USCCA/WICCA NCAA Cross Country Coaches Polls – September 7, 2004
Division I
FinishLynx Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Preseason Poll released Sept. 7.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. 13 automatically qualify for Nationals on Nov. 22. Thirteen other teams qualify based on criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual.
2003 Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Place 1 Stanford (10) W 386 1 2 Providence (3) NE 372 3 3 Brigham Young MT 371 2 4 Notre Dame GL 342 10 5 North Carolina State SE 329 6 6 Colorado MT 322 5 7 Michigan GL 316 4 8= Princeton MA 288 9 8= UCLA W 288 7 10 Villanova MA 265 11 11 Wake Forest SE 248 21 12 Missouri MW 235 12 13 Columbia NE 231 13 14 North Carolina SE 221 8 15 Northern Arizona MT 189 15 16= Georgetown MA 184 16 16= Washington W 184 19 18 Arkansas SC 165 -- 19 Arizona State W 158 14 20 Duke SE 155 20 21 Marquette GL 145 22 22 Tennessee S 119 24 23 Penn State MA 109 23 24 Michigan State GL 95 17 25 Baylor SC 73 25 26 Colorado State MT 69 28 27 Indiana GL 44 27 28 Yale NE 36 -- 29 Minnesota MW 27 -- 30 West Virginia SE 20 -- Other Teams Receiving Votes: California 15, Georgia 13, William & Mary 9, Texas Tech 5, Toledo 5, UC-Santa Barbara 5, Illinois 2, Vanderbilt 2, Washington State 2, Dartmouth 1.
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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. 13.E = East, GL = Great Lakes, NE = New England, NC = North Central, S = South, SC = South Central, SE = Southeast, W = West.
Regional rankings are posted here.
Pre-Season Rank Team Region Rank 1 Adams State (CO) NC 1 2 Western State (CO) NC 2 3 California State - Chico W 3 4 Harding (AR) S 4 5 Abilene Christian (TX) SC 5 6 Univ of Mass. - Lowell NE 6 7 Grand Valley State (MI) GL 8 8 Minnesota State - Mankato NC 9 9 Univ of Minn - Duluth NC 7 10 Stonehill (MA) NE 14 11 Lock Haven (PA) E 13 12 Hillsdale (MI) GL 12 13 UC San Diego W 20 14 UC - Colorado Springs NC 11 15 Truman State (MO) SC 15 16 Cal Poly Pomona W -- 17 Kennesaw State (GA) S 10 18 Southern Indiana GL 18 19 Edinboro (PA) E 16 20 Lewis University GL -- 21 Southern Connecticut NE -- 22 Central Missouri SC 19 23 West Florida S -- 24 Alaska- Anchorage W -- 25 Shippensburg (PA) E 22 -- Colorado School of Mines NC 17 -- SIU - Edwardsville GL 21 -- Missouri Southern SC 23 -- Bentley (MA) E 24 -- Mars Hill (NC) SE 25
Men’s DII polls compiled by Doug Watts, Edinboro.
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 13.E = East, GL = Great Lakes, NE = New England, NC = North Central, S = South, SC = South Central, SE = Southeast, W = West.
Regional rankings are posted here.
Pre-Season Rank Team Region Rank 1 Adams State (CO) NC 1 2 Western State (CO) NC 2 3 Grand Valley State (MI) GL 3 4 California State - Chico W 4 5 Harding (AR) S 5 6 Northern Michigan GL 6 7 Colorado School of Mines NC 8 8 Edinboro (PA) E 10 9 North Dakota NC 11 10 Univ of Tampa (FL) S 14 11 Stonehill (MA) NE 7 12 Univ of North Florida S 18 13 Southern Indiana GL 13 14 UC San Diego W 15 15 Pittsburg State (KS) SC 16 16 Wayne State (MI) GL 17 17 Alabama-Huntsville S 12 18 Univ of South Dakota NC 19 19 Kennesaw State (GA) S 9 20 Slippery Rock (PA) E -- 21 Missouri Southern SC 21 22 Abilene Christian (TX) SC -- 23 Indiana Univ of PA E 20 24 Truman State SC -- 25 BYU Hawaii W -- -- Alaska- Anchorage W 22 -- California State - StanislausW 23 -- Univ of Mass. - Lowell NE 24 -- Mars Hill (NC) SE 25
Women’s DII polls compiled by Raymond Hoffman, Kutztown.
Division III
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 14.A = Atlantic, C = Central, GL = Great Lakes, ME = Mid East, MW = Mid West, NE = New England, S = South/Southeast, W = West.
Pre-Season Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Rank 1 Calvin College (MI) (6) GL 150 1 2 Wisconsin-La Crosse MW 142 2 3 North Central College (IL) MW 140 3 4 Wartburg College (IA) C 132 4 5 Wisconsin-Oshkosh MW 123 5 6 Wisconsin-Stevens Point MW 117 7 7 SUNY Geneseo A 115 6 8 Nebraska Wesleyan C 107 8 9= Haverford College (PA) NE 101 9= 9= Tufts University (MA) NE 101 9= 11 The College of New Jersey A 89 11 12 Willamette University (OR) W 86 12= 13 Williams College (MA) NE 72 14 14 New York University A 69 16 15 Keene State College (NH) NE 59 12= 16 University of Chicago (IL) MW 55 -- 17 Bates College (ME) NE 47 -- 18 Carleton College (MN) C 46 17 19= Elizabethtown College (PA) ME 40 15 19= Pomona Pitzer (CA) W 40 18= 21 Loras College (IA) C 24 18= 22 Carthage College (WI) MW 23 -- 23 Augustana College (IL) MW 16 22 24 St. Olaf College (MN) C 12 23 25 Anderson University (IN) GL 11 -- -- Otterbein College (OH) GL 20 -- Washington University (MO) MW 21 -- Allegheny College (PA) ME 24 -- Albion College (MI) GL 25 Others Receiving Votes: Washington University (MO) 10, Widener University (PA) 9, Elmhurst College (IL) 5, Otterbein College (OH) 4, Christopher Newport University (VA) 3, Emory University (GA) 2..
Men’s DIII polls compiled by Greg Huffaker, Elmhurst.
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Preseason Poll released Sept. 13A = Atlantic, C = Central, GL = Great Lakes, ME = Mid East, MW = Mid West, NE = New England, S = South/Southeast, W = West.
2003 Rank Team Region Place 1 Middlebury NE 1 2 Williams NE 4 3 UW-Stevens Point MW 3 4 UW-Oshkosh MW 11 5 UW-LaCrosse MW 7 6 Amherst (MA) NE 5 7 Luther (IA) C -- 8 Willamette (OR) W 8 9 Dickinson (PA) ME 6 10 SUNY-Geneseo A 22 11 Allegheny (PA) ME 13 12 Wartburg C 14 13 College of New Jersey A 9 14 Trinity (CT) NE 2 15 Bowdoin (ME) NE 19 16 DePauw (IN) GL -- 17 Gustavus Adolphus C 12 18 University of Chicago MW 18 19 Haverford (PA) ME 15= 20 Washington University (MO) MW -- 21 Ithaca (NY) A 17 22 Emory (GA) S 21 23 Denison (OH) GL -- 24 Calvin (MI) GL 15= 25 Whitworth (WA) W -- Others Receiving Votes: Otterbein (GL), Mt. Union (GL), Baldwin Wallace (GL), St. Lawrence (A), St. Olaf (C)
Women’s DIII polls compiled by Jeff and Laurie Miller.
