DIII Outdoor T&F Rankings Update — 2012 Week #3
NEW ORLEANS — The top five men’s teams and the top eight women’s teams remain in the same positions in the latest USTFCCCA Division III Outdoor Track & Field National Team Rankings. A week before the computer rankings drop preseason marks as a factor in compiling team scores, McMurry’s men and Wartburg’s women keep the helm as top teams in the country. The largest movers among the top ten were UW-Stout’s men who moved up to No. 6, and No. 9 Ithaca’s wome who moved to No. 12.
National Ranking PDFs: Top 25 | Full by Team | Event-by-Event | Week-by-Week
Regional Index PDFs: Top Ten | By Team | By Event
Previous Rankings
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 |
| Rank |
Conference |
Points |
Top 25 Teams |
| 1 |
WIAC |
749.19 |
6 |
| 2 |
ASC |
279.27 |
1 |
| 3 |
CCIW |
259.99 |
2 |
| 4 |
NESCAC |
199.63 |
1 |
| 5 |
SCIAC |
193.71 |
2 |
| 6 |
OAC |
176.38 |
1 |
| 7 |
SUNYAC |
172.81 |
2 |
| 8 |
NCAC |
131.00 |
1 |
| 9 |
NJAC |
119.74 |
1 |
| 10 |
IIAC |
118.93 |
1 |
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 |
| Rank |
Conference |
Points |
Top 25 Teams |
| 1 |
WIAC |
495.59 |
3 |
| 2 |
IIAC |
462.47 |
2 |
| 3 |
NEWMAC |
239.07 |
1 |
| 4 |
NESCAC |
237.42 |
3 |
| 5 |
CCIW |
179.61 |
1 |
| 6 |
Northwest Conference |
170.66 |
3 |
| 7 |
UAA |
170.30 |
2 |
| 8 |
NJAC |
155.89 |
1 |
| 9 |
SUNYAC |
140.40 |
2 |
| 10 |
OAC |
128.64 |
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.
