Preseason Indoor T&F Rankings Announced for NCAA DII

By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA

November 25, 2015

NEW ORLEANS – Though the 2016 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships are still months away, it’s never too early to get a sneak peak at the 2015-16 season with preseason National Team Computer Rankings.
This data was generated using the TFRRS data of 2014-15 student-athletes who were listed with freshman, sophomore or junior eligibility. These do not take into account transfers, redshirts or incoming freshmen.
TEAM PDFs: Top 25 Summary | By Team
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INDIVIDUAL PDF: By Event
Grand Valley State’s men and women made it a clean sweep atop the rankings to start the 2015-16 season.
Based on last year’s returners, the Laker men are sizeable favorites over GLIAC rival No. 2 Tiffin, recent cross country national champions No. 3 Colorado Mines, No. 4 Findlay and No. 5 Saint Augustine’s. Defending national champion Adams State entered at No. 6.
The GVSU women are projected as narrow favorites over No. 2 New Mexico Highlands, No. 3 Hillsdale, defending indoor/outdoor national champion No. 4 Central Missouri and No. 5 Lincoln (Mo.).
The first regular-season edition of the rankings will be released in January using only marks achieved during the 2015-16 season.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division II
Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2016 Preseason — WEDNESDAY, November 25, 2015
next ranking: January 26

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	2015 FINAL
1	Grand Valley State	206.58	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (17th)	2
2	Tiffin	145.45	GLIAC	Jeremy Croy (16th)	6
3	Colorado Mines	102.45	RMAC	Matt Sparks (3rd)	13
4	Findlay	101.17	GLIAC	Marc Arce (28th)	2
5	Saint Augustine’s	98.54	CIAA	George Williams (40th)	5
6	Adams State	96.95	RMAC	Rock Light (3rd)	1
7	Central Missouri	94.94	MIAA	Kirk Pedersen (20th)/Kip Janvrin (18th)	19
8	Texas A&M-Commerce	90.31	Lone Star	Tom Dibbern (3rd)	12
9	Pittsburg State	83.49	MIAA	Russ Jewett (28th)	24
10	CSU-Pueblo	81.46	RMAC	Matt Morris (3rd)	16
11	Minnesota State	79.92	NSIC	Jim Dilling (3rd)	32
12	Ashland	75.01	GLIAC	Jud Logan (13th)	4
13	Texas A&M-Kingsville	74.64	Lone Star	Ryan Dall (8th)	11
14	Southern Indiana	72.69	GLVC	Mike Hillyard (18th)	7
15	Lewis	59.01	GLVC	Dana Schwarting (11th)	8
16	Shippensburg	48.87	PSAC	Dave Osanitsch (11th)	43
17	Emporia State	45.61	MIAA	Steve Blocker (5th)	28
18	Sioux Falls	45.33	NSIC	Reid Ehrisman (4th)	19
19	Western State	44.62	RMAC	Chris Bradford (7th)	10
20	Lake Superior State	44.46	GLIAC	Jason Davis (3rd)	14
21	Johnson C. Smith	43.07	CIAA	Lennox Graham (9th)	19
22	Chadron State	41.86	RMAC	Brad Gamble (2nd)	22
23	Black Hills State	41.48	RMAC	Seth Mischke (5th)	28
24	Southern Connecticut	40.14	Northeast-10	John Wallin (6th)	26
25	West Texas A&M	39.28	Lone Star	Darren Flowers (7th)	22

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Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	GLIAC	617.85	5
2	RMAC	427.09	6
3	MIAA	288.52	3
4	Lone Star	218.62	3
5	GLVC	169.90	2
6	NSIC	168.74	2
7	CIAA	163.86	2
8	GNAC	145.12
9	Northeast-10	99.71	1
10	PSAC	84.41	1

Men’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	(first ranking January 26)
Central	(first ranking January 26)
East	(first ranking January 26)
Midwest	(first ranking January 26)
South	(first ranking January 26)
South Central	(first ranking January 26)
Southeast	(first ranking January 26)
West	(first ranking January 26)
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USTFCCCA NCAA Division II
Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2016 Preseason — WEDNESDAY, November 25, 2015
next ranking: January 26

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	2015 FINAL
1	Grand Valley State	157.01	GLIAC	Jerry Baltes (17th)	6
2	New Mexico Highlands	149.41	RMAC	Bob DeVries (24th)	3
3	Hillsdale	138.61	GLIAC	Andrew Towne (5th)	2
4	Central Missouri	123.35	MIAA	Kirk Pedersen (20th)/Kip Janvrin (18th)	1
5	Lincoln (Mo.)	120.92	MIAA	Victor Thomas (15th)	5
6	Adams State	95.38	RMAC	Rock Light (3rd)	11
7	Pittsburg State	88.76	MIAA	Russ Jewett (30th)	29
8	Johnson C. Smith	73.24	CIAA	Lennox Graham (9th)	19
9	Ashland	70.14	GLIAC	Jud Logan (13th)	3
10	U-Mary	69.63	NSIC	Mike Thorson (22nd)	21
11	Lewis	68.10	GLVC	Dana Schwarting (11th)	11
12	Saginaw Valley State	67.47	GLIAC	Rod Cowan (7th)	16
13	Augustana (S.D.)	64.73	NSIC	Tracy Hellman (16th)	23
14	Minnesota Duluth	59.96	NSIC	Joanna Warmington (5th)	37
15	West Texas A&M	59.95	Lone Star	Darren Flowers (7th)	14
16	Chadron State	54.74	RMAC	Brad Gamble (2nd)	43
17	Saint Augustine’s	51.57	CIAA	George Williams (40th)	16
18	Southern Connecticut	46.18	Northeast-10	Melissa Stoll (4th)	8
19	Academy of Art	42.32	PacWest	Torrey Olson (2nd)	50
20	Tiffin	40.04	GLIAC	Jeremy Croy (16th)	NR
21	Alaska Anchorage	37.99	GNAC	Michael Friess (26th)	43
22	Wayne State (Neb.)	34.97	NSIC	Marlon Brink (16th)	23
23	Queens (N.C.)	34.58	SAC	Jim Vahrenkamp (4th)	33
24	Simon Fraser	33.85	GNAC	Brit Townsend (16th)	7
25	Western State	33.66	RMAC	Chris Bradford (7th)	34

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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	GLIAC	520.73	5
2	MIAA	391.61	3
3	RMAC	372.96	4
4	NSIC	363.44	4
5	CIAA	182.58	2
6	Northeast-10	129.15	1
7	GLVC	89.27	1
8	Lone Star	87.50	1
9	GNAC	81.54	2
10	Gulf South	65.56

Women’s Regional Index Leaders (FINAL)
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	(first ranking January 26)
Central	(first ranking January 26)
East	(first ranking January 26)
Midwest	(first ranking January 26)
South	(first ranking January 26)
South Central	(first ranking January 26)
Southeast	(first ranking January 26)
West	(first ranking January 26)
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