Changes Dot NCAA D3 National Team Rankings

courtesy By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA

February 9, 2016

NEW ORLEANS — An eventful weekend in NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field shook up the latest National Team Computer Rankings, released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
While every team in the men’s and women’s top-7 remained the same, four teams changed places in the men’s rankings.
Then in the women’s rankings, three teams sky rocketed into the top-10 for their highest billing in program history.

NCAA Division III National Team Rankings Top 5 – Men
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
UW-La Crosse	UW-Eau Claire	UW-Oshkosh	Mount Union	UW-Whitewater
167.34 pts	113.70 pts	108.01 pts	101.01 pts	94.11 pts
View Complete Men’s National Coaches’ Poll

NCAA Division III National Team Rankings Top 5 – Women
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
MIT	Illinois-Wesleyan	UW-La Crosse	UW-Oshkosh	Baldwin Wallace
167.46 pts	140.33 pts	134.21 pts	97.02 pts	83.17 pts
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Disclaimer: Points in the USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings are tabulated using a formula based on the USTFCCCA Individual Rankings as well as the National Descending Order Lists. Marks from the outdoor season aren’t included, nor are marks from incoming freshmen until they compete in a college meet.
The closer an athlete is to the top of his or her event rankings, the more points he or she earns toward the team total. Then those points are added together for the grand total.
It should be noted that the USTFCCCA National Team Computer Rankings should not be referenced to as a “poll,” as no voting was conducted.

Men’s Breakdown

There were no changes to the top-3 as top-ranked UW-La Crosse (167.34 points), second-ranked UW-Eau Claire (113.70) and third-ranked UW-Oshkosh (108.01) maintained their spots from the past week.
Mount Union, a team that was No. 7 one week ago, is now No. 4 after adding 19.53 points to its tally. The Purple Raiders, out of the Ohio Athletic Conference, were aided by junior jumper Zack Wukotich (No. 3 in the high jump), senior pole vaulter Tyler Orewiler (No. 3 in the pole vault) and freshman Louis Berry (No. 9 in the 60).
UW-Whitewater moved up one spot to No. 5 following a big weekend from sophomore Robert Starnes. The jumper now stands at the top of the DIII leaderboard in the high jump after his clearance of 7.32m (24-0.25).
Tufts bounced back into the top-10 (No. 13 to No. 9) thanks to a brilliant run by senior Veer Bhalla. He clocked a 1:52.32 in the 800 this past weekend and is No. 2 in DIII in that event.
Elsewhere in the top-25, SUNY Cortland jumped from No. 25 to No. 19, freeing up the No. 25 spot for RPI to come in. The Engineers have put together a solid climb in the rankings, going from No. 63 in the preseason to No. 41 to No. 35 and now No. 25. This is RPI’s highest ranking in program history, besting its previous top billing in 2013 (27th).

Women’s Breakdown

From top-ranked MIT (167.46 points) to No. 7 Stevens (68.90 points), each of the top-7 women’s teams remained entrenched.
The biggest movement in the top-10 came from the three remaining teams as Williams (No. 8), Nebraska Wesleyan (No. 9) and SUNY Oneonta (No. 10) all took up residence among the best programs in the nation. For Nebraska Wesleyan and SUNY Oneonta, these are both of their highest rankings in program history.
The Ephs rise can be attribued to the weekend two of their milers had. Victoria Kingham and Laney Teaford moved into fourth and seventh on the DIII leaderboard as they both went sub-5 minutes this past weekend.
The Prairie Wolves jumped eight spots from last week behind several big marks, notably their 4×400 team that is now ranked fifth in DIII.
For the Red Dragons, senior Kaitlyn Kieser posted the fourth best leap in the long jump this season and added 16 points to their total.

USTFCCCA NCAA Division III
Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2016 Week #3 — February 9
next ranking: February 16

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	UW-La Crosse	167.34	WIAC	Josh Buchholtz (8th)	1
2	UW-Eau Claire	113.70	WIAC	Chip Schneider (14th)	2
3	UW-Oshkosh	108.01	WIAC	Ben Dorsey (1st)	3
4	Mount Union	101.01	OAC	Kevin Lucas (6th)	7
5	UW-Whitewater	94.11	WIAC	Mike Johnson (7th)	6
6	North Central (Ill.)	93.46	CCIW	Frank Gramarosso (6th)	4
7	St. Olaf	90.15	MIAC	Phil Lundin (8th)	5
8	Monmouth (Ill.)	87.98	Midwest	Roger Haynes (33rd)	8
9	Tufts	65.86	NESCAC	Joel Williams (1st)	13
10	Williams	65.39	NESCAC	Ethan Barron (1st)	9
11	UW-Stevens Point	62.39	WIAC	Rick Witt (37th)	10
12	Saint John Fisher	52.54	Empire 8	Mike Henchen (4th)	11
13	Ramapo	48.02	NJAC	Justina Cassavell (1st)	12
14	UW-Platteville	43.39	WIAC	Chris Rotzenberg (4th)	14
15	Haverford	42.50	Centennial	Tom Donnelly (41st)	15
16	Salisbury	39.59	CAC	Jim Jones (17th)	16
17	Wesley	39.42	CAC	Stephen Kimes (4th)	NR
18	Ohio Wesleyan	38.19	NCAC	Kris Boey (14th)	17
19	SUNY Cortland	37.10	SUNYAC	Steve Patrick (9th)	25
20	Widener	35.55	Middle Atlantic	Vince Touey (29th)	21
21	Nazareth	34.41	Empire 8	James Goss (6th)	22
22	MIT	34.00	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (26th)	18
23	Central (Iowa)	33.78	IIAC	Joe Dunham (8th)	19
24	Augustana (Ill.)	33.44	CCIW	Paul Olsen (47th)	23
25	RPI	32.40	Liberty League	Colin Tory (16th)	35
Dropped out: No. 20 Baldwin Wallace, No. 24 Rowan
View All Teams Beyond the Top 25

Men’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	WIAC	637.50	6
2	NESCAC	204.54	2
3	CCIW	150.66	2
4	OAC	149.88	1
5	SUNYAC	138.04	1
6	MIAC	115.58	1
7	Midwest Conference	112.73	1
8	NJAC	112.36	1
9	Empire 8	91.09	2
10	CAC	88.45	2

Men’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	Rowan	234.46	1
Central	Nebraska Wesleyan	309.65	1
Great Lakes	Mount Union	337.95	1
Mideast	Widener	251.65	1
Midwest	North Central (Ill.)	313.50	1
New England	MIT	429.26	1
South/Southeast	Christopher Newport	447.48	1
West	Whitworth	486.17	3
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USTFCCCA NCAA Division III
Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2016 Week #3 — February 9
next ranking: February 16

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	MIT	167.46	NEWMAC	Halston Taylor (9th)	1
2	Illinois Wesleyan	140.33	CCIW	Chris Schumacher (19th)	2
3	UW-La Crosse	134.21	WIAC	Pat Healy (25th)	3
4	UW-Oshkosh	97.02	WIAC	Ben Dorsey (4th)	4
5	Baldwin Wallace	83.17	OAC	Matthew Cole (1st)	5
6	UW-Eau Claire	82.68	WIAC	Chip Schneider (10th)	6
7	Stevens	68.90	Empire 8	Justin Wood (4th)	7
8	Williams	63.57	NESCAC	Nate Hoey (3rd)	19
9	Nebraska Wesleyan	60.79	Great Plains	Ted Bulling (29th)	17
10	SUNY Oneonta	59.34	SUNYAC	Angelo Posillico (3rd)	18
11	St. Lawrence	59.29	Liberty League	Kate Curran (8th)	9
12	Johns Hopkins	59.19	Centennial	Bobby Van Allen (17th)	8
13	Ithaca	57.39	Empire 8	Jennifer Potter (13th)	15
14	Central (Iowa)	51.52	IIAC	Joe Dunham (8th)	13
15	UW-Platteville	50.69	WIAC	Chris Rotzenberg (4th)	16
16	UW-Stout	50.10	WIAC	Kyle Steiner (3rd)	11
17	Washington (Mo.)	50.03	UAA	Jeff Stiles (15th)	12
18	St. Thomas (Minn.)	47.78	MIAC	Joe Sweeney (36th)	14
19	Chicago	46.45	UAA	Chris Hall (15th)	10
20	Eastern Mennonite	38.57	ODAC	Britten Olinger (1st)	21
21	Buffalo State	36.75	SUNYAC	Eugene Lewis (16th)	NR
22	Westminster (Pa.)	35.58	PAC	Tim McNeil (9th)	23
23	Cornell College	35.06	Midwest	Dan Schofer (4th)	22
24	Misericordia	33.53	Middle Atlantic	Chris Wadas (10th)	20
25	SUNY Plattsburgh	30.69	SUNYAC	Nick Jones (5th)	26
Dropped out: No. 24 Heidelberg, No. 25 Amherst
View All Teams Beyond the Top 25

Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	WIAC	438.39	5
2	NESCAC	207.51	1
3	NEWMAC	201.42	1
4	CCIW	187.14	1
5	SUNYAC	170.45	3
6	OAC	159.49	1
7	Empire 8	143.66	2
8	UAA	109.02	2
9	IIAC	92.62	1
10	Centennial	83.67	1

Women’s Regional Index Leaders
Region	Institution	Points	Last Week
Atlantic	Ithaca	276.57	1
Central	Nebraska Wesleyan	438.11	1
Great Lakes	Ohio Northern	265.10	1
Mideast	Johns Hopkins	367.39	1
Midwest	Washington (Mo.)	288.14	1
New England	MIT	390.01	1
South/Southeast	Emory	557.63	NR
West	Whitworth	532.37	2
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