By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA
February 23, 2015
NEW ORLEANS – With most of the NCAA Division I college track & field teams ranked among the national top 25 resting or tuning up for conference championships, the week five edition of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Computer Rankings were likewise quiet.
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With just over two weeks until the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships March 13-14 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, each of the top seven men’s and women’s teams remained constant in the rankings released Monday afternoon, headlined by the No. 1Florida men and the No. 1 Arkansas women.
Lining up behind Florida’s men were defending champion No. 2Oregon, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 Texas A&M, No. 5 Texas, No. 6 LSUand No. 7 Georgia.
Queuing up behind Arkansas’ women were No. 2 Georgia, No. 3Florida, No. 4 Texas, five-time defending national champion No. 5Oregon, No. 6 Kansas State, and No. 7 Texas A&M.
Not until spot No. 8 in either genders’ rankings was there any movement, and both were driven by their distance medley relays.Virginia Tech‘s men moved up two spots behind their No. 5 DMR, while the Baylor women moved up one behind the Bears’ No. 2 DMR.
The Penn State men and Kentucky women both dropped one spot to No. 9, while the Texas Tech men and Georgetown women moved up three and 11 spots, respectively, to round out the top 10.
Georgetown’s women were boosted by three women in the top 12 at 800 meters, including No. 4 Sabrina Southerland.
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Making big moves up the rankings on the women’s side were the No. 24 Notre Dame women, who moved up 21 spots, and the No. 20 Georgetown men improved nine.
This week’s rankings could very well be the proverbial calm before the storm, as all of the top-25 men’s and women’s teams will compete at their respective conference championship meets this weekend.
The SEC alone will have eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams at its championships this weekend in Lexington, Kentucky. Seven of those men’s teams are within the top 13, and five of those eight women’s teams are among the top nine.
The Big 12 meet this weekend in Ames, Iowa, will feature 11 top-25 teams: seven for the men and four for the women.
At the regional level, only the men’s Great Lakes region saw a change at the top, as Akron (No. 16 nationally) jumped two spots ahead of Indiana and Michigan.
USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I | |||||
MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25) | |||||
2015 Week #5 — February 23 | |||||
| next ranking: March 2 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Florida | 182.73 | SEC | Mike Holloway (13th) | 1 |
| 2 | Oregon | 143.48 | MPSF | Robert Johnson (3rd) | 2 |
| 3 | Arkansas | 131.04 | SEC | Chris Bucknam (7th) | 3 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 116.17 | SEC | Pat Henry (11th) | 4 |
| 5 | Texas | 95.05 | Big 12 | Mario Sategna (2nd) | 5 |
| 6 | LSU | 86.11 | SEC | Dennis Shaver (11th) | 6 |
| 7 | Georgia | 83.11 | SEC | Wayne Norton (16th) | 7 |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | 77.03 | ACC | Dave Cianelli (14th) | 10 |
| 9 | Penn State | 76.49 | Big Ten | John Gondak (1st) | 8 |
| 10 | Texas Tech | 75.81 | Big 12 | Wes Kittley (16th) | 13 |
| 11 | Alabama | 62.51 | SEC | Dan Waters (4th) | 11 |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 58.58 | Big 12 | Dave Smith (7th) | 9 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 58.39 | SEC | Beth Alford-Sullivan (1st) | 12 |
| 14 | TCU | 48.50 | Big 12 | Darryl Anderson (11th) | 21 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 48.35 | Big Ten | Mick Byrne (2nd) | 15 |
| 16 | Akron | 47.96 | Mid-American | Dennis Mitchell (20th) | 14 |
| 17 | Kansas State | 44.43 | Big 12 | Cliff Rovelto (23rd) | 16 |
| 18 | Baylor | 42.18 | Big 12 | Todd Harbour (10th) | 17 |
| 19 | Florida State | 39.40 | ACC | Bob Braman (12th) | 22 |
| 20 | Georgetown | 38.51 | Big East | Patrick Henner (8th) | 29 |
| 21 | South Carolina | 38.44 | SEC | Curtis Frye (19th) | 24 |
| 22 | Nebraska | 37.96 | Big Ten | Gary Pepin (32nd) | 18 |
| 23 | Southern California | 37.58 | Independent (DI) | Caryl Smith Gilbert (2nd) | 20 |
| 24 | Iowa State | 37.43 | Big 12 | Martin Smith (2nd) | 19 |
| 25 | Washington | 32.78 | MPSF | Greg Metcalf (13th) | 25 |
| dropped out: No. 23 Illinois | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Great Lakes | Akron | 318.99 | 3 |
| Mid-Atlantic | Penn State | 384.83 | 1 |
| Midwest | Nebraska | 337.63 | 1 |
| Mountain | Texas Tech | 475.53 | 1 |
| Northeast | Cornell | 276.19 | 1 |
| South | Florida | 467.00 | 1 |
| South Central | Texas A&M | 460.98 | 1 |
| Southeast | Virginia Tech | 290.60 | 1 |
| West | Oregon | 606.38 | 1 |
| View All Regional Rankings | |||
USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I | |||||
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25) | |||||
2015 Week #5 — February 23 | |||||
| next ranking: March 2 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Arkansas | 195.13 | SEC | Lance Harter (25th) | 1 |
| 2 | Georgia | 160.53 | SEC | Wayne Norton (16th) | 2 |
| 3 | Florida | 148.95 | SEC | Mike Holloway (8th) | 3 |
| 4 | Texas | 128.73 | Big 12 | Mario Sategna (2nd) | 4 |
| 5 | Oregon | 119.38 | MPSF | Robert Johnson (3rd) | 5 |
| 6 | Kansas State | 111.92 | Big 12 | Cliff Rovelto (23rd) | 6 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 95.09 | SEC | Pat Henry (11th) | 7 |
| 8 | Baylor | 83.40 | Big 12 | Todd Harbour (10th) | 9 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 82.05 | SEC | Edrick Floreal (3rd) | 8 |
| 10 | Georgetown | 67.71 | Big East | Patrick Henner (8th) | 21 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 64.03 | Big Ten | Mick Byrne (2nd) | 10 |
| 12 | Southern California | 57.99 | MPSF | Caryl Smith Gilbert (2nd) | 11 |
| 13 | Southern Illinois | 57.40 | Missouri Valley | Connie Price-Smith (14th) | 13 |
| 14 | Akron | 48.07 | Mid-American | Dennis Mitchell (20th) | 16 |
| 15 | Clemson | 47.23 | ACC | Mark Elliott (2nd) | 15 |
| 16 | Stanford | 46.77 | MPSF | Chris Miltenberg (3rd) | 12 |
| 17 | Texas Tech | 45.92 | Big 12 | Wes Kittley (16th) | 14 |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 44.12 | SEC | Steve Dudley (5th) | 17 |
| 19 | Providence | 42.22 | Big East | Ray Treacy (31st) | 20 |
| 20 | Missouri | 41.12 | SEC | Brett Halter (5th) | 25 |
| 21 | LSU | 39.00 | SEC | Dennis Shaver (11th) | 18 |
| 22 | Florida State | 38.15 | ACC | Bob Braman (12th) | 19 |
| 23 | Iona | 37.29 | Metro Atlantic | Ricardo Santos (7th) | 42 |
| 24 | Notre Dame | 37.18 | ACC | Alan Turner (1st) | 45 |
| 25 | New Mexico | 36.75 | Mountain West | Joe Franklin (8th) | 35 |
| dropped out: No. 22 Alabama, No. 23 Miami (Fla.), No. 24 Washington | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Women’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Great Lakes | Purdue | 334.04 | 1 |
| Mid-Atlantic | Penn State | 491.08 | 1 |
| Midwest | Kansas State | 351.81 | 1 |
| Mountain | Texas Tech | 468.08 | 1 |
| Northeast | Harvard | 288.46 | 1 |
| South | Florida | 440.13 | 1 |
| South Central | Arkansas | 674.79 | 1 |
| Southeast | Kentucky | 363.16 | 1 |
| West | Oregon | 451.26 | 1 |
| View All Regional Rankings | |||
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