Florida, LSU Men Shoulder-to-Shoulder After Season’s First Turn

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Florida, LSU Men Shoulder-to-Shoulder After Season’s First Turn; Oregon Women Still Solid No. 1

Gators move back to No. 1, but by slimmest of margins



January 25, 2011



NEW ORLEANS – We’re nearing the quarter-pole, so to speak, of the collegiate indoor track & field season. Still lots of race left, but those who are truly national championship contenders have moved to the front. After spending a week at No. 2, Florida reclaimed their spot as the nation’s No. 1 men’s team, by the slimmest of margins, over now-No. 2 LSU. Essentially it’s a statistical tie atop the latest Division I National Computer Rankings released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Tuesday. Oregon’s women remain No. 1 after spreading their advantage further after last weekend.



Performances by Florida’s Will Claye in the triple jump and Gray Horn in the heptathlon at last weekend’s Texas A&M Conference Showdown added considerable ranking points to the Gators’ score. Claye’s jump of 55-3¾ (16.86m) is the current best of the collegiate season and only teammate and national defending champion Christian Taylor is scored higher in the rankings that take into account marks from 2010.



Oregon’s women gain many improvements to their national-leading ranking score last week at the UW Invitational in Seattle. Brianne Theisen notched a collegiate record in the pentathlon (4,507) for first-place points while also leaping over 6-0 (1.83m) in the high jump to be scored seventh nationally in that event. Distance marks were improved by Zoe Buckman (mile) and Jordan Hasay and Alex Kosinksi (3000m).





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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.

USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Men's Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings

2011 Week #2 - February 1

next ranking: February 8 (Week 3)


Rank
School
Points
Last Week

1
Florida
141.96
2

2
LSU
141.29
1

3
Texas A&M
113.59
3

4
Texas Tech
107.35
4

5
Oregon
100.78
5

6
Indiana
97.41
7

7
Virginia Tech
82.10
6

8
Stanford
79.52
8

9
Penn State
77.58
10

10
Florida State
75.83
9

11
Arkansas
71.59
12

12
Auburn
67.04
13

13
Oklahoma
61.81
23

14
Nebraska
61.75
11

15
Texas
61.65
18

16
Ohio State
58.87
21

17
Arizona
55.10
30

18
BYU
49.10
17

19
Georgia
47.67
14

20
California
47.50
16

21
Washington
46.41
24

22
Kansas State
44.22
20

23
Minnesota
43.54
15

24
Oklahoma State
43.47
19

25
North Carolina
39.99
22

Dropped out: No. 25 Baylor


Men's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
SEC
611.90
5

2
Big 12
581.70
7

3
Pac-10
414.88
5

4
Big Ten
379.71
4

5
ACC
284.17
3

6
Mountain West
96.21
1

7
BIG EAST
69.78

8
Big South
36.56

9
Mid-American
35.26

10
Missouri Valley
24.74



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Women's Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings

2011 Week #2 - February 1

next ranking: February 8 (Week 3)


Rank
School
Points
Last Week

1
Oregon
198.00
1

2
Texas A&M
146.07
2

3
LSU
130.59
3

4
Clemson
118.51
4

5
Tennessee
105.29
5

6
Arkansas
94.39
6

7
BYU
73.52
10

8
Texas
73.20
18

9
West Virginia
71.06
7

10
Southern Illinois
70.39
8

11
Florida State
68.79
14

12
Auburn
68.07
9

13
Villanova
60.53
11

14
UCF
58.22
15

15
Arizona
56.77
19

16
Oklahoma
52.78
12

17
Texas Tech
52.67
13

18
Nebraska
48.18
17

19
Penn State
47.68
20

20
Indiana
46.41
16

21
South Carolina
41.08
22

22
Georgetown
40.99
23

23
Louisville
40.56
21

24
Stony Brook
40.12
29

25
Ohio State
39.97
24

Dropped out: No. 25 Baylor


Women's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
SEC
537.67
5

2
Big 12
482.46
5

3
Pac-10
397.38
2

4
ACC
290.42
2

5
BIG EAST
258.11
4

6
Big Ten
200.24
3

7
Mountain West
152.99
1

8
Conference USA
135.16
1

9
Missouri Valley
107.79
1

10
America East
53.95
1






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