Release courtesy of the USTFCCCA
NEW ORLEANS – The Grand Valley State men and the Lincoln (Mo.) women lead the way in the first NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings of the New Year, which were announced Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
TEAM PDFs: Top 25 Summary | By Team
Week By Week PDFs: By Rank | By Week | All-Time
INDIVIDUAL PDF: By Event
Preseason data (i.e. marks by returners that were achieved in 2015 or earlier) have been removed from the rankings formula, and just about the only thing that didn't change from the preseason was the GVSU men's position atop the list.
Between the top-25 men's teams and the top-25 women's teams (50 total), only a combined three teams stayed put from their December preseason standings.
Checking in behind the Lakers were defending national indoor champion No. 2 Adams State, three-time defending outdoor national champion No. 3 Saint Augustine's, No. 4 Minnesota State and No. 5 Tiffin.
Preseason favorite Grand Valley State dropped two positions to No. 3. GLIAC rival Hillsdale fell one spot to No. 4, and Pittsburg State climbed two spots to round out the top five.
| USTFCCCA Men's Indoor Track & Field National Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Grand Valley State | 156.71 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 1 |
| 2 | Adams State | 132.17 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 6 |
| 3 | Saint Augustine's | 127.72 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 5 |
| 4 | Minnesota State | 126.81 | NSIC | Jim Dilling (3rd) | 11 |
| 5 | Tiffin | 119.48 | GLIAC | Jeremy Croy (16th) | 2 |
| 6 | Colorado Mines | 93.79 | RMAC | Matt Sparks (3rd) | 3 |
| 7 | Western State | 91.10 | RMAC | Chris Bradford (7th) | 19 |
| 8 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 89.46 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (15th) | 36 |
| 9 | Ashland | 82.61 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (13th) | 12 |
| 10 | Lewis | 74.33 | GLVC | Dana Schwarting (11th) | 15 |
| 11 | Missouri Southern | 57.28 | MIAA | Bryan Schiding (3rd) | 50 |
| 12 | American International | 53.94 | Northeast-10 | Leo Mayo (10th) | 31 |
| 13 | Southern Connecticut | 53.46 | Northeast-10 | John Wallin (6th) | 24 |
| 14 | Chadron State | 52.51 | RMAC | Brad Gamble (2nd) | 22 |
| 15 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 51.18 | Lone Star | Ryan Dall (8th) | 13 |
| 16 | Saginaw Valley State | 50.37 | GLIAC | Rod Cowan (7th) | 44 |
| 17 | Findlay | 47.03 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (28th) | 4 |
| 18 | Franklin Pierce | 44.61 | Northeast-10 | Zach Emerson (4th) | 37 |
| 19 | Limestone | 44.52 | Conf. Carolinas | Joseph Wassink (2nd) | 27 |
| 20 | Academy of Art | 43.83 | PacWest | Kevin LaSure (1st) | 32 |
| 21 | Claflin | 41.81 | SIAC | (0th) | NR |
| 22 | Southern Indiana | 39.97 | GLVC | Mike Hillyard (18th) | 14 |
| 23 | Shorter | 39.32 | Gulf South | Scott Byrd (9th) | 29 |
| 24 | Pittsburg State | 38.68 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (28th) | 9 |
| 25 | Wingate | 37.42 | SAC | Travis LeFlore (1st) | 79 |
| USTFCCCA Women's Indoor Track & Field National Rankings (Top 25) | |||||
| Rank | Institution | Points | Conference | Head Coach (Yr) | Last Week |
| 1 | Lincoln (Mo.) | 197.33 | MIAA | Victor Thomas (15th) | 5 |
| 2 | Lewis | 152.01 | GLVC | Dana Schwarting (11th) | 11 |
| 3 | Grand Valley State | 129.47 | GLIAC | Jerry Baltes (17th) | 1 |
| 4 | Hillsdale | 121.44 | GLIAC | Andrew Towne (5th) | 3 |
| 5 | Pittsburg State | 110.65 | MIAA | Russ Jewett (30th) | 7 |
| 6 | Shorter | 97.28 | Gulf South | Scott Byrd (9th) | 26 |
| 7 | Minnesota State | 90.34 | NSIC | Jen Blue (16th) | 33 |
| 8 | Central Missouri | 78.32 | MIAA | Kirk Pedersen (20th)/Kip Janvrin (18th) | 4 |
| 9 | Johnson C. Smith | 74.57 | CIAA | Lennox Graham (9th) | 8 |
| 10 | U-Mary | 66.76 | NSIC | Mike Thorson (22nd) | 10 |
| 11 | Ashland | 60.54 | GLIAC | Jud Logan (13th) | 9 |
| 12 | Findlay | 58.19 | GLIAC | Marc Arce (28th) | 31 |
| 13 | Alaska Anchorage | 56.87 | GNAC | Michael Friess (26th) | 21 |
| 14 | Adams State | 52.93 | RMAC | Rock Light (3rd) | 6 |
| 15 | Minnesota Duluth | 52.62 | NSIC | Joanna Warmington (5th) | 14 |
| 16 | Missouri Southern | 48.61 | MIAA | Patty Vavra (22nd) | 27 |
| 17 | Slippery Rock | 48.43 | PSAC | John Papa (29th) | 37 |
| 18 | CSU-Pueblo | 45.79 | RMAC | Matt Morris (3rd) | 50 |
| 19 | Winona State | 45.30 | NSIC | Mason Rebarchek (12th) | 29 |
| 20 | Queens (N.C.) | 41.98 | SAC | Jim Vahrenkamp (4th) | 23 |
| 21 | Saint Augustine's | 41.93 | CIAA | George Williams (40th) | 17 |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri | 41.68 | MIAA | Scott Lorek (12th) | 80 |
| 23 | Chadron State | 40.84 | RMAC | Brad Gamble (2nd) | 16 |
| 24 | Azusa Pacific | 38.94 | PacWest | Preston Grey (4th) | 39 |
| 25 | Southern Connecticut | 38.79 | Northeast-10 | Melissa Stoll (4th) | 18 |
