Arkansas, Oregon Still Top Teams as Conference Indoor Championships Loom - USTFCCCA

Published by RunnerSpace.com/College - Feb 20 2012, 09:08 PM

Arkansas, Oregon Still Top Teams as Conference Indoor Championships Loom

Courtesy: Tom Lewis, USTFCCCA

February 20, 2012  

NEW ORLEANS – The latest USTFCCCA National Computer Team Rankings for Division I show a few changes from the previous week. The top four men’s teams stayed in the same spot, spurred by No. 1 Arkansas. Oregon still is the No. 1 team on the women’s side as LSU and Clemson switched positions, now standing at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. This upcoming weekend will be many of the nation’s conference championships, including the SEC (at Kentucky), Big 12 (at Texas A&M), Big Ten (at Nebraska), MPSF (at Washington), and ACC (at Boston College).

National Ranking PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Event-by-Event | Week-by-Week
Regional Index PDFs:Top 15 by Region | Full by Team | Event-by-Event
Collegiate-Leading Marks | Best Marks by Football Players
Previous Rankings

 

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I

MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)

2012 Week #5 — February 21
next ranking: February 28
 
Rank School Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 Arkansas 164.42 SEC Chris Bucknam (4th) 1
2 Florida 154.42 SEC Mike Holloway (10th) 2
3 Texas A&M 121.81 Big 12 Pat Henry (8th) 3
4 LSU 112.49 SEC Dennis Shaver (8th) 4
5 Texas 85.18 Big 12 Bubba Thornton (17th) 6
6 Arizona 83.64 Pac-12 Fred Harvey (10th) 5
7 Arizona State 77.80 Pac-12 Greg Kraft (16th) 7
8 Minnesota 75.19 Big Ten Steve Plasencia (4th) 11
9 Virginia Tech 71.50 ACC Dave Cianelli (11th) 8
10 Mississippi State 70.52 SEC Steve Dudley (2nd) 9
11 Indiana 61.77 Big Ten Ron Helmer (5th) 10
12 Stanford 56.72 Pac-12 Edrick Floreal (7th) 12
13 Ohio State 52.45 Big Ten Robert Gary (6th) 19
14 Kansas State 51.92 Big 12 Cliff Rovelto (20th) 13
15 Nebraska 50.14 Big Ten Gary Pepin (29th) 15
16 BYU 48.70 West Coast Mark Robison (12th) 14
17 Auburn 44.50 SEC Ralph Spry (15th) 16
18 Penn State 41.25 Big Ten Beth Alford-Sullivan (6th) 17
19 Oregon 40.69 Pac-12 Vin Lananna (7th) 20
20 Florida State 38.37 ACC Bob Braman (9th) 21
21 Oklahoma 37.45 Big 12 Martin Smith (7th) 23
22 Mississippi 37.13 SEC Joe Walker (28th) 22
23 Northern Arizona 36.41 Big Sky Eric Heins (5th) 25
24 Georgia 36.02 SEC Wayne Norton (13th) 18
25 Princeton 34.40 Ivy Fred Samara (35th) 24
Dropped out: none

 

Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 SEC 639.58 7
2 Big 12 376.13 4
3 Big Ten 375.97 5
4 Pac-12 311.93 4
5 ACC 205.76 2
6 Big East 133.82  
7 Mountain West 63.60  
8 Summit League 62.00  
9 Ivy 56.05 1
10 MEAC 53.82  

 

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25)

2012 Week #5 — February 21
next ranking: February 28
 
Rank School Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) Last Week
1 Oregon 187.45 Pac-12 Vin Lananna (7th) 1
2 LSU 150.09 SEC Dennis Shaver (8th) 3
3 Clemson 145.11 ACC Lawrence Johnson (4th) 2
4 Arkansas 135.94 SEC Lance Harter (22nd) 4
5 Texas A&M 75.61 Big 12 Pat Henry (8th) 5
6 Florida 69.45 SEC Mike Holloway (5th) 7
7 Kansas 68.71 Big 12 Stanley Redwine (12th) 6
8 Tennessee 63.80 SEC J.J. Clark (11th) 8
9 Southern Illinois 62.71 Missouri Valley Connie Price-Smith (11th) 10
10 Ohio State 59.98 Big Ten Karen Dennis (6th) 18
11 Texas 59.64 Big 12 Bev Kearney (20th) 12
12 Texas Tech 59.62 Big 12 Wes Kittley (13th) 9
13 Iowa State 59.53 Big 12 Corey Ihmels (5th) 13
14 BYU 56.69 West Coast Patrick Shane (2nd) 14
15 UCF 54.79 Conference USA Caryl Smith Gilbert (5th) 11
16 Arizona 54.32 Pac-12 Fred Harvey (10th) 15
17 Wisconsin 53.27 Big Ten Jim Stintzi (8th) 16
18 Stanford 49.18 Pac-12 Edrick Floreal (7th) 17
19 California 46.94 Pac-12 Tony Sandoval (20th) 19
20 Georgetown 46.19 Big East Patrick Henner (5th) 20
21 Florida State 43.47 ACC Bob Braman (9th) 21
22 South Carolina 41.58 SEC Curtis Frye (16th) 24
23 Washington 38.70 Pac-12 Greg Metcalf (10th) 22
24 Michigan State 37.24 Big Ten Walt Drenth (6th) 23
25 UC Santa Barbara 35.83 Big West Pete Dolan (25th) 25
Dropped out: none

 

Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 SEC 535.68 5
2 Pac-12 412.83 5
3 Big 12 412.22 5
4 ACC 261.68 2
5 Big Ten 255.45 3
6 Big East 190.34 1
7 Missouri Valley 136.75 1
8 Conference USA 99.01 1
9 Mountain West 72.19  
10 West Coast 59.18 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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