Team Rankings Shuffle A Bit After Weekend in D-I

by Keith Conning

Southern California men move up one to No. 7. Stanford men moved up 12 spots from No. 23 to No. 11.

Southern California women stayed at No. 5. Stanford women moved up 1 from No. 25 to No. 24.

May 3, 2011



NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week five national computer rankings for NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field on Tuesday. After much grumbling in the top 25 a week ago, the top five remained mostly unchanged this week as Texas A&M’s men and LSU’s women retain their leads. However, in-state rivals Florida and Florida State flipped places as they are now, Nos. 3 and 4, respectively in the men’s rankings.



Nebraska’s men reached their season-high with a No. 8 ranking while Oklahoma jumped seven spots to No. 14, their best of the 2011 outdoor campaign. No. 25 New Mexico moved into the top 25 for the first time this outdoor season. After hosting their home Payton Jordan Invitational, Stanford moved up 12 spots to No. 23, inching closer back to their highmark of the season of No. 7 claimed in the preseason rankings.



On the women’s side, Arkansas moved back into the top ten at No. 8. Kansas State rocketed up nine spots to No. 16 after appearing in the top 25 for the first time this season last week.



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings

2011 Week #5 - May 3

next ranking: May 10


Rank
School
Points
Last Week

1
Texas A&M
358.58
1

2
LSU
306.94
2

3
Florida
280.13
4

4
Florida State
265.64
3

5
Texas Tech
251.80
5

6
Texas
183.60
6

7
Southern California
176.44
8

8
Nebraska
175.56
12

9
Virginia Tech
165.75
7

10
Arizona
156.66
9

11
Stanford
144.93
23

12
Georgia
144.04
11

13
Baylor
142.74
10

14
Oklahoma
132.39
21

15
Arkansas
123.50
15

16
Mississippi
120.39
14

17
BYU
115.68
13

18
Kansas
111.45
16

19
Penn State
98.11
17

20
Oregon
96.61
20

21
Mississippi State
93.76
18

22
Auburn
82.22
19

23
UCLA
75.46
33

24
TCU
72.74
24

25
New Mexico
70.11
26

dropped out: No. 22 Wisconsin, No. 25 Arizona State


Men's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
Big 12
1570.50
7

2
SEC
1293.21
7

3
Pac-10
891.18
5

4
ACC
672.75
2

5
Big Ten
424.36
1

6
Mountain West
326.34
3

7
Southland
175.09

8
Conference USA
124.56

9
Big Sky
117.33

10
Big West
103.89



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings

2011 Week #5 - May 3

next ranking: May 10


Rank
School
Points
Last Week

1
LSU
327.03
1

2
Texas A&M
296.89
2

3
Oregon
255.55
3

4
Clemson
242.90
4

5
Southern California
216.51
5

6
Oklahoma
210.95
6

7
Arizona
174.86
7

8
Arkansas
173.83
11

9
Texas
171.57
8

10
Baylor
170.06
12

11
Texas Tech
147.22
9

12
Arizona State
146.51
10

13
Auburn
139.73
13

14
Nebraska
127.99
18

15
Colorado
115.73
23

16
Kansas State
109.33
25

17
UCF
107.81
17

18
North Carolina
104.10
14

19
Georgia
101.14
19

20
Southern Illinois
99.47
20

21
Tennessee
99.39
16

22
Washington State
97.04
21

23
SMU
96.96
15

24
Stanford
94.13
27

25
Kansas
93.54
31

dropped out: No. 22 BYU, No. 24 TCU


Women's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
Big 12
1540.21
9

2
Pac-10
1163.28
6

3
SEC
1085.42
5

4
ACC
676.53
2

5
Conference USA
452.36
2

6
Big Ten
403.34

7
BIG EAST
316.00

8
Mountain West
282.54

9
Missouri Valley
170.04
1

10
Big West
112.68










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