NCAA Division III National Team Rankings
Men & Women Regional Rankings
NEW ORLEANS, LA --- The Moravian College men's & women's track & field teams are both ranked in the Mideast Region in the second NCAA Division III Regional Team Index of the 2012 indoor season released by the U S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Wednesday. The Greyhound women and men are both ranked fourth in the top-ten regional rankings.
The Greyhound women, who are also ranked 21st in the nation by the USTFCCCA with 34.10 points, down one spot from 20th a week ago, have a total of 125.18 points in the regional index. Haverford College is currently first in the Mideast Region with 192.57 points while Johns Hopkins University is second at 148 and Lebanon Valley College is third with 147.99 points. Moravian is next with 125.18 points.
The Greyhound men have a total of 133.53 points. Haverford College leads the Mideast Region with 285.35 points while Widener University is second at 198.45 points. Gwynedd-Mercy College holds down the third spot at 168.70 points and is trailed by Johns Hopkins University in fourth place at 142.28 points.
Moravian will return to action on Saturday, February 4th when they are set to travel to the 13th Annual DeSchriver Invitational at East Stroudsburg University. The meet is scheduled for 10 a.m.
About the Rankings
For more on the national team rankings and links to
guideline and rationale information, click here.
Rankings are determined by a mathematical formula, which is based on current national descending order lists. This is what's used to compile a team's ranking. 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-title race.
The Regional Index is determined using a similar method as national rankings, but on a smaller scale, comparing teams versus others within the same region. The result is a ranking that showcases squads with better all-around team potential — a group makeup critical for conference or similar team-scored events. A team may achieve a better regional ranking than a counterpart that has a better national ranking. Historically, some teams are better national-championship teams than conference-championship teams, having a few elite athletes that score very well in a diverse environment where teams do not have entries in more than a few events. Some teams are better at conference championships or similar team-scored events where they enter, and are competitive, in many of the events.
How a team fares in a national championship, conference championship, or scored meet with only a couple or few teams (like a dual or triangular) can be very different, given the number of events, competition, scoring, and makeup of entries — thus the rationale behind each of the ranking systems. Similar arguments about team makeup and rankings can also be found in swimming & diving and wrestling as their sports also have a similar trichotomy when it comes to team theory.
