Oregon Surges Over The Top On Last Weekend
by Jesse Squire
(as of May 06)
Robert Johnson’s Ducks came on last to win their third title in the four years since the T&FN dual meet rankings were revived. Oregon won the championship based on its win at the Pepsi Team Invitational over #3 Kentucky and #10 Washington.
The Arkansas Razorbacks held the lead for most of the season but slid to the #2 position. Lance Harter’s squad has finished #4, #3 and now #2 over the last three years.
The Kentucky Wildcats take #3 their first ever appearance in the women’s final top 25.
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 also rewarded for taking dual meet competition seriously.
The complete national women’s rankings:
| Rank | Team | Record | Previous |
| 1 | Oregon | (2-0) | 2 |
| 2 | Arkansas | (1-0) | 1 |
| 3 | Kentucky | (1-1) | 3 |
| 4 | USC | (1-0) | 10 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | (6-0) | 5 |
| 6 | UCLA | (3-1) | 4 |
| 7 | Florida State | (3-0) | 6 |
| 8 | Kansas | (3-2) | 7 |
| 9 | Kansas State | (9-1) | 8 |
| 10 | Washington | (1-2) | 17 |
| 11 | Texas Tech | (4-1) | 9 |
| 12 | Arizona State | (1-3) | 14 |
| 13 | Colorado State | (6-3) | 11 |
| 14 | Nebraska | (5-0) | 12 |
| 15 | Purdue | (1-3) | 19 |
| 16 | Texas | (0-1) | 15 |
| 17 | Minnesota | (1-0) | 18 |
| 18 | Miami | (2-1) | 20 |
| 19 | Ohio State | (1-2) | 21 |
| 20 | Indiana State | (7-0) | NR |
| 21 | Oklahoma | (1-3) | 13 |
| 22 | Michigan State | (1-0) | 22 |
| 23 | UC Davis | (4-0) | NR |
| 24 | Stanford | (1-0) | 16 |
| 25 | Virginia | (2-0) | 23 |
dropped out: Michigan, Duke
Regional Rankings
Regional rankings use the same criteria as above and the familiar nine regions used by the NCAA in cross country; some regions have been combined.
| Mid-Atlantic/Northeast | Great Lakes | |||||
| 1 | Princeton | (6-0) | 1 | Purdue | (1-3) | |
| 2 | Harvard | (2-1) | 2 | Ohio State | (1-2) | |
| 3 | Dartmouth | (4-0) | 3 | Indiana State | (7-0) | |
| 4 | Columbia | (1-1) | 4 | Michigan State | (1-0) | |
| 5 | Yale | (0-5) | 5 | Michigan | (3-3) | |
| 6 | Monmouth | (4-1) | 6 | Akron | (3-1) | |
| 7 | Lehigh | (3-1) | 7 | Kent State | (3-1) | |
| 8 | Penn | (1-2) | 8 | Eastern Michigan | (5-0) | |
| 9 | Navy | (4-1) | 9 | Indiana | (0-1) | |
| 10 | Army | (3-2) | 10 | Marquette | (5-0) | |
| 11 | Holy Cross | (2-0) | 11 | Wisconsin | (0-3) | |
| 12 | New Hampshire | (5-1) | 12 | Central Michigan | (2-1) | |
| 13 | Marshall | (2-2) | 13 | Bowling Green | (1-0) | |
| 14 | St. John’s | (1-1) | 14 | Toledo | (0-1) | |
| 15 | Lafayette | (0-2) | 15 | Grand Valley State | (1-0) | |
Midwest |
South/Southeast/South Central | |||||
| 1 | Kansas | (3-2) | 1 | Arkansas | (1-0) | |
| 2 | Kansas State | (9-1) | 2 | Kentucky | (1-1) | |
| 3 | Nebraska | (5-0) | 3 | Texas A&M | (6-0) | |
| 4 | Minnesota | (1-0) | 4 | Florida State | (3-0) | |
| 5 | Oklahoma | (1-3) | 5 | Texas | (0-1) | |
| 6 | Wichita State | (7-3) | 6 | Miami | (2-1) | |
| 7 | Northern Iowa | (4-2) | 7 | Virginia | (2-0) | |
| 8 | Iowa | (4-1) | 8 | Duke | (3-0) | |
| 9 | Illinois | (1-1) | 9 | North Carolina | (2-4) | |
| 10 | Missouri | (0-2) | 10 | UCF | (2-0) | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois | (3-1) | 11 | Houston | (2-1) | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | (1-1) | 12 | Sam Houston State | (1-2) | |
| 13 | Illinois State | (0-1) | 13 | Memphis | (0-1) | |
| 14 | Southeast Missouri | (2-0) | 14 | East Carolina | (1-2) | |
| 15 | Drake | (1-2) | 15 | South Florida | (1-1) | |
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Mountain |
West | |||||
| 1 | Texas Tech | (4-1) | 1 | Oregon | (2-0) | |
| 2 | Colorado State | (6-3) | 2 | USC | (1-0) | |
| 3 | Montana State | (7-0) | 3 | UCLA | (3-1) | |
| 4 | Weber State | (1-1) | 4 | Washington | (1-2) | |
| 5 | Montana | (2-5) | 5 | Arizona State | (1-3) | |
| 6 | Utah Valley | (2-1) | 6 | UC Davis | (4-0) | |
| 7 | Utah | (0-1) | 7 | Stanford | (1-0) | |
| 8 | New Mexico State | (3-0) | 8 | Washington State | (1-2) | |
| 9 | New Mexico | (2-1) | 9 | Arizona | (0-1) | |
| 10 | Wyoming | (5-6) | 10 | Cal | (4-5) | |
| 11 | Northern Colorado | (1-4) | 11 | UC Riverside | (4-0) | |
| 12 | Colorado | (0-3) | 12 | Sac State | (0-1) | |
| 13 | Long Beach State | (6-5) | ||||
| 14 | Eastern Washington | (2-0) | ||||
| 15 | Cal Poly/SLO | (1-2) | ||||
Records
Two national dual meet records were set during the 2015 season.
Arkansas’s Sandi Morris set the pole vault standard in the indoor dual against Texas with a height of 15-1½ (4.61).
Arizona State’s Shelby Houlihan ran the fastest-ever 3000 meters with a 9:03.71 in an indoor quadrangular against Texas A&M, Texas Tech & Oklahoma.