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By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA May 25, 2021

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

NEW ORLEANS – It’s finally here!

The 2021 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held this week at Irwin Belk Track Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina. Competition begins on Thursday and runs through Saturday afternoon deep in the Tar Heel State.

Let’s find out what could happen in the race for the men’s team title, according to the Pre-Championships Edition of the National TFRI that was released on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

NCAA Division III — Men's Outdoor Track & Field

This Week's National Top Five

1
Wartburg

2
UW-Oshkosh

3
UW-Eau Claire

4
UW-La Crosse

5
Rowan

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Wartburg is the clear favorite to capture its first national title in program history. The top-ranked Knights enter the NCAA Championships with 15 entries, of which 13 are billed among the top-10 performers this season. Just about every athlete Wartburg has going to North Carolina will be doubling, including national leader Dallas Wright in the 400 and 400H, as well as three of the Knights’ distance runners – Christopher Collet (steeple-5K), Joe Freiburger (5K-10K) and Matt Heinzman (1500-5K) – among others.

UW-Oshkosh sits second entering the NCAA Championships. The Titans are looking for their first national title since 2009. UW-Oshkosh owns 13 entries, of which seven are ranked among the top-5 performers this season. Jonathan Wilburn is the top-ranked athlete in the triple jump, while Jack Flynn sits No. 2 in the discus and the 4×100 relay holds down the No. 2 spot.

UW-Eau Claire, the 2019 champion, is ranked third. The Blugold hope to see several top-8 finishers in the decathlon, where they have four athletes entered – Marcus Weaver (No. 1), Jordan Lacey (No. 2), Abrahm Schroedl (No. 3) and Mitch Stegman (No. 7). Weaver is also entered in the javelin throw, where he is ranked No. 2 on the Descending Order List.

UW-La Crosse is ranked fourth, despite an overwhelming number of entries (16). The Eagles, who have won the most team titles in NCAA DIII history (15), have multiple athletes ready to compete in the 100, 200, 400 and pole vault. UW-La Crosse has single qualifiers in the 1500, 10K, 110H, high jump, long jump, triple jump and both relays.

Rowan is also expected to be in contention for a podium spot. The fifth-ranked Profs have 12 entries into the meet with Nana Agyemang headlining the group with his top-ranked mark in the long jump.

Here are the rest of the top-10 teams in Week 9: No. 6 John Carroll, No. 7 UW-Stout, No. 8 Carnegie Mellon, No. 9 Washington (Mo.) and No. 10 Loras. The eighth-ranked Tartans benefited the most from Last Chance Week, as they put up four marks that rank among the top-5 performers in their respective events (400H, long jump, triple jump and shot put).

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National Rank	Team	Points	Conference	Region	CHANGE
1	WARTBURG	216.79	American Rivers (1)	Central	◀▶ (LW: 1)
2	UW-OSHKOSH	178.83	WIAC	Midwest	▲1 (LW: 3)
3	UW-EAU CLAIRE	176.85	WIAC	Midwest	▲1 (LW: 4)
4	UW-LA CROSSE	171.69	WIAC (1)	Midwest	▼2 (LW: 2)
5	ROWAN	156.19	NJAC (1)	Atlantic	◀▶ (LW: 5)
6	JOHN CARROLL	114.24	OAC	Great Lakes	◀▶ (LW: 6)
7	UW-STOUT	109.50	WIAC	Midwest	◀▶ (LW: 7)
8	CARNEGIE MELLON	100.73	UAA	Mideast	▲5 (LW: 13)
9	WASHINGTON (MO.)	94.86	UAA	Midwest	▲1 (LW: 10)
10	LORAS	86.87	American Rivers	Central	▼1 (LW: 9)
11	MOUNT UNION	82.64	OAC (1)	Great Lakes	▼3 (LW: 8)
12	UW-WHITEWATER	76.14	WIAC	Midwest	◀▶ (LW: 12)
13	CARLETON	74.95	MIAC	Central	▲2 (LW: 15)
14	NORTH CENTRAL (ILL.)	72.93	CCIW (1)	Midwest	▲4 (LW: 18)
15	BETHEL (MINN.)	69.47	MIAC	Central	▲1 (LW: 16)
16	OTTERBEIN	64.59	OAC	Great Lakes	▼2 (LW: 14)
17	CHICAGO	64.03	UAA	Midwest	▼6 (LW: 11)
18	UW-STEVENS POINT	62.31	WIAC	Midwest	▼1 (LW: 17)
19	ST. JOHN FISHER	57.34	Empire 8 (1)	Atlantic	▲2 (LW: 21)
20	KNOX	46.51	MWC	Midwest	▲27 (LW: 47)
21	SAINT JOHN'S (MINN.)	46.07	MIAC	Central	▼1 (LW: 20)
22	UW-PLATTEVILLE	45.11	WIAC	Midwest	▲4 (LW: 26)
23	TRINE	42.06	MIAA (1)	Great Lakes	▼4 (LW: 19)
24	BENEDICTINE (ILL.)	40.29	NACC	Midwest	▲12 (LW: 36)
25	LYNCHBURG	39.71	ODAC (1)	South/Southeast	▼1 (LW: 24)

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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
Wartburg		12	6	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
UW-Eau Claire			24	5	5	6	5	4	3	2
UW-Oshkosh	23	9	14	7	6	4	3	3	2	3
Rowan	6	5	4	8	7	3	4	5	5	4
UW-La Crosse	9	4	3	1	1	2	2	2	4	5
Mount Union	2	3	2	4	4	8	8	8	11	6
Carleton			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	15	13	7
UW-Stout	16	8	12	10	10	7	7	7	7	8
North Central (Ill.)		20	15	17	24	24	15	18	14	8
Loras	54	18	7	6	8	9	11	9	10	10
Centre	14	13	17	21	22	27	27	25	33	11
Saint John's (Minn.)	28	19	30	28	30	20	20	20	21	12
John Carroll	3	1	1	2	3	5	6	6	6	13
St. John Fisher		98	44	41	21	19	19	21	19	13
Johns Hopkins		23	21	16	18	23	23	28	27	15
Carnegie Mellon	8	10	10	9	9	12	9	13	8	16
Washington (Mo.)	12	14	25	11	11	15	14	10	9	16
Gustavus Adolphus		24	19	27	28	21	22	27	30	18
Bethel (Minn.)		17	11	13	15	14	18	16	15	19
SUNY Geneseo		69	83	29	23	26	26	31	37	19
Whitworth	7	11	16	30	34	36	38	38	42	21
Trine	17	29	20	25	13	13	16	19	23	22
Carroll (Wis.)	31	42	31	34	35	34	36	39	32	22
Rutgers-Camden	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	49	46	22
SUNY Brockport		33	37	32	32	45	40	45	47	22
UW-Stevens Point	85	47	22	18	14	16	13	17	18	26
UW-Platteville	37	28	36	19	17	22	21	26	22	26
Benedictine (Ill.)	RV	RV	RV	22	25	30	29	36	24	26
Lynchburg	4	2	5	12	20	25	28	24	25	26
Otterbein	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	14	16	30
Marietta	19	26	28	26	27	28	25	34	34	30
Ithaca	21	22	32	24	26	29	33	41	45	30
Stevenson	40	57	93	113	49	58	45	67	49	30
SUNY Cortland	57	56	80	76	81	80	55	83	62	30
Knox			155	127	70	35	41	47	20	35
Wheaton (Ill.)		104	54	48	54	40	34	22	26	35
Millikin		116	40	55	77	42	32	33	36	37
Widener	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	40	38	37
Southern Maine	45	46	49	40	47	48	50	50	41	37
Plymouth State			78	78	84	92	98	107	50	37
Penn State Behrend		RV	RV	85	62	72	72	53	54	37
UMass Dartmouth		120	128	157	98	103	105	52	57	37
Hope	95	133	139	44	44	43	47	56	64	37
Trinity (Texas)	18	30	27	36	33	46	49	68	75	37
Moravian	99	131	64	84	100	109	120	79	85	37
Westminster (Pa.)	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	37
Adrian		100	67	72	46	63	70	89	56	47
George Fox	1	6	9	14	16	17	24	32	58	48
Calvin	49	63	18	31	42	44	53	59	61	48
St. Olaf			90	67	64	68	68	62	65	48
Capital	32	48	39	43	45	47	58	54	66	48
Dickinson				79	99	76	87	118	74	48
Trinity (Conn.)				110	51	51	31	42	87	48
Heidelberg	80	78	103	118	131	137	80	90	89	48
UW-Whitewater	22	15	8	15	12	10	10	12	12	55
Chicago	92	35	38	51	19	11	12	11	17	55
Linfield	66	68	77	77	52	54	56	60	48	55
Albion		79	89	97	94	100	83	81	71	55
Bates					79	62	66	77	79	55
Concordia Moorhead	58	43	46	65	88	57	57	78	84	55
Ferrum	75	89	129	143	153	69	89	98	95	55
Central (Iowa)		25	23	33	37	38	43	37	39	62
Principia	47	58	68	57	57	55	46	51	43	62
Nebraska Wesleyan		80	59	75	92	74	54	70	52	62
Virginia Wesleyan	97	51	70	74	87	86	96	74	82	62
Messiah	29	37	29	49	41	53	71	99	105	62
Birmingham-Southern	26	39	33	37	38	39	30	35	28	67
Monmouth (Ill.)		40	52	47	39	31	48	43	40	67
Christopher Newport	50	70	88	95	107	113	121	106	69	67
Belhaven (Miss.)	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	67
St. Norbert	42	81	107	120	132	111	118	61	68	71
Amherst					147	125	133	66	72	71
Hamline		127	76	39	40	41	51	58	73	71
WPI		77	55	50	55	59	63	72	78	71
Hamilton					122	73	75	92	88	71
Pacific (Ore.)	30	53	86	96	109	114	123	91	103	71
Stockton	33	49	48	56	69	37	37	29	31	77
Muhlenberg		101	119	133		141	146	108	109	77
McMurry	5	7	13	23	31	18	17	23	29
St. Thomas (Minn.)		119	150	109	82	84	79	46	35
Eastern Mennonite	38	72	43	38	43	32	35	30	44
Springfield (Mass.)			94	42	50	56	59	48	51
Lewis & Clark	76	107	127	101	123	106	107	126	53
Edgewood		112	117	70	89	102	108	55	55
Colorado College	59	75	51	59	63	67	67	84	59
Rochester (N.Y.)	34	52	72	52	58	71	44	44	60
Willamette	88	130	156	132	140		60	63	63
Washington and Lee	24	27	50	90	117	75	78	65	67
Dubuque	51	73	102	111	118	77	76	86	70
Salisbury	48	91	58	58	60	61	62	97	76
Wilmington (Ohio)	69	44	53	45	56	65	61	71	77
Stevens	67	84	56	35	36	49	74	82	80
Misericordia		118	114	150	154	160	155	160	81
Saint Mary's (Minn.)	86	111	61	68	73	93	102	76	83
Hardin-Simmons	11	21	41	62	71	64	39	57	86
Illinois Wesleyan	41	61	66	66	65	66	69	75	90
Pacific Lutheran	25	50	35	46	53	52	65	73	91
Cal Lutheran				99	101	110	124	80	92
Buffalo State									93
Simpson (Iowa)			126	155	72	87	82	85	94
Millsaps	73	60	97	106	96	121	127	88	96
Wabash	44	94	85	103	121	141	73	95	97
Emory	RV	RV	26	20	29	33	42	69	98
UC Santa Cruz	83	124	83	159			165	93	99
Ohio Wesleyan	68	88	115	148	141	158	160	102	100
Ursinus		109	144	129	135	81	84	94	101
Tufts			124	121	128	149	117	143	102
Carthage	100	126	74	81	85	97	86	96	103
Roanoke	27	32	57	54	61	70	91	111	106
Texas Lutheran	RV	RV	62	80	93	79	90	101	107
Piedmont	10	16	34	53	78	101	106	117	108
King's College (Pa.)	36	55	87	114	67	83	81	103	110
Connecticut College			71	61	102	94	99	104	111
Grove City	79	108	92	86	90	95	93	110	112
DeSales	61	83	108	104	59	85	88	113	113
Rhodes	35	38	79	94	110	128	137	109	114
Alvernia	81	71	47	82	86	91	101	115	114
Puget Sound	15	31	45	69	97	98	104	119	114
Keene State	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Montclair State		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
SUNY Cobleskill								RV	RV
Greenville	87	110	104	117	134	99	52	64
Olivet		97	81	93	106	117	95	87
Shenandoah	55	93	148	112	124	50	77	100
LeTourneau	39	45	42	60	48	60	64	105
Ramapo			131	125	66	82	100	112
Concordia Chicago			141	150	76	89	85	114
Williams						146	111	116
Ohio Northern	52	41	60	64	68	78	94	120
East Texas Baptist	20	34	65	91	105	105	113	121
Marywood			154		133	145	151	122
Bridgewater State	13	36	69	88	104	108	110	123
DePauw	60	66	101	124	75	90	92	124
Concordia Texas	43	54	75	73	80	88	109	125
Transylvania			73	92	113	123	97	127
TCNJ	98	123	109	100	74	96	103	128
Augsburg		76	91	102	108	120	119	129
Bridgewater (Va.)	56	82	122	134	142	119	132	130
Lebanon Valley	RV	RV	RV	RV	125	139	116	131
UW-River Falls		65	95	115	112	118	115	132
Bethany Lutheran				107	115	129	125	133
Baldwin Wallace				105	111	115	126	134
Colby					158		134	135
Ripon	62	86	111	135	147	124	128	136
Concordia Wisconsin	77	122	150	150	138	147	131	137
Suffolk				89	126	126	129	138
McDaniel						122	140	139
RIT	102	105	137			153	122	140
MSOE	53	64	63	63	83	104	114	141
Brandeis			82	83	91	127	130	142
Augustana (Ill.)		74	84	87	103	112	136	144
Illinois College			142	144	150	130	139	145
Saint Vincent	65	87	105	123	130	134	135	146
Coast Guard						141	145	147
St. Scholastica	78	67	100	71	95	107	112	148
York (Pa.)	103	103	149				138	149
Manchester		129	147	130	155	144	161	150
Oberlin		62	99	108	114	131	154	151
RPI						138	157	152
Utica				128	116	116	143	153
Babson		92	116	144		135	144	154
Nazareth		103	123	149	127	133	142	155
Allegheny (Pa.)			136	141	144	148	149	156
Case Western Reserve								157
Waynesburg	70	90	112	131	138	150	152	158
Franklin & Marshall						151	153	159
Buena Vista			106	122	129	132	149	160
Aurora							156	160
Denison	63	99	118	119	136	152	141	163
Penn State Harrisburg	64	59	96	98	119	140	146	164
Bowdoin				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Wittenberg		137	98	116	120	136	148
Wisconsin Lutheran							158
Franciscan	82	95	125	154			159
Mary Washington					144	154	161
Susquehanna	84	128	156	160	160	154	161
Juniata	112	106	132	138	142	157	161
Rhode Island College				RV	RV	RV	RV
SUNY Oneonta						154
Geneva	89	117	113	126	137	159
North Park				139	146	161
UW-Superior						162
Berry	46	96	110	136	150	163
Defiance (Ohio)	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
William Peace	71	85	121	137	149
Lancaster Bible	107	107	142	144	150
Wooster		136	134	144	156
Luther		133	130	158	157
Catholic (D.C.)	74	113	135	140	159
Rutgers-Newark	104	104	138	141	160
Haverford					160
Vassar			120	153
Emory & Henry	107	102	146	156
Redlands (Calif.)				RV
Rose-Hulman	90	132	90
Southwestern (Texas)	91	133	91
Fitchburg State	94	94	94
Washington & Jefferson	101	101	101
Minnesota Morris	105	138	105
Bluffton	106	106	106
St. Lawrence	107	107	107
Covenant	107	107	107
Southern Virginia	111	111	111
Hendrix	113	113	113
Worcester State	114	114	114
Berea (Ky.)			133
Wheaton (Mass.)		115	140
Hanover	93	114	145
Pfeiffer	96	125	152
Eastern Connecticut State	72	120	153
Thiel		138	156
Schreiner	RV	RV	RV
Roger Williams	RV	RV	RV
Bethany (W.Va.)	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	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	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	May 27-29: NCAA DIII Champs (Greensboro, N.C.)
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	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	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	May 27-29: NCAA DIII Champs (Greensboro, N.C.)
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN

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