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NEW ORLEANS – With only a month left in the countdown to the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Bradenton, Florida, on May 26-28, teams continue to jockey for position in the latest edition of the National Team Computer Rankings.
Only six top-25 teams between both genders remained in the same position from a week ago, including both the No. 1 men and women of Saint Augustine’s. The week seven rankings were announced Tuesday morning by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
The three-time defending national champion SAU men won their 19th consecutive CIAA conference title this past weekend to add some breathing room between themselves and No. 2 Grand Valley State. Behind sprinter Burkheart Ellis, Jr., the Falcons improved nearly 47 points to 229.44, while GVSU had a strong weekend in its own right with a 31-point gain to 195.31.
No. 3 Texas A&M-Kingsville (144.09) held steady from last time, while the last two indoor national champions – reigning winner Tiffin (128.29) and 2015 champ Adams State (127.63) – swapped spots at No. 4 and No. 5.
The Saint Augustine’s women still hold a comfortable lead over No. 2 Johnson C. Smith, but the Golden Bulls are chipping away. The Falcons checked in at 172.12 points, while the JCSU women added 15 points to come in at 135.54. That was just enough to step past No. 3 Grand Valley State (133.54).
No. 4 Pittsburg State (127.58) remained stationary but moved closer to the top three, while Hillsdale – national runners-up both in cross country and indoors – jumped up nine spots to No. 5.
Reigning women’s national champion Central Missouri dropped one spot to No. 7, displaced by a two-spot rise from No. 6 Texas A&M-Kingsville.
National champions in 2014, the Lincoln (Mo.) women were the biggest mover among top-25 teams this week. The Blue Tigers jumped up 17 spots to No. 12.
Their male teammates improved the most of any top-25 men’s team this week, up 15 positions to No. 22.
The National Team Computer Rankings are complied by a mathematical formula based on national descending order lists. The purpose and methodology of the rankings is to create an index that showcases the teams that have the best potential of achieving the top spots in the national team race. Rankings points do not equate with NCAA Championships team points.
A full description of the rankings can be found here.
USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION II | |||||
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25) | |||||
2016 Week #7 — April 26 | |||||
| next ranking: May 3 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Saint Augustine’s | 229.44 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | 195.31 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 2 |
| 3 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 144.09 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 3 |
| 4 | Tiffin | 128.29 | GLIAC | Jeremy Croy (16th) | 5 |
| 5 | Adams State | 127.63 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 4 |
| 6 | Chico State | 112.93 | CCAA | Oliver Hanf (4th) | 7 |
| 7 | Shippensburg | 103.15 | PSAC | Dave Osanitsch (11th) | 12 |
| 8 | Missouri Southern | 99.40 | MIAA | Bryan Schiding (3rd) | 6 |
| 9 | Colorado Mines | 88.36 | RMAC | Matt Sparks (3rd) | 11 |
| 10 | Central Missouri | 87.74 | MIAA | Kirk Pedersen (20th)/Kip Janvrin (18th) | 9 |
| 11 | Ashland | 85.73 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (13th) | 8 |
| 12 | Azusa Pacific | 74.77 | PacWest | Kevin Reid (21st) | 14 |
| 13 | Pittsburg State | 74.21 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (28th) | 17 |
| 14 | Alaska Anchorage | 74.02 | GNAC | Michael Friess (26th) | 15 |
| 15 | Angelo State | 72.39 | Lone Star | James Reid (17th) | 16 |
| 16 | Academy of Art | 71.76 | PacWest | Kevin LaSure (1st) | 10 |
| 17 | Minnesota State | 69.71 | NSIC | Jim Dilling (3rd) | 13 |
| 18 | Johnson C. Smith | 66.67 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | 25 |
| 19 | Cal State Stanislaus | 61.47 | CCAA | Diljeet Taylor (4th) | 24 |
| 20 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 60.99 | Lone Star | Ross Smithey (1st) | 18 |
| 21 | Findlay | 54.51 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (28th) | 20 |
| 22 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 53.77 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (15th) | 37 |
| 23 | UC San Diego | 49.99 | CCAA | Tony Salerno (17th) | 19 |
| 24 | Cal State LA | 49.01 | CCAA | Tina Fernandes (3rd) | 22 |
| 25 | Southern Indiana | 48.56 | GLVC | Mike Hillyard (18th) | 23 |
| dropped out: No. 21 Western Washington | |||||
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2016 Week #7 — April 26 | |||||
| next ranking: May 3 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Saint Augustine’s | 229.44 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | 195.31 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 2 |
| 3 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 144.09 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 3 |
| 4 | Tiffin | 128.29 | GLIAC | Jeremy Croy (16th) | 5 |
| 5 | Adams State | 127.63 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 4 |
| 6 | Chico State | 112.93 | CCAA | Oliver Hanf (4th) | 7 |
| 7 | Shippensburg | 103.15 | PSAC | Dave Osanitsch (11th) | 12 |
| 8 | Missouri Southern | 99.40 | MIAA | Bryan Schiding (3rd) | 6 |
| 9 | Colorado Mines | 88.36 | RMAC | Matt Sparks (3rd) | 11 |
| 10 | Central Missouri | 87.74 | MIAA | Kirk Pedersen (20th)/Kip Janvrin (18th) | 9 |
| 11 | Ashland | 85.73 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (13th) | 8 |
| 12 | Azusa Pacific | 74.77 | PacWest | Kevin Reid (21st) | 14 |
| 13 | Pittsburg State | 74.21 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (28th) | 17 |
| 14 | Alaska Anchorage | 74.02 | GNAC | Michael Friess (26th) | 15 |
| 15 | Angelo State | 72.39 | Lone Star | James Reid (17th) | 16 |
| 16 | Academy of Art | 71.76 | PacWest | Kevin LaSure (1st) | 10 |
| 17 | Minnesota State | 69.71 | NSIC | Jim Dilling (3rd) | 13 |
| 18 | Johnson C. Smith | 66.67 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | 25 |
| 19 | Cal State Stanislaus | 61.47 | CCAA | Diljeet Taylor (4th) | 24 |
| 20 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 60.99 | Lone Star | Ross Smithey (1st) | 18 |
| 21 | Findlay | 54.51 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (28th) | 20 |
| 22 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 53.77 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (15th) | 37 |
| 23 | UC San Diego | 49.99 | CCAA | Tony Salerno (17th) | 19 |
| 24 | Cal State LA | 49.01 | CCAA | Tina Fernandes (3rd) | 22 |
| 25 | Southern Indiana | 48.56 | GLVC | Mike Hillyard (18th) | 23 |
| dropped out: No. 21 Western Washington | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Men’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | GLIAC | 555.74 | 4 |
| 2 | Lone Star | 399.42 | 3 |
| 3 | MIAA | 344.56 | 4 |
| 4 | RMAC | 328.13 | 2 |
| 5 | CIAA | 320.95 | 2 |
| 6 | CCAA | 278.34 | 4 |
| 7 | PacWest | 197.12 | 2 |
| 8 | GNAC | 188.24 | 1 |
| 9 | GLVC | 159.83 | 1 |
| 10 | NSIC | 152.10 | 1 |
| Men’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Atlantic | Shippensburg | 632.81 | 1 |
| Central | Missouri Southern | 373.91 | 1 |
| East | American International | 531.10 | 2 |
| Midwest | Grand Valley State | 597.19 | 1 |
| South | Shorter | 363.53 | 2 |
| South Central | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 397.95 | 1 |
| Southeast | Mount Olive | 483.53 | 1 |
| West | Chico State | 431.35 | 1 |
| View All Regional Rankings | |||
USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION II | |||||
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NATIONAL TEAM COMPUTER RANKINGS (TOP 25) | |||||
2016 Week #7 — April 26 | |||||
| next ranking: May 3 | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Saint Augustine’s | 172.12 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 1 |
| 2 | Johnson C. Smith | 135.54 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | 3 |
| 3 | Grand Valley State | 133.54 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 2 |
| 4 | Pittsburg State | 127.58 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (30th) | 4 |
| 5 | Hillsdale | 112.03 | GLIAC | Andrew Towne (5th) | 14 |
| 6 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 103.39 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 8 |
| 7 | Central Missouri | 99.45 | MIAA | Kirk Pedersen (20th)/Kip Janvrin (18th) | 6 |
| 8 | West Texas A&M | 95.84 | Lone Star | Darren Flowers (7th) | 5 |
| 9 | Alaska Anchorage | 94.54 | GNAC | Michael Friess (26th) | 10 |
| 10 | Findlay | 93.43 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (28th) | 9 |
| 11 | Lewis | 84.97 | GLVC | Dana Schwarting (11th) | 7 |
| 12 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 84.66 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (15th) | 29 |
| 13 | Shorter | 84.47 | Peach Belt | Scott Byrd (9th) | 12 |
| 14 | Chico State | 81.78 | CCAA | Robert Nooney (3rd) | 11 |
| 15 | Angelo State | 71.80 | Lone Star | James Reid (17th) | 16 |
| 16 | Adams State | 70.17 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 13 |
| 17 | Missouri Southern | 67.87 | MIAA | Patty Vavra (22nd) | 21 |
| 18 | Chadron State | 66.73 | RMAC | Brad Gamble (2nd) | 27 |
| 19 | Claflin | 64.04 | SIAC | Lincoln London (3rd) | 15 |
| 20 | Western Washington | 58.15 | GNAC | Pee Wee Halsell (29th) | 18 |
| 21 | Cal State Stanislaus | 56.35 | CCAA | Diljeet Taylor (4th) | 22 |
| 22 | Azusa Pacific | 55.19 | PacWest | Preston Grey (4th) | 20 |
| 23 | Seattle Pacific | 54.26 | GNAC | Karl Lerum (11th) | 17 |
| 24 | Minnesota State | 53.16 | NSIC | Jen Blue (16th) | 19 |
| 25 | Humboldt State | 50.85 | CCAA | Scott Pesch (6th) | 24 |
| dropped out: No. 23 Sioux Falls, No. 25 Ashland | |||||
| View All Teams Beyond the Top 25 | |||||
| Women’s Conference Index Top 10 | |||
| Rank | Conference | Points | Top 25 Teams |
| 1 | MIAA | 534.18 | 4 |
| 2 | GLIAC | 461.77 | 3 |
| 3 | CIAA | 330.02 | 2 |
| 4 | Lone Star | 319.69 | 3 |
| 5 | GNAC | 255.17 | 3 |
| 6 | RMAC | 251.04 | 2 |
| 7 | NSIC | 229.34 | 1 |
| 8 | CCAA | 225.08 | 3 |
| 9 | GLVC | 173.58 | 1 |
| 10 | Peach Belt | 144.40 | 1 |
| Women’s Regional Index Leaders | |||
| Region | Institution | Points | Last Week |
| Atlantic | Shippensburg | 427.34 | 1 |
| Central | Pittsburg State | 430.64 | 1 |
| East | Stonehill | 454.61 | 1 |
| Midwest | Grand Valley State | 631.65 | 1 |
| South | Shorter | 471.04 | 1 |
| South Central | Angelo State | 441.67 | 2 |
| Southeast | Queens (N.C.) | 612.09 | 1 |
| West | Chico State | 376.04 | 1 |
| View All Regional Rankings NCAA Division II Rankings Central
By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA
April 26, 2016
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