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DI Outdoor TandF Rankings Update — 2012 Week #3 - USTFCCCAPublished by
DI Outdoor T&F Rankings Update — 2012 Week #3Courtesy: Tom Lewis, USTFCCCA April 17, 2012 NEW ORLEANS – Florida’s men and Oregon’s women again are the top teams in the nation according to the latest USTFCCCA National Team Rankings. However, this week’s rankings represent the final tally in which preseason marks are used in combination with current-season data to compile team scores. Starting next week, only marks from the 2012 outdoor season will be considered (except for combined events). No change to the women’s top seven, but Texas Tech’s men blasted five spots up the ladder to land at a season-high No. 3. National Ranking PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Event-by-Event | Week-by-Week
ABOUT THE RANKINGSFor more on the rankings and links to guideline and rationale information visit … 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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