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NEW ORLEANS – On Friday, the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships will begin in Nampa, Idaho. And, the same as every year, plenty of storylines – team and individual battles – expect to consume the two-day championships. The last USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings prior to the NCAA meet has both two-time defending champions – Florida’s men and Oregon’s women – as the No. 1 teams.

ESPN3 will stream the meet live on March 9 from 7:30-11:45 p.m. ET and March 10 from 8-11:15 p.m. ET. A tape delay of the championship will air Sunday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU. NCAA.com and broncosports.com will stream what ESPN3 is not covering on Friday (Noon-7:30 p.m. ET) and Saturday (12:30-8 pm ET).

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NATIONAL TOP 5 TEAMS – NCAA INDOOR HISTORY

MEN
#1 Florida – Two-time defending champs (2 total).
#2 Arkansas – Last title: 2006 (19 total – NCAA record). Last year finish: tied-22nd.
#3 Texas A&M – Last title: none (three-time defending outdoor champs). Last year finish: 2nd (best finish indoors).
#4 LSU – Last title: 2004 (2 total). Last year finish: 4th.
#5 Arizona – Last title: none (best finish: 10th, 2005 and 2006). Last year finish: tied-13th.

WOMEN
#1 Oregon – Two-time defending champs (2 total).
#2 Arkansas – Last title: none (best finish: 3rd, 2000). Last year finish: 4th.
#3 LSU – Last title: 2004 (11 total – NCAA record). Last year finish: 3rd.
#4 Clemson – Last title: none (best finish: 3rd, 2001). Last year finish: 11th.
#5 Texas A&M – Last title: none (three-time defending outdoor champs). Best finish: 2nd, 2009. Last year: 5th.

DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ENTERED

(seed) in parentheses

MEN
60: Jeff Demps, Florida* (1)
Mile: Miles Batty, BYU (1)
3000: Elliott Heath, Stanford (8)
5000: Leonard Korir, Iona (3)
60H: Andrew Riley, Illinois (2)
4×400: Texas A&M* (6)
DMR: BYU (1)

WOMEN
200: Kimberlyn Duncan, LSU (2)
Mile: Jordan Hasay, Oregon (8)
3000: Jordan Hasay, Oregon (6)
60H: Brianna Rollins, Clemson (2)
4×400: Texas A&M (2)
HJ: Brigetta Barrett, Arizona (1)
PV: Tina Sutej, Arkansas (1)
LJ: Tori Bowie, Southern Miss (6)
SP: Julie Labonte, Arizona (2)
WT: Felisha Johnson, Indiana State (2)
PENT: Brianne Theisen*, Oregon (1)

* Two-time defending champions

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I
MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2012 Week #7 — March 6
next ranking: none, NCAA Championships

Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Florida	183.52	SEC	Mike Holloway (10th)	1
2	Arkansas	139.68	SEC	Chris Bucknam (4th)	2
3	Texas A&M	103.43	Big 12	Pat Henry (8th)	3
4	LSU	102.62	SEC	Dennis Shaver (8th)	4
5	Arizona	99.00	Pac-12	Fred Harvey (10th)	5
6	Mississippi State	94.86	SEC	Steve Dudley (2nd)	12
7	Texas	89.34	Big 12	Bubba Thornton (17th)	6
8	Minnesota	82.62	Big Ten	Steve Plasencia (4th)	9
9	BYU	81.11	West Coast	Mark Robison (12th)	8
10	Arizona State	78.43	Pac-12	Greg Kraft (16th)	7
11	Virginia Tech	73.98	ACC	Dave Cianelli (11th)	11
12	Florida State	71.46	ACC	Bob Braman (9th)	16
13	Stanford	67.71	Pac-12	Edrick Floreal (7th)	10
14	Indiana	60.95	Big Ten	Ron Helmer (5th)	13
15	Ohio State	55.57	Big Ten	Robert Gary (6th)	17
16	Kansas State	52.78	Big 12	Cliff Rovelto (20th)	15
17	Georgia	47.25	SEC	Wayne Norton (13th)	14
18	Auburn	43.13	SEC	Ralph Spry (15th)	19
19	Nebraska	34.71	Big Ten	Gary Pepin (29th)	18
20	Mississippi	33.93	SEC	Joe Walker (28th)	21
21	NC State	33.10	ACC	Rollie Geiger (28th)	22
22	Wisconsin	32.09	Big Ten	Ed Nuttycombe (28th)	31
23	Illinois	30.08	Big Ten	Mike Turk (3rd)	27
24	Penn State	29.89	Big Ten	Beth Alford-Sullivan (6th)	32
25	Oregon	29.83	Pac-12	Vin Lananna (7th)	20
Dropped out: No. 23 Princeton, No. 24 Oklahoma, No. 25 Northern Arizona

Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	SEC	665.08	7
2	Big Ten	376.15	7
3	Big 12	336.85	3
4	Pac-12	330.56	4
5	ACC	246.62	3
6	Big East	139.34
7	West Coast	81.11	1
8	Mountain West	59.99
9	Summit League	51.09
10	MEAC	38.67

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)
2012 Week #7 — March 6
next ranking: none, NCAA Championships

Rank	School	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Oregon	160.70	Pac-12	Vin Lananna (7th)	1
2	Arkansas	153.75	SEC	Lance Harter (22nd)	2
3	LSU	135.34	SEC	Dennis Shaver (8th)	4
4	Clemson	129.85	ACC	Lawrence Johnson (4th)	3
5	Texas A&M	107.59	Big 12	Pat Henry (8th)	5
6	Kansas	96.96	Big 12	Stanley Redwine (12th)	6
7	Florida	88.05	SEC	Mike Holloway (5th)	7
8	California	74.34	Pac-12	Tony Sandoval (20th)	8
9	Texas	59.84	Big 12	Bev Kearney (20th)	18
10	Washington	58.64	Pac-12	Greg Metcalf (10th)	10
11	Southern Illinois	56.13	Missouri Valley	Connie Price-Smith (11th)	12
12	Arizona	54.06	Pac-12	Fred Harvey (10th)	13
13	BYU	53.64	West Coast	Patrick Shane (2nd)	9
14	Iowa State	52.25	Big 12	Corey Ihmels (5th)	15
15	UCF	51.36	Conference USA	Caryl Smith Gilbert (5th)	14
16	Stanford	49.26	Pac-12	Edrick Floreal (7th)	11
17	TCU	47.02	Mountain West	Darryl Anderson (8th)	19
18	Tennessee	46.02	SEC	J.J. Clark (11th)	16
19	Ohio State	42.25	Big Ten	Karen Dennis (6th)	17
20	Auburn	40.16	SEC	Ralph Spry (15th)	25
21	Georgetown	38.79	Big East	Patrick Henner (5th)	21
22	Georgia	38.16	SEC	Wayne Norton (13th)	22
23	Baylor	37.16	Big 12	Todd Harbour (7th)	34
24	Wisconsin	36.15	Big Ten	Jim Stintzi (8th)	24
25	Connecticut	35.60	Big East	Bill Morgan (9th)	35
Dropped out: No. 20 Florida State, No. 23 Texas Tech

Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	SEC	582.28	6
2	Big 12	455.41	5
3	Pac-12	425.65	5
4	ACC	241.71	1
5	Big Ten	186.61	2
6	Big East	155.53	2
7	Missouri Valley	133.69	1
8	Mountain West	109.97	1
9	Conference USA	103.28	1
10	West Coast	55.59	1

ABOUT THE RANKINGS

For more on the rankings and links to guideline and rationale information visit …
http://www.ustfccca.org/rankings/division-i-rankings

The purpose and methodology of the national team computer rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national-title race – not as a method to compare teams head-to-head.

The Regional Index is determined using a similar method as national rankings, but on a smaller scale, comparing teams versus others within the same region. The result is a ranking that showcases squads with better all-around team potential — a group makeup critical for conference or similar team-scored events. A team may achieve a better regional ranking than a counterpart that has a better national ranking. Historically, some teams are better national-championship teams than conference-championship teams, having a few elite athletes that score very well in a diverse environment where teams do not have entries in more than a few events. Some teams are better at conference championships or similar team-scored events where they enter, and are competitive, in many of the events.

How a team fares in a national championship, conference championship, or scored meet with only a couple or few teams (like a dual or triangular) can be very different, given the number of events, competition, scoring, and makeup of entries — thus the rationale behind each of the ranking systems. Similar arguments about team makeup and rankings can also be found in swimming & diving and wrestling as their sports also have a similar trichotomy when it comes to team theory.

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