USCCA/WICCA NCAA Cross Country Coaches Polls – November 12, 2000
NCAA Cross Country Polls
Division I
FinishLynx Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Final poll, released Nov. 12, 2000.NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes, MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South. Top two teams in Regional Championships on Nov. 11 automatically qualified for Nationals on Nov. 20. Thirteen other teams qualified based on of criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual. Automatic qualifiers indicated by “Q” after Place in Region, “at large” qualifiers by “q”.
Click here for Mike Scott’s analysis of the Women’s DI teams, which he updates weekly.
Rank Best Place Place
Last Prev- In in
Rank Team Region Points Week ious RegionChamps.
1 Colorado (9) MT 296 5 2 1Q 1
2 Stanford (3) W 285 2 1 1Q 3
3 Brigham Young MT 279 1 1 2Q 2
4 Wisconsin GL 266 3 2 1Q 8
5 Arizona State W 244 4 4 2Q 6
6 Boston College NE 240 6 6 1Q 4
7 Kansas State MW 218 8 3 1Q 10
8 Georgetown MA 210 13 5 1Q 5
9 Yale NE 202 12 10 2Q 7
10 Arizona W 196 7 7 3q 19
11 Michigan GL 182 10 10 2Q 14
12 North Carolina State SE 159 14 5 1Q 11
13 Minnesota MW 145 20 8 2Q 26
14 Colorado State MT 139 15 14 3q 17
15 Brown NE 128 22 11 3q 15
16 Texas A&M; SC 112 24 18 1Q 18
17 Weber State MT 94 17 16 4q 22
18 North Carolina SE 87 23 14 2Q 12
19 Providence NE 85 16 8 4q 9
20 Arkansas SC 78 11 7 2Q 13
21 West Virginia MA 58 25 24 2Q 21
22 Oregon W 56 -- 12 4q 28
23 Marquette GL 46 21 20 3q 27
24 Villanova MA 33 18 18 3q 20
25 Washington W 26 9 4 5q 23
Other Teams Receiving Votes: Missouri 12 , Wake Forest 8, Columbia 6,
South Florida 6, Texas Christian 4.
PREVIOUSLY RANKED TEAMS & SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
-- Missouri MW -- 19 19 3q 16
-- Wake Forest SE -- -- 23 3q 29
-- Columbia NE -- -- -- 5q 25
-- South Florida S -- -- 22 1Q 30
-- Georgia Tech S -- -- -- 2Q 31
-- Duke SE -- -- 16 4q 24
-- Virginia SE -- -- 25 5 --
-- Northern Arizona MT -- -- 13 6 --
-- Ball State GL -- -- 25 10 --
-- UC Irvine W -- -- 20 9 --
-- Boston University NE -- -- 18 6 --
-- Nebraska MW -- -- 22 8 --
Voting panel consists of the nine elected regional representatives and three at large members of the Women’s Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association. Compiled by Jesse Rosen of 1201 Yale Place, #1001, Minneapolis, MN. For more information, please e-mail [email protected] or FAX 612/305- 1131.
See also the “Demetra Poll” which uses a computer algorithm and results of head-to-head competition to rank the DI teams.
MONDO Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Final poll, released Nov. 14, 2000.NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes, MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South. Top two teams in Regional Championships on Nov. 11 automatically qualified for Nationals on Nov. 20. Thirteen other teams qualified based on of criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual. Automatic qualifiers indicated by “Q” after Place in Region, “at large” qualifiers by “q”.>
Rank Best Place Place
Last Prev- In in
Rank Team Region Points Week ious RegionChamps.
1 Colorado (11) MT 394 1 1 1Q 2
2 Stanford (3) W 380 2 1 1Q 4
3 Arkansas (1) SC 368 3 1 1Q 1
4 Providence (1) NE 360 4 4 1Q 3
5 Wisconsin GL 325 6 5 1Q 5
6 Georgetown MA 306 8 7 1Q 7=
7 BYU MT 293 7 7 2Q 23
8 Arizona W 276 12 5 2Q 12
9 Northern Arizona MT 251 5 5 3q 7=
10 Iona College NE 248 9 4 2Q 15
11 Oklahoma State MW 243 13 11 1Q 13
12 William & Mary SE 238 21 12 1Q 10
13 Eastern Michigan GL 203 18 18 2Q 20
14 Villanova MA 177 19 19 2Q 6
15 North Carolina State SE 171 16 8 2Q 11
16 Weber State MT 155 14 14 4q 19
17 Alabama S 136 24 19 1Q 28
18 Notre Dame GL 121 20 17 3q 9
19 Duke SE 118 11 11 3q 31
20 Oregon W 95 10 9 4 --
21 Colorado State MT 74 22 11 5q 21
22 Indiana GL 69 15 15 4q 17
23 Cal Poly SLO W 68 -- -- 3 --
24 Arizona State W 23 -- 11 5 --
25 Dartmouth NE 22 25 -- 3q 25
Also receiving votes: St. Francis (Pa.) 19, Missouri 18, Penn State 18,
South Florida 14, Texas 10, Air Force 3, Minnesota 2, Ohio State 1.
PREVIOUSLY RANKED TEAMS AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
-- South Florida S -- -- 21 2Q 30
-- Missouri MW -- -- 25 2Q 27
-- Texas SC -- -- -- 2Q 22
-- Minnesota MW -- -- 12 3q 24
-- Penn State MA -- 17 17 4 --
-- Illinois State MW -- -- -- 4q 29
-- Wake Forest SE -- -- -- 4q 18
-- Nebraska MW -- -- 23 5q 26
-- Princeton MA -- -- 23 5 --
-- Ohio State GL -- -- -- 5q 14
-- Michigan State GL -- 23 14 6 --
-- Air Force Academy MT -- -- -- 6q 16
-- Michigan GL -- -- 10 7 --
-- Southern Utah MT -- -- 16 7 --
-- Washington W -- -- 18 8 --
Sponsored by MONDO. 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.
Regional polls also available at the USCCCA Web site
See also the “Demetra Poll” which uses a computer algorithm and results of head-to-head competition to rank the DI teams.
Division II
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Nov. 6, 2000E = East (3), GL = Great Lakes (4), NE = New England (2), NC = North Central (6), S = South (2), SC = South Central (2), SE = Southeast (2), W = West (3). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 1999 Championships). “Q” in Place in Region column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 18.
Rank Best Place Place
Last Prev- In in
Rank Team Region Week ious RegionChamps.
1 Western State (Colo.) NC 1 1 1Q 1
2 Edinboro (PA) E 4 4 1Q 4
3 Adams State (Colo.) NC 3 1 2Q 5
4 Northern Colorado NC 5 5 3Q 6
5 Central Washington W 8 8 1Q 7
6 Central Missouri St. SC 12 7 1Q 14
7 Northern Michigan GL 9 4 1Q 8
8 UC Davis W 2 2 2Q 3
9 North Dakota NC 7 4 4Q 2
10 Pittsburg St. SC 14 12 2Q 12
11 Hillsdale (Mich.) GL 23 4 2Q 13
12 Chico St (Calif.) W 19 16 3Q 9
13 CU-Colorado Springs NC 10 7 5Q 10
14 West Georgia S -- -- 1Q 21
15 Harding (Ark.) S 21 12 2Q 17
16 Indianapolis GL -- -- 3Q 18
17 Kutztown (PA) E 22 19 2Q 19
18 Wisconsin-Parkside GL 13 13 4Q 15
19 Shippensburg (PA) E -- 21 3Q 16
20 South Dakota St. NC 15 15 6Q 11
21 Mars Hill SE -- 9 1Q 23
22 Stonehill NE -- 11 1Q 20
23 Carson-Newman SE -- -- 2Q 24
24 Southern Connecticut State NE -- -- 2Q 22
PREVIOUSLY RANKED TEAMS
-- Florida Southern S 6 6 3 --
-- Truman State (Mo) SC 11 11 3 --
-- Seattle Pacific W 16 7 4 --
-- Southern Indiana GL 17 10 7 --
-- Lock Haven E 18 18 6 --
-- Grand Valley St GL 20 8 5 --
-- Kennesaw State S 24 20 4 --
-- Humboldt State (Calif) W 25 24 7 --
-- Millersville E -- 14 5 --
-- UC San Diego W -- 20 8 --
-- North Florida S -- 22 5 --
-- Cal State Los Angeles W -- 16 5 --
-- Central Oklahoma SC -- 25 8 --
-- Lees-McRae SE -- 17 3 --
-- St Michael's NE -- 19 9 --
-- South Dakota NC -- 24= 12 --
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Nov. 6, 2000.E = East (3), GL = Great Lakes (3), NE = New England (2), NC = North Central (5), S = South (2), SC = South Central (4), SE = Southeast (2), W = West (3). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 1999 Championships). “Q” in Place in Region column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 18.
PREVIOUSLY RANKED TEAMS -- Pittsburg St (Kans.) SC 16 11 5 -- -- Southern Indiana GL 24 12 7 -- -- Bentley (Mass.) NE -- 17 2Q 18 -- New Mexico Highlands NC -- 15 10 -- -- Wayne State (MI) GL -- 16 6 -- -- NW Missouri St. SC -- 21 7 -- -- Grand Valley St (MI) GL -- 13 9 -- -- Emporia St (Kans.) SC -- 16 5 -- -- Alaska-Anchorage W -- 21 6 -- -- West Georgia S -- 15 6 -- -- Missouri-Rolla SC -- 25 9 -- -- Southern Connecticut St. NE -- 21 4 -- -- Millersville (PA) E -- 24 8= -- -- Barton (N.C.) SE -- 25 2Q 24
Regional polls also available at the DII CC Web site
Division III
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Final poll released Nov. 13, 2000.A = Atlantic (5), C = Central (5), GL = Great Lakes (2), ME = Mid East (1), MW = Mid West (5), NE = New England (4), SSE = South/Southeast (1), W = West (1). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 1999 Championships). “Q” in Place in Region column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 18.
Rank Best Place Place
Last Prev- In in
Rank Team Region Points Week ious RegionChamps.
1 Middlebury (7) NE 199 1 1 1Q 1
2 Calvin (1) GL 191 2 2 1Q 14
3 Williams NE 184 5 3 2Q 2
4 UW-Oshkosh MW 174 3 3 1Q 4
5 Luther C 170 6 5 1Q 3
6 St. Olaf C 159 4 4 2Q 13
7 Baldwin Wallace GL 148 7 7 2Q 12
8 SUNY-Geneseo A 137 11 9 1Q 8
9 Moravian ME 134 8 8 1Q 5
10 UW- Stevens Point MW 131 12 7 2Q 9
11 Ithaca A 128 9 9 2Q 10
12 Wartburg C 100 10 10 4Q 19
13 Hamilton A 98 15 6 3Q 15
14 Nebraska Wesleyan C 97 23 17 3Q 6
15 College of New Jersey A 85 13 5 4Q 11
16 Elmhurst MW 81 18 18 3Q 7
17 Amherst NE 78 21 9 3Q 16
18 Washington Univ. MW 60 19 15 4Q 18
19 Colby NE 44 -- -- 4Q 24
20 Willamette W 38 20 20 1Q 22
21 Univ of Chicago MW 35 -- -- 5Q 17
22 St. Lawrence A 30 -- -- 5Q 23
23 Emory SSE 21 -- 23 1Q 21
24 Brandeis NE 19 14 11 5 --
25 Concordia-Moorhead C 16 -- 22 5Q 20
Others receiving Votes: UW-LaCrosse (13), Loras (11), Connecticut College
(7), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (7), DePauw (3), Carleton (1), Dickinson (1).
PREVIOUSLY RANKED TEAMS
-- UW-LaCrosse MW -- 16 7 6 --
-- Loras C -- 17 12 6 --
-- Connecticut College NE -- 22 23 6 --
-- Claremont-Mudd-Scripps W -- 24 17 2 --
-- DePauw GL -- 25 25 3 --
-- Dennison GL -- -- 17 5 --
-- Augustana (Ill) MW -- -- 19 8 --
-- Dickinson ME -- -- 22 2 --
-- St. Thomas C -- -- 15 13 --
-- Tufts NE -- -- 16 7 --
-- Macalester C -- -- 18 9 --
-- SUNY-Cortland A -- -- 20 8 --
-- Wheaton, Il MW -- -- 20 14 --
Poll compiled by Jeff and Laurie Miller.
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Final poll released Nov. 14.A = Atlantic (3), C = Central (5), GL = Great Lakes (3), ME = Mid East (1), MW = Mid West (5), NE = New England (5), SSE = South/Southeast (1), W = West (1). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 1999 Championships). “Q” in Place in Region column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 18.
Rank Best Place Place
Last Prev- In in
Rank Team Region Points Week ious RegionChamps.
1 Calvin College (MI) (6) GL 197 1 1 1Q 1
2 Keene State (NH) (2) NE 194 2 2 1Q 2
3 North Central (ILL) MW 185 5 1 1Q 4
4 UW-LaCrosse MW 176 4 1 2Q 7
5 UW-Platteville MW 165 7 7 3Q 10
6 UW-Oshkosh MW 159 3 3 4Q 3
7 Williams College (MA) NE 145 9 5 2Q 5
8 Nebraska Wesleyan C 141 13 4 1Q 8
9 UW-Whitewater MW 136 8 3 5Q 6
10 Wartburg (IA) C 121 12 11 2Q 20
11 Haverford (PA) ME 117 11 9 1Q 9
12 UW-Stevens Point MW 115 10 7 6 --
13 St. Thomas (MN) C 101 6 5 3Q 15
14 Tufts (MA) NE 101 17 9 3Q 11
15 St. Lawrence (NY) A 99 15 11 1Q 21
16 Kenyon GL 85 14 14 2Q 13
17 Claremont Mudd Scripps (CA) W 59 25 20 1Q 12
18 Trinity NE 59 23 17 4Q 14
19 Ithaca College (NY) A 56 20 20 2Q 18
20 Hamline C 49 -- -- 4Q 22
21 St. Johns (MN) C 39 16 15 5Q 16
22 College of New Jersey A 32 21 18 3Q 19
23 Emory University (GA) SSE 31 24 17 1Q 24
24 Coast Guard Academy NE 19 -- -- 5Q 17
25= Anderson (IN) GL 8 -- 14 3Q 23
25= Bates NE 8 -- 24 11 --
Others Receiving Votes: MIT (2), Elmhurst (1).
PREVIOUSLY RANKED TEAMS
-- MIT NE -- 18 7 6 --
-- Puget Sound W -- 19 18 2 --
-- Bowdoin College (ME) NE -- 22 21 7 --
-- Willamette W -- -- 15 3 --
-- Lewis & Clark W -- -- 14 4 --
-- Greenville MW -- -- 23 12 --
-- DePauw GL -- -- 18 6 --
-- Grinnell C -- -- 25 8 --
-- UW-Eau Claire MW -- -- 13 9 --
-- Elmhurst MW -- -- 25 7 --
-- Heidelberg (OH) GL -- -- 16 7 --
-- Elizabethtown (PA) ME -- -- 25 3 --
Poll compiled by Rick Witt, UW-Stevens Point
