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Big Weekend in DI Shifts Teams Upward, But Top Three Remain Unchanged
SEC trio still on top of men’s national rankings, Oregon’s women now over 200 ranking points
January 31, 2012
NEW ORLEANS – After a fantastic weekend in collegiate track & field to close out January, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Rankings for the Division I indoor season had some shifts from the previous week. New teams leapt into the top five or ten, but on both men’s and women’s sides, the nation’s top three remain the same.
On the men’s side, No. 1 Arkansas gained more distance from No. 2 Florida and No. 3 LSU in the national rankings after an impressive weekend. Freshman Gunnar Nixon became the collegiate leader in scoring 6,022 points in the heptathlon. Having just recently turned 19-years-old, Nixon claimed a new World Junior Record, topping a standard set by Germany’s Michael Kohnle in 1989. For the Hogs, that’s two consecutive weekends in which a freshman has claimed an NCAA automatic qualifying mark. Pole vaulter Andrew Irwin bettered the bar at 18-½ (5.50m) last weekend.
Texas moved up to No. 4 from No. 5 with the help of freshman Ryan Crouser who opened the season in the shot put with a mark of 66-7 (20.29m) which currently ranks second among collegians this season.
Arizona surged into the top five for the first time this year after adding the Mile performance turned in by sophomore Lawi Lalang this weekend. Lalang won the Razorback Invitational race by over five seconds, clocking 3:55.09 – just seven hundredths of a second off the collegiate record.
Minnesota notched up ten spots to No. 8 with a pair of 800-meter performances from Harun Abda and David Pachuta. Both went sub-1:47 at the Bill Bergen Invitational at Iowa State.
For the nation’s women, No. 1 Oregon widened their lead thanks to 2011 Bowerman Semifinalist Brianne Theisen. The senior notched the third collegiate record of career in the pentathlon by scoring 4,555 points at this weekend’s Texas A&M Mondo Challenge. Theisen was able to top her own previous record with a clearance of 6-2 (1.88m) in the high jump portion of the event. The high jump mark ranks second among all collegians this year as well.
No. 2 LSU gained enough points to shake off No. 3 Arkansas for the time being as a result of Charlene Lipsey’s collegiate leading 2:03.79 in the 800 meters.
No. 12 Iowa State climbed into the top 25 with a 16-spot bump after recording a pair of automatic qualifying marks in the 3000 meters at home with Betsy Saina and Dani Stack.
Among conferences, the SEC remains the highest-scoring league on both the men’s and women’s side when combining all ranking scores among institutions.
In the men’s rankings, the SEC has now climbed over 700 ranking points, far superior to the Big Ten’s (451.57). The SEC now has seven teams in the national top 25 with the addition this week of Auburn. The Big Ten retains six in the men’s top 25 while the Big 12 has four.
The Big 12 has six women’s squads in the top 25 to lead the category, followed by the Pac-12 and the points-leading SEC with four.
The next round of computer rankings will be released on February 7. The 2012 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held in Nampa, Idaho, on March 9-10.
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Men's Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
2012 Week #2 -- January 31 | |||||
next ranking: February 7 | |||||
Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
1 | Arkansas | 202.19 | SEC | Chris Bucknam (4th) | 1 |
2 | Florida | 173.43 | SEC | Mike Holloway (10th) | 2 |
3 | LSU | 120.26 | SEC | Dennis Shaver (8th) | 3 |
4 | Texas | 101.46 | Big 12 | Bubba Thornton (17th) | 5 |
5 | Arizona | 95.82 | Pac-12 | Fred Harvey (10th) | 10 |
6 | Florida State | 90.63 | ACC | Bob Braman (9th) | 4 |
7 | Stanford | 87.32 | Pac-12 | Edrick Floreal (7th) | 7 |
8 | Minnesota | 78.57 | Big Ten | Steve Plasencia (4th) | 18 |
9 | Texas A&M | 69.92 | Big 12 | Pat Henry (8th) | 9 |
10 | Indiana | 64.41 | Big Ten | Ron Helmer (5th) | 6 |
11 | Nebraska | 62.67 | Big Ten | Gary Pepin (29th) | 8 |
12 | Oklahoma | 61.21 | Big 12 | Martin Smith (7th) | 13 |
13 | Virginia Tech | 60.70 | ACC | Dave Cianelli (11th) | 12 |
14 | BYU | 60.58 | West Coast | Mark Robison (12th) | 16 |
15 | Ohio State | 59.56 | Big Ten | Robert Gary (6th) | 11 |
16 | Kansas State | 59.08 | Big 12 | Cliff Rovelto (20th) | 14 |
17 | Mississippi | 54.72 | SEC | Joe Walker (28th) | 21 |
18 | Mississippi State | 52.69 | SEC | Steve Dudley (2nd) | 20 |
19 | Iowa | 51.04 | Big Ten | Larry Wieczorek (16th) | 17 |
20 | Oregon | 46.46 | Pac-12 | Vin Lananna (7th) | 19 |
21 | Wisconsin | 42.89 | Big Ten | Ed Nuttycombe (28th) | 15 |
22 | Georgia | 37.80 | SEC | Wayne Norton (13th) | 23 |
23 | Iona | 32.54 | Metro Atlantic | Ricardo Santos (4th) | 22 |
24 | Northern Arizona | 31.44 | Big Sky | Eric Heins (5th) | 25 |
25 | Auburn | 31.23 | SEC | Ralph Spry (15th) | 26 |
Dropped out: No. 24 NC State | |||||
Men's Conference Index Top 10 | |||||
Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams | ||
1 | SEC | 704.44 | 7 | ||
2 | Big Ten | 451.57 | 6 | ||
3 | Big 12 | 383.04 | 4 | ||
4 | Pac-12 | 309.68 | 3 | ||
5 | ACC | 243.60 | 2 | ||
6 | Big East | 102.73 | |||
7 | West Coast | 60.58 | 1 | ||
8 | Summit League | 55.08 | |||
9 | Missouri Valley | 50.78 | |||
10 | Mountain West | 35.44 | |||
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Women's Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
2012 Week #2 -- January 31 | |||||
next ranking: February 7 | |||||
Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
1 | Oregon | 202.99 | Pac-12 | Vin Lananna (7th) | 1 |
2 | LSU | 154.21 | SEC | Dennis Shaver (8th) | 2 |
3 | Arkansas | 135.86 | SEC | Lance Harter (22nd) | 3 |
4 | Clemson | 121.46 | ACC | Lawrence Johnson (4th) | 4 |
5 | UCF | 107.90 | Conference USA | Caryl Smith Gilbert (5th) | 6 |
6 | Texas | 107.72 | Big 12 | Bev Kearney (20th) | 5 |
7 | BYU | 76.71 | West Coast | Patrick Shane (2nd) | 7 |
8 | Texas Tech | 76.60 | Big 12 | Wes Kittley (13th) | 8 |
9 | Florida State | 58.41 | ACC | Bob Braman (9th) | 9 |
10 | Arizona | 58.14 | Pac-12 | Fred Harvey (10th) | 12 |
11 | Texas A&M | 56.05 | Big 12 | Pat Henry (8th) | 11 |
12 | Iowa State | 55.73 | Big 12 | Corey Ihmels (5th) | 28 |
13 | Southern Miss | 54.00 | Conference USA | Kevin Stephen (5th) | 10 |
14 | Baylor | 50.04 | Big 12 | Todd Harbour (7th) | 16 |
15 | Ohio State | 48.57 | Big Ten | Karen Dennis (6th) | 14 |
16 | Southern Illinois | 48.46 | Missouri Valley | Connie Price-Smith (11th) | 15 |
17 | Arizona State | 46.82 | Pac-12 | Greg Kraft (16th) | 21 |
18 | Tennessee | 45.78 | SEC | J.J. Clark (11th) | 17 |
19 | Georgia | 45.23 | SEC | Wayne Norton (13th) | 13 |
20 | Oklahoma | 44.36 | Big 12 | Martin Smith (7th) | 19 |
21 | Stanford | 43.35 | Pac-12 | Edrick Floreal (7th) | 24 |
22 | Stony Brook | 41.40 | America East | Andy Ronan (12th) | 18 |
23 | Michigan | 40.61 | Big Ten | James Henry (27th) | 20 |
24 | Connecticut | 39.70 | Big East | Bill Morgan (9th) | 22 |
25 | Villanova | 36.43 | Big East | Gina Procaccio (12th) | 23 |
Dropped out: No. 25 Georgetown | |||||
Women's Conference Index Top 10 | |||||
Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams | ||
1 | SEC | 470.42 | 4 | ||
2 | Big 12 | 449.98 | 6 | ||
3 | Pac-12 | 424.39 | 4 | ||
4 | ACC | 266.29 | 2 | ||
5 | Conference USA | 228.62 | 2 | ||
6 | Big Ten | 204.84 | 2 | ||
7 | Big East | 154.90 | 2 | ||
8 | Missouri Valley | 123.89 | 1 | ||
9 | West Coast | 82.49 | 1 | ||
10 | America East | 64.01 | 1 |
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