Final NCAA DI Men’s Regional Rankings Set Stage for Regional Championships

Final NCAA DI Men’s Regional Rankings Set Stage for Regional Championships

NEW ORLEANS – Fresh off an exciting weekend of conference championships action, the final edition of the NCAA Division I Men’s Cross Country Regional Rankings set the stage for an equally dramatic slate of regional championship meets in two weeks’ time.

Three new No. 2 teams emerged from the nine regions in the rankings announced Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, as all nine regional favorites from a week ago held onto their No. 1 status.

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UCLA, Michigan State and NC State moved to the all-important second position in their respective West, Great Lakes and Southeast regions.

Finishing top two at one of the nine regional championships on November 11 is of the highest importance, with those 18 teams earning automatic bids to the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana, on November 19.

The remainder of the field – 13 teams – will be determined by at-large berths, which are allocated based on teams’ bodies of work in the regular season.

Of the three regions with new No. 2 teams, the movement in the West will likely have the largest impact on Tuesday’s National Coaches’ Polls – announced live on the USTFCCCA’s “Cross Country U” podcast at noon ET.

With its third-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships, national No. 10 UCLA moved ahead of No. 3 Oregon in the West Rankings.  Both teams finished behind Pac-12 champ Colorado from the Mountain Region and current West favorite Stanford.

Entering the Big Ten Championships as the fourth-highest-ranked team in the field, Michigan State came just three points shy of upsetting regional favorite Wisconsin for its first conference title since the 1970s. The Spartans were rewarded in the Great Lakes Regional rankings for their effort, moving up two spots from last time to No. 2.

Also moving up two spots to No. 3 in the Great Lakes was third-place Indiana. The moves by the Spartans and Hoosiers displaced MAC Champion Eastern Michigan down a notch to No. 4, while Michigan dropped three spots to No. 5 after a disappointing fifth-place effort at Big Tens after coming in as the favorite to repeat.

NC State made the biggest move to No. 2 of any of these three teams, jumping up four spots in the Southeast after a close third-place finish at the ACC Championships. The Wolfpack finished just 10 points behind current regional favorite Virginia.

Virginia was the only team that remained stationary in the Southeast, as the remaining 14 teams either moved or entered the rankings.

While there wasn’t movement atop the Mountain Region, conference championships weekend did set up a dynamic showdown in Logan, Utah. Big Sky champ Northern Arizona, WCC winner BYU, Pac-12 winner Colorado and Conference USA champ UTEP are poised for a titanic clash.

See the full regional rankings below.

 

USTFCCCA NCAA Division I

Men’s Cross Country Regional Team Rankings

2016 Week #6 — October 31

national poll release: November 1
next regional release: December 30
Win-loss record reflective of results in varsity competition of races 7500 meters or longer versus DI opponents starting September 9; RAOR = Record against own region
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank School Overall (RAOR) Conference
Last Week
1 Wisconsin 30-10 (7-0) Big Ten (1)
1
2 Michigan State 50-22 (8-4) Big Ten (2)
4
3 Indiana 50-6 (15-3) Big Ten (3)
5
4 Eastern Michigan 37-28 (13-2) Mid-American (1)
3
5 Michigan 69-11 (13-3) Big Ten (5)
2
6 Purdue 40-37 (11-9) Big Ten (7)
7
7 Ohio State 54-23 (15-7) Big Ten (8)
6
8 Butler 46-24 (7-5) Big East (3)
8
9 IUPUI 38-29 (13-7) Summit League (2)
9
10 Dayton 39-29 (12-8) Atlantic 10 (1)
10
11 Miami (Ohio) 30-7 (17-7) Mid-American (2)
12
12 Ohio 31-9 (15-6) Mid-American (4)
11
13 Cincinnati 27-6 (9-4) American (3)
13
14 Youngstown State 23-44 (11-10) Horizon (1)
NR
15 Indiana State 22-50 (7-14) Missouri Valley (3)
14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Michigan, 2014: Wisconsin, 2013: Michigan, 2012: Wisconsin, 2011: Wisconsin
         
MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank School Overall (RAOR) Conference
Last Week
1 Georgetown 49-14 (14-0) Big East (1)
1
2 Penn 41-21 (11-2) Ivy (1)
2
3 Navy 53-14 (18-2) Patriot (1)
3
4 Princeton 23-28 (5-3) Ivy (2)
4
5 Villanova 21-17 (2-4) Big East (4)
6
6 Penn State 24-34 (8-2) Big Ten (9)
5
7 Duquesne 37-12 (6-2) Atlantic 10 (2)
12
8 Saint Joseph’s 37-30 (18-11) Atlantic 10 (5)
10
9 La Salle 37-19 (18-5) Atlantic 10 (6)
7
10 Pittsburgh 21-35 (3-3) ACC (9)
8
11 Rutgers 24-21 (14-5) Big Ten (11)
9
12 Lehigh 23-56 (13-6) Patriot (4)
11
13 Bucknell 21-28 (7-9) Patriot (5)
13
14 Temple 17-25 (8-7) American (5)
15
15 George Washington 22-37 (12-14) Atlantic 10 (10)
14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Georgetown, 2014: Villanova, 2013: Villanova, 2012: Georgetown, 2011: Georgetown
         
MIDWEST Region
Rank School Overall (RAOR) Conference
Last Week
1 Oklahoma State 27-0 (7-0) Big 12 (1)
1
2 Iowa State 56-9 (15-1) Big 12 (2)
2
3 Tulsa 29-13 (5-2) American (1)
3
4 Bradley 60-18 (17-2) Missouri Valley (1)
4
5 Minnesota 36-32 (12-3) Big Ten (4)
5
6 South Dakota State 30-34 (11-6) Summit League (1)
6
7 Illinois 49-45 (10-7) Big Ten (6)
7
8 Missouri 63-23 (8-2) SEC (6)
8
9 Kansas 25-24 (6-5) Big 12 (4)
10
10 Oklahoma 38-36 (8-10) Big 12 (6)
9
11 Wichita State 34-32 (10-7) Missouri Valley (2)
11
12 Saint Louis 41-3 (16-1) Atlantic 10 (3)
12
13 Nebraska 19-58 (5-9) Big Ten (10)
13
14 Iowa 28-58 (13-13) Big Ten (12)
14
15 Eastern Illinois 46-14 (25-4) Ohio Valley (4)
15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Oklahoma State, 2014: Oklahoma State, 2013: Oklahoma State, 2012: Oklahoma/Oklahoma State, 2011: Oklahoma State
         
MOUNTAIN Region
Rank School Overall (RAOR) Conference
Last Week
1 Northern Arizona 43-0 (9-0) Big Sky (1)
1
2 BYU 49-2 (3-1) West Coast (1)
2
3 Colorado 45-2 (6-0) Pac-12 (1)
3
4 UTEP 66-6 (8-1) Conference USA (1)
5
5 Colorado State 52-17 (8-2) Mountain West (2)
4
6 Southern Utah 68-24 (10-6) Big Sky (2)
6
7 Air Force 57-16 (8-5) Mountain West (3)
7
8 Utah State 36-17 (10-6) Mountain West (4)
8
9 Texas Tech 28-10 (2-0) Big 12 (5)
9
10 New Mexico 5-26 (1-7) Mountain West (5)
10
11 Wyoming 38-42 (6-12) Mountain West (6)
11
12 Weber State 22-20 (10-6) Big Sky (3)
12
13 Idaho State 13-33 (6-9) Big Sky (5)
13
14 Montana State 25-13 (5-8) Big Sky (6)
NR
15 Utah Valley 36-32 (1-5) WAC (2)
14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Colorado, 2014: Colorado, 2013: Northern Arizona, 2012: Northern Arizona, 2011: BYU
         
NORTHEAST Region
Rank School Overall (RAOR) Conference
Last Week
1 Syracuse 57-4 (6-0) ACC (1)
1
2 Iona 61-4 (19-1) Metro Atlantic (1)
2
3 Providence 50-23 (12-3) Big East (2)
3
4 Columbia 38-31 (17-5) Ivy (3)
4
5 Dartmouth 68-33 (35-11) Ivy (4)
5
6 Yale 33-40 (17-15) Ivy (5)
7
7 Cornell 39-37 (10-8) Ivy (6)
6
8 Northeastern 32-31 (20-10) Colonial (2)
9
9 Buffalo 23-28 (4-7) Mid-American (3)
11
10 Brown 30-11 (29-9) Ivy (7)
10
11 Army West Point 32-10 (14-4) Patriot (2)
8
12 Stony Brook 36-15 (12-9) America East (1)
14
13 Maine 31-7 (29-7) America East (2)
13
14 Albany 23-20 (13-12) America East (3)
NR
15 Boston University 23-8 (18-7) Patriot (3)
NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Syracuse, 2014: Syracuse, 2013: Syracuse, 2012: Iona, 2011: Syracuse,
         
SOUTH Region
Rank School Overall (RAOR) Conference
Last Week
1 Mississippi 47-2 (8-0) SEC (2)
1
2 Middle Tennessee 51-2 (19-0) Conference USA (2)
2
3 Florida State 34-38 (8-1) ACC (5)
3
4 Georgia 68-12 (30-2) SEC (4)
4
5 Alabama 31-26 (15-8) SEC (5)
5
6 Florida 46-39 (13-4) SEC (8)
6
7 Samford 38-9 (17-1) Southern (2)
7
8 North Florida 23-1 (21-1) Atlantic Sun (1)
14
9 Tennessee 44-29 (24-13) SEC (9)
10
10 Auburn 50-27 (26-11) SEC (10)
8
11 Georgia Tech 39-30 (18-5) ACC (8)
9
12 Belmont 41-32 (19-12) Ohio Valley (2)
11
13 Lipscomb 40-28 (16-15) Atlantic Sun (2)
13
14 Florida Gulf Coast 24-5 (18-5) Atlantic Sun (3)
15
15 ETSU 35-20 (4-5) Southern (3)
NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Florida State, 2014: Mississippi, 2013: Georgia, 2012: Florida State, 2011: Florida State
         
SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank School Overall (RAOR) Conference
Last Week
1 Arkansas 64-1 (11-0) SEC (1)
1
2 Texas 28-18 (5-0) Big 12 (3)
2
3 Texas A&M 33-49 (17-4) SEC (7)
3
4 Lamar 40-3 (20-1) Southland (1)
6
5 UT Arlington 33-22 (10-3) Sun Belt (1)
5
6 Stephen F. Austin 16-4 (15-1) Southland (2)
7
7 Baylor 8-24 (2-3) Big 12 (7)
4
8 McNeese State 30-10 (17-4) Southland (3)
10
9 Louisiana-Lafayette 25-9 (16-3) Sun Belt (2)
12
10 North Texas 18-46 (10-2) Conference USA (4)
11
11 Texas State 10-6 (5-3) Sun Belt (3)
9
12 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 18-8 (17-7) Southland (4)
8
13 Sam Houston State 14-14 (14-12) Southland (5)
NR
14 Tulane 14-19 (1-0) American (2)
NR
15 Rice 22-13 (6-2) Conference USA (5)
13
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Arkansas, 2014: Arkansas, 2013: Arkansas, 2012: Texas, 2011: Texas
         
SOUTHEAST Region
Rank School Overall (RAOR) Conference
Last Week
1 Virginia 36-5 (16-0) ACC (2)
1
2 NC State 32-35 (9-2) ACC (3)
6
3 Virginia Tech 48-6 (16-3) ACC (4)
2
4 Kentucky 48-5 (1-1) SEC (3)
3
5 Furman 56-23 (11-0) Southern (1)
4
6 William and Mary 21-11 (8-4) Colonial (1)
8
7 Eastern Kentucky 39-27 (6-1) Ohio Valley (1)
5
8 Campbell 37-30 (16-8) Big South (1)
9
9 Charlotte 21-16 (4-6) Conference USA (3)
10
10 North Carolina 12-55 (4-7) ACC (6)
NR
11 Louisville 58-34 (12-6) ACC (7)
7
12 Liberty 39-14 (16-7) Big South (2)
NR
13 George Mason 33-3 (22-0) Atlantic 10 (4)
12
14 Appalachian State 27-15 (19-6) Sun Belt (4)
NR
15 Davidson 46-27 (20-10) Atlantic 10 (7)
11
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Louisville, 2014: Virginia, 2013: Eastern Kentucky, 2012: Virginia, 2011: NC State
         
WEST Region
Rank School Overall (RAOR) Conference
Last Week
1 Stanford 47-10 (14-4) Pac-12 (2)
1
2 UCLA 53-12 (13-4) Pac-12 (3)
3
3 Oregon 51-3 (16-2) Pac-12 (4)
2
4 Portland 63-8 (18-3) West Coast (2)
4
5 Washington State 47-18 (11-6) Pac-12 (5)
5
6 Boise State 48-16 (7-5) Mountain West (1)
6
7 California 49-21 (6-7) Pac-12 (6)
9
8 Washington 22-24 (8-12) Pac-12 (7)
7
9 San Francisco 53-21 (12-5) West Coast (3)
8
10 Cal Poly 47-11 (20-3) Big West (1)
10
11 Gonzaga 18-31 (7-6) West Coast (4)
11
12 UC Santa Barbara 29-5 (24-4) Big West (2)
14
13 Arizona State 17-38 (9-11) Pac-12 (8)
12
14 San Jose State 20-8 (15-3) Mountain West (7)
13
15 St. Mary’s (Calif.) 20-9 (15-8) West Coast (5)
15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions: 2015: Washington, 2014: Oregon, 2013: Stanford, 2012: Stanford, 2011: Stanford

 

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Southern California25211111111
Texas A&M11122222421
Arkansas553478994333
Auburn502529121311109864
New Mexico1891067888695
Oklahoma71317161919201718176
Minnesota3235676109107
Ole Miss332428171820211615118
Florida2868111414141516158
Kentucky582727373836382524238
BYU13891312677101611
Oklahoma State4432262828403035413011
Oregon9737434551556069545311
South Florida107781113131314514
Tennessee845333332714
Kansas1715323844514232292816
Texas Tech4116109101111111417
North Carolina3538599092333521323717
Wisconsin11686305334231822202419
Houston623184235475439362519
Texas State1234232633372538352721
Baylor1301621664626313328393621
Alabama916141510121212121223
Mississippi State2126121822262327262023
Virginia Tech5130312931212220212623
South Carolina5719152727282926253223
Louisville11036453539424834343423
LSU1510161415151514131828
Iowa2020192317181924232229
Iowa State21752393940393940333130
Washington5444512023293250434530
Miami (Fla.)4862766169586346464630
Kansas State20111910664687164605230
Texas514201916171718171334
Nebraska1491811954467835
Duke5239543245455336303335
Arizona3917213036161623221937
California2222334752525143423837
Cal Poly6851675454594141384137
Furman1361431555858576266586137
UC Santa Barbara75791111261381506871726737
Princeton6373356241343742372942
Arkansas State3147494857635973707142
Illinois20668817885728190937844
Georgia3634445555445
Florida State4912132121222619192146
Villanova1428243129323433494746
Harvard7340446768674047685746
Missouri32768783837778828010346
Arkansas-Pine Bluff11815418418717518319111811510546
Air Force4349373342434545454051
California Baptist8081854949494949746851
UCLA3443415159615765618151
Wake Forest4259645656505668754254
Washington State10646484037383644404354
Virginia1133252425303137445054
Tarleton State7880862520242430275654
Northern Arizona15265704348444751473558
Arizona State4656692224272831284458
NC State1001501678560626457566358
Portland17060657676797678867558
DePaul1921961921661341401441051099458
Bradley16112614219519920120119514058
Rutgers85109405250697381827664
Wyoming13278627577757576654865
Montana State951011185555606570676566
Cincinnati3042506471716962627266
Cornell5348527166859696798466
ULM4545557272747079819166
UMass Lowell82100101969596100981019866
Davidson176132139155161929410410810866
Penn88145574447464352504972
Georgetown103353634302527293139
North Carolina A&T29212236434850607151
TCU24634760617072555154
Stanford196616677788285877655
Wichita State102156115100105103110777758
Ohio State55989166747884807859
Clemson111152162117122101108585360
Penn State25313841323544535762
Utah State117839550535355545264
Akron41547365655661565566
Western Illinois2077268676567747369
Long Beach State16294257626652616370
Purdue65775859464146484873
Tulane14020721017419319419417216774
Howard749510012915314114312411977
Alabama State1849096125131132131756979
Navy9912114115114515614715915580
Northern Colorado22312315011312512814212011782
Columbia13413314016317217983899083
Youngstown State15616317582828477858385
Notre Dame47848915315214415214113286
Connecticut19418473848792838987
Indiana State16716797101738080939188
Eastern Kentucky23586888908889919489
Michigan561056395939910112211390
Kennesaw State72102114119135133133635992
Indiana7713110774798379888493
Southeast Missouri12815116815211511411811511695
Colorado268546708090991129696
South Dakota State20914614394999595959797
UTSA87130151848886919910299
Eastern Illinois205179184164165100
Memphis7611312998100971038485101
Southern138171147156117115119126128102
Kent State66948393818182102105104
Pittsburgh6075931151101181247266106
Butler67110106136139136134147139107
Coppin State98141161165176165169171161109
Southern Miss13911913814411111388103104110
South Dakota214125112109112117121113114111
Albany187114135123137147155179166112
Louisiana Tech180178153130126135139145145113
Oakland96100104137138114
Louisiana38727886918990111112115
Florida A&M177112125127151149158136135116
Rice122129158140142111112128120117
Weber State2197053114116112113116118118
Northeastern147149103108123129138153153119
Jackson State189214197183187195199135133120
High Point835060819498102107107121
Central Connecticut State94115126122127123123127127122
Syracuse107157156179190191192194170123
Binghamton155147164168168152162148146124
Samford191961211487573868687125
Sacramento State145174182156165167174173172126
Boise State182181192198186130124127
Liberty895779878991939288128
Cal State Fullerton37717780869497114110129
UC Irvine90103113110114125125129122130
UMBC105104117121124130130134131131
Manhattan126135132159158160163163158132
Michigan State79137152134147143150140134133
Iona109177174197200200204192134
Utah Valley13112012212412912112010092135
Kansas City207124137159164140176168136
Army West Point211164172164174176176165157137
North Dakota State64667579879398117159138
Grand Canyon696780929876749495139
Sam Houston State101160165158163119117133129141
San Jose State104127157154160173181186175142
Northwestern State158190154161136139137158156143
CSUN615361636364666764
Gonzaga999811210910510610698
Stephen F. Austin921171271041131241299799
Alcorn State213159169169181190109100
South Alabama8610710910710810687101103
Middle Tennessee81977499107116122110106
Georgia Tech121124145132143151157108111
Buffalo154168186180184186188121121
Gardner-Webb14213694102104107107123123
UTEP159188102105117109115125125
Yale708790103106127154146126
Houston Christian1631851049797102105132130
Colorado State186179134143157138136139136
Western Kentucky190153160173186202205144137
North Dakota8292111121122128138140
Bethune-Cookman91937191103110111142141
North Texas113122123131133145148156142
North Florida9691110150148146153157143
Appalachian State172196147140148149143144
Campbell144748289102108109150147
Troy204209146155148
Coastal Carolina165217201126149149
Charlotte125111128135119126127152150
Norfolk State276988120128131132151151
UMass119169171201155160154152
Lamar108134149138149158161161154
UT Arlington4089137141144142151162160
Southern Illinois168162
Montana146180189184184163167169163
Maryland17588105160156157165175164
Milwaukee178181195140176168
George Mason114118130128132137135178171
Delaware State185165167174173172
Northern Iowa158163145150153156169174
Southern Utah220159168181176
Mount St. Mary's135165177170170175173182177
La Salle137192193191197198198198178
New Orleans222198162162166185179
Xavier93138136177183182185184180
McNeese State151184195193182181
New Hampshire217199207170169178187182
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi181199171173177180189182
Monmouth159179146164170179191182
UNC-Wilmington150186199187185
Idaho State174196196178182189186
VCU127142144139146161164196187
Tulsa203201188
Grambling State197189
Illinois State160193189
Providence173208204192193195200191
Dartmouth133191211201188172195193
Lipscomb62116146188196197201194
Boston University59106116181180174183202196
Holy Cross198190197
Eastern Michigan141183120142155171177202198
Drake202198
CSU Bakersfield196204186186194199202198
Brown198
East Texas A&M7164566970545859
Loyola-Chicago171108108118120120116119
St. Thomas (Minn.)124144194190101104114131
Florida International188140148133141154159160
Incarnate Word99116130134145166
Abilene Christian129170211167
Toledo84139131162167172171180
Little Rock11592133149154166170192
UC San Diego169189202193
Lehigh223185176177185187199
Southeastern Louisiana120161169167177183188
UTRGV143172180178182190193
Rhode Island112128182184189192196
UNC Asheville179215173175179189197
American123166178189195196200
East Carolina148170172181187202
Eastern Washington204207182191203
Central Arkansas166211205201188
New Mexico State194
UC Riverside162187200198
VMI198
Boston College157175176
West Georgia148173188
Marshall153176191
Fresno State155198
Miami (Ohio)168202202
Chicago State182204207
N.C. Central193194
South Carolina State216195
Hampton221199
UC Davis214209
Oral Roberts193212
Fairleigh Dickinson212
Charleston Southern164216
William & Mary217
ETSU183
George Washington195
Hofstra199
Wofford200
USC Upstate202
Colgate202
Saint Francis (Pa.)205
UMES209
Alabama A&M212
Belmont223

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