Waco, TX- The National Collegiate Equestrian Association on Wednesday announced the second set of NCEA Event Rankings for the 2018-19 collegiate equestrian season, as determined by the NCEA Selection Committee.
The National Championship format includes four Event titles that will be included in the April 2019 NCEA National Championship. The Event titles will be determined through a head-to-head bracket format in each of the four events that comprise a head-to-head in-season meet. The Event rankings are determined by the NCEA Selection Committee and are released to the National Championship. The final set of rankings will be used to seed teams for the Event title competitions in Waco, TX.
Event rankings are determined at each head-to-head competition based on a variety of data points (Win/Loss; Home/Away; Current Rank of Opponent). The Event rankings may differ from the NCEA Team Rankings that are released every week throughout the season, as they are based solely on the results from the single event in the head-to-head meet.
FEBRUARY 20, 2019 EVENT RANKINGS:
EQUITATION ON THE FLAT
1. AUBURN
2. BAYLOR
3. TEXAS A&M
4. GEORGIA
5. SOUTH CAROLINA
6. SMU
7. UT MARTIN
8. TCU
9. SWEET BRIAR
10. DELAWARE STATE
11. OKLAHOMA STATE
12. FRESNO STATE
13. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
14. UC DAVIS
EQUITATION OVER FENCES
1. AUBURN
2. SOUTH CAROLINA
3. TCU
4. SMU
5. GEORGIA
6. SWEET BRIAR
7. TEXAS A&M
8. OKLAHOMA STATE
9. BAYLOR
10. UT MARTIN
11. FRESNO STATE
12. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
13. DELAWARE STATE
14. UC DAVIS
HORSEMANSHIP
1. AUBURN
2. TEXAS A&M
3. BAYLOR
4. FRESNO STATE
5. SMU
6. OKLAHOMA STATE
7. TCU
8. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
9. UT MARTIN
10. SOUTH CAROLINA
11. DELAWARE STATE
12. GEORGIA
13. UC DAVIS
REINING
1. GEORGIA
2. OKLAHOMA STATE
3. TEXAS A&M
4. AUBURN
5. SMU
6. BAYLOR
7. UT MARTIN
8. SOUTH CAROLINA
9. TCU
10. FRESNO STATE
11. DELAWARE STATE
12. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
13. UC DAVIS
NCAA Equestrian & NCEA National Championship:
The following NCEA event titles and team championships will be held in Waco, Texas on April 17-20, 2019.
National championship event titles will be awarded in four separate events conducted at the national championship: 4 riders in each event.
NCEA Equitation over Fences
NCEA Equitation on the Flat
NCEA Horsemanship
NCEA Reining
National championship discipline titles will be awarded for two separate disciplines based on the points assigned to teams during the event competitions at the national championship- NCEA Hunter Seat and NCEA Western
National Team Championship will be awarded based on combined discipline team head-to-head bracket competition at the national championship. (4 riders in each event)
Schools may qualify teams for each of the event titles – schools do not need to enter teams in both disciplines.
Schools with single discipline teams are now eligible for NCEA national titles.
All competitive opportunities will be organized in the bracket head-to-head format (event titles and team title).
Seeding for the event title competitions will be based on regular season NCEA competitions for the four different events (fences, flat, horsemanship, reining). To be eligible for seeding for any NCEA national championship title, teams are required to compete in a minimum of three head-to-head competitions.
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