Men's Outdoor Track & Field ranked No. 29 in USTFCCCA Preseason power rankings
March 22, 2017
By Caleb Scott
ADA — The Ohio Northern outdoor men's track and field team is ranked No. 29 in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association preseason power rankings.
Northern is coming off of a succesful indoor season where it posted a 47-16 record.
The Polar Bears received 38.75 points in the rankings.
Wis.-LaCrosse took the top spot with 169.99 points, while Rowan (N.J.) took the second spot with 124.68 points and North Central (Ill.) finished third with 124.05 points.
Northern returns to the track this weekend as they compete in both the Raleigh Relays in North Carolina and the Cedarville Invitational.
USTFCCCA Poll - Preseason
Mar. 22, 2017
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1. | Wis.-LaCrosse | 169.99 |
| 2. | Rowan (N.J.) | 124.68 |
| 3. | North Central (Ill.) | 124.05 |
| 4. | Occidental (Cal.) | 99.33 |
| 5. | Wis.-Whitewater | 91.31 |
| 6. | Wis.-Plateville | 89.41 |
| 7. | Wis.-Stevens Point | 88.33 |
| 8. | Wis.-Eau Claire | 87.46 |
| 9. | SUNY Cortland | 86.42 |
| 10. | Monmouth (Ill.) | 78.96 |
| 11. | MIT | 73.25 |
| 12. | Wis.-Stout | 65.11 |
| 13. | Widener (Pa.) | 64.62 |
| 14. | Hamline (Minn.) | 62.98 |
| 15. | Wesley (Del.) | 58.49 |
| 16. | Augustana (Ill.) | 57.64 |
| 17. | Penn St.-Behrend | 54.50 |
| 18. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 53.85 |
| 19. | Aurora (Ill.) | 53.26 |
| 20. | Mount Union | 49.23 |
| 21. | Linfield (Ore.) | 46.14 |
| 22. | Bates (Maine) | 45.23 |
| 23. | Pomona-Pitzer (Cal.) | 44.88 |
| 24. | St. John Fisher (N.Y.) | 44.40 |
| 25. | Stockton (N.J.) | 43.27 |
| 26 | Ramapo (N.J.) | 42.26 |
| 27. | Tufts (Mass.) | 42.13 |
| 28. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 41.88 |
| 29. | Ohio Northern | 38.75 |
| 30. | SUNY Geneseo | 38.42 |
| 31. | La Verne (Cal.) | 38.11 |
| 32. | Nebraska Wesleyan | 35.49 |
| 33. | RPI | 35.29 |
| 34. | Whitworth (Wash.) | 35.27 |
| 35. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 34.22 |