BATON ROUGE – As the LSU track and field teams prepare to compete this weekend at the 2011 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the teams are sure to compete for a sweep of team championships as the Lady Tigers are ranked No. 1 and the Tigers are ranked No. 3 in the national rankings with the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Top 25 released Tuesday.
The Lady Tigers have held down the No. 1 ranking for the past three weeks, while the Tigers dropped one spot to No. 3 this week after climbing as high as No. 2 in each of the last two weeks.
The Lady Tigers will compete against a field this weekend featuring four other teams ranked in the top 25 nationally, including No. 7 Arkansas, No. 13 Auburn, No. 18 Georgia and No. 21 Tennessee.
The Tigers will battle five nationally-ranked programs for the men’s title at the SEC Outdoor meet as they will face No. 2 Florida, No. 11 Arkansas, No. 14 Georgia, No. 22 Mississippi State and No. 24 Auburn.
The 2011 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships are set to begin on Thursday in Athens, Ga., as the meet will be held at Spec Towns Track at the University of Georgia. This year’s SEC Outdoor champions will crowned following Sunday’s action in what is sure to be the most competitive conference meet in the country being held this weekend. The Lady Tigers are the defending SEC Outdoor team champions on the women’s side, while the Tigers have finished runner-up in each of the last two seasons.
USTFCCCA Top 25
WOMEN
Team (Points) Last Week
1. LSU (320.76) 1
2. Texas A&M (287.46) 2
3. Clemson (277.70) 4
4. Southern California (215.46) 5
5. Oregon (212.88) 3
6. Oklahoma (208.78) 6
7. Arkansas (203.22) 8
8. Arizona (171.13) 7
9. Baylor (162.77) 10
10. Texas (157.64) 9
11. Texas Tech (138.30) 11
12. Arizona State (136.48) 12
13. Auburn (134.74) 13
14. Nebraska (119.79) 14
15. Colorado (115.42) 15
16. Kansas State (107.88) 16
17. Central Florida (103.30) 17
18. Georgia (98.02) 19
19. West Virginia (96.86) 46
20. Southern Illinois (96.53) 20
21. Tennessee (96.40) 21
22. North Carolina (96.00) 18
23. Washington State (94.28) 22
24. SMU (94.28) 23
25. Kansas (93.94) 25
MEN
Team (Points) Last Week
1. Texas A&M (347.96) 1
2. Florida (329.57) 3
3. LSU (293.70) 2
4. Florida State (284.47) 4
5. Texas Tech (250.13) 5
6. Texas (172.76) 6
7. Southern California (172.32) 7
8. Nebraska (152.47) 8
9. Virginia Tech (151.73) 9
10. Arizona (147.76) 10
11. Arkansas (147.39) 15
12. Stanford (136.59) 11
13. Baylor (135.52) 13
14. Georgia (127.30) 12
15. BYU (126.07) 17
16. Oklahoma (122.40) 14
17. Kansas (110.99) 18
18. Ole Miss (107.01) 16
19. Penn State (91.06) 19
20. Oregon (89.57) 20
21. UCLA (87.84) 23
22. Mississippi State (85.01) 21
23. Washington (83.08) 28
24. Auburn (76.03) 22
25. Kansas State (71.96) 32