Florida, Oregon Ranked No. 1 and Going For Three-Peats

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Florida, Oregon Ranked No. 1 and Going For Three-Peats

Gator men and Duck women are top ranked teams heading to NCAA meet



March 6, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – On Friday, the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships will begin in Nampa, Idaho. And, the same as every year, plenty of storylines – team and individual battles – expect to consume the two-day championships. The last USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings prior to the NCAA meet has both two-time defending champions – Florida’s men and Oregon’s women – as the No. 1 teams.



ESPN3 will stream the meet live on March 9 from 7:30-11:45 p.m. ET and March 10 from 8-11:15 p.m. ET. A tape delay of the championship will air Sunday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU. NCAA.com and broncosports.com will stream what ESPN3 is not covering on Friday (Noon-7:30 p.m. ET) and Saturday (12:30-8 pm ET).



National Top 5 Teams – NCAA Indoor History

MEN

#1 Florida – Two-time defending champs (2 total).

#2 Arkansas – Last title: 2006 (19 total – NCAA record). Last year finish: tied-22nd.

#3 Texas A&M – Last title: none (three-time defending outdoor champs). Last year finish: 2nd (best finish indoors).

#4 LSU – Last title: 2004 (2 total). Last year finish: 4th.

#5 Arizona – Last title: none (best finish: 10th, 2005 and 2006). Last year finish: tied-13th.



WOMEN

#1 Oregon – Two-time defending champs (2 total).

#2 Arkansas – Last title: none (best finish: 3rd, 2000). Last year finish: 4th.

#3 LSU – Last title: 2004 (11 total – NCAA record). Last year finish: 3rd.

#4 Clemson – Last title: none (best finish: 3rd, 2001). Last year finish: 11th.

#5 Texas A&M – Last title: none (three-time defending outdoor champs). Best finish: 2nd, 2009. Last year: 5th.





Defending National Champions Entered (seed)

MEN

60: Jeff Demps, Florida* (1)

Mile: Miles Batty, BYU (1)

3000: Elliott Heath, Stanford (8)

5000: Leonard Korir, Iona (3)

60H: Andrew Riley, Illinois (2)

4x400: Texas A&M* (6)

DMR: BYU (1)



WOMEN

200: Kimberlyn Duncan, LSU (2)

Mile: Jordan Hasay, Oregon (8)

3000: Jordan Hasay, Oregon (6)

60H: Brianna Rollins, Clemson (2)

4x400: Texas A&M (2)

HJ: Brigetta Barrett, Arizona (1)

PV: Tina Sutej, Arkansas (1)

LJ: Tori Bowie, Southern Miss (6)

SP: Julie Labonte, Arizona (2)

WT: Felisha Johnson, Indiana State (2)

PENT: Brianne Theisen*, Oregon (1)



* Two-time defending champions



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Men's Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)

2012 Week #7 -- March 6

next ranking: none, NCAA Championships


Rank
School
Points
Conference
Head Coach (Yr)
Last Week

1
Florida
183.52
SEC
Mike Holloway (10th)
1

2
Arkansas
139.68
SEC
Chris Bucknam (4th)
2

3
Texas A&M
103.43
Big 12
Pat Henry (8th)
3

4
LSU
102.62
SEC
Dennis Shaver (8th)
4

5
Arizona
99.00
Pac-12
Fred Harvey (10th)
5

6
Mississippi State
94.86
SEC
Steve Dudley (2nd)
12

7
Texas
89.34
Big 12
Bubba Thornton (17th)
6

8
Minnesota
82.62
Big Ten
Steve Plasencia (4th)
9

9
BYU
81.11
West Coast
Mark Robison (12th)
8

10
Arizona State
78.43
Pac-12
Greg Kraft (16th)
7

11
Virginia Tech
73.98
ACC
Dave Cianelli (11th)
11

12
Florida State
71.46
ACC
Bob Braman (9th)
16

13
Stanford
67.71
Pac-12
Edrick Floreal (7th)
10

14
Indiana
60.95
Big Ten
Ron Helmer (5th)
13

15
Ohio State
55.57
Big Ten
Robert Gary (6th)
17

16
Kansas State
52.78
Big 12
Cliff Rovelto (20th)
15

17
Georgia
47.25
SEC
Wayne Norton (13th)
14

18
Auburn
43.13
SEC
Ralph Spry (15th)
19

19
Nebraska
34.71
Big Ten
Gary Pepin (29th)
18

20
Mississippi
33.93
SEC
Joe Walker (28th)
21

21
NC State
33.10
ACC
Rollie Geiger (28th)
22

22
Wisconsin
32.09
Big Ten
Ed Nuttycombe (28th)
31

23
Illinois
30.08
Big Ten
Mike Turk (3rd)
27

24
Penn State
29.89
Big Ten
Beth Alford-Sullivan (6th)
32

25
Oregon
29.83
Pac-12
Vin Lananna (7th)
20

Dropped out: No. 23 Princeton, No. 24 Oklahoma, No. 25 Northern Arizona


Men's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
SEC
665.08
7

2
Big Ten
376.15
7

3
Big 12
336.85
3

4
Pac-12
330.56
4

5
ACC
246.62
3

6
Big East
139.34

7
West Coast
81.11
1

8
Mountain West
59.99

9
Summit League
51.09

10
MEAC
38.67



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Women's Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)

2012 Week #7 -- March 6

next ranking: none, NCAA Championships


Rank
School
Points
Conference
Head Coach (Yr)
Last Week

1
Oregon
160.70
Pac-12
Vin Lananna (7th)
1

2
Arkansas
153.75
SEC
Lance Harter (22nd)
2

3
LSU
135.34
SEC
Dennis Shaver (8th)
4

4
Clemson
129.85
ACC
Lawrence Johnson (4th)
3

5
Texas A&M
107.59
Big 12
Pat Henry (8th)
5

6
Kansas
96.96
Big 12
Stanley Redwine (12th)
6

7
Florida
88.05
SEC
Mike Holloway (5th)
7

8
California
74.34
Pac-12
Tony Sandoval (20th)
8

9
Texas
59.84
Big 12
Bev Kearney (20th)
18

10
Washington
58.64
Pac-12
Greg Metcalf (10th)
10

11
Southern Illinois
56.13
Missouri Valley
Connie Price-Smith (11th)
12

12
Arizona
54.06
Pac-12
Fred Harvey (10th)
13

13
BYU
53.64
West Coast
Patrick Shane (2nd)
9

14
Iowa State
52.25
Big 12
Corey Ihmels (5th)
15

15
UCF
51.36
Conference USA
Caryl Smith Gilbert (5th)
14

16
Stanford
49.26
Pac-12
Edrick Floreal (7th)
11

17
TCU
47.02
Mountain West
Darryl Anderson (8th)
19

18
Tennessee
46.02
SEC
J.J. Clark (11th)
16

19
Ohio State
42.25
Big Ten
Karen Dennis (6th)
17

20
Auburn
40.16
SEC
Ralph Spry (15th)
25

21
Georgetown
38.79
Big East
Patrick Henner (5th)
21

22
Georgia
38.16
SEC
Wayne Norton (13th)
22

23
Baylor
37.16
Big 12
Todd Harbour (7th)
34

24
Wisconsin
36.15
Big Ten
Jim Stintzi (8th)
24

25
Connecticut
35.60
Big East
Bill Morgan (9th)
35

Dropped out: No. 20 Florida State, No. 23 Texas Tech


Women's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
SEC
582.28
6

2
Big 12
455.41
5

3
Pac-12
425.65
5

4
ACC
241.71
1

5
Big Ten
186.61
2

6
Big East
155.53
2

7
Missouri Valley
133.69
1

8
Mountain West
109.97
1

9
Conference USA
103.28
1

10
West Coast
55.59
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