LW: 5)
8	CENTRAL MISSOURI	120.51	MIAA	Central	▲1 (LW: 9)
9	TIFFIN	115.11	G-MAC (1)	Midwest	▼1 (LW: 8)
10	MISSOURI SOUTHERN	100.98	MIAA	Central	◀▶ (LW: 10)
11	LEE (TENN.)	96.99	GSC	South	◀▶ (LW: 11)
12	LIMESTONE	70.49	SAC	Southeast	▲1 (LW: 13)
13	UC-COLORADO SPRINGS	69.92	RMAC (1)	South Central	▼1 (LW: 12)
14	WESTERN COLORADO	65.58	RMAC	South Central	▲1 (LW: 15)
15	COLORADO MESA	61.98	RMAC	South Central	▲1 (LW: 16)
16	ADAMS STATE	59.54	RMAC	South Central	▼2 (LW: 14)
17	CARSON-NEWMAN	59.47	SAC	Southeast	▲1 (LW: 18)
18	ACADEMY OF ART	57.77	PacWest	West	▲3 (LW: 21)
19	SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT	56.33	Northeast-10 (1)	East	▼2 (LW: 17)
20	LENOIR-RHYNE	53.34	SAC	Southeast	▲6 (LW: 26)
21	SAGINAW VALLEY STATE	52.34	GLIAC	Midwest	▲3 (LW: 24)
22	ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE	50.19	GSC (1)	South	▲1 (LW: 23)
23	NORTHWOOD (MICH.)	50.13	GLIAC	Midwest	▲2 (LW: 25)
24	AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL	49.83	Northeast-10	East	▲3 (LW: 27)
25	LINCOLN (MO.)	45.98	MIAA	Central	▼6 (LW: 19)

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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	FINAL
Grand Valley State	1	2	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	1
West Texas A&M	2	3	3	3	4	5	2	2	2	2
Angelo State	4	1	2	4	3	4	3	4	3	3
Ashland	3	4	5	2	2	2	5	3	4	4
Pittsburg State	14	5	4	5	6	6	4	6	5	4
Colo. School of Mines	29	26	14	9	1	3	6	5	7	6
East Texas A&M	11	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	6	7
Missouri Southern	10	8	8	7	7	9	9	10	10	8
Tiffin	7	12	11	8	9	11	10	8	9	9
Southern Connecticut	28	39	30	32	18	22	25	17	19	10
Central Missouri	37	9	9	10	10	8	8	9	8	11
Carson-Newman	21	32	26	29	25	27	28	18	17	11
Seton Hill	40	49	40	34	36	39	42	41	41	13
Limestone	23	25	21	23	12	13	14	13	12	14
Adams State	18	10	7	12	11	12	11	14	16	15
Findlay	90	103	29	18	24	24	21	22	27	15
Academy of Art	108	35	47	14	14	18	16	21	18	17
Fort Hays State	47	33	35	39	29	32	33	29	34	17
American International		54	58	60	43	57	27	27	24	19
Concordia-St. Paul	30	42	42	42	40	44	38	40	36	19
Lincoln (Mo.)	20	19	17	22	27	25	18	19	25	21
Lee (Tenn.)	9	15	13	15	15	14	13	11	11	22
UC-Colorado Springs	5	7	10	11	13	10	12	12	13	22
Neb.-Kearney	43	24	27	26	30	31	35	36	37	22
North Greenville	59	57	72	75	81	81	89	66	64	22
Western Colorado	31	11	18	24	26	15	15	15	14	26
Saginaw Valley State	80	93	52	54	73	41	40	24	21	26
Minnesota State	111	29	33	38	33	16	22	28	31	26
Benedict	46	50	31	30	32	43	43	43	43	26
Colorado Mesa	15	21	15	17	19	17	17	16	15	30
Queens (N.C.)	8	14	12	13	16	21	23	20	26	30
Northwest Missouri	52	34	49	61	28	30	29	32	28	30
Washburn	39	16	20	21	23	29	26	31	33	30
McKendree		92	97	98	104	109	69	72	60	30
Azusa Pacific	RV	RV	24	27	31	26	31	33	32	35
Lenoir-Rhyne	36	45	60	59	58	62	30	26	20	36
Texas A&M-Kingsville	38	43	41	28	39	40	34	39	42	36
Illinois-Springfield		80	53	56	75	46	45	45	46	36
Chadron State	63	65	82	62	66	34	44	47	50	36
MSU Moorhead		75	55	57	37	37	41	46	47	40
Alabama-Huntsville	12	17	16	16	17	19	20	23	22	41
Oklahoma Baptist	17	20	23	25	35	42	54	34	30	41
Southwest Baptist	27	40	50	49	46	55	46	38	38	41
Montana St.-Billings	48	46	48	48	49	51	55	50	49	41
Mississippi College	41	30	34	41	41	33	36	53	55	41
Malone	66	77	89	97	83	77	80	61	57	41
Indianapolis	85	110	63	63	60	60	65	71	71	41
Mansfield					RV	RV	RV	RV	59	48
Davenport (Mich.)	72	68	61	52	52	53	58	56	62	48
Northwood (Mich.)	16	22	22	20	20	20	19	25	23	50
MSU Denver	50	28	36	36	42	45	50	54	48	50
Western Washington	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	65	50
Harding	6	13	19	19	22	23	24	30	29	53
Northern State		48	51	51	53	49	52	52	52	53
Shippensburg	78	70	78	74	71	76	62	64	68	53
UNC Pembroke	45	31	45	43	48	50	59	62	61	56
Colorado Christian	24	41	38	55	34	35	39	42	39	57
Emmanuel (Ga.)	42	44	43	47	44	48	48	48	40	57
Saint Leo	55	59	66	66	63	36	37	44	44	57
Oklahoma Christian	64	85	112	77	80	86	63	65	66	57
Hillsdale	49	61	65	67	72	73	66	70	74	57
CSU Pueblo	13	18	25	31	21	28	32	35	35
Augustana (S.D.)			77	68	50	47	53	37	45
Lindenwood	68	66	59	64	67	66	47	51	51
Emporia State	22	37	44	45	55	59	51	49	53
Concord	54	52	62	40	61	74	76	55	54
Tampa	60	53	54	58	54	56	57	60	56
Charleston (W.Va.)	34	36	37	37	56	58	61	63	58
Wayne State (Neb.)	32	38	56	50	51	52	60	59	63
Missouri S&T	44	47	57	65	65	65	56	58	67
Catawba	65	88	83	90	59	64	72	68	69
Adelphi		60	71	72	70	69	70	67	70
Westminster (Utah)	79	81	91	94	95	101	103	74	72
Southern Indiana	88	106	87	87	102	63	71	69	73
Quincy (Ill.)	35	23	32	33	38	38	49	57
Wingate	19	27	28	35	57	67	74	73
Fresno Pacific	26	56	39	44	47	54	68	75
Lewis	25	64	76	82	89	90	75	76
Black Hills State	70	72	86	91	62	61	64	77
Ferris State		90	96	96	74	75	78	78
Montevallo	58	55	70	70	76	71	82	79
Mount Olive	33	51	46	53	78	82	86	80
Wheeling	104	104	104				81	81
Lubbock Christian	57	62	67	73	64	72	79	82
Missouri Western		73	80	76	77	78	83	83
Shorter	74	86	94	93	100	88	92	84
Alaska Anchorage		74	74	80	90	94	67	85
Glenville State	107	78	73	83	92	95	85	86
Central Washington	77	96	99	85	68	68	77	87
Columbus State	56	67	75	79	85	70	73	88
Dallas Baptist	67	71	79	81	84	89	91	89
Southwest Minnesota State		111	110	114		79	84	90
Minot State	100	84	93	103	107	92	95	91
Clayton State	71	76	85	95	98	85	88	92
Saint Rose					82	80	87	93
Southern Arkansas	53	58	64	69	79	83	90	94
Sioux Falls			102	112	112		94	95
Lincoln (Pa.)	51	63	69	71	69	84	93	96
UW-Parkside				86	93	87	96	97
Bloomfield								98
Walsh	87	94	92	101	96	102	106	99
Simon Fraser				46	45	100	98	100
Southern Wesleyan (S.C.)	115	82	90	88	91	91	97	101
Georgian Court	76	91	98	100	109	105	106	102
Franklin Pierce					107	99	102	103
South Dakota Mines	73	89	107	92	97	98	100	104
Seattle Pacific	86	104	86					105
Embry-Riddle (Fla.)	RV	RV	84	84	88	93	101	106
Cameron	61	69	81	89	94	103	104	107
Michigan Tech	RV	RV	68	78	86	96	99	108
Cedarville	84	100	107	111	109			108
Virginia State	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Western Oregon	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Kentucky Wesleyan		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Saint Augustine's			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Tusculum	101	113	101		87	97	105
Upper Iowa						108	108
West Alabama	62	79	88	99	103	104
Slippery Rock	83	97	104	108	99	105
Truman	89	87	95	102	101	105
CUI	81	102	105	107	105	110
Savannah State	93	99	101	106	112	110
Augusta	69	83	100	104		110
Lake Superior State	RV	RV	RV			RV
Stonehill					106
Kutztown				105	109
U-Mary	102	115	106	109
Biola (Calif.)	95	95	95	110
West Virginia Wesleyan			103	112
Trevecca Nazarene	82	98	82
Rogers State	92	109	92
Southern Nazarene	94	107	94
Ohio Dominican	97	112	97
Cal Poly Humboldt	99	99	99
Coker	103	117	103
Florida Southern	105	105	105
West Chester	106	106	106
Drury	109	109	109
Anderson (S.C.)	109	113	109
Lincoln Memorial	91	115	109
Davis and Elkins	111	95	111
Christian Brothers	96	101	111
Lake Erie	111	111	111
West Liberty State	75	104	113
Northwest Nazarene	98	108	114
Lees-McRae	114	114	114
Mars Hill	115	115	115
Indiana (Pa.)	115	115	115
Albany State (Ga.)	RV	RV	RV
Saint Martin's	RV	RV	RV

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2021 Rankings Calendar

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Week 1	Tue 3/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 3/29 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Tue 4/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Tue 4/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Tue 4/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Tue 4/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Tue 5/4 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Tue 5/11 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Tue 5/18 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	May 27-29: NCAA DII Champs (Allendale, Mich.)
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Week 1	Tue 3/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 3/29 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Tue 4/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Tue 4/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Tue 4/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Tue 4/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Tue 5/4 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Tue 5/11 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Tue 5/18 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	May 27-29: NCAA DII Champs (Allendale, Mich.)
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN

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

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