USCCA/WICCA NCAA Cross Country Coaches Polls – October 7, 1997
NCAA Cross Country Polls
Division I
Martin Surfacing Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll conducted Oct. 7, 1997.
Rank Rank This Last Week School Points District Week 1 Stanford(9) 392 8 1 2 Arkansas(7) 391 6 2 3 Michigan 354 4 5 4 Colorado 353 7 3 5 Wisconsin 324 4 6 6 Oregon 322 8 4 7 North Carolina State 265 3 7 8 Weber State 259 7 8 9 Michigan State 238 4 20 10 Oklahoma State 237 5 9 11 Iona College 227 1 12 12 Washington State 222 8 15 13 Georgetown 213 2 10 14 Alabama 173 9 14 15 Wake Forest 153 3 13 16 Notre Dame 148 4 11 17 Eastern Michigan 140 5 -- 18 Arizona 99 8 19 19 Washington 93 8 16 20 Iowa State 78 5 17 21 Minnesota 60 5 22 22 UCLA 59 8 21 23 James Madison 50 3 -- 24 Missouri 43 5 -- 25 Brigham Young 41 7 18 -- Northern Arizona 23 -- Providence 24 -- Nebraska 25
Also receiving votes: Northern Arizona 33, Nebraska 29, Bucknell 25, Boise State 23, Mt. St. Mary’s 20, Providence 18, Montana 16, Southern Illinois 12, Brown 11, West Virginia 11, Portland 9, Illinois State 8, UT-Chattanooga 8, William & Mary 8, Clemson 5, Navy 5, East Tennessee State 4, Florida 4, Miami (Ohio) 4, Princeton 4, Virginia Tech 4, Texas 3, Army 1, Colorado State 1, Iowa 1. Voting panel consists of active NCAA Division I coaches who are members of the US Cross Country Coaches Assn. Compiled by Don Kopriva, Lisle, IL.
FinishLynx Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll conducted Oct. 6, 1997.
Rank Rank This Last Week School Points District Week 1 Stanford(9) 225 8 1 2 BYU 213 7 2 3 Villanova 205 2 3= 4 Wisconsin 202 4 3= 5= Providence 184 1 5 5= Colorado 184 7 6 7 Oregon 169 8 7 8 Arkansas 160 6 8= 9 North Carolina State 154 3 8= 10 Dartmouth 140 1 10 11 Georgetown 133 2 11 12 William & Mary 117 3 14 13 Michigan 115 4 13 14 Boston College 105 1 15 15 UCLA 100 8 21 16 Colorado State 78 7 18 17 Washington 69 8 16 18= Florida 65 9 17 18= Penn State 65 2 19 20 Nebraska 57 5 20 21 North Carolina 40 3 22 22 Notre Dame 31 4 23 23 Weber State 23 7 24 24 Baylor 20 6 25 25 Washington State 18 8 -- -- Arizona 12
Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Arizona, Ball State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Tech, Marquette, Minnesota, Missouri, Voting panel consists of the nine regional representatives of the Women’s Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association. Compiled by Jesse Rosen of Minneapolis, MN.
Mike Scott, Open Track & Field Chair of the Pacific Northwest Association of USA Track & Field, has done a neat analysis of these teams and their prospects.
Division II
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Rank Rank This Last Week School Region Week 1 Cal.Poly/Pomona West 1 2 Central Missouri Great Lakes 2 3 Western State (CO) S Central 3 4 So Indiana Great Lakes 5 5 U.South Dakota N Central 6 6 Ashland (OH) Great Lakes 7 7 Adams State (CO) S Central 10 8 Mankato State (MN) N Central 8 9 North Dakota State N Central 9 10 Lewis (IN) Great Lakes 11 11 Edinboro (PA) East 4 12 U North Dakota N Central 14 13 New Mexico Highlands S Central 15 14 Abilene Christian (TX)S Central 13 15 Shippensburg (PA) East 12 16 U Cal.-Davis West 18 17 Kennesaw State (GA) Southeast 16 18 U Wis. Parkside Great Lakes 19 19 Humboldt State (CA) West 20 20 Truman State (MO) Great Lakes 21 21 Augustana (S.D.) N Central -- 22 NW Missouri Great Lakes 22 23 Texas A&M; Kingsville S Central -- 24 North Florida Southeast 24 25 East Stroudsburg (PA) East 25 -- Hillsdale (MI) Great Lakes 17 -- South Dakota State N Central 23
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Rank Rank This Last Week School Region Week 1 Adams State (CO) S Central 1 2 Lewis (IL) Great Lakes 3 3 U Cal.-Davis West 4 4 Western State(CO) S Central 2 5 North Dakota State N Central 5 6 Edinboro (PA) East 6 7 Nebraska-Omaha N Central 7 8 Shippensburg (PA) East 8 9 NW Missouri Great Lakes 9 10 Seattle Pacific West 10 11 Abilene Christian (TX)S Central 11 12 So.Indiana Great Lakes 13 13 Slippery Rock (PA) East 14 14 Kennesaw State (GA) Southeast 15 15 No.Florida Southeast 16 16 Calif State - LA West 17 17 U.North Dakota N Central 23 18 Angelo State (TX) S Central 18 19 Hawaii-Hilo West 19 20 South Dakota State N Central 12 21 Bloomsburg (PA) East 20 22 U Col. - Col. Springs S Central 24 23 Pittsburg State (KS) Great Lakes 21 24 West Florida Southeast 22 25 Chico State(CA) West -- -- U Mass - Lowell East 25
Division III
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Rank Rank This Last Week School Points Region Week 1 North Central (IL) (5) 197 Midwest 2 2 U Wis. - La Crosse (3) 195 Midwest 1 3 U Wis. - Stevens Point 181 Midwest 3 4 Mt. Union (OH) 177 Great Lakes 4 5 Brandeis (MA) 167 New England 6 6 Williams (MA) 155 New England 7 7 Haverford (PA) 148 Mideast 10 8 Calvin (MI) 146 Great Lakes 8= 9 U Wis. - Oshkosh 139 Midwest 8= 10 U Cal. San Deigo 129 West 14 11 St. John's (MN) 118 Central 11 12 Tufts (MA) 109 New England 5 13 St. Thomas (MN) 105 Central 13 14 St. Lawrence (NY) 78 New York 15 15 Washington (MO) 69 Midwest 16 16 Carnegie Mellon (PA) 66 Mideast 18 17 Anderson (IN) 63 Great Lakes 12 18 MIT 56 New England 20 19 U Wis. - Whitewater 51 Midwest 21 20 Wartburg (IA) 50 Central 19 21 Kalamazoo (MI) 47 Great Lakes 17 22 Wabash (IN) 35 Great Lakes 23 23 SUNY Cortland 21 New York 22 24= Emory (GA) 12 South/SE -- 24= Bates (ME) 12 New England -- -- Rochester (NY) New York 24 -- Ithaca (NY) New York 25= -- SUNY Plattsburgh New York 25=
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Rank Rank This Last Week School Points Region Week 1 U Wis. - Oshkosh (8) 200 Midwest 1 2 St. Thomas (MN) 188 Central 2 3 Williams (MA) 183 New England 3 4 Calvin (MI) 174 Great Lakes 4 5 College of New Jersey 163 Mideast 5 6 SUNY Cortland 153 New York 6 7 U Wis. - La Crosse 152 Midwest 7 8 St. Olaf (MN) 151 Central 8 9 Moravian (PA) 136 Mideast 9 10 Middlebury (VT) 130 New England 10 11 Wartburg (IA) 99 Central 16= 12 Carnegie Mellon (PA) 96 Mideast 14 13 Carleton (MN) 94 Central 12 14 Augustana (IL) 87 Midwest 19 15 Washington (MO) 84 Midwest 11 16 Colorado College 74 West 16= 17 Emory (GA) 67 South/SE 16= 18 Brandeis (MA) 59 New England -- 19 U Wis. - Eau Claire 57 Midwest 15 20 Hope (MI) 39 Great Lakes 21= 21 Trinity (CT) 34 New England -- 22 U Cal. San Diego 30 West 25 23 Baldwin Wallace (OH) 26 Great Lakes 20 24 Luther (IA) 20 Central 23 25 Bowdoin (ME) 16 New England 13 -- Haverford (PA) Mideast 21= -- SUNY-Geneseo New York 24
The Men’s cross country teams are ranked by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association and the Women’s by the Women’s Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association. Polls are maintained by Hope College and posted on Tuesdays at www.miaa.org.
