La Verne men No. 3 and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women No. 4 in NCAA DIII Rankings

by Keith Conning

La Verne men moved up four places from No. 7 to No. 3. Redlands men moved up three places from No. 12 to No. 9. Cal Lutheran men stayed at No. 17. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men moved down three spots from No. 20 to No. 23.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women moved down one place from No. 3 to No. 4. Occidental women moved up 22 places from No. 46 to No. 24.

Indoor Champs UW Oshkosh Takes Over Women’s Top Spot in D-III

McMurry Men Still No. 1 for fifth time



May 4, 2011



NEW ORLEANS – The fifth week of national team computer rankings of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the 2011 NCAA Division III outdoor track & field season were released on Wednesday. The women of UW Oshkosh took the reins as the nation’s top-ranked team for the first time this outdoor season. UW Oshkosh finished second in last year’s NCAA Outdoor Championships and are the reigning NCAA indoor team champions. McMurry remains No. 1 in the men’s national team rankings for the fifth-straight week.



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings

2011 Week #5 - May 4

next ranking: May 11


Rank
School
Points
Last Week

1
McMurry
221.17
1

2
North Central (Ill.)
152.89
2

3
La Verne
107.93
7

4
UW La Crosse
105.29
6

5
UW Oshkosh
102.81
11

6
Central (Iowa)
100.09
5

7
UW Whitewater
85.34
9

8
Calvin
82.29
36

9
Redlands
80.31
12

10
Whitworth
80.29
10

11
Nebraska Wesleyan
79.88
8

12
Washington (Mo.)
77.15
4

13
UW Stout
74.62
16

14
Baldwin-Wallace
70.40
15

15
Haverford
70.12
3

16
Moravian
67.69
18

17
Cal Lutheran
65.34
17

18
Augustana (Ill.)
64.88
14

19
SUNY Fredonia
62.86
35

20
Monmouth (Ill.)
60.06
13

21
Buffalo State
52.55
19

22
Bates
50.35
22

23
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
48.97
20

24
Wabash
48.65
26

25
SUNY Cortland
46.41
58

dropped out: No. 21 Middlebury, No. 23 Williams, No. 24 Rose-Hulman, No. 25 NYU


Men's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
WIAC
471.52
4

2
SCIAC
344.06
4

3
CCIW
252.10
2

4
ASC
238.68
1

5
OAC
213.77
1

6
SUNYAC
195.38
3

7
NESCAC
175.20
1

8
UAA
163.46
1

9
IIAC
145.77
1

10
Northwest Conference
127.77
1



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings

2011 Week #5 - May 4

next ranking: May 11


Rank
School
Points
Last Week

1
UW Oshkosh
222.85
2

2
Wartburg
206.46
1

3
Methodist
117.57
4

4
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
114.54
3

5
Ithaca
108.64
12

6
Williams
105.79
5

7
Texas Lutheran
93.62
10

8
Calvin
91.19
15

9
MIT
76.62
8

10
Nebraska Wesleyan
73.45
6

11
Middlebury
73.42
14

12
UW Whitewater
69.66
27

13
Central (Iowa)
63.48
7

14
George Fox
61.11
9

15
Illinois College
55.72
16

16
Illinois Wesleyan
54.43
13

17
Whitworth
52.73
11

18
Gustavus Adolphus
51.02
36

19
North Central (Ill.)
48.26
17

20
Carleton
48.25
42

21
Monmouth (Ill.)
40.80
25

22
Coe
40.18
67

23
Linfield
39.86
24

24
Occidental
39.51
46

25
Wellesley
39.15
32

dropped out: No. 18 UW Eau Claire, No. 19 Buffalo State, No. 20 Rhodes, No. 21 Centre, No. 22 UW La Crosse, No. 23 Moravian


Women's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
WIAC
425.44
2

2
IIAC
372.48
3

3
NESCAC
255.66
2

4
SCIAC
224.74
2

5
Northwest Conference
191.87
3

6
NEWMAC
176.36
2

7
CCIW
156.75
2

8
MIAC
144.40
2

9
SCAC
132.25

10
USA South
131.14
1








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