NEW ORLEANS – Though many top teams were dormant this weekend in preparation for the coming madness of Conference Championships Weekend – the finale of the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field regular season – the few teams that did compete continued to draw the team title races ever closer.

The top-ranked Texas A&M men and defending indoor champion Arkansas women remained on top of the National Team Computer Rankings – released Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) – for another week despite idling ahead of the hyper-competitive SEC Championships, but both squads lost ground to their respective chase packs.

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The team races projected by the rankings throughout the season will come to a head at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 10-13 – all of which will be broadcast live on ESPN’s television and web platforms.

Of those two No. 1 teams, Arkansas faces the most pressing danger of losing its top spot. The Razorbacks checked in with 304.20 team rankings points (see the full explanation of the rankings system here), down 10 from a week ago, while No. 2 Southern Californiagained a point to end up within seven of the Razorbacks at 297.23.

Both find themselves in heavy pursuit from an SEC squad that didn’t rest this past weekend ahead of the conference meet: No. 3 Georgia. The Bulldogs (270.89) climbed three spots from a week ago behind stellar jumps action at their home Georgia Invitational.

Already the collegiate leader in the triple jump, frosh phenomKeturah Orji added to her credentials by taking a share of the national lead in the long jump at 21-9 (6.63m), as teammateKendell Williams – competing for the first time since a disappointing DNF in the Drake Relays heptathlon – moved to No. 4 on the national list at 21-2½ (6.46m).

Along with No. 5 Chanice Porter, the Bulldogs how have three of the nation’s five best long jumpers of 2015. Porter also moved to No. 11 on the high jump list this weekend, the last before facing the gauntlet of the SEC.

That SEC meet – to be held this Thursday through Saturday in Starkville, Mississippi – will feature six of the top nine women’s teams in the country.

The Bulldogs’ ascent dropped No. 4 Florida, No. 5 Texas and No. 6Kentucky all down one spot from a week ago.

Beyond those top six teams, only No. 7 Oregon checked in north of the 200-point line that has historically produced national podium contenders. No. 8 LSU and defending national champion No. 9 Texas A&M fell just shy of that mark this week, but have the hyper-competitive SEC meet on the horizon.

Not to be overlooked in favor of the SEC are the Pac-12 Championships (No. 2 Southern California, No. 7 Oregon and No. 13 Stanford) and the Big 12 Championships (No. 5 Texas, No. 10Texas Tech, No. 11 Kansas State and No. 12 Baylor).

The men’s top five – while not as dynamic as the women’s this week – was not without some movement of its own.

No. 1 Texas A&M (318.60), No. 2 LSU (273.25) and No. 3 Florida(262.12) remained in place ahead of their showdown in Starkville this weekend – which will also feature two additional top-nine teams in No. 8 Arkansas and No. 9 Georgia – while defending national outdoor champ/two-time reigning indoor champ No. 4 Oregon (247.98) swapped spots with No. 5 SouthernCalifornia (239.94).

Those two will go head-to-head at the Pac-12 Championships this Saturday and Sunday at UCLA.

Beyond that swap, only a No. 9-No. 10 swap between Georgia and Baylor caused further stir in the top 10.

The Big 12 meet will also be one of national intrigue on the men’s side, as No. 6 Texas, No. 7 Texas Tech and No. 10 Baylor will all square off with one another.

The biggest moves in the rankings came from a pair of newcomers to the men’s top 25 in No. 25 Arkansas State (up 16 positions) and No. 21 Tulsa (up eight). Making the biggest move of the week for the women was No. 10 Texas Tech (up five).

At the regional level, only the men’s rankings saw changes at the top. Nebraska took control of the Midwest Region and Texas Tech edged past BYU in the Mountain Region.