The USTFCCCA releases their 2024 NCAA Division I Week 1 Coaches’ Poll.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After competing in two meets during the 2024 Indoor Season, the Florida Gators Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams are ranked No. 6 and No. 3, respectively, in the Week 1 USTFCCCA NCAA Division I National Coaches’ Poll.
Florida’s women are one of the top-three teams in Week 1 for the first time since 2015. The Gators have recorded seven national top-10 efforts early in the 2024 season headlined by a collegiate record in the 5000m by Parker Valby (14:56.11). Other top-two efforts are credited to Claire Bryant in the long jump (6.61m/21’8.25”) and Grace Stark in the 60m hurdles (7.97).
The men hold sixth place in the Week 1 rankings after recording four first place finishes at the McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational headlined by the third best collegiate mark in the long jump by Malcolm Clemons (8.00m/26’3”), the fifth best 200m recorded by Robert Gregory (20.47), and fourth best 4x400m relay (3:05.89).
A complete list of the USTFCCCA Week 1 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Ranking is provided below.
2024 USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S & WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD COACHES’ POLL – WEEK 1
Men
Women
Rank
Team
Points
Rank
Team
Points
1
Texas Tech
168.13
1
Illinois
131.26
2
Texas
134.68
2
Arkansas
121.03
3
Northern Arizona
130.08
3
Florida
116.57
4
Southern California
105.87
4
Southern California
99.46
5
Kentucky
67.14
5
Texas A&M
95.46
6
Florida
62.75
6
Tennessee
94.76
7
Georgia
59.93
7
BYU
92.13
8
Oklahoma State
57.28
8
Oregon
83.37
9
Kansas
51.45
9
Texas Tech
82.83
10
Illinois
51.44
10
Iowa
76.68
11
Oklahoma
51.10
11
Texas
75.53
12
New Mexico
50.71
12
Northern Arizona
70.75
13
Ole Miss
50.08
13
Oklahoma State
70.51
14
Nebraska
49.87
14
LSU
64.76
15
Kansas State
46.86
15
Alabama
60.64
16
Wisconsin
45.00
16
Baylor
55.01
17
Iowa
44.56
17
Ole Miss
53.56
18
Iowa State
43.24
18
Kentucky
49.66
19
Alabama
43.20
19
Georgia
49.03
20
Auburn
40.54
20
Minnesota
45.43
21
Stanford
40.22
21
Ohio State
42.65
22
Louisville
38.69
22
Rutgers
41.65
23
Miami (Fla.)
37.99
23
Washington
39.73
24
Harvard
36.75
24
Nebraska
37.83
25
Notre Dame
36.15
25
Colorado State
36.93
UPCOMING ACTION
The Gators’ Track & Field program continues the 2024 Indoor Season on January 26-27 when they travel to Fayetteville, Ark. For the 2024 Razorback Invitational.
2024 FLORIDA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD REMAINING SCHEDULE
Date
Meet
Location
1/26-1/27
Razorback Invitational
Fayetteville, Arkansas
2/9-2/10
Tyson Invitational
Fayetteville, Arkansas
2/9-2/10
David Hemery Valentine Invitational
Boston, Massachusetts
2/23-2/24
SEC Indoor Championships
Fayetteville, Arkansas
3/8-3/9
NCAA Indoor Championships
Boston, Massachusetts
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