With one week—and what a week it will be—to go, Texas A&M continues to be the dominant force in the women’s duals rankings. Pat Henry’s Aggies have never won the women’s overall title, although they have won the indoor-season title three times (’18, ’16 & ’14). They’ll have to get past #5 LSU this weekend in Baton Rouge to clinch it, but #2 Oregon lurks in the background.
Dennis Shaver’s Tigers and Robert Johnson’s Ducks have won all of the dual meet titles since the rankings were revived in ’12. One of these 3 powerhouse teams will almost assuredly come out of the weekend as the champions.
Rivalry meets are on tap this weekend in the Pac-12—including the always-excellent USC/UCLA dual in Los Angeles—Big Sky & Big West.
Recent Dual Meet Scores
April 13 @ Hanover: Dartmouth 193, UMass Lowell 129, Vermont 125, Hartford 101
April 13-14 @ Louisville: Louisville 185½, Purdue 160, Michigan State 146½, Notre Dame 106
April 14 @ Alton: New Hampshire 212, Maine 166, Bates 157
April 14 @ New Haven: Harvard 98, Yale 61
April 18 @ Staten Island: Wagner 174½, St. Francis (NY) 68½; Wagner 184, FDU 20; St. Francis 99, FDU 20
April 20 @ Huntsville: Alabama A&M 168, Mississippi Valley 100
April 20-21 @ Lawrence: Kansas 209, Nebraska 181, Kansas State 164, Harvard 104
April 21 @ Dedham: Northeastern 279½, Yale 100, Boston U 32½, New Hampshire 16
April 21 @ Harrisonburg: James Madison 69, Towson 66, Loyola (MD) 34, Robert Morris 30
April 22 @ Providence (Brown Stadium): Brown 57, Providence 29
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 4 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.
| The complete women’s rankings | |||
| Rank | Team | Last Week | |
| 1 | Texas A&M (3-0) | 1 | |
| 2 | Oregon (3-0) | 2 | |
| 3 | Stanford (1-0) | 3 | |
| 4 | Minnesota (1-0) | 7 | |
| 5 | LSU (3-0) | 4 | |
| 6 | Texas (2-1) | 9 | |
| 7 | Ohio State (3-0) | 10 | |
| 8 | Arkansas (2-1) | 11 | |
| 9 | BYU (5-1) | 8 | |
| 10 | USC (0-0) | 12 | |
| 11 | Louisville (6-0) | not ranked | |
| 12 | Purdue (4-2) | 5 | |
| 13 | Kansas (5-3) | not ranked | |
| 14 | Nebraska (5-1) | 14 | |
| 15 | Kansas State (6-2) | 6 | |
| 16 | Iowa (1-2) | 13 | |
| 17 | Tennessee (1-0) | 20 | |
| 18 | Duke (4-1) | 15 | |
| 19 | Mississippi (0-0) | 24 | |
| 20 | Michigan (2-3) | 16 | |
| 21 | North Carolina (3-2) | 17 | |
| 22 | Texas Tech (0-0) | not ranked | |
| 23 | Penn State (0-3) | 19 | |
| 24 | Virginia (3-0) | not ranked | |
| 25 | Akron (3-1) | 23 | |
| Dropped out: Arizona, Cal, Indiana, Wisconsin | |||
| Regional Women’s Rankings | |||
| East | Midwest | ||
| 1 | Penn State (0-3) | 1 | Minnesota (1-0) |
| 2 | Dartmouth (11-0) | 2 | Ohio State (3-0) |
| 3 | Maryland (2-1) | 3 | Purdue (4-2) |
| 4 | Princeton (2-0) | 4 | Kansas (5-3) |
| 5 | Harvard (2-4) | 5 | Nebraska (5-1) |
| 6 | Brown (2-2) | 6 | Kansas State (6-2) |
| 7 | Navy (4-1) | 7 | Iowa (1-2) |
| 8 | Army (1-1) | 8 | Michigan (2-3) |
| 9 | Columbia (1-1) | 9 | Akron (3-1) |
| 10 | Northeastern (3-0) | 10 | Wisconsin (0-1) |
| 11 | Monmouth (3-0) | 11 | Indiana (0-1) |
| 12 | Lehigh (4-1) | 12 | Michigan State (0-3) |
| 13 | Yale (2-6) | 13 | Notre Dame (0-3) |
| 14 | Bucknell (1-2) | 14 | Indiana State (1-0) |
| 15 | Towson (2-1) | 15 | Eastern Michigan (3-0) |
| 16 | Buffalo (0-3) | 16 | Bowling Green (4-2-1) |
| 17 | Georgetown (0-3) | 17 | Toledo (2-4-1) |
| 18 | Boston U (1-2) | 18 | Illinois (2-4) |
| 19 | Holy Cross (1-0) | 19 | Illinois State (1-3) |
| 20 | New Hampshire (8-6) | 20 | Youngstown State (2-1) |
| South | West | ||
| 1 | Texas A&M (3-0) | 1 | Oregon (3-0) |
| 2 | LSU (3-0) | 2 | Stanford (1-0) |
| 3 | Texas (2-1) | 3 | BYU (5-1) |
| 4 | Louisville (6-0) | 4 | USC (0-0) |
| 5 | Tennessee (1-0) | 5 | Texas Tech (0-0) |
| 6 | Duke (4-1) | 6 | Cal (0-1) |
| 7 | Ole Miss (0-0) | 7 | Arizona State (0-3) |
| 8 | North Carolina (3-2) | 8 | Washington State (0-0) |
| 9 | Virginia (3-0) | 9 | Washington (0-3) |
| 10 | Baylor (1-2) | 10 | UCLA (0-0) |
| 11 | Houston (2-1) | 11 | San Diego State (3-0) |
| 12 | North Carolina A&T (0-0) | 12 | Colorado State (1-2) |
| 13 | NC State (1-2) | 13 | Montana State (7-0) |
| 14 | East Carolina (0-3) | 14 | Nevada (4-1) |
| 15 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (1-0) | 15 | UNLV (1-2) |
| 16 | Southeastern Louisiana (1-0) | 16 | Cal Poly (2-0) |
| 17 | William & Mary (2-1) | 17 | UCSB (4-1) |
| 18 | George Mason (1-2) | 18 | Long Beach State (2-1) |
| 19 | James Madison (3-0) | 19 | Utah State (2-1) |
| 20 | Marshall (1-0) | 20 | Sac State (0-0) |
Upcoming Dual Meets
Friday: #15 Kansas State, #14 Nebraska & Wichita State at #22 Texas Tech (field events at 11:00am CDT, running at 6pm)
UC Davis @ Sacramento State (field events at 2:45pm PDT, running at 5:30pm)
Saturday: Montana State @ Montana (time TBA)
North Carolina A&T, #19 Mississippi & #1 Texas A&M @ #5 LSU (field events at 9:30am CDT, running at 11:20am)
Cal Poly @ UCSB (field events at 10:00am PDT, running at 12:30pm)
Washington @ Washington State (field events at 11:00am PDT, running at 1:00pm)□
