USCCA/WICCA NCAA Cross Country Coaches Polls – October 1, 2002
2002 NCAA Cross Country Polls
Division I
MONDO Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Oct. 1.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. 16 will automatically qualify for Nationals on Nov. 25. Thirteen other teams qualify based on criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual.
Rank Rank Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 9/24 9/17 1 Stanford (8) W 440 1 1 2 Arkansas (4) SC 433 2 3 3 Colorado (2) MT 425 3 2 4 Northern Arizona (1) MT 407 5 5 5 Oregon W 380 9 10 6 Villanova MA 377 6 6 7 Eastern Michigan GL 354 12 12 8 Georgetown MA 331 8 8 9 Weber State MT 323 13 13 10 Wisconsin GL 301 4 4 11 BYU MT 282 11 11 12 Butler GL 275 25 23 13 Colorado State MT 251 17 16 14 Minnesota MW 246 28 25= 15 Providence NE 241 10 9 16 North Carolina State SE 226 7 7 17 Iona NE 192 21 22 18 Dartmouth NE 177 16 15 19 Central Michigan GL 172 -- -- 20 William & Mary SE 165 19 21 21 Arizona State W 126 14 17 22 Indiana GL 124 20 24 23 Notre Dame GL 100 22 20 24 Duke SE 96 18 19 25 Michigan GL 85 23 29= 26 Alabama S 75 24 28 27 New Mexico MT 67 30= 29= 28 Oklahoma State MW 65 27 25= 29 Texas SC 49 -- -- 30 Washington W 37 26 27 -- Michigan State GL 15 14 -- Portland W 29 18 -- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo W 30= -- Also receiving votes: Portland 30, Cal Poly SLO 26, Utah State 26, SMU 25, Princeton 16, Michigan State 12, Montana State 6, Tennessee 6, Brown 5, Iowa 5, Ohio State 5.
Sponsored by Mondo. Voting panel consists of members of the executive committee of the United States Cross Country Coaches Association. Men’s DI polls compiled by Don Kopriva, USCCCA Public Relations Director, P.O. Box 3040, Lisle, Ill. 60532. For more information, contact him via e-mail .
Polls also available at the USCCCA Web site
FinishLynx Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 30.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. 16 will automatically qualify for Nationals on Nov. 25. Thirteen other teams qualify based on of criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual.
Click here for Mike Scott’s analysis of the Women’s DI teams, which he updates weekly.
Rank Rank Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 9/23 9/16 1 Brigham Young (13) MT 390 1 1 2 Stanford W 372 3 3 3 Notre Dame GL 352 5 5 4 Colorado MT 346 4 4 5 Michigan State GL 333 9 9 6 Boston College NE 321 10 17 7 Arizona State W 304 19 19 8 Providence NE 283 13 18 9 Columbia NE 276 -- 23 10 North Carolina State SE 268 6 6 11 Duke SE 263 8 8 12 Georgetown MA 259 2 2 13 North Carolina SE 243 -- -- 14 Arkansas SC 238 7 7 15 Virginia SE 187 26 26 16= UCLA W 174 12 11 16= Northern Arizona MT 174 11 10 18 Wisconsin GL 171 18 21 19 Villanova MA 157 16 12 20 Missouri MW 134 -- -- 21 William & Mary SE 131 15 13 22 Michigan GL 104 25 -- 23 Marquette GL 101 14 14= 24 Colorado State MT 99 17 20 25 Penn State MA 91 20 14= 26 Wake Forest SE 75 22 24 27 Indiana GL 48 -- -- 28 Dartmouth NE 36 -- -- 29 Southwest Missouri State MW 33 23 -- 30 Toledo GL 23 29 -- -- Cornell NE 21 28 -- Yale NE 24 16 -- Arizona W 27 27 -- Minnesota MW 28 25 -- Weber State MT 30 29 -- Texas A&M; SC -- 22 -- Coastal Carolina SE -- 30 Also receiving votes: Yale 18, James Madison 13, Texas A&M; 11, Weber State 9, Florida State 7, Cornell 1.
Sponsored by FinishLynx. All polls compiled during the season are available online at the FinishLynx site.
Voting panel consists of the nine elected regional representatives and three at large members of the Women’s Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association. Women’s DI polls compiled by Jesse Rosen of 1201 Yale Place, #1001, Minneapolis, MN. For more information, please e-mail or FAX 414/747-2489
Division II
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 30E = East, GL = Great Lakes, NE = New England, NC = North Central, S = South, SC = South Central, SE = Southeast, W = West.
Regional rankings are posted here.
Rank Rank Rank Team (first place votes) Region 9/23 9/16 1 Western State College (CO) NC 1 1 2 Abilene Christian Univ (TX) SC 2 2 3 Adams State College (CO) NC 3 3 4 South Dakota State (SD) NC 5 7 5 Harding Univ (AR) S 4 4 6 UC-Davis (CA) W 7 6 7 U Mass-Lowell (MA) NE 8 8 8 Cal State-Chico (CA) W 6 5 9 Lewis University (IL) GL 11 12 10 Kennesaw State (GA) S 9 10 11 Grand Valley State (MI) GL 12 14 12 Hillsdale College (MI) GL 13 -- 13 Millersville Univ (PA) E 10 11 14 Truman State (MO) SC 14 13 15 Edinboro University (PA) E -- -- 16 Fort Hays State (KS) NC 17 -- 17 Univ of South Dakota (SD) NC 15 15 18 UC Colorado Springs NC -- -- 19 Minn State-Mankato (MN) NC 16 16 20 Missouri Southern (MO) SC 18 17 -- Shippensburg University (PA) E 19 20 -- Central Missouri State SC 20 -- -- Wayne State Univ (MI) GL -- 9 -- UC San Diego (CA) W -- 18 -- Ashland (OH) GL -- 19
Men’s DII polls compiled by Doug Watts, Edinboro.
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 30E = East, GL = Great Lakes, NE = New England, NC = North Central, S = South, SC = South Central, SE = Southeast, W = West.
Regional rankings are posted here.
Rank Rank Rank Team (first place votes) Region 9/23 9/16 1 Adams State (CO) NC 2 2 2 Western State College (CO) NC 1 1 3 Grand Valley State (MI) GL 3 5 4 Northern Michigan GL 4 6 5 Kennesaw State S 5 3 6 Univ of North Dakota NC 6 4 7 UC-Davis (CA) W 9 12 8 Univ of North Florida (FL) S 7 7 9 Cal State-Chico (CA) W 8 8 10 UC-Colorado Springs (CO) NC 10 9 11 Wayne State (MI) GL 15 14 12 Indiana University (PA) E 11 10 13 Wisconsin-Parkside GL 14 16 14 UC San Diego (CA) W 12 11 15 Harding (AR) S 17 19 16 Central Missouri State SC 13 15 17 Seattle Pacific (WA) W -- -- 18 Stonehill (MA) NE 19 20 19 Abilene Christian (TX) SC -- -- 20 Clarion Univ (PA) E 18 -- -- Humboldt State(CA) W 16 18 -- Nebraska Omaha NC 20 -- -- Pittsburg State (KS) SC -- 13 -- University of South Dakota NC -- 17
Women’s DII polls compiled by Raymond Hoffman, Kutztown.
Division III
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Oct. 1.A = Atlantic, C = Central, GL = Great Lakes, ME = Mid East, MW = Mid West, NE = New England, SSE = South/Southeast, W = West.
Rank Rank Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 9/24 9/17 1 Wisconsin-Oshkosh (7) MW 199 1= 2 2 North Central College(IL)(1) MW 193 1= 3 3 Willamette University(OR) W 184 3 4 4 College of New Jersey A 173 4 5 5 Calvin College(MI) GL 166 6 8 6 Wisconsin-La Crosse MW 160 7 10 7 Keene State College(NH) NE 156 5 6 8 Wartburg College(IA) C 141 18= -- 9 Ithaca College(NY) A 136 8 9 10 Williams College(MA) NE 128 11 11 11 Bowdoin College(ME) NE 119 12= 12 12 University of St Thomas(MN) C 108 9 7 13 St Lawrence University(NY) A 102 12= 15 14 Wisconsin-Stevens Point MW 95 15 20 15 Carleton College(MN) C 86 14 16 16 Elizabethtown College (PA) ME 75 17 14 17 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CA) W 66 21 21 18 SUNY Geneseo A 63 16 13 19 Nebraska Wesleyan(NB) C 62 10 1 20 MIT NE 49 25 -- 21 University of Chicago(IL) MW 35 20 19 22 US Coast Guard Academy(CT) NE 29 22 -- 23 Wisconsin-Platteville MW 24 18= 18 24 Allegheny College(PA) ME 18 23 22= 25 Univ of Puget Sound(WA) W 11 -- 25= -- Trinity College(CT) NE 24 22= -- Washington University(MO) MW -- 17 -- Haverford College(PA) ME -- 24 -- Emory University(GA) S -- 25= Others Receiving Votes: Emory University(GA) 8.5, Haverford College(PA) 7, Trinity College(CT) 4.5, Amherst College(MA) 2.
Men’s DIII polls compiled by John Zupanc, UW-Oshkosh
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Oct. 1.A = Atlantic, C = Central, GL = Great Lakes, ME = Mid East, MW = Mid West, NE = New England, SSE = South/Southeast, W = West.
Rank Rank Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 9/24 9/17 1 Williams (8) NE 200 1 2 2 Middlebury NE 191 2 1 3 Wartburg C 176 6 6 4 Calvin GL 175 4= 3 5 UW-LaCrosse MW 163 4= 4 6 SUNY-Geneseo A 155 3 5 7 Washington Univ. MW 147 8 9 8 College of New Jersey A 145 7 7= 9 Ithaca A 143 9 7= 10 Baldwin Wallace GL 129 10 12= 11 Bowdoin NE 116 12 11 12 UW- Stevens Point MW 110 11 14 13 Hamilton A 103 13 12= 14 Allegheny ME 98 14 18 15 Willamette W 85 15 16 16 Carleton C 74 -- 23= 17 UW-Oshkosh MW 70 17 17 18 St. Olaf C 67 16 21 19 Dickinson ME 65 19= 25 20 Trinity NE 40 21 -- 21 Haverford ME 37 18 19 22 Brandeis NE 26 19= 15 23 Gustavus Adolphus C 22 22 -- 24 Elmhurst MW 19 23 -- 25 Denison GL 18 25 -- -- Whitworth W 24 -- -- Nebraska Wesleyan C -- 10 -- Clarmt-Mudd-Scripps W -- 20 -- Mt. Union GL -- 22 -- Keene St. NE -- 23= Others Receiving Votes: Whitworth 17, Nebraska Wesleyan 5, Emory 4
Women’s DIII polls compiled by Jeff and Laurie Miller.
