USCCA/WICCA NCAA Cross Country Coaches Polls – September 21, 2004
Division I
MONDO Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Preseason Poll released Sept. 21.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. Automatic qualifiers indicated by “Q” after Place in Region, “at large” qualifiers by “q”.
2003 Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Place 1 Wisconsin (9) GL 414 2 2 Stanford (4) W 403 1 3 Iona College NE 384 4 4 Arkansas (1) SC 378 5 5 Colorado M 363 6 6 Michigan GL 337 9 7 Georgetown MA 333 7 8 North Carolina State SE 298 10 9 BYU M 291 19= 10 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo W 242 13 11 Air Force M 241 8 12 Indiana GL 236 12 13 Villanova MA 235 11 14 Providence NE 230 24 15 Northern Arizona M 185 3 16 Minnesota MW 160 26 17 Arizona W 151 23 18 Oklahoma State MW 147 16 19 Central Michigan GL 131 18 20 Miami (Ohio) GL 127 14 21 Oregon W 124 21 22= Georgia S 104 25 22= Ohio State GL 104 15 24 Butler GL 103 -- 25 Washington W 93 22 26 Florida State S 92 29 27 Colorado State M 91 17 28 Iowa MW 80 -- 29 Notre Dame GL 66 -- 30 Arizona State W 65 -- -- Texas A&M; SC 19= -- Portland W 27 -- Kentucky SE 28 -- William & Mary SE 31 Also receiving votes: William & Mary 54, Virginia 46, Montana State 41, Portland 27, New Mexico 26, Eastern Michigan 25, Kansas 16, Texas 13, Texas A&M;, 12, Yale 12, Kentucky 8, American 6, Dartmouth 5, Princeton 3, Illinois 2, 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
Poll released Sept. 20.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.
Preseason Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Rank 1 Stanford (10) W 386 1 2 Providence (3) NE 376 2 3 Brigham Young (1) MT 365 3 4 Notre Dame GL 354 4 5 North Carolina State SE 332 5 6 Colorado MT 318 6 7 Michigan GL 309 7 8 Princeton MA 296 8= 9 UCLA W 287 8= 10 Villanova MA 267 10 11 North Carolina SE 249 14 12 Wake Forest SE 235 11 13 Columbia NE 230 13 14 Missouri MW 227 12 15 Georgetown MA 200 16= 16 Arkansas SC 194 18 17 Duke SE 188 20 18 Marquette GL 170 21 19= Tennessee S 135 22 19= Idaho W 135 21 Penn State MA 120 23 22 Arizona State W 116 19 23 Michigan State GL 107 24 24 Texas Tech MT 84 25 Washington W 81 16= 26 Colorado State MT 62 26 27 Yale NE 59 28 28 Southern Methodist 38 29 Oklahoma MW 30 30 West Virginia SE 25 30 -- Northern Arizona MT 15 -- Baylor SC 25 -- Indiana GL 27 -- Minnesota MW 29 Other Teams Receiving Votes: Virginia 16, Baylor 11, Purdue 10, William & Mary 8, Georgia 6, Indiana 5, Nevada 5, California 4, Dartmouth 2, Northern Arizona 2, UC-Santa Barbara 1.
Sponsored by FinishLynx. All polls compiled during the season are available online at the FinishLynx site, along with polls from past years.
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. 21.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.
Rank Rank Team Region 9/13 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. 21.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.
Rank Rank Team Region 9/13 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 Northern Michigan GL 6 6 Edinboro (PA) E 8 7 Colorado School of Mines NC 7 8 Truman State SC 24 9 Southern Indiana GL 13 10 Stonehill (MA) NE 11 11 Harding (AR) S 5 12 Wayne State (MI) GL 16 13 Univ of Tampa (FL) S 10 14 Hillsdale GL -- 15 North Dakota NC 9 16 UC San Diego W 14 17 Pittsburg State (KS) SC 15 18 Univ of North Florida S 12 19 Missouri Southern SC 21 20 Univ of South Dakota NC 18 21 Alaska- Anchorage W -- 22 Florida Southern S -- 23 Central Missouri SC -- 24 Seattle University W -- 25 Indiana Univ of PA E 23 -- Alabama-Huntsville S 17 -- Kennesaw State (GA) S 19 -- Slippery Rock (PA) E 20 -- Abilene Christian (TX) SC 22 -- BYU Hawaii W 25
Women’s DII polls compiled by Raymond Hoffman, Kutztown.
Division III
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 21.A = Atlantic, C = Central, GL = Great Lakes, ME = Mid East, MW = Mid West, NE = New England, S = South/Southeast, W = West.
Rank Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 9/14 1 Calvin College (MI) (7) GL 175 1 2 North Central College (IL) MW 168 3 3 Wisconsin-La Crosse MW 161 2 4 Wartburg College (IA) C 154 4 5 Wisconsin-Stevens Point MW 144 6 6 SUNY Geneseo A 138 7 7 Tufts University (MA) NE 132 9= 8 Nebraska Wesleyan C 127 8 9 Haverford College (PA) NE 120 9= 10 The College of New Jersey A 112 11 11 Willamette University (OR) W 108 12 12 Bates College (ME) NE 90 17 13 Wisconsin-Oshkosh MW 88 5 14 Williams College (MA) NE 82 13 15 New York University A 80 14 16 University of Chicago (IL) MW 78 16 17 Keene State College (NH) NE 63 15 18 Carleton College (MN) C 43 18 19 Loras College (IA) C 38 21 20 Elizabethtown College (PA) ME 37 19= 21 Pomona Pitzer (CA) W 36 19= 22 DePauw (IN) GL 18 23 Carthage College (WI) MW 17 22 24 Augustana College (IL) MW 16 23 25 Washington University (MO) MW 13 -- -- St. Olaf College (MN) C 24 -- Anderson University (IN) GL 25 Others Receiving Votes: Christopher Newport University (VA) 9, Anderson University (IN) 8, Elmhurst College (IL) 6, Allegheny College (PA) 5, Widener University (PA) 5, St. Lawrence (NY) 3, Otterbein College (OH) 2, St. Thomas (MN) 1.
Men’s DIII polls compiled by Greg Huffaker, Elmhurst.
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 21A = Atlantic, C = Central, GL = Great Lakes, ME = Mid East, MW = Mid West, NE = New England, S = South/Southeast, W = West.
Preseason Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Rank 1 Middlebury (6) NE 172 1 2 Williams (1) NE 169 2 3 UW-Stevens Point MW 161 3 4 Amherst (MA) NE 152 6 5 UW-Oshkosh MW 151 4 6 UW-LaCrosse MW 139 5 7 Luther (IA) C 127 7 8 Willamette (OR) W 126 8 9 Dickinson (PA) ME 122 9 10 SUNY-Geneseo A 114 10 11 Allegheny (PA) ME 102 11 12 Wartburg C 101 12 13 Washington University (MO) MW 87 20 14 Bowdoin (ME) NE 75 15 15 College of New Jersey A 66 13 16 Tufts (MA) NE 61 -- 17 DePauw (IN) GL 57 16 18 Emory (GA) S 52 22 19 Denison (OH) GL 43 23 20 St. Thomas (MN) C 37 -- 21 Haverford (PA) ME 34 19 22 Colby (ME) NE 34 -- 23 University of Chicago MW 31 18 24 St. Lawrence (NY) A 23 -- 25 Gustavus Adolphus C 14 17 -- Trinity (CT) NE 14 -- Ithaca (NY) A 21 -- Calvin (MI) GL 24 -- Whitworth (WA) W 25 Others Receiving Votes: O Puget Sound 12, Carleton 10, Calvin 2, Otterbein 1.
Women’s DIII polls compiled by Jeff and Laurie Miller.
