Perennial Powers Headline NCAA DI Women’s Preseason ITF Rankings

By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA

January 9, 2017

NEW ORLEANS — One look at the results of the past seven years at the NCAA Division I Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships reveals the fact that Oregon has been simply dominant. The Ducks have won six of the past seven team titles with their lone loss coming in 2015 when they finished runner-up to Arkansas.

NCAA Division I National Team Rankings Top 5 – Women
1)	2)	3)	4)	5)
Oregon	Arkansas	Georgia	Southern Cal	Texas
194.96 pts	178.61 pts	155.90 pts	111.00 pts	88.96 pts
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If the National Team Computer Rankings, released Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, have any say, it seems as if Oregon’s reign at the top of the mountain will continue yet again.
The Ducks are No. 1 in the preseason rankings for the first time since 2012. This is the third time in program history that Oregon is No. 1 in the preseason (2011 and 2012).
Following the Ducks in the rankings is No. 2 Arkansas, No. 3 Georgia, No. 4 Southern California and No. 5 Texas.

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Scores were determined by using preseason event rankings that include the top marks of recent NCAA indoor track & field seasons by returning student-athletes and the top marks of the young 2017 campaign. Marks from the outdoor season are not included, nor are marks from incoming freshmen.
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. Points from all applicable athletes are added up to determine team scores.
The point system used in the rankings is not the same as the scoring system used for the NCAA Championships.
Oregon is No. 1 because of a healthy number of big point scorers. Leading the way for the Ducks is Hannah Cunliffe and Raevyn Rogers. Cunliffe is ranked 1st and 2nd in the 200 and 60 respectively, while Rogers is the two-time defending national champ in the 800. Don’t forget about the duo of Deajah Stevens or Ariana Washington either and Sasha Wallace and Alaysha Johnson provide a solid 1-2 punch in the 60 hurdles.
Arkansas will once again be led by a strong contingent in the combined events and field events. Taliyah Brooks and Payton Stumbaugh are ranked 2nd and 5th in the USTFCCCA Individual Rankings when it comes to the pentathlon and Lexi Weeks and her sister Victoria are 1-2 in the pole vault (Lexi swept the NCAA pole vault titles last year).
Georgia saw Tatiana Gusin post a NCAA-leading mark of 1.90m (6-2¾) in the high jump this past weekend and that pairs well with the horizontal jump duo of Keturah Orji (triple jump champ) and Iowa State transfer Kate Hall (No. 3 in the USTFCCCA Individual Rankings in the long jump). Two-time champ and current collegiate record holder Kendell Williams is a perennial threat in the pentathlon.
Southern California landed an impact transfer in Brittany Mann this offseason. Mann previously competed at Oregon and is ranked No. 3 in the shot put and No. 6 in the weight throw according to the USTFCCCA Individual Rankings. Amalie Iuel is strong in the pentathlon (ranked No. 3) and Deanna Hill showed signs of breaking out last year as a sophomore and is hoping to do even better as a junior.
Texas won’t have the luxury of trotting The Bowerman Award winner Courtney Okolo out in the 400 or 4×400 relay, but Chrisann Gordon showed her wheels last year and is ranked No. 3 in the USTFCCCA Individual Rankings in the 400. Teahna Daniels is the defending NCAA champ at 60 meters and is ranked No. 1 — and justifiably so.
No. 6 Florida, No. 7 LSU, No. 8 Kentucky, No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 10 Purdue round out the top-10. This is the highest preseason ranking for the Irish in program history and is led by Molly Seidel. The Boilermakers, paced by Devynne Chartlon and Brionna Thomas, has their highest ranking in program history at any point.
In just about two months we’ll see these teams duke it out at the 2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships in College Station, Texas.

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Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25)
2017 Preseason — January 9
next ranking: January 23

Rank	Institution	Points	Conference	Head Coach (Yr)	2016 FINAL
1	Oregon	194.96	MPSF	Robert Johnson (5th)	1
2	Arkansas	178.61	SEC	Lance Harter (27th)	2
3	Georgia	155.90	SEC	Petros Kyprianou (2nd)	3
4	Southern California	111.00	MPSF	Caryl Smith Gilbert (4th)	10
5	Texas	88.96	Big 12		4
6	Florida	84.87	SEC	Mike Holloway (10th)	14
7	LSU	84.20	SEC	Dennis Shaver (13th)	14
8	Kentucky	71.06	SEC	Edrick Floreal (5th)	12
9	Notre Dame	68.99	ACC	Alan Turner (3rd)	5
10	Purdue	66.34	Big Ten	Rolando Greene (5th)	33
11	Oklahoma State	65.84	Big 12	Dave Smith (8th)	10
12	Michigan	55.02	Big Ten	James Henry (32nd)	6
13	Baylor	54.99	Big 12	Todd Harbour (12th)	NR
14	Miami (Fla.)	54.14	ACC	Amy Deem (27th)	17
15	Tennessee	53.39	SEC	Beth Alford-Sullivan (3rd)	7
16	NC State	51.79	ACC	Rollie Geiger (33rd)	17
17	Georgetown	47.35	Big East	Julie Culley (interim)	9
18	Kansas State	46.93	Big 12	Cliff Rovelto (25th)	8
19	Washington	46.36	MPSF	Greg Metcalf (15th)	13
20	Boise State	45.08	Mountain West	Corey Ihmels (4th)	NR
21	Mississippi	44.54	SEC	Connie Price-Smith (2nd)	NR
22	Alabama	44.19	SEC	Dan Waters (6th)	17
23	Stanford	41.71	MPSF	Chris Miltenberg (5th)	16
24	South Carolina	38.34	SEC	Curtis Frye (21st)	33
25	Oklahoma	38.10	Big 12	Jim VanHootegem (4th)	32

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Women’s Conference Index Top 10
Rank	Conference	Points	Top 25 Teams
1	SEC	827.84	9
2	MPSF	494.14	4
3	ACC	330.58	3
4	Big 12	311.68	5
5	Big Ten	297.11	2
6	Mountain West	101.27	1
7	Big East	74.00	1
8	American	47.26
9	Ivy	46.67
10	America East	29.51

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