USTFCCCA News & Notes
DIII Regional Cross Country Rankings — Week 5
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released week five regional rankings for the NCAA Division III 2011 season on Tuesday. Three teams took over as the new top teams in their respective region: St. Lawrence is now the new men’s top team in the Atlantic region, Middlebury is on top of the men’s New England region rankings, and Williams heads the women’s New England standings.
New to the regional top ten for the first time this week are:
MEN – RPI (Atlantic)
WOMEN – Monmouth (Ill.) (Midwest)
NCAA Division III Regional Championships will be held on Saturday, November 12. Championship sites.
USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Rankings are determined subjectively by either a single member coach or by polling the region’s coaches (each region varies).
PDF: Regional Rankings Summary | Week-by-Week
Cross Country Regional Rankings / National Polls Central
2010 NCAA DIII Regional Championships Central (past results)
USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Men’s Cross Country Regional Team Rankings |
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2011 Week #5 — October 11 |
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| national poll release: October 12 | ||||
| next regional release: October 18 | ||||
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ATLANTIC Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | St. Lawrence | Canton, N.Y. | Liberty League |
2
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| 2 | SUNY Geneseo | Geneseo, N.Y. | SUNYAC |
1
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| 3 | NYU | New York, N.Y. | UAA |
3
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| 4 | Rochester | Rochester, N.Y. | UAA |
4
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| 5 | SUNY Cortland | Cortland, N.Y. | SUNYAC |
5
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| 6 | Rowan | Glassboro, N.J. | NJAC |
6
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| 7 | TCNJ | Ewing, N.J. | NJAC |
7
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| 8 | RPI | Troy, N.Y. | Liberty League |
NR
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| 9 | Vassar | Poughkeepsie, N.Y. | Liberty League |
9
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| 10 | Plattsburgh State | Plattsburgh, N.Y. | SUNYAC |
8
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CENTRAL Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Hamline | Saint Paul, Minn. | MIAC |
1
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| 2 | St. Olaf | Northfield, Minn. | MIAC |
2
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| 3 | Nebraska Wesleyan | Lincoln, Neb. | Great Plains |
3
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| 4 | Loras | Dubuque, Iowa | IIAC |
4
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| 5 | Saint John’s (Minn.) | Collegeville, Minn. | MIAC |
5
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| 6 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | Saint Paul, Minn. | MIAC |
6
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| 7 | Central (Iowa) | Pella, Iowa | IIAC |
7
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| 8 | Wartburg | Waverly, Iowa | IIAC |
8
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| 9 | Luther | Decorah, Iowa | IIAC |
10
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| 10 | Carleton | Northfield, Minn. | MIAC |
9
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GREAT LAKES Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Calvin | Grand Rapids, Mich. | Michigan Intercollegiate |
1
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| 2 | Wabash | Crawfordsville, Ind. | NCAC |
2
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| 3 | Albion | Albion, Mich. | Michigan Intercollegiate |
3
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| 4 | Manchester | North Manchester, Ind. | HCAC |
7
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| 5 | Hope | Holland, Mich. | Michigan Intercollegiate |
4
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| 6 | Ohio Northern | Ada, Ohio | OAC |
5
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| 7 | DePauw | Greencastle, Ind. | NCAC |
6
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| 8 | Ohio Wesleyan | Delaware, Ohio | NCAC |
8
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| 9 | Case Western Reserve | Cleveland, Ohio | UAA |
9
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| 10 | Mount Union | Alliance, Ohio | OAC |
10
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MIDEAST Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Haverford | Haverford, Pa. | Centennial |
1
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| 2 | Dickinson | Carlisle, Pa. | Centennial |
2
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| 3 | Elizabethtown | Elizabethtown, Pa. | Middle Atlantic |
3
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| 4 | Carnegie Mellon | Pittsburgh, Pa. | UAA |
5
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| 5 | Allegheny | Meadville, Pa. | NCAC |
6
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| 6 | Johns Hopkins | Baltimore, Md. | Centennial |
4
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| 7 | Swarthmore | Swarthmore, Pa. | Centennial |
7
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| 8 | Messiah | Grantham, Pa. | Middle Atlantic |
9
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| 9 | Saint Vincent | Latrobe, Pa. | PAC |
8
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| 10 | Susquehanna | Selinsgrove, Pa. | Landmark |
NR
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MIDWEST Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | North Central (Ill.) | Naperville, Ill. | CCIW |
1
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| 2 | Washington (Mo.) | St. Louis, Mo. | UAA |
2
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| 3 | UW-Oshkosh | Oshkosh, Wis. | WIAC |
3
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| 4 | Augustana (Ill.) | Rock Island, Ill. | CCIW |
4
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| 5 | UW-La Crosse | La Crosse, Wis. | WIAC |
5
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| 6 | Chicago | Chicago, Ill. | UAA |
6
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| 7 | UW-Stevens Point | Stevens Point, Wis. | WIAC |
7
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| 8 | UW-Platteville | Platteville, Wis. | WIAC |
8
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| 9 | Wheaton (Ill.) | Wheaton, Ill. | CCIW |
9
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| 10 | UW-Stout | Menominie, Wis. | WIAC |
10
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NEW ENGLAND Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Middlebury | Middlebury, Vt. | NESCAC |
3
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| 2 | MIT | Cambridge, Mass. | NEWMAC |
1
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| 3 | Bates | Lewiston, Maine | NESCAC |
5
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| 4 | Tufts | Medford, Mass. | NESCAC |
4
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| 5 | Williams | Williamstown, Mass. | NESCAC |
2
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| 6 | Bowdoin | Brunswick, Maine | NESCAC |
6
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| 7 | Amherst | Amherst, Mass. | NESCAC |
NR
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| 8 | Brandeis | Waltham, Mass. | UAA |
7
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| 9 | Connecticut College | New London, Conn. | NESCAC |
10
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| 10 | Springfield (Mass.) | Springfield, Mass. | NEWMAC |
8
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SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Emory | Atlanta, Ga. | UAA |
1
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| 2 | Centre | Danville, Ky. | SCAC |
2
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| 3 | UT Tyler | Tyler, Texas | ASC |
3
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| 4 | Rhodes | Memphis, Tenn. | SCAC |
4
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| 5 | Trinity (Texas) | San Antonio, Texas | SCAC |
5
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| 6 | Mary Washington | Fredericksburg, Va. | CAC |
6
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| 7 | Lynchburg | Lynchburg, Va. | ODAC |
7
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| 8 | Christopher Newport | Newport News, Va. | USA South |
8
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| 9 | Virginia Wesleyan | Virginia Beach, Va. | ODAC |
9
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| 10 | Bridgewater (Va.) | Bridgewater, Va. | ODAC |
10
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WEST Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Pomona-Pitzer | Claremont, Calif. | SCIAC |
1
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| 2 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Claremont, Calif. | SCIAC |
2
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| 3 | Willamette | Salem, Ore. | Northwest Conference |
3
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| 4 | Occidental | Los Angeles, Calif. | SCIAC |
4
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| 5 | Whitworth | Spokane, Wash. | Northwest Conference |
5
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| 6 | Colorado College | Colorado Springs, Colo. | SCAC |
7
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| 7 | Linfield | McMinnville, Ore. | Northwest Conference |
6
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| 8 | La Verne | La Verne, Calif. | SCIAC |
8
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| 9 | Lewis & Clark | Portland, Ore. | Northwest Conference |
9
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| 10 | George Fox | Newberg, Ore. | Northwest Conference |
10
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USTFCCCA NCAA Division III |
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Women’s Cross Country Regional Team Rankings |
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2011 Week #5 — October 11 |
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| national poll release: October 12 | ||||
| next regional release: October 18 | ||||
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ATLANTIC Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | SUNY Geneseo | Geneseo, N.Y. | SUNYAC |
1
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| 2 | Rowan | Glassboro, N.J. | NJAC |
2
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| 3 | St. Lawrence | Canton, N.Y. | Liberty League |
6
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| 4 | Plattsburgh State | Plattsburgh, N.Y. | SUNYAC |
3
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| 5 | NYU | New York, N.Y. | UAA |
4
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| 6 | SUNY Cortland | Cortland, N.Y. | SUNYAC |
5
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| 7 | TCNJ | Ewing, N.J. | NJAC |
7
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| 8 | Vassar | Poughkeepsie, N.Y. | Liberty League |
8
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| 9 | Ithaca | Ithaca, N.Y. | Empire 8 |
9
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| 10 | SUNY Oneonta | Oneonta, N.Y. | SUNYAC |
10
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CENTRAL Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | St. Olaf | Northfield, Minn. | MIAC |
1
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| 2 | Carleton | Northfield, Minn. | MIAC |
2
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| 3 | Nebraska Wesleyan | Lincoln, Neb. | Great Plains |
3
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| 4 | Luther | Decorah, Iowa | IIAC |
4
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| 5 | St. Thomas (Minn.) | Saint Paul, Minn. | MIAC |
5
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| 6 | Wartburg | Waverly, Iowa | IIAC |
6
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| 7 | St. Benedict | St. Joseph, Minn. | MIAC |
7
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| 8 | Gustavus Adolphus | St. Peter, Minn. | MIAC |
8
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| 9 | Grinnell | Grinnell, Iowa | Midwest Conference |
9
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| 10 | Cornell College | Mount Vernon, Iowa | IIAC |
10
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GREAT LAKES Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Calvin | Grand Rapids, Mich. | Michigan Intercollegiate |
1
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| 2 | Hope | Holland, Mich. | Michigan Intercollegiate |
2
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| 3 | Oberlin | Oberlin, Ohio | NCAC |
3
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| 4 | Ohio Northern | Ada, Ohio | OAC |
4
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| 5 | John Carroll | University Heights, Ohio | OAC |
5
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| 6 | Case Western Reserve | Cleveland, Ohio | UAA |
6
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| 7 | Mount Union | Alliance, Ohio | OAC |
7
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| 8 | Albion | Albion, Mich. | Michigan Intercollegiate |
8
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| 9 | Adrian | Adrian, Mich. | Michigan Intercollegiate |
9
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| 10 | Wilmington (Ohio) | Wilmington, Ohio | OAC |
10
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MIDEAST Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Johns Hopkins | Baltimore, Md. | Centennial |
1
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| 2 | Dickinson | Carlisle, Pa. | Centennial |
2
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| 3 | Haverford | Haverford, Pa. | Centennial |
3
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| 4 | Elizabethtown | Elizabethtown, Pa. | Middle Atlantic |
4
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| 5 | Carnegie Mellon | Pittsburgh, Pa. | UAA |
6
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| 6 | Muhlenberg | Allentown, Pa. | Centennial |
5
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| 7 | Marywood | Scranton, Pa. | Colonial States |
8
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| 8 | Swarthmore | Swarthmore, Pa. | Centennial |
7
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| 9 | Grove City | Grove City, Pa. | PAC |
10
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| 10 | Messiah | Grantham, Pa. | Middle Atlantic |
NR
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MIDWEST Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Washington (Mo.) | St. Louis, Mo. | UAA |
1
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| 2 | UW-Eau Claire | Eau Claire, Wis. | WIAC |
2
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| 3 | UW-La Crosse | La Crosse, Wis. | WIAC |
3
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| 4 | North Central (Ill.) | Naperville, Ill. | CCIW |
5
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| 5 | Chicago | Chicago, Ill. | UAA |
4
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| 6 | UW-Stevens Point | Stevens Point, Wis. | WIAC |
7
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| 7 | UW-Oshkosh | Oshkosh, Wis. | WIAC |
8
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| 8 | Illinois Wesleyan | Bloomington, Ill. | CCIW |
10
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| 9 | St. Norbert | De Pere, Wis. | Midwest Conference |
9
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| 10 | Monmouth (Ill.) | Monmouth, Ill. | Midwest Conference |
NR
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NEW ENGLAND Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Williams | Williamstown, Mass. | NESCAC |
3
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| 2 | Middlebury | Middlebury, Vt. | NESCAC |
1
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| 3 | MIT | Cambridge, Mass. | NEWMAC |
2
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| 4 | Amherst | Amherst, Mass. | NESCAC |
4
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| 5 | Colby | Waterville, Maine | NESCAC |
6
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| 6 | Tufts | Medford, Mass. | NESCAC |
5
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| 6 | Keene State | Keene, N.H. | Little East |
7
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| 8 | Bowdoin | Brunswick, Maine | NESCAC |
8
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| 9 | Wesleyan (Conn.) | Middletown, Conn. | NESCAC |
10
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| 10 | Wellesley | Wellesley, Mass. | NEWMAC |
9
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SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Emory | Atlanta, Ga. | UAA |
1
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| 2 | Trinity (Texas) | San Antonio, Texas | SCAC |
2
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| 3 | Rhodes | Memphis, Tenn. | SCAC |
3
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| 4 | Centre | Danville, Ky. | SCAC |
4
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| 5 | Mary Washington | Fredericksburg, Va. | CAC |
5
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| 6 | Bridgewater (Va.) | Bridgewater, Va. | ODAC |
6
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| 7 | Washington and Lee | Lexington, Va. | ODAC |
7
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| 8 | Christopher Newport | Newport News, Va. | USA South |
8
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| 9 | Virginia Wesleyan | Virginia Beach, Va. | ODAC |
9
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| 10 | Shenandoah | Winchester, Va. | USA South |
10
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WEST Region
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| Rank | School | Location | Conference |
Last Week
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| 1 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Claremont, Calif. | SCIAC |
1
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| 2 | Lewis & Clark | Portland, Ore. | Northwest Conference |
2
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| 3 | Whitman | Walla Walla, Wash. | Northwest Conference |
3
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| 4 | Whittier | Whittier, Calif. | SCIAC |
4
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| 5 | Willamette | Salem, Ore. | Northwest Conference |
5
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| 6 | Linfield | McMinnville, Ore. | Northwest Conference |
6
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| 7 | Occidental | Los Angeles, Calif. | SCIAC |
7
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| 8 | Pomona-Pitzer | Claremont, Calif. | SCIAC |
8
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| 9 | Whitworth | Spokane, Wash. | Northwest Conference |
9
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| 10 | UC Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, Calif. | Independent (D-III) |
10
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