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NCAA DI Rankings: Texas A&M, Clemson Now Lead The Way
April 24, 2012
NEW ORLEANS – It was a big week for moving among the top 25 of the USTFCCCA’s National Team Computer Rankings for NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field. For the first week of the outdoor season, only marks from the current season account for a team’s rankings (sans combined events). As a result, there are two new number-one teams to report – Texas A&M’s men and Clemson’s women. Florida’s men, the previous No. 1 slipped to No. 2 while national indoor champion Oregon women moved down four spots to No. 5. Oregon had been the No. 1 women’s team since the preseason.
Texas A&M is the three-time defending national outdoor champions and jumped three spots from No. 4 to take the top helm for the first time since May 31, 2011. Clemson, fresh off their third-straight ACC title, moved up two places to the top spot, and is No. 1 for the first time since the ranking system began in 2008.
On the men’s side, the new top five includes No. 1 Texas A&M, No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Arizona State, No. 4 LSU, and No. 5 Florida State. Arizona State moved up five spots from No. 8. No. 6 Southern California, No. 7 Indiana, and No. 8 Mississippi State all reached season-high rankings this week. Inside the top 25 the biggest mover up was No. 12 Oklahoma who moved up nine spots from last week. No. 23 Virginia is making their first appearance in the top 25 this season.
In the women’s rankings, No. 2 LSU has been the only team in the country to maintain the same ranking throughout the ranking season (five updates: preseason plus four weeks). Texas’ women made a five-spot leap to No. 3 which beats their previous season-best of No. 8. Florida also made a three-spot jump to land at No. 4. Among the top ten, season-best rankings were also handed to No. 7 Kansas, No. 8 Arizona, and No. 10 Arizona State. Illinois State, who made their first appearance in the national top 25 last week, propelled to No. 12 in this week’s update. No. 16 Louisville and No. 22 Ohio State are making their first showing in the top 25 this season.
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2012 Week #4 -- April 24
next ranking: May 1
Rank
School
Points
Conference
Head Coach (Yr)
Last Week
1
Texas A&M
274.93
Big 12
Pat Henry (8th)
4
2
Florida
260.51
SEC
Mike Holloway (10th)
1
3
Arizona State
218.51
Pac-12
Greg Kraft (16th)
8
4
LSU
200.88
SEC
Dennis Shaver (8th)
5
5
Florida State
192.06
ACC
Bob Braman (9th)
2
6
Southern California
188.20
Pac-12
Ron Allice (18th)
11
7
Indiana
183.11
Big Ten
Ron Helmer (5th)
9
8
Mississippi State
182.36
SEC
Steve Dudley (2nd)
10
9
Texas Tech
176.59
Big 12
Wes Kittley (13th)
3
10
Texas
174.83
Big 12
Bubba Thornton (17th)
7
11
Mississippi
170.93
SEC
Joe Walker (28th)
12
12
Oklahoma
165.26
Big 12
Martin Smith (7th)
21
13
Arizona
157.26
Pac-12
Fred Harvey (10th)
14
14
Arkansas
155.26
SEC
Chris Bucknam (4th)
6
15
Auburn
152.44
SEC
Ralph Spry (15th)
19
16
Nebraska
145.22
Big Ten
Gary Pepin (29th)
15
17
Virginia Tech
137.69
ACC
Dave Cianelli (11th)
22
18
Stanford
124.90
Pac-12
Edrick Floreal (7th)
17
19
Georgia
121.56
SEC
Wayne Norton (13th)
16
20
Iowa
120.98
Big Ten
Larry Wieczorek (16th)
18
21
Wisconsin
105.40
Big Ten
Ed Nuttycombe (28th)
25
22
Oregon
98.11
Pac-12
Vin Lananna (7th)
13
23
Virginia
93.31
ACC
Bryan Fetzer (1st)
71
24
Princeton
92.32
Ivy
Fred Samara (35th)
23
25
Kansas
90.01
Big 12
Stanley Redwine (12th)
26
Dropped out: No. 20 Baylor, No. 24 Oklahoma State
Men's Conference Index Top 10
Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams
1
SEC
1320.30
7
2
Big 12
1127.59
5
3
Pac-12
969.71
5
4
Big Ten
859.62
4
5
ACC
694.16
3
6
Mountain West
178.21
7
Big East
172.59
8
Ivy
155.94
1
9
Sun Belt
147.34
10
Big West
119.86
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Women's Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2012 Week #4 -- April 24
next ranking: May 1
Rank
School
Points
Conference
Head Coach (Yr)
Last Week
1
Clemson
311.66
ACC
Lawrence Johnson (4th)
3
2
LSU
269.85
SEC
Dennis Shaver (8th)
2
3
Texas
262.96
Big 12
Bev Kearney (20th)
8
4
Florida
223.37
SEC
Mike Holloway (5th)
7
5
Oregon
221.52
Pac-12
Vin Lananna (7th)
1
6
Texas A&M
205.14
Big 12
Pat Henry (8th)
5
7
Kansas
204.18
Big 12
Stanley Redwine (12th)
11
8
Arizona
181.31
Pac-12
Fred Harvey (10th)
13
9
Arkansas
176.52
SEC
Lance Harter (22nd)
6
10
Arizona State
165.34
Pac-12
Greg Kraft (16th)
16
11
Texas Tech
158.70
Big 12
Wes Kittley (13th)
10
12
Illinois State
127.78
Missouri Valley
Elvis Forde (9th)
25
13
Florida State
127.00
ACC
Bob Braman (9th)
22
14
Tennessee
120.56
SEC
J.J. Clark (11th)
18
15
Oklahoma
119.89
Big 12
Martin Smith (7th)
9
16
Louisville
118.37
Big East
Ron Mann (8th)
27
17
Georgia
118.31
SEC
Wayne Norton (13th)
14
18
UCF
113.93
Conference USA
Caryl Smith Gilbert (5th)
12
19
Baylor
106.89
Big 12
Todd Harbour (7th)
15
20
Stanford
103.25
Pac-12
Edrick Floreal (7th)
20
21
Southern Illinois
97.23
Missouri Valley
Connie Price-Smith (11th)
23
22
Ohio State
97.03
Big Ten
Karen Dennis (6th)
31
23
Kansas State
96.11
Big 12
Cliff Rovelto (20th)
17
24
Southern California
91.26
Pac-12
Ron Allice (18th)
4
25
Iowa State
89.53
Big 12
Corey Ihmels (5th)
26
Dropped out: No. 19 Auburn, No. 21 Nebraska, No. 24 BYU
Women's Conference Index Top 10
Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams
1
Big 12
1306.58
8
2
SEC
1119.94
5
3
Pac-12
935.82
5
4
ACC
734.33
2
5
Big East
501.94
1
6
Big Ten
411.10
1
7
Conference USA
317.67
1
8
Missouri Valley
275.94
2
9
Mountain West
243.66
10
Ivy
98.39
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