NEW ORLEANS — Following a familiar pattern to last year’s national championship campaign, Arkansas is No. 4 this week in the USTFCCCA men’s national rating index after starting at No. 41 a week ago.
Last year the Razorbacks were No. 34 in the first installment during the indoor season and promptly moved to No. 3 the following week once they had more athletes competing and establishing national marks.
Texas Tech (149) remained the top team again this week and are followed by Northern Arizona (123), Florida (118), Arkansas (98), and USC (89). The rest of the top 10 includes Washington (88), Texas (86), Georgia (74), Florida State (65), and Kentucky (63).
The top 25 includes 10 SEC schools with No. 13 Alabama (58), No. 14 LSU (57), No. 16 South Carolina (52), No. 18 Texas A&M (50), No. 23 Tennessee (36), and No. 24 Ole Miss (35).
This past weekend the heptathlon crew, led by national leader Jack Turner’s 6,000m points, swept the top four places and produced scores that currently rank in the top nine with Yariel Soto Torrado fourth, Marcus Weaver seventh and Daniel Spejcher ninth.