UW-La Crosse Teams Again Double No. 1 in DIII Computer Rankings
NEW ORLEANS – With two weekends of competition in the books–and many teams having just completed their first outdoor meet–the Week 1 Division III computer rankings were mostly unchanged from the preseason. The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released the rankings on Tuesday.
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The top twenty-five women’s teams and sixteen men’s teams remained the same from the preseason, with minor changes. UW-La Crosse retained its No. 1 status for both sexes. And Johns Hopkins made the most significant move in both sets of rankings, with the Blue Jay men shooting up from No. 41 to No. 17 and the women making the highest-ranked move to No. 4. MIT joined Hopkins in the women’s top five at No. 5.
Behind La Crosse’s men, there were no top ten changes. The rest of the top-ranked teams were, for the second straight week, No. 2 Mount Union, No. 3 UW-Eau Claire, No. 4 North Central (Ill.), No. 5 UW-Whitewater, No. 6 Washington (Mo.), No. 6 UW-Oshkosh, No. 8 Augustana (Ill.), No. 9 MIT, and No. 10 SUNY Oneonta.
The Hopkins and MIT women each moved up at the expense of now-No. 6 Wartburg and No. 7 George Fox. The rest of the women’s top ten: No. 2 UW-Whitewater, No. 3 UW-Oshkosh, No. 8 Baldwin Wallace, No. 9 Illinois Wesleyan, and No. 10 Cal Lutheran.
Illinois Wesleyan joins the top ten fresh off of a third-place team finish at indoor nationals.
Three teams hit all-time highs in the rankings: the No. 14 Widener men, the Hopkins women (tied for their best), and the No. 16 Westminster (Pa.) women.
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With regular season data beginning to trickle in, this edition of the rankings saw the debut of the regional team indices. (Here’s your reminder that teams can be ranked in a different order regionally and nationally because the rankings are calculated separately for each region)
Men’s teams leading their respective regions were Rowan in the Atlantic, Saint John’s (Minn.) in the Central, Ohio Northern in the Great Lakes, Salisbury in the Mideast, Washington (Mo.) in the Midwest, Tufts in New England, Emory in the South/Southeast, and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the West.
Rowan, Ohio Northern, WashU, Emory, and Claremont were also rated as the top women’s teams in those regions. The No. 1 women’s squads in the other three regions were St. Benedict in the Central, Misericordia in the Mideast, and Middlebury in New England.
The DIII rankings will be released every Tuesday between now and outdoor nationals.
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2015 Week #1 — March 31 |
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next ranking: April 7 | |||||
Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
1 | UW-La Crosse | 196.97 | WIAC | Josh Buchholtz (7th) | 1 |
2 | Mount Union | 151.08 | OAC | Kevin Lucas (5th) | 2 |
3 | UW-Eau Claire | 132.12 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (13th) | 3 |
4 | North Central (Ill.) | 99.71 | CCIW | Frank Gramarosso (5th) | 4 |
5 | UW-Whitewater | 96.86 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (6th) | 5 |
6 | Washington (Mo.) | 89.68 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (14th) | 6 |
7 | UW-Oshkosh | 88.81 | WIAC | Eamon McKenna (3rd) | 7 |
8 | Augustana (Ill.) | 87.93 | CCIW | Paul Olsen (46th) | 8 |
9 | MIT | 85.88 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (25th) | 9 |
10 | SUNY Oneonta | 80.54 | SUNYAC | Angelo Posillico (2nd) | 10 |
11 | Wabash | 75.48 | NCAC | Clyde Morgan (7th) | 13 |
12 | Salisbury | 74.72 | CAC | Jim Jones (16th) | 11 |
13 | Greenville | 74.08 | SLIAC | Brian Patton (21st) | 12 |
14 | Widener | 65.97 | Middle Atlantic | Vince Touey (28th) | 16 |
15 | UW-Stout | 64.55 | WIAC | Kyle Steiner (2nd) | 14 |
16 | St. Olaf | 60.19 | MIAC | Phil Lundin (7th) | 15 |
17 | Johns Hopkins | 57.48 | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (16th) | 41 |
18 | Southern Maine | 55.32 | Little East | Ryan Harkleroad (1st) | 18 |
19 | Bates | 53.11 | NESCAC | Al Fereshetian (20th) | 20 |
20 | Central (Iowa) | 52.80 | IIAC | Joe Dunham (7th) | 19 |
21 | Whitworth | 51.51 | Northwest Conference | Toby Schwarz (19th) | 17 |
22 | Buffalo State | 50.06 | SUNYAC | Eugene Lewis (15th) | 21 |
23 | Williams | 48.15 | NESCAC | David Thompson (2nd) | 22 |
24 | Haverford | 41.68 | Centennial | Tom Donnelly (40th) | 24 |
25 | Baldwin Wallace | 41.32 | OAC | Bill Taraschke (30th) | 23 |
dropped out: No. 25 Wartburg | |||||
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Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
1 | WIAC | 658.18 | 5 |
2 | OAC | 235.24 | 2 |
3 | CCIW | 228.75 | 2 |
4 | SUNYAC | 196.47 | 2 |
5 | NESCAC | 160.99 | 2 |
6 | NCAC | 155.78 | 1 |
7 | UAA | 152.81 | 1 |
8 | IIAC | 152.09 | 1 |
9 | Little East | 132.34 | 1 |
10 | CAC | 129.95 | 1 |
Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
Atlantic | Rowan | 656.87 | |
Central | Saint John’s (Minn.) | 421.43 | |
Great Lakes | Ohio Northern | 348.99 | |
Mideast | Salisbury | 324.69 | |
Midwest | Washington (Mo.) | 598.98 | |
New England | Tufts | 496.01 | |
South/Southeast | Emory | 424.42 | |
West | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 529.13 | |
View All Regional Rankings |
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) |
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2015 Week #1 — March 31 |
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next ranking: April 7 | |||||
Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
1 | UW-La Crosse | 193.83 | WIAC | Pat Healy (24th) | 1 |
2 | UW-Whitewater | 136.39 | WIAC | Mike Johnson (4th) | 2 |
3 | UW-Oshkosh | 135.62 | WIAC | Ben Dorsey (3rd) | 3 |
4 | Johns Hopkins | 135.34 | Centennial | Bobby Van Allen (16th) | 5 |
5 | MIT | 98.25 | NEWMAC | Halston Taylor (8th) | 7 |
6 | Wartburg | 95.75 | IIAC | Marcus Newsom (17th) | 4 |
7 | George Fox | 90.79 | Northwest | John Smith (9th) | 6 |
8 | Baldwin Wallace | 89.16 | OAC | Bill Taraschke (30th) | 8 |
9 | Illinois Wesleyan | 85.77 | CCIW | Chris Schumacher (18th) | 11 |
10 | Cal Lutheran | 81.69 | SCIAC | Matt Lea (7th) | 9 |
11 | North Central (Ill.) | 80.45 | CCIW | Kari Kluckhohn (12th) | 10 |
12 | UW-Eau Claire | 72.25 | WIAC | Chip Schneider (9th) | 12 |
13 | Rowan | 59.97 | NJAC | Derick “Ringo” Adamson (8th) | 13 |
14 | Mount Union | 58.39 | OAC | Kevin Lucas (6th) | 14 |
15 | Washington (Mo.) | 56.64 | UAA | Jeff Stiles (14th) | 15 |
16 | Westminster (Pa.) | 54.97 | PAC | Tim McNeil (8th) | 17 |
17 | Central (Iowa) | 54.28 | IIAC | Joe Dunham (7th) | 16 |
18 | St. Lawrence | 51.92 | Liberty League | Kate Curran (7th) | 18 |
19 | Willamette | 50.41 | Northwest | Matt McGuirk (11th) | 20 |
20 | Whitworth | 49.72 | Northwest | Toby Schwarz (19th) | 21 |
21 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 49.65 | Great Plains | Ted Bulling (28th) | 19 |
22 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 49.03 | SCIAC | Kelly Beck (1st) | 26 |
23 | Carleton | 48.89 | MIAC | Donna Ricks (22nd) | 23 |
24 | Luther | 47.95 | IIAC | Jeffrey Wettach (9th) | 22 |
25 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | 44.49 | MIAC | Joe Sweeney (35th) | 24 |
dropped out: No. 25 UW-Platteville | |||||
View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 |
Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
1 | WIAC | 642.56 | 4 |
2 | IIAC | 238.66 | 3 |
3 | Northwest Conference | 212.95 | 3 |
4 | CCIW | 211.99 | 2 |
5 | Centennial | 176.68 | 1 |
6 | NEWMAC | 168.57 | 1 |
7 | OAC | 166.81 | 2 |
8 | SCIAC | 164.20 | 2 |
9 | MIAC | 161.65 | 2 |
10 | NJAC | 151.87 | 1 |
Women’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
Atlantic | Rowan | 476.60 | |
Central | St. Benedict | 524.09 | |
Great Lakes | Ohio Northern | 290.81 | |
Mideast | Misericordia | 258.18 | |
Midwest | Washington (Mo.) | 469.57 | |
New England | Middlebury | 446.78 | |
South/Southeast | Emory | 516.13 | |
West | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 628.17 | |
View All Regional Rankings |