Oregon Wins The National Title
compiled by Jesse Squire
(May 5, 2014)
The Oregon Ducks had just one dual meet on their schedule, but it was a good one, a 106-52 pasting of Arizona. Robert Johnson’s squad’s breadth and depth of marks was by far the best in the NCAA, and it helped that the team that they lapped ended up #4 in the rankings.
Oregon has now finished Nos. 1/3/1 in the three years since the dual meet rankings were revived.
| The complete final rankings: | ||
| 1. | Oregon (1-0) | |
| 2. | Texas A&M (2-0) | |
| 3. | Arkansas (3-0) | |
| 4. | Arizona (2-1) | |
| 5. | LSU (1-1) | |
| 6. | USC (1-0) | |
| 7. | Arizona State (1-1) | |
| 8. | Washington State (2-0) | |
| 9. | UCLA (2-2) | |
| 10. | Purdue (4-1) | |
| 11. | UC Davis (4-0) | |
| 12. | Michigan (2-0) | |
| 13. | Texas (0-1) | |
| 14. | Virginia (1-1) | |
| 15. | Texas Tech (0-2) | |
| 16. | Notre Dame (3-0) | |
| 17. | Cal (5-4) | |
| 18. | Akron (4-1) | |
| 19. | Harvard (3-0) | |
| 20. | Indiana State (5-2) | |
| 21. | Long Beach State (9-0) | |
| 22. | Nebraska (3-0) | |
| 23. | Washington (0-1) | |
| 24. | Minnesota (3-0) | |
| 25. | South Carolina (3-0) | |
Rankings reflect a combined indoor/outdoor season, but with a heavier emphasis on outdoor competition. To be ranked, a team must compete in one or more dual meets (defined as a scored meet between four or fewer teams). Teams are ranked on wins and losses, marks, and strength and depth of dual meet schedule. Teams are rewarded for taking dual meet competition seriously.
Records
Two collegiate dual meet records were set this year, both eclipsing marks set in ’13.
800 meters: 2:01.10 Laura Roesler, Oregon
(old record, 2:01.18 Natoya Goule LSU ’13)
Hammer: 228-4 | 69.60 Julia Ratcliffe Princeton
(old record 228-1 | 69.52 Chelsea Cassulo Arizona State ’13)
Regional rankings
Regional rankings are based on the same factors as above, and the regions are those used for college cross country. A few regions have been combined in order for rankings to be able to go 15 teams deep.
| Northeast/Mid-Atlantic | South/Southeast/South Central | |||
| 1. | Harvard (3-0) | 1. | Texas A&M (2-0) | |
| 2. | Monmouth (7-0) | 2. | Arkansas (3-0) | |
| 3. | Princeton (5-2) | 3. | LSU (1-1) | |
| 4. | Columbia (2-0) | 4. | Texas (0-1) | |
| 5. | Delaware (6-0) | 5. | South Carolina (3-0) | |
| 6. | Dartmouth (1-1) | 6. | Virginia (1-1) | |
| 7. | Buffalo (0-3) | 7. | East Carolina (2-1) | |
| 8. | Lehigh (7-1) | 8. | Louisville (0-1) | |
| 9. | Penn (0-3) | 9. | TCU (1-1) | |
| 10. | Massachusetts (3-0) | 10. | Charlotte (1-2) | |
| 11. | Rhode Island (2-1) | 11. | South Florida (1-2) | |
| 12. | U Conn (1-2) | 12. | UT Arlington (1-2) | |
| 13. | Yale (0-4) | 13. | South Alabama (3-0) | |
| 14. | Army (2-3) | 14. | Kennesaw State (2-1) | |
| 15. | Navy (1-1) | 15. | Samford (2-1) | |
| Great Lakes | Midwest | |||
| 1. | Purdue (4-1) | 1. | Nebraska (3-0) | |
| 2. | Michigan (2-0) | 2. | Minnesota (3-0) | |
| 3. | Notre Dame (3-0) | 3. | North Dakota State (3-0) | |
| 4. | Akron (4-1) | 4. | Iowa (3-0) | |
| 5. | Indiana State (5-2) | 5. | Wichita State (6-3) | |
| 6. | Kent State (3-1) | 6. | Kansas (2-1) | |
| 7. | Michigan State (2-1) | 7. | Kansas State (3-2) | |
| 8. | Indiana (0-1) | 8. | Missouri (0-1) | |
| 9. | Wisconsin (1-0) | 9. | Southern Illinois (3-2) | |
| 10. | En. Michigan (5-0) | 10. | Oklahoma State (1-1) | |
| 11. | Bowling Green (3-1) | 11. | Eastern Illinois (3-0) | |
| 12. | Wn. Michigan (6-1) | 12. | Northern Iowa (2-1) | |
| 13. | Cincinnati (0-4) | 13. | Southeast Missouri (1-0) | |
| 14. | Grand Valley St. (2-0) | 14. | Illinois State (0-3) | |
| 15. | Ashland (1-2) | 15. | Oklahoma (0-3) | |
| Mountain | West | |||
| 1. | Texas Tech (0-2) | 1. | Oregon (1-0) | |
| 2. | BYU (0-2) | 2. | Arizona (2-1) | |
| 3. | Montana State (7-3) | 3. | USC (1-0) | |
| 4. | Montana (5-3) | 4. | Arizona State (1-1) | |
| 5. | Colorado State (3-1) | 5. | Washington State (2-0) | |
| 6. | Wyoming (2-2) | 6. | UCLA (2-2) | |
| 7. | Northern Arizona (0-2) | 7. | UC Davis (4-0) | |
| 8. | Utah State (3-0) | 8. | Cal (5-4) | |
| 9. | New Mexico (1-2) | 9. | Long Beach State (9-0) | |
| 10. | Colorado (2-1) | 10. | Washington (0-1) | |
| 11. | Weber State (1-1) | 11. | Stanford (0-4) | |
| 12. | Air Force (0-3) | 12. | Sac State (2-2) | |
| 13. | UC San Diego (3-0) | |||
| 14. | UCSB (7-3) | |||
| 15. | Cal Poly (4-1) |
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