USCCA/WICCA NCAA Cross Country Coaches Polls – November 18, 2003
Final 2003 NCAA Cross Country Polls
Division I
MONDO Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Final Poll released Nov. 18.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. 15 automatically qualify for Nationals on Nov. 24. Thirteen other teams qualify based on criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual. Automatic qualifiers indicated by “Q” after Place in Region, “at large” qualifiers by “q”.
Place
Rank Rank in
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 11/4 10/21 Region
1 Stanford (15) W 479 1 1 1Q
2 Wisconsin (1) GL 462 2 2 1Q
3 Colorado M 444 3 4 1Q
4 Iona College NE 420 4 3 1Q
5 Michigan GL 415 6 6 2Q
6 Northern Arizona M 413 5 5 2Q
7 Arkansas SC 375 7 8 1Q
8 Air Force M 358 8 9 3q
9 Villanova MA 324 16 11 1Q
10 Ohio State GL 320 13 7 3q
11 BYU M 310 10 12 4q
12 North Carolina State SE 307 14 17 1Q
13 Georgetown MA 283 9 13 2Q
14 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo W 260 15 16 2Q
15 Central Michigan GL 244 22 22 4q
16 Colorado State M 235 17 10 5q
17 Providence NE 216 21 20 2Q
18 Georgia S 205 19 21 1Q
19 Indiana GL 196 11 19 5q
20 Arizona W 195 27 14 3q
21 Oklahoma State MW 149 23 -- 1Q
22 Washington W 128 20 27 4q
23 Florida State S 127 24 23 2Q
24 Oregon W 100 12 18 5q
25 Miami (Ohio) GL 89 -- 26 6q
26 Texas A&M; SC 65 26 25 2Q
27 Portland W 56 -- -- 6q
28 Kentucky SE 46 -- -- 2Q
29 Butler GL 42 -- -- 7
30 Notre Dame GL 41 18 24 8
-- Minnesota MW -- -- 2Q
-- William & Mary SE 29 29 3q
-- Iowa MW 30 30 3
-- Arizona State W 25 15 8
-- Eastern Michigan GL 28 -- 9
-- Kansas MW -- 28 4
-- Virginia SE -- -- 4q
Also receiving votes: Minnesota 38, William & Mary 31, Princeton 25, Iowa
21, American 9, Arizona State 9, UCLA 9, Eastern Michigan 6, Virginia 4,
Stephen F. Austin 1.
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
Final Poll released Nov. 17.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. 15 automatically qualify for Nationals on Nov. 24. Thirteen other teams qualify based on 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.
Place
Rank Rank in
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 11/4 10/20 Region
1 Brigham Young (9) MT 386 2 2 1Q
2 Stanford (3) W 380 1 1 1Q
3 North Carolina SE 360 3 5 1Q
4 Notre Dame GL 349 4 7 1Q
5 North Carolina State SE 330 5 3 2Q
6 Michigan GL 317 7 10 2Q
7 Colorado MT 314 6 9 2Q
8 Providence NE 305 8 8 1Q
9 Columbia NE 279 9 12 2Q
10 Georgetown MA 274 16 16 1Q
11 UCLA W 254 15 15 2Q
12 Michigan State GL 248 12 6 3q
13 Wake Forest SE 242 13 13 3q
14 Princeton MA 230 14 14 2Q
15 Villanova MA 189 21 -- 3q
16 Colorado State MT 181 22 22 3q
17 Northern Arizona MT 170 10 11 4q
18 Penn State MA 156 17 19 4q
19 Nebraska MW 150 -- 20 1Q
20 Missouri MW 122 20 17 2Q
21 Texas SC 114 -- -- 1Q
22 Washington W 110 -- -- 3q
23 Arizona State W 91 11 4 4q
24 Indiana GL 80 -- -- 4q
25 Baylor SC 76 18 24 2Q
26 Tennessee S 68 24 26 1Q
27 Duke SE 61 25 29 4q
28 Marquette GL 53 19 21 5q
29 Dartmouth NE 33 -- -- 3
30 Florida State S 30 28 30 2Q
-- Boston College NE 26 27 5
-- Wisconsin GL -- 18 6q
-- West Virginia MA -- 25 5
-- UC Santa Barbara W 23 23 5q
-- Arkansas SC -- -- 3
-- Nevada MT 27 28 6
-- Ball State GL 29 -- 8
-- Texas Christian SC 30 -- 4
Other Teams Receiving Votes: Texas Tech 24, Yale 13, Boston College 11,
West Virginia 10, Wisconsin 10, UC-Santa Barbara 9, Illinois 5, Arkansas 3,
William & Mary 3, Georgia 2, Virginia Tech 2, Nevada 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
Final Poll released Nov. 3.E = East (2), GL = Great Lakes (2), NE = New England (3), NC = North Central (5), S = South (2), SC = South Central (4), SE = Southeast (2), W = West (4). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 2002 Championships). “Q” in Place in Region column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 22.
Regional rankings are posted here.
Place
Rank Rank in
Rank Team (first place votes) Region 11/3 10/27 Region
1 Adams State College (CO) NC 1 1 1Q
2 Western State College (CO) NC 3 3 2Q
3 Harding Univ (AR) S 5 5 1Q
4 Abilene Christian Univ (TX) SC 2 2 1Q
5 Cal State-Chico W 4 4 1Q
6 Grand Valley State (MI) GL 7 7 1Q
7 Wayne State Univ (MI) GL 11 11 2Q
8 U Mass-Lowell (MA) NE 9 9 1Q
9 Truman State Univ (MO) SC 18 19 2Q
10 Hillsdale College (MI) GL 12 12 3
11 North Dakota State NC 16 17 3Q
12 South Dakota State (SD) NC 6 6 4Q
13 Stonehill College NE 20 20 2Q
14 Lock Haven (PA) E 13 14 1Q
15 Edinboro Univ (PA) E 19 13 2Q
16 Univ of Minn-Duluth NC -- -- 5Q
17 UC San Diego (CA) W 24 24 2Q
18 Cal Poly Pomona(CA) W 21 21 3Q
19 Kennesaw State Univ (GA) S 8 8 2Q
20 Central Missouri (MO) SC -- -- 3Q
21 Missouri Southern State (MO) SC 17 18 4Q
22 UC-Colorado Springs (CO) NC 14 15 6
23 Southern Indiana (IN) GL 10 10 4
24 Western Washington (WA) W 25 25 4Q
25 Fort Hays State (KS) NC -- -- 7
-- Minn State-Mankato(MN) NC 15 16 8
-- Ashland Univ (OH) GL 22 22 6
-- Southern Ill-Edwardsville GL 23 23 5
-- Mars Hill SE -- -- 1Q
-- Lenoir Rhyne SE -- -- 2Q
-- Bentley NE -- -- 3Q
Men’s DII polls compiled by Doug Watts, Edinboro.
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Nov. 10E = East (2), GL = Great Lakes (24), NE = New England (2), NC = North Central (5), S = South (4), 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 2002 Championships). “Q” in Place in Region column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 22.
Regional rankings are posted here.
Place
Rank Rank in
Rank Team (first place votes) Region 11/3 10/27 Region
1 Adams State (CO) NC 1 1 1Q
2 Western State College (CO) NC 2 2 2Q
3 Grand Valley State (MI) GL 3 3 1Q
4 Cal State - Chico (CA) W 4 4 1Q
5 Northern Michigan (MI) GL 8 8 2Q
6 Southern Indiana (IN) GL 7 7 3Q
7 South Dakota (SD) NC 9 9 3Q
8 Edinboro (PA) E 6 5 1Q
9 North Florida (FL) S 14 13 1Q
10 South Dakota State (SD) NC 13 12 4Q
11 Tampa S -- -- 2Q
12 Wayne State (MI) GL 11 11 4Q
13 Indiana Univ (PA) E 12 14 2Q
14 UC San Diego (CA) W 15 15 2Q
15 Univ of Alabama-Huntsville S 10 10 3Q
16 Colorado School of Mines NC -- -- 5Q
17 Harding (AR) S -- -- 4Q
18 Hillsdale (MI) GL 16 16 5
19 UC Colorado Springs (CO) NC 5 6 6
20 Pittsburg State (KS) SC 20 20 1Q
21 East Stroudsburg (PA) E -- -- 3
22 Univ of North Dakota NC 24 24 7
23 Stonehill College NE 21 21 1Q
24 Cal State Stanislaus W -- -- 3Q
25 Missouri Southern SC 22 22 2Q
-- Kennesaw State (GA) S 17 17 5
-- North Dakota State (ND) NC 18 18 8
-- Southern Ill - Edwardsville GL 19 19 7
-- Seattle Pacific (WA) W 23 23 5
-- Abilene Christian (TX) SC 25 25 3
-- U-Mass Lowell NE -- -- 2Q
-- Mars Hill SE -- -- 1Q
-- Lees-McRae SE -- -- 2Q
Women’s DII polls compiled by Raymond Hoffman, Kutztown.
Division III
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Final Poll released Nov. 17.A = Atlantic (3), C = Central (3), GL = Great Lakes (3), ME = Mid East (2), MW = Mid West (5), NE = New England (4), S = South/Southeast (1), 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 2002 Championships). “Q” in Place in Region column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 22.
Place
Rank Rank in
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 11/5 10/28 Region
1 Calvin College(MI) (5) GL 197 2 2 1Q
2 Wisconsin-Oshkosh (3) MW 195 1 1 1Q
3 North Central (IL) MW 184 3 3 2Q
4 Wisconsin-Stevens Point MW 175 4 4 3Q
5 Willamette University(OR) W 166 5 5 1Q
6 Wisconsin-La Crosse MW 159 6 6 4Q
7 Tufts University(MA) NE 151 9 9 1Q
8 Wartburg College(IA) C 137 12 10 1Q
9 Haverford College(PA) ME 136 8 7 1Q
10 Nebraska Wesleyan(NB) C 127 7 8 2Q
11 Keene State College(NH) NE 124 10 11 2Q
12 SUNY Geneseo A 120 14 13 1Q
13 Williams College(MA) NE 101 16 18 3Q
14 College of New Jersey A 97 11 12 2Q
15 Univ of Puget Sound(WA) W 90 18 25 2Q
16 Loras College(IA) C 68 25 3Q
17 Wisconsin Whitewater MW 63 -- 24 5Q
18 Colorado College(CO) W 59 22 21 3Q
19 Carnegie Mellon (PA) ME 58 -- 23 2Q
20 Albion College(MI) GL 48 21 19 2Q
21 Amherst College(MA) NE 43 -- -- 4Q
22 New York University A 42.5 -- -- 3Q
23 Case Western Reserve (OH) GL 26 -- -- 3Q
24 Emory University(GA) S 25.5 -- 20 1Q
25 University of St Thomas(MN) C 4 13 14 4
-- Elizabethtown College(PA) ME 15 15 3
-- Carleton College(MN) C 17 16 6
-- Washington University)MO) MW 19 7
-- Grinnell College(IA) C 20 17 7
-- St Lawrence University(NY) A 23 22 4
-- Univ of Chicago(IL) MW 24 -- 6
Others Receiving Votes: St Lawrence University(NY) (2), MIT (NE) 1, Univ
of Chicago(IL) (1).
Men’s DIII polls compiled by John Zupanc, UW-Oshkosh
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Final Poll released Nov. 17.A = Atlantic (4), C = Central (3), GL = Great Lakes (3), ME = Mid East (3), MW = Mid West (4), NE = New England (5), S = South/Southeast (1), W = West (2). Numbers in parentheses indicate numbers of teams that will qualify from each region (based on performances of teams from those Regions in 2002 Championships). “Q” in Place in Region column indicates qualifier for Nationals on Nov. 22.
Place
Rank Rank in
Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 11/4 10/28 Region
1 Middlebury (8) NE 200 1 1 1Q
2 Williams NE 192 4 5 2Q
3 UW-Stevens Point MW 183 3 3 1Q
4 Trinity (CT) NE 175 5 2 3Q
5 UW-Oshkosh MW 167 6 4 2Q
6 Amherst (MA) NE 162 2 7 4Q
7 UW-LaCrosse MW 149 9 9 3Q
8 College of New Jersey A 141 11 11 1Q
9 Wartburg C 135 10 10 2Q
10 Nebraska Wesleyan C 120 12 12 1Q
11 Calvin GL 107 7 6 2Q
12 Ithaca (NY) A 106 17 16 2Q
13 Willamette (OR) W 104 13 13 1Q
14 Dickinson (PA) ME 101 14 14 1Q
15 Mt. Union (OH) GL 81 -- -- 1Q
16 SUNY-Geneseo A 79 8 8 3Q
17 Gustavus Adolphus C 70 24 3Q
18 Allegeheny (PA) ME 68 20 18 2Q
19 University of Chicago MW 56 23 4Q
20 St. Lawrence (NY) A 49 21 22 4Q
21 Emory (GA) S 39 25 17 1Q
22 Bowdoin (ME) NE 36 -- -- 5Q
23 Otterbein GL 28 -- -- 3Q
24 Haverford (PA) ME 21 -- 21 3Q
25 Washington University (MO) MW 20 18 24 5
-- Claremont Mudd Scripps W 15 15 2
-- Luther (IA) C 16 19 4
-- Denison (OH) GL 19 23 4
-- Wesleyan (CT) NE 22 20 7
-- St. Benedict C -- 25 5
Others Receiving Votes: Claremont Mudd Scripps (CA) (10), Luther (IA)
(1).
Women’s DIII polls compiled by Jeff and Laurie Miller.
