Moving Week in D-I Results in New, But Familiar, Number Ones

April 26, 2011



NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week four national computer rankings for NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field on Tuesday. Traditionally, the largest "moving week" of them all is week four as preseason data gets thrown out and teams are scored based only on the season in question. As a result, a big number of changes swept through the top 25 this week.



On the men’s side, Texas A&M moves up a spot to take over No. 1 for the first time this season. The two-time defending champions are followed by No. 2 LSU who moved to their season-high post after being ranked fifth last week. After winning another ACC title, Florida State moved to a season-best notch at No. 3. Florida, who had been ranked No. 1 since the preseason, slipped to No. 4.



In the women’s rankings, LSU and Texas A&M swaped spots, resulting in the first No. 1 ranking for LSU this season. Two-time defending national champions Texas A&M had been ranked in the top spot since the preseason.



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings

2011 Week #4 - April 26

next ranking: May 3


Rank
School
Points
Last Week

1
Texas A&M
367.57
2

2
LSU
322.75
5

3
Florida State
272.66
4

4
Florida
261.69
1

5
Texas Tech
254.67
3

6
Texas
177.19
11

7
Virginia Tech
175.44
14

8
Southern California
172.49
6

9
Arizona
167.24
16

10
Baylor
150.47
21

11
Georgia
146.19
19

12
Nebraska
132.15
10

13
BYU
123.24
9

14
Mississippi
117.50
22

15
Arkansas
115.36
12

16
Kansas
110.76
18

17
Penn State
103.45
28

18
Mississippi State
100.92
7

19
Auburn
98.70
17

20
Oregon
89.71
13

21
Oklahoma
88.47
20

22
Wisconsin
88.37
58

23
Stanford
84.13
8

24
TCU
77.84
37

25
Arizona State
75.61
36

dropped out: No. 15 Minnesota, No. 23 South Carolina, No. 24 UCLA, No. 25 Alabama


Men's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
Big 12
1506.49
7

2
SEC
1309.54
7

3
Pac-10
827.74
5

4
ACC
694.54
2

5
Big Ten
520.89
2

6
Mountain West
316.03
2

7
Southland
180.17

8
Ivy League
143.64

9
Conference USA
136.23

10
BIG EAST
107.54



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings

2011 Week #4 - April 26

next ranking: May 3


Rank
School
Points
Last Week

1
LSU
339.35
2

2
Texas A&M
297.72
1

3
Oregon
280.32
3

4
Clemson
263.46
5

5
Southern California
218.85
4

6
Oklahoma
204.21
6

7
Arizona
187.32
8

8
Texas
181.67
7

9
Texas Tech
160.85
15

10
Arizona State
159.10
10

11
Arkansas
158.20
9

12
Baylor
151.04
14

13
Auburn
149.30
11

14
North Carolina
118.76
31

15
SMU
113.94
18

16
Tennessee
110.80
13

17
UCF
107.02
27

18
Nebraska
106.83
41

19
Georgia
102.14
20

20
Southern Illinois
100.91
22

21
Washington State
100.23
19

22
BYU
94.83
24

23
Colorado
92.51
16

24
TCU
91.63
23

25
Kansas State
88.66
33

droppped out: No. 12 Florida State, No. 17 Stanford, No. 21 Miami (Fla.), No. 25 Kansas


Women's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
Big 12
1433.32
8

2
Pac-10
1186.86
5

3
SEC
1070.99
5

4
ACC
758.86
2

5
Conference USA
433.88
2

6
Big Ten
402.64

7
BIG EAST
363.90

8
Mountain West
305.93
2

9
Missouri Valley
178.00
1

10
Big West
130.00








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