NCAA Division I Rankings

On the web ...

http://www.ustfccca.org/2012/05/featured/di-rankings-ncaa-prelims-this-weekend-texas-am-lsu-enter-as-no-1



Full reports including event-by-event and team-by-team ranking breakdown ...

http://www.ustfccca.org/rankings/division-i-rankings



National Championship Central ...

http://www.ustfccca.org/weekly-results/national-championships-central-outdoor-track-field



Attached are team and conference entry leaders into the NCAA Championships



Start Lists for the Preliminary Rounds are slated to be released by 2pm ET Tuesday ...

http://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor12/









DI Rankings: NCAA Prelims This Weekend — Texas A&M, LSU Enter as No. 1



May 21, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championship will begin this weekend with preliminary rounds being held in Austin, Texas (west site) and Jacksonville, Fla. (east site), Thursday through Saturday. Based on entries for the championships, the latest USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings have been released and Texas A&M's men and LSU's women remain the No. 1 teams in the country. No. 8-ranked Arkansas has the most entries among men's teams into the championships with 38, followed by No. 1 Texas A&M, No. 4 LSU, and No. 5 Texas with 31. On the women's side, No. 5 Oregon leads with 32 entries into the postseason with No. 3 Clemson following with 28.



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NCAA Division I

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

2012 Week #8 -- May 21

next ranking: May 29 (Pre-NCAA Finals)


Rank
School
Points
Conference
Head Coach (Yr)
Last Week

1
Texas A&M
314.46
Big 12
Pat Henry (8th)
1

2
Florida
260.43
SEC
Mike Holloway (10th)
2

3
Indiana
214.50
Big Ten
Ron Helmer (5th)
3

4
LSU
206.06
SEC
Dennis Shaver (8th)
6

5
Texas
205.18
Big 12
Bubba Thornton (17th)
7

6
Arizona
204.01
Pac-12
Fred Harvey (10th)
15

7
Florida State
202.64
ACC
Bob Braman (9th)
8

8
Arkansas
191.33
SEC
Chris Bucknam (4th)
4

9
Texas Tech
171.14
Big 12
Wes Kittley (13th)
5

10
Nebraska
164.99
Big Ten
Gary Pepin (29th)
10

11
Mississippi
164.89
SEC
Joe Walker (28th)
12

12
Auburn
162.98
SEC
Ralph Spry (15th)
13

13
Southern California
161.12
Pac-12
Ron Allice (18th)
11

14
Arizona State
156.65
Pac-12
Greg Kraft (16th)
14

15
Wisconsin
151.10
Big Ten
Ed Nuttycombe (28th)
9

16
Virginia Tech
136.08
ACC
Dave Cianelli (11th)
17

17
Mississippi State
135.91
SEC
Steve Dudley (2nd)
16

18
Stanford
134.48
Pac-12
Edrick Floreal (7th)
22

19
Penn State
131.91
Big Ten
Beth Alford-Sullivan (6th)
18

20
Kansas
122.91
Big 12
Stanley Redwine (12th)
19

21
Oregon
115.98
Pac-12
Vin Lananna (7th)
20

22
Oklahoma
112.35
Big 12
Martin Smith (7th)
23

23
Iowa
98.19
Big Ten
Larry Wieczorek (16th)
26

24
Baylor
94.31
Big 12
Todd Harbour (7th)
24

25
Ohio State
93.27
Big Ten
Ed Beathea (1st)
25

Dropped out: No. 21 Minnesota


Men's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
SEC
1318.11
6

2
Big 12
1202.46
6

3
Big Ten
1085.28
6

4
Pac-12
951.06
5

5
ACC
631.35
2

6
Big East
174.97

7
Ivy
153.92

8
Southland
141.65

9
Mountain West
133.64

10
Missouri Valley
113.54



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NCAA Division I

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

2012 Week #8 -- May 21

next ranking: May 29 (Pre-NCAA Finals)


Rank
School
Points
Conference
Head Coach (Yr)
Last Week

1
LSU
322.94
SEC
Dennis Shaver (8th)
1

2
Kansas
279.26
Big 12
Stanley Redwine (12th)
2

3
Clemson
246.21
ACC
Lawrence Johnson (4th)
5

4
Texas
244.53
Big 12
Bev Kearney (20th)
6

5
Oregon
234.62
Pac-12
Vin Lananna (7th)
3

6
Texas A&M
224.97
Big 12
Pat Henry (8th)
7

7
Florida
213.49
SEC
Mike Holloway (5th)
4

8
Arizona
186.98
Pac-12
Fred Harvey (10th)
8

9
Tennessee
151.14
SEC
J.J. Clark (11th)
12

10
Stanford
150.82
Pac-12
Edrick Floreal (7th)
11

11
Texas Tech
147.95
Big 12
Wes Kittley (13th)
9

12
Arizona State
147.33
Pac-12
Greg Kraft (16th)
10

13
Arkansas
142.17
SEC
Lance Harter (22nd)
13

14
UCF
135.31
Conference USA
Caryl Smith Gilbert (5th)
14

15
Louisville
130.51
Big East
Ron Mann (8th)
15

16
Oklahoma
129.81
Big 12
Martin Smith (7th)
16

17
Illinois State
122.21
Missouri Valley
Elvis Forde (9th)
17

18
Southern Illinois
113.27
Missouri Valley
Connie Price-Smith (11th)
19

19
Illinois
103.64
Big Ten
Tonja Buford-Bailey (4th)
18

20
Georgia
103.55
SEC
Wayne Norton (13th)
21

21
Baylor
103.42
Big 12
Todd Harbour (7th)
20

22
Ohio State
99.00
Big Ten
Karen Dennis (6th)
22

23
Southern California
95.83
Pac-12
Ron Allice (18th)
23

24
Florida State
95.22
ACC
Bob Braman (9th)
25

25
Iowa State
94.30
Big 12
Corey Ihmels (5th)
24

Dropped out: none


Women's Conference Index Top 10

Rank
Conference
Points
Top 25 Teams

1
Big 12
1378.34
7

2
Pac-12
1112.08
5

3
SEC
1066.65
5

4
ACC
571.56
2

5
Big Ten
533.39
2

6
Big East
493.07
1

7
Missouri Valley
331.82
2

8
Conference USA
317.06
1

9
Mountain West
230.87

10
Big Sky
94.95








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