Superfan Daily: College Power Rankings

The top-ranked teams stay the same, but those behind them shuffled quite a bit.

The Superfan’s Men’s Power Rankings for March 1, 2011
(last week's ranking in parenthesis)
1. Florida (1)
2. Arkansas (5)
3. LSU (2)
4. Texas A&M (3)
5. BYU (6)
6. Minnesota (7)
7. Indiana (4)
8. Wisconsin (9)
9. Nebraska (12)
10. Stanford (13)
11. Oklahoma (10)
12. Virginia Tech (17)
13. Iowa (18)
14. Arizona (23)
15. Ohio State (8)
16. Texas (19)
17. Princeton (21)
18. Oregon (11)
19. Florida State (20)
20. Penn State (14)
21. Houston (HM)
22. Alabama (16)
23. UCLA (NR)
24. Georgia (22)
25. Illinois (15)
Close but not quite: Akron, Arizona State, Clemson, Connecticut, Duke, Kent State, Michigan State, New Mexico, North Carolina St., Texas Tech

Arkansas gave Florida all they could handle at the SEC Championships, and moves into the second position.  Poor showings by Ohio State and Oregon at their conference meets led each to tumble down the rankings.

The Superfan’s Women’s Power Rankings for March 1, 2011
(last week's ranking in parenthesis)
1. Oregon (1)
2. LSU (2)
3. Nebraska (5)
4. Texas A&M (4)
5. Arkansas (7)
6. Texas (3)
7. Clemson (11)
8. Ohio State (12)
9. BYU (6)
10. Oklahoma (9)
11. Florida State (8)
12. Texas Tech (10)
13. Tennessee (23)
14. Arizona (15)
15. Stanford (13)
16. Penn State (16)
17. Minnesota (HM)
18. Indiana (14)
19. Arizona State (21)
20. North Carolina (19)
21. Michigan (17)
22. Florida (18)
23. Michigan State (HM)
24. Auburn (HM)
25. Wichita State (22)
Close but not quite: Central Florida, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa State, Louisville, Miami (FL), South Carolina, Southern Illinois, Virginia Tech

Big conference meet wins by Nebraska, Clemson and Ohio State moved each up a few notches.

Track on TV
Bud Greenspan Remembers: The 1984 L.A. Olympics, 8:00 AM tomorrow on Showtime Family Zone

News Links
Runner's World's Racing News has all the headlines, including a leaked report that Galen Rupp is entering the NYC Half Marathon.

The USTFCCCA's weekend roundup, and Ken Goe's daily Oregon track news.

Athletics Kenya has cut road world record holder Leonard Komon from its World Cross Country team for defying a no-racing order.  Ruling with an iron fist is a lot easier when you can still win the gold without all of your best runners.

The IOC has rejected Iran's nutball complaints about the London 2012 logo.  Last night Rachel Maddow suggested the tin-hat rantings were a ploy to divert attention from crackdowns on political opponents.

A lengthy profile of Shalane Flanagan from Runner's World.

Famous waffle iron: found!

Brianna Glenn blogs about fouling.

Paul Merca on Washington's proposed new track facility.

Martin Bingisser blogs about starting throwers young.

KIMbia's "Dispatches From Down Under" with Matt Tegenkamp.

Lauren Fleshman blogs about injuries.