Congrats to Arkansas and Tennessee -- respectively -- winners of the Men's and Women's 2009 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships!!

SEC Track and Field dominates the collegiate sport.

Why do I say that?

Here's why.

* Since 1990 The SEC has won 15 of 19 Men's Division I Outdoor Track & Field Team Championships. In that same time period the SEC has taken 13 Women's Division I Outdoor Track & Field Team Championships – including Auburn in 2006 and LSU in 2008.

* Southeastern Conference (SEC) Track and Field has won and INCREDIBLE 22 of the past 24 Men's Indoor Div. I NCAA Track & Field Championships – including Arkansas in 2006. In that same time period, SEC Women have taken the Indoor Team Championship 13 times -- including LSU's in 2008.

* The final 2008 Men's Trackwire Online Poll had 8 SEC teams in the top 25 (5 in the Top 10). No other conference was close to the SEC. FSU won the 2008 NCAA Outdoor T & F Championship -- BUT -- Auburn and LSU tied for 2d place. The final 2008 Women's poll had five teams in the top 20. Again, more than any other conference.

So, it's obvious that SEC Track and Field is #1 and second place is not close. Here's how I rank the rest of the conferences.







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2. PAC-10 Arizona State Women's team won the 2007 and 2008 NCAA Indoors and Outdoor Championships. The Arizona State men also won the 2008 indoor championships. Stanford won the Men's Outdoor Championship in 2000 and if you go back more than 20 years you find that both UCLA and USC have had strong programs historically. Also UCLA and USC have both taken a Women's Outdoor Championship once in the past decade. For Indoor – the UCLA Women won their Championship in 2000 and 2001.

3. Big 12 This is largely because of the strength of the Texas Longhorns Women's Track & Field program. Texas won the Women's outdoor championship in 1998, 1999, and 2005. Texas also won the Women's Indoor Championship in 1998, 1999 and 2006. Texas also ended up with 5 teams in the Men's final 2006 top 25.

4. ACC Florida State has won the Men's Outdoor Championship each of the past 3 years (2006 - 2008).

5. Big Ten Wisconsin won the Men's Indoor T&F in 2007 and 2008. Otherwise, no championships in the recent past.

Kentucky Lady Wildcat sprints home. Thanks to ukathletics for the photo .

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Here's how we rank the SEC schools (click link on individual team names to go to current team pages)

1. LSU Tigers We've moved LSU up to #1 in SEC Track & Field. Both the Men's and Lady teams finished the 2008 regular season ranked #1 nationally. The Lady Tigers won it all. The men finished tied with Auburn for second in the NCAA's. LSU also finished 2007 ranked 2d nationally. LSU's women's team won the 2007 SEC Track and Field Championship and finished the regular season ranked #1 nationally. Over the past 20 years, the Lady Tigers have won the Outdoor Championship 11 times. The Tiger Men won the National Championship in 1989, 1990, and 2002. LSU has also done great in the Indoor NCAA Championship winning the Men's in 2001 and 2004 and the Women's 11 times since 1987.

2. Arkansas Razorbacks Historically, Arkansas has been the best in the SEC. No doubt. Razorback men have been Indoor Champs 20 of past 26 years (including 2009) and Outdoor Champs 11 of last 19 years (came in 3rd last year). The Arkansas Men's T & F team won the 2006 SEC Outdoor Championship. But, lately they haven't been quite so dominant. At the end of last season, the Razorback men were ranked 10th; the women 17th.

3. Tennessee Volunteers The Vols won the 2007 SEC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship and finished second to Arkansas in the 2006 SEC Outdoor Championship. Won the Women's Indoor Championship in 2005 and 2009 and the Men's Indoor in 2002. They also won the Men's Outdoor NCAA Championship in 1991 and 2001. At the end of 2008, the UT men were ranked 5th nationally; the women ranked 8th.

4. Auburn Tigers The Auburn men finished tied for 2d in the 2008 outdoor NCAA's. The Lady Tigers won the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championship!! Congrats to Coach Ralph Spry and his staff.

5. Florida Gators The Gator men finished ranked 4th nationally last year; the women ranked 11th.

6. South Carolina Gamecocks Finished last year ranked 24th nationally.

7. Georgia Bulldogs The Bulldog's Women's Track & Field team won the 2006 SEC Championship.

8. Alabama Crimson Tide

9. Kentucky Wildcats The Wildcat men finished ranked 14th nationally last year.

10. Ole Miss Rebels The Rebel ladies were ranked 18th nationally at the end of '08.

11. Mississippi State Bulldogs Even the lowest ranked SEC team is ranked #25 nationally. That says a lot about SEC Track and Field.

12. Vanderbilt Commodores Last in the 2007 Women's SEC Championship. Has no Men's Track and Field Team.

Cross Country

I won't go into Cross Country in detail. But, if you are wondering which SEC team is #1. The answer is emphatically – Arkansas. The Razorback Men and Women Cross Country teams both won the 2006 SEC Cross Country Championships. In 2008, the UA women won the SEC Championship; the Alabama men won it. On the national scene, Arkansas dominated the 90's, winning the NCAA Cross Country National Championship 7 times between 1991 and 2000. No other SEC team comes close in Cross Country.








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