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DI Rankings: Texas A&M, LSU Are Ranked No. 1 Heading to Des Moines
May 29, 2012
NEW ORLEANS – The NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships will continue next weekend, June 6-9 in Des Moines, Iowa, with 24 left standing in each event, entered as a result of performances from preliminary rounds held this past weekend. The latest USTFCCCA National Team Rankings are based on these entries and show the top teams in the country, Texas A&M’s men and LSU’s women, are still No. 1 after the championships’ opening weekend. LSU’s men moved to No. 2 in the rankings from No. 4 while Arizona’s men jumped three spots to No. 6. Kansas’ women remain No. 2 while indoor national champions Oregon climbed two spots to No. 3.
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| NCAA Division I | |||||
| Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
| 2012 Week #9 -- May 29 (Pre-NCAA Finals) [corrected 5/29, 3:30pm CT] | |||||
| next ranking: FINAL, NCAA Championship results | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 284.76 | Big 12 | Pat Henry (8th) | 1 |
| 2 | LSU | 222.51 | SEC | Dennis Shaver (8th) | 4 |
| 3 | Arizona | 220.20 | Pac-12 | Fred Harvey (10th) | 6 |
| 4 | Texas | 219.50 | Big 12 | Bubba Thornton (17th) | 5 |
| 5 | Florida State | 209.96 | ACC | Bob Braman (9th) | 7 |
| 6 | Florida | 204.69 | SEC | Mike Holloway (10th) | 2 |
| 7 | Indiana | 194.06 | Big Ten | Ron Helmer (5th) | 3 |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | 178.65 | ACC | Dave Cianelli (11th) | 16 |
| 9 | Southern California | 165.52 | Pac-12 | Ron Allice (18th) | 13 |
| 10 | Auburn | 163.34 | SEC | Ralph Spry (15th) | 12 |
| 11 | Texas Tech | 161.66 | Big 12 | Wes Kittley (13th) | 9 |
| 12 | Arkansas | 156.37 | SEC | Chris Bucknam (4th) | 8 |
| 13 | Nebraska | 152.27 | Big Ten | Gary Pepin (29th) | 10 |
| 14 | Mississippi | 146.39 | SEC | Joe Walker (28th) | 11 |
| 15 | Oregon | 133.19 | Pac-12 | Vin Lananna (7th) | 21 |
| 16 | Stanford | 126.54 | Pac-12 | Edrick Floreal (7th) | 18 |
| 17 | Arizona State | 121.61 | Pac-12 | Greg Kraft (16th) | 14 |
| 18 | Penn State | 115.81 | Big Ten | Beth Alford-Sullivan (6th) | 19 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 104.82 | Big Ten | Ed Beathea (1st) | 25 |
| 20 | Kansas | 104.30 | Big 12 | Stanley Redwine (12th) | 20 |
| 21 | Georgia | 101.45 | SEC | Wayne Norton (13th) | 27 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 100.78 | Big Ten | Steve Plasencia (4th) | 26 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 99.17 | Big Ten | Ed Nuttycombe (28th) | 15 |
| 24 | UCLA | 95.73 | Pac-12 | Mike Maynard (3rd) | 28 |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 93.62 | Big 12 | Martin Smith (7th) | 22 |
| Dropped out: No. 17 Mississippi State, No. 23 Iowa, No. 24 Baylor | |||||
| Men's Conference Index Top 10 | |||||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams | ||
| 1 | SEC | 1220.75 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Big 12 | 1118.74 | 5 | ||
| 3 | Big Ten | 990.05 | 6 | ||
| 4 | Pac-12 | 954.19 | 6 | ||
| 5 | ACC | 617.52 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Ivy | 186.03 | |||
| 7 | Big East | 163.12 | |||
| 8 | Missouri Valley | 155.00 | |||
| 9 | Mountain West | 117.96 | |||
| 10 | Summit League | 110.99 | |||
| USTFCCCA | |||||
| NCAA Division I | |||||
| Women's Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
| 2012 Week #9 -- May 29 (Pre-NCAA Finals) [corrected 5/29, 3:30pm CT] | |||||
| next ranking: FINAL, NCAA Championship results | |||||
| Rank | School | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | LSU | 349.89 | SEC | Dennis Shaver (8th) | 1 |
| 2 | Kansas | 276.72 | Big 12 | Stanley Redwine (12th) | 2 |
| 3 | Oregon | 239.80 | Pac-12 | Vin Lananna (7th) | 5 |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 232.32 | Big 12 | Pat Henry (8th) | 6 |
| 5 | Clemson | 225.74 | ACC | Lawrence Johnson (4th) | 3 |
| 6 | Texas | 205.21 | Big 12 | Bev Kearney (20th) | 4 |
| 7 | Stanford | 181.28 | Pac-12 | Edrick Floreal (7th) | 10 |
| 8 | Florida | 175.25 | SEC | Mike Holloway (5th) | 7 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 142.20 | Big 12 | Martin Smith (7th) | 16 |
| 10 | Arizona | 141.65 | Pac-12 | Fred Harvey (10th) | 8 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 137.86 | SEC | J.J. Clark (11th) | 9 |
| 12 | Arkansas | 135.96 | SEC | Lance Harter (22nd) | 13 |
| 13 | UCF | 135.89 | Conference USA | Caryl Smith Gilbert (5th) | 14 |
| 14 | Southern California | 131.28 | Pac-12 | Ron Allice (18th) | 23 |
| 15 | Southern Illinois | 117.53 | Missouri Valley | Connie Price-Smith (11th) | 18 |
| 16 | Arizona State | 114.91 | Pac-12 | Greg Kraft (16th) | 12 |
| 17 | Florida State | 113.61 | ACC | Bob Braman (9th) | 24 |
| 18 | Georgia | 99.83 | SEC | Wayne Norton (13th) | 20 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 97.45 | Big Ten | Karen Dennis (6th) | 22 |
| 20 | Louisville | 97.28 | Big East | Ron Mann (8th) | 15 |
| 21 | Illinois State | 90.79 | Missouri Valley | Elvis Forde (9th) | 17 |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 85.59 | Big 12 | Wes Kittley (13th) | 11 |
| 23 | Southern Miss | 81.46 | Conference USA | Kevin Stephen (5th) | 26 |
| 24 | San Diego State | 80.11 | Mountain West | Shelia Burrell (3rd) | 37 |
| 25 | TCU | 79.81 | Mountain West | Darryl Anderson (8th) | 30 |
| Dropped out: No. 19 Illinois, No. 21 Baylor, No. 25 Iowa State | |||||
| Women's Conference Index Top 10 | |||||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams | ||
| 1 | Big 12 | 1242.04 | 5 | ||
| 2 | Pac-12 | 1085.71 | 5 | ||
| 3 | SEC | 1057.89 | 5 | ||
| 4 | ACC | 581.16 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Big East | 499.91 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Big Ten | 465.34 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Conference USA | 328.52 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Missouri Valley | 318.19 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Mountain West | 236.25 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Ivy | 107.09 | |||
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