USCCA/WICCA NCAA Cross Country Coaches Polls – November 16, 1998
The polls that follow are conducted among various groups of coaches. Bob Chadronet, Rhode Island T&F; &CC;, is conducting an Internet poll for Division I men and women and invites you to participate. The Nov. 9 edition is up now, and the deadline for the final poll of the season is Thursday, Nov. 19.
Division I
FinishLynx Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Final Poll released Nov. 16, 1998NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes, MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South. Automatic qualifiers indicated by “Q” after Place in Region, “at large” qualifiers by “q”.
Comments by Mike Scott, the CC guru from the Pacific Northwest (a former assistant at Washington, he has written on cross country for Northwest Runner, Track & Field News,and American Track & Field) will be added later this week.
Place Rank
in Last
Rank School Points Region Region Week
1 Brigham Young (6) 222 MT 1Q 1
2 Villanova (3) 216 MA 1Q 3
3 Arizona 195 W 1Q 11
4 Wisconsin 194 GL 1Q 5
5 Arkansas 189 SC 1Q 4
6 Stanford 185 W 2Q 2
7 Michigan 169 GL 2Q 6
8= Georgetown 158 MA 2Q 8
8= Providence 158 NE 1Q 10
10 North Carolina State 155 SE 1Q 7
11 Washington 131 W 3q 9
12 Wake Forest 121 SE 2Q 19
13 Colorado 118 MT 2Q 22
14 Kansas State 103 MW 1Q 15
15 Northern Arizona 94 MT 3q 13
16 Oregon 90 W 4q 16
17 North Carolina 78 SE 3q 18
18 Florida 71 S 1Q 20
19= William&Mary; 52 SE 4q 12
19= Missouri 52 MW 2Q --
21 South Florida 46 S 2Q 21
22 Baylor 39 SC 2Q --
23 Cornell 33 NE 2Q 23
24 Minnesota 30 MW 3q 17
25 Tennessee 10 S 3q 24
-- UCLA -- W 5q --
-- Texas SC 3q --
-- Arizona State -- W 6q 14
-- Nebraska -- MW 4q --
-- Colorado State -- MT 4q --
-- Oklahoma State -- MW 5q --
-- Bowling Green -- GL 3 25
Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: UCLA 8 (5th in region), Bowling Green 3 (3rd), Texas 3 (3rd), Arizona State 2 (6th).
Voting panel consists of the nine regional representatives of the Women’s Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association. Compiled by Jesse Rosen of Minneapolis, Minn.
Martin Surfacing Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Final Poll released Nov. 17, 1998.NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes, MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South. Automatic qualifiers indicated by “Q” after Place in Region, “at large” qualifiers by “q”.
Place Rank
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Rank School Points Region Region Week
1 Arkansas (11) 395 SC 1Q 1
2 Stanford (5) 389 W 1Q 2
3 Oregon 363 W 2Q 3
4 Colorado 355 MT 1Q 4
5 Michigan State 316 GL 1Q 10
6 Providence 315 NE 1Q 8
7 Michigan 289 GL 2Q 6
8 Oklahoma State 287 MW 1Q 9
9 James Madison 268 SE 1Q 17
10 North Carolina State 262 SE 2Q 5
11 Northern Arizona 203 MT 2Q 19
12 Butler 195 GL 3q --
13 Wisconsin 178 GL 4q 12
14 Dartmouth 158 NE 2Q --
15 Princeton 153 MA 1Q 21
16 Arizona 150 W 4=q 7
17 Georgetown 133 MA 2Q 13
18 Iona College 130 NE 3q 11
19 Washington State 129 W 3q --
20 Iowa 100 MW 2Q --
21 Central Michigan 76 GL 5q 23
22 Portland 75 W 4=q --
23 Minnesota 65 MW 3q 15
24 Weber State 42 MT 3 24
25 Missouri 36 MW 4q 16
-- Tennessee-Chattanooga -- S 1Q --
-- Miami (Ohio) -- GL 6q 20
-- Duke -- SE 3q --
-- Tulane -- SC 2Q --
-- William & Mary -- SE 4q 22
-- Tennessee -- S 2Q --
-- South Florida -- S 3q --
-- BYU -- MT 4 14
-- Notre Dame -- GL 8 18
-- Eastern Michigan -- GL 9 25
Also receiving votes: Tennessee-Chattanooga 31 (1st in region), Miami (Ohio) 23 (6th), BYU 21 (4th), Duke 18 (3rd), Tulane 11 (2nd), William & Mary 11 (4th), Bucknell 7 (3rd), Tennessee 6 (2nd), Columbia 5 (4th), SMU 2 (3rd).
Sponsored by Martin Surfacing. Voters in the poll are active members of the United States Cross Country Coaches Association. Compiled by Don Kopriva, P.O. Box 3040, Lisle, Ill. 60532.
Ryan Grote, owner of a New Jersey running stores, conducts his own one-person poll, which, he says, offers “explanation, logic, and wit.”
Division II
Final Polls released Nov. 8, 1998.
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
E = East (3), GL = Great Lakes (3), NC = North Central (4), SC = South Central (3), W = West (3), SE = Southeast (1). Qualifiers indicated by Q after Place in Region.
Place Rank
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Rank School Region Region Week
1 Adams State SC 1Q 1
2 Edinboro E 1Q 2
3 U Cal-Davis W 1Q 3
4 Shippensburg E 2Q 4
5 Western State SC 2Q 7
6 South Dakota NC 1Q 13
7 U Wis-Parkside GL 1Q 10
8 Seattle Pacific W 2Q 6
9 Southern Indiana GL 2Q 9
10 Hillsdale GL 3Q 8
11 Kennesaw State SE 1Q 11
12 Northern Colorado NC 2Q 12
13 North Dakota NC 3Q 18
14 Fort Lewis SC 3Q 16
15 Chico State W 3Q 17
16 North Dakota State NC 4Q 5
17 Indiana (Pa) E 3Q 15
19 Minnesota Duluth NC 5 24
20 Pittsburg State GL 4 --
21 Cal State Dominguez HillsW 4 22
22 Florida Southern SE 2 25
23 Missouri Southern State GL 5 --
24 East Stroudsburg State E 4 --
25 Angelo State SC 5 --
-- Colorado Springs SC 8 14
-- Mankato State NC 6 19
-- Lock Haven E 8 20
-- West Virginia Wesleyan E 9 21
-- Northern Michigan GL 12 23
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
E = East (2), GL = Great Lakes (5), NC = North Central (3), SC = South Central (4), W = West (2), SE = Southeast (1). Qualifiers indicated by Q after Place in Region.
Place Rank
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Rank School Region Region Week
1 South Dakota NC 1Q 2
2 Western State SC 1Q 1
3 Adams State SC 2Q 4
4 Abilene Christian SC 3Q 3
5 Edinboro E 1Q 6
6 U Calif-Davis W 1Q 5
7 NW Missouri State GL 1Q 13
8 North Dakota State NC 2Q 8
9 New Mexico Highlands SC 4Q 11
10 Ashland GL 2Q 14
11 Lewis GL 3Q 9
12 Central Missouri State GL 4Q 10
13 Mankato State NC 3Q 7
14 Shippensburg E 2Q 12
15 Humboldt State (CA) W 2Q 16
16 West Georgia SE 1Q 18
17 Pittsburg State (KS) GL 5Q --
18 Bentley (MA) E 3 17
19 Nebraska-Kearney SC 5 --
20 Fort Hays State SC 6 --
21 Indiana (PA) E 4 --
22 South Dakota State NC 4 24
23 Chico State W 3 --
24 Kennesaw State SE 2 19
25 Morehouse (GA) SE 3 --
-- Hawaii-Hilo W 5 15
-- Michigan Tech GL 7 20
-- Lake Superior State GL 10 21
-- Texes A&M; Kingsville SC 8 22
-- Colorado Springs SC 7 23
-- Northern Florida SE 4 25
Polls compiled by Alex Accetta, Fort Lewis College, and Bill Gallagher, Ashland College.
Division III
Final Polls released Nov. 17, 1998
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
NE = New England (2), NY = New York (2), ME = Mideast (4), GL = Great Lakes (2), MW = Midwest (4), C = Central (4), W = West (1), SSE = South/Southeast (2). Qualifiers indicated by Q after Place in Region.
Place Rank
in Last
Rank School Points Region Region Week
1 Calvin (7) 175 GL 1Q 1
2 Williams 164 NE 1Q 7
3 UW-Oshkosh 158 MW 1Q 3
4 Middlebury 146 NE 2Q 2
5 Carnegie Mellon 145 ME 1Q 6
6 St. Olaf 139 C 1Q 4
7 Colorado College 127 W 1Q 8
8 SUNY Plattsburgh 125 NY 1Q 14
9 SUNY Cortland 120 NY 2Q 5
10 Nebraska Wesleyan 113 C 2Q 9
11 College of New Jersey 112 ME 2Q 10
12 U of Chicago 106 MW 2Q 24
13 UW-LaCrosse 86 MW 3Q 12
14 Hope 81 GL 2Q 13
15 Macalester 77 C 3Q 16
16 Emory 66 S/SE 1Q 18
17 Augustana (Ill) 65 MW 4Q 11
18 Moravian 54 ME 3Q 19
19 St Thomas 49 C 4Q --
20= Wartburg 29 C 5 15
20= Haverford 29 ME 4Q --
22 Washington (MO) 22 MW 5
23 Lynchburg 20 S/SE 2Q --
24 UW-Stevens Point 14 MW 7 20=
25 Baldwin Wallace 11 GL 3 25
-- Brandeis NE 7 17
-- Ohio Northern GL 4 20=
-- UW-Stout MW 8 22
-- Amherst NE 4 23
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
NE = New England (4), NY = New York (1), ME = Mideast (3), GL = Great Lakes (3), MW = Midwest (5), C = Central (3), W = West (1), SSE = South/Southeast (1). Qualifiers indicated by Q after Place in Region.
Place Rank
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Rank School Points Region Region Week
1 Williams (5) 197 NE 1Q 1
2 North Central (3) 195 MW 1Q 3
3 UW-Stevens Point 180 MW 2Q 5
4 Calvin 175 GL 1Q 4
5 UW-La Crosse 171 MW 3Q 2
6 St. John's (MN) 161 C 1Q 6
7 SUNY Cortland 137 NY 1Q 9
8 UW-Oshkosh 131 MW 4Q 12
9 St Thomas 128 C 2Q 8
10 Keene St 118 NE 2Q 20
11 College of New Jersey 117 ME 1Q 13
12 Nebraska Wesleyan 111 C 3Q 17
13 Tufts 110 NE 3Q 14
14 UW-Eau Claire 88 MW 5Q 16
15 Carnegie Mellon 78 ME 2Q 25=
16 Brandeis 76 NE 4Q 19
17 Heidelberg 68 GL 2Q 22
18 Frostburg State 62 S/SE 1Q 18
19 Haverford 54 ME 3Q 15
20 UC San Diego 51 W 1Q --
21 UW-Whitewater 42 MW 6 7
22 Wabash 41 GL 3Q 23
23 MIT 28 NE 5 10
24 Wartburg 23 C 4 11
25 St. Lawrence 21 NY 2 --
-- Pacific Lutheran W 2 21
-- Linfield W 3 24
-- Bates NE 8 25=
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 compiled by Mark Northuis, Hope College.
