Men's Indoor Track & Field ranked No. 22 in USTFCCCA Preseason Power Rankings
By Caleb Scott
ADA — The Ohio Northern men's indoor track and field team is ranked No. 22 in the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Div. III preseason power rankings, released on Thursday afternoon.
The Polar Bears finished 31st last year in the final rankings.
Ohio Northern welcomes back 3-time All-American Matt Molinaro (Sterling Heights, Mich./DeLaSalle).
ONU received 31.91 points in the rankings, while Wis.-LaCrosse held the No. 1 spot with 116.28 points, Rowan (N.J.) was ranked second with 110.19 points and Dubuque (Iowa) rounded out the top-3 with 96.11 points.
The Polar Bears open the 2018 campaign on Friday, Jan. 19 as they travel to Berea to compete in the Ohio Athletic Conference Split Meet.
USTFCCCA Power Rankings - Preseason
Jan. 11, 2018
| Rank | School | Pts. | 2017 Final Rank |
| 1. | Wis.-LaCrosse | 116.28 | 1 |
| 2. | Rowan (N.J.) | 110.19 | 6 |
| 3. | Dubuque (Iowa) | 96.11 | 18 |
| 4. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 91.96 | 20 |
| 5. | Wis.-Oshkosh | 85.22 | 42 |
| 6. | Benedictine (Ill.) | 82.95 | 10 |
| 7. | Mount Union | 81.29 | 5 |
| 8. | MIT | 76.95 | 69 |
| 9. | Wis.-Stevens Point | 72.90 | 4 |
| 10. | North Central (Ill.) | 71.39 | 1 |
| 11. | SUNY Cortland | 65.21 | 9 |
| 12. | Wis.-Whitewater | 50.69 | 3 |
| 13. | Hamline (Minn.) | 50.16 | NR |
| 14. | Middlebury (Vt.) | 49.54 | 27 |
| 15. | St. John Fisher (N.Y.) | 42.82 | NR |
| 16. | Wis.-Eau Claire | 40.95 | 6 |
| 17. | Ramapo (N.J.) | 39.80 | 60 |
| 18. | Williams (Mass.) | 39.30 | 12 |
| 19. | Central (Iowa) | 37.96 | 37 |
| 20. | Simpson (Iowa) | 33.19 | 66 |
| 21. | Southern Maine | 32.20 | NR |
| 22. | Ohio Northern | 31.91 | 31 |
| 23. | Delaware Valley (Pa.) | 31.18 | 31 |
| 24. | SUNY Geneseo | 30.98 | 10 |
| 25. | Stockton (N.J.) | 30.90 | 20 |