DIII Outdoor TF Preseason Team Rankings Announced - USTFCCCA

Published by Coach Matt - Mar 28 2012, 05:30 PM

DIII Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Team Rankings Announced

Courtesy: Tom Lewis, USTFCCCA

March 28, 2012 

NEW ORLEANS — The USTFCCCA released Preseason National Team Computer Rankings for the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field season on Wednesday. The men’s list is headed by UW-La Crosse (185.30) who is ever-so slightly ahead of in-state and in-conference rival UW-Oshkosh (185.12). On the women’s side, Wartburg leads by a wide margin to start the season, coming off an indoor national title where they set an NCAA meet-record with 99 points.

National Ranking PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Event-by-Event | Week-by-Week
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USTFCCCA NCAA Division III

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)

2012 Preseason — March 28
next ranking: April 4

Rank School Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) 2011 FINAL
1 UW-La Crosse 185.30 WIAC Josh Buchholtz (4th) 2
2 UW-Oshkosh 185.12 WIAC Paul Brown (2nd) 10
3 McMurry 165.63 ASC Barbara Crousen (14th) 3
4 North Central (Ill.) 130.95 CCIW Frank Gramarosso (2nd) 1
5 UW-Whitewater 101.98 WIAC Mike Johnson (3rd) 19
6 Calvin 92.01 MIAA Bret Otte (3rd) 14
7 Augustana (Ill.) 90.25 CCIW Paul Olsen (43rd) 57
8 La Verne 89.01 SCIAC Pat Widolff (20th) 5
9 Central (Iowa) 87.11 IIAC Joe Dunham (4th) 7
10 Whitworth 74.88 Northwest Toby Schwarz (17th) 21
11 UW-Stout 72.26 WIAC Laura Knudsen (4th) 24
12 Nebraska Wesleyan 70.67 Great Plains Ted Bulling (27th) 14
13 Wabash 65.97 NCAC Clyde Morgan (4th) 20
14 UW-Eau Claire 60.63 WIAC Chip Schneider (10th) 14
15 Haverford 58.52 Centennial Tom Donnelly (37th) 33
16 Occidental 57.84 SCIAC Robert Bartlett (7th) 40
17 Williams 49.62 NESCAC Fletcher Brooks (4th) 75
18 Heidelberg 49.07 OAC Briana Hess (2nd) 35
19 Rowan 48.83 NJAC Bill Fritz (18th) 12
20 Monmouth (Ill.) 48.57 Midwest Roger Haynes (12th) 12
21 UW-Platteville 47.93 WIAC Jim Nickasch (11th) 40
22 SUNY Cortland 46.09 SUNYAC Steve Patrick (5th) 35
23 Guilford 42.53 ODAC Danny Cash (2nd) 24
24 Baldwin-Wallace 38.16 OAC Bill Taraschke (27th) 21
25 Carthage 37.59 CCIW Brett Witt (7th) 57
 

 

Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 WIAC 692.45 6
2 CCIW 279.07 3
3 SCIAC 250.79 2
4 ASC 210.09 1
5 NESCAC 195.40 1
6 OAC 189.31 2
7 SUNYAC 158.01 1
8 IIAC 132.15 1
9 NCAC 129.22 1
10 UAA 114.52

 

USTFCCCA NCAA Division III

Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)

2012 Preseason — March 28
next ranking: April 4

Rank School Points Conference Head Coach (Yr) 2011 FINAL
1 Wartburg 251.47 IIAC Marcus Newsom (14th) 2
2 UW-Oshkosh 172.66 WIAC Pat Ebel (3rd) 1
3 UW-Eau Claire 143.68 WIAC Chip Schneider (6th) 11
4 MIT 139.86 NEWMAC Halston Taylor (5th) 4
5 Williams 122.91 NESCAC Fletcher Brooks (4th) 5
6 Methodist 98.20 USA South Duane Ross (5th) 3
7 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 75.37 SCIAC John Goldhammer (28th) 60
8 Texas Lutheran 74.65 ASC Patrick Zarate (6th) 36
9 Nebraska Wesleyan 71.27 Great Plains Ted Bulling (25th) 9
10 Ithaca 67.01 Empire 8 Jennifer Potter (9th) 6
11 Central (Iowa) 64.17 IIAC Joe Dunham (4th) 17
12 Illinois College 63.73 Midwest Mike Brooks (11th) 7
13 Illinois Wesleyan 60.29 CCIW Chris Schumacher (15th) 30
14 Middlebury 57.18 NESCAC Martin Beatty (24th) 12
15 SUNY Geneseo 56.90 SUNYAC Dave Prevosti (8th) 28
16 Washington (Mo.) 54.68 UAA Jeff Stiles (11th) 37
17 Mount Union 50.73 OAC Kevin Lucas (2nd) 13
18 Linfield 49.22 Northwest Travis Olson (2nd) 30
19 Tufts 47.06 NESCAC Kristen Morwick (12th) 13
20 George Fox 46.55 Northwest John Smith (6th) 19
21 Willamette 45.63 Northwest Matt McGuirk (8th) 30
22 Buffalo State 42.21 SUNYAC Eugene Lewis (12th) 13
23 UW-La Crosse 38.64 WIAC Pat Healy (21st) 37
24 Calvin 38.36 MIAA Bret Otte (3rd) 18
25 Westfield State 38.09 MASCAC Sean O’Brien (14th) 65
 

 

Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams
1 WIAC 470.80 3
2 IIAC 367.64 2
3 NESCAC 274.87 3
4 NEWMAC 246.63 1
5 Northwest Conference 172.35 3
6 NJAC 168.47
7 SCIAC 157.52 1
8 CCIW 151.79 1
9 UAA 141.38 1
10 OAC 138.82 1

 

 

About the Rankings
For more on the national team rankings and links to guideline and rationale information visit …
http://www.ustfccca.org/rankings/division-iii-rankings

Rankings are determined by a mathematical formula, which is based on current national descending order lists. This is what’s used to compile a team’s ranking. The purpose and methodology of the 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.

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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