The Texas A&M Aggies are atop the collegiate dual meet rankings for the second time in as many weeks, but will be tested by #4 LSU and #18 Texas Tech on Saturday.  Arkansas moves into second after beating then-#2 Texas on Friday night, and Purdue moves to #3 after beating Indiana for the first time in more than a decade.

 

The complete rankings:

 

1. Texas A&M (0-0)

2. Arkansas (4-0)

3. Purdue (2-0)

4. LSU (0-0)

5. Nebraska (0-0)

6. Iowa (3-0)

7. Michigan (0-0)

8. Notre Dame (0-0)

9. Texas (0-1)

10. Indiana (0-1)

11. Kent State (1-0)

12. Kansas State (4-0)

13. North Carolina (0-0)

14. Akron (1-1)

15. Southern Illinois (1-0)

16. Indiana State (2-1)

17. North Dakota St. (2-0)

18. Texas Tech (0-0)

19. Eastern Michigan (2-0)

20. Harvard (0-0)

 

Regional rankings were released yesterday at DailyRelay.com.

 

To be considered for ranking, a team must compete in at least one dual meet (defined as a scored meet between four or fewer teams) during the indoor season.  Rankings take into account wins and losses, strength and depth of dual meet schedule, and strength and breadth of marks.

 

Here is the weekend schedule of dual, triangular and/or quadrangular meets involving one or more regionally-ranked teams.

 

East Carolina, Western Carolina and Duke at North Carolina

 

LSU and Texas Tech at Texas A&M

Illinois State, Southern Illinois and Michigan State at Notre Dame

UMKC at Kansas State

Wichita State, UT Arlington and Oral Roberts at Nebraska

 

Last weekend saw three outstanding weight throw marks in dual meets by Purdue’s Dani Bunch, Akron’s Brittany Funk, and Missouri’s Kearsten Peoples.  Here is the all-time indoor weight throw list in collegiate dual/tri/quad meets. (Corrections and additions welcome at tracksuperfan at yahoo dot com.)