New NJCAA Division III National Coaches’ Rankings Announced

NEW ORLEANS – The Suffolk County CC women have moved to No. 1 in the latest NJCAA Division III National Coaches’ Rankings announced Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

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Since the previous edition of the rankings two weeks ago, the Sharks turned in a strong fourth-place finish at the LIU Post Invitational on September 19 among non-NCAA Division I teams to surge past former No. 1 Harper in the National Rankings.

Harper dropped to No. 2, followed by a pair of teams who held steady in No. 3 Fashion Institute of Technology and No. 4 Joliet JC.

The Harper men held steady at No. 1, as did No. 2 Howard CC (Maryland).

Led by two-time National Athlete of the Week Zakaria Djouma, Mohawk Valley CC moved up to No. 3. The Hawks displaced Joliet JC to No. 4.

There were big changes to both genders’ rankings at No. 5 and beyond.

The women of Ocean County and Howard CC (Maryland) both went from unranked to No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, while the No. 5 Camden County men improved four spots from last time.

Joining those two women’s squads as newcomers to the rankings were the No. 9 women of Brookdale CC and the men of No. 8 Hudson Valley CC and No. 9 Mercer County.

The next NJCAA Division III National Coaches’ Rankings will be announced October 14.

Stanley Park in Westfield, Massachusetts, will host the 2015 NJCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on November 7, 2015.

USTFCCCA NJCAA Division III
Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Rankings
2015 Week #2 — September 30
next release: October 14

Rank	Institution	Region	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Harper	Central	Jim Macnider (5th)	1
2	Howard CC (Md.)	East	Steve Musselman (31st)	2
3	Mohawk Valley CC	Northeast	Gary Parker (27th)	4
4	Joliet JC	Central	Rich McCarthy (10th)	3
5	Camden County	East	Wayne Merkh (2nd)	9
6	Bergen CC	East	Deana Dedovitch	5
7	SUNY Broome CC	Northeast	Tom Carter	6
8	Hudson Valley CC	Northeast	Sarah Popovics (2nd)	NR
9	Mercer County CC	Garden State	Mike DeAngelis	NR
10	Northampton CC	Central	Holly Stephans (1st)	7
Dropped Out: No. 8 Union County (N.J.), No. 10 Herkimer County CC

USTFCCCA NJCAA Division III
Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Rankings
2015 Week #2 — September 30
next release: October 14

Rank	Institution	Region	Head Coach (Yr)	Last Week
1	Suffolk County CC	Northeast	Matthew French (2nd)	2
2	Harper	Central	Jim Macnider (5th)	1
3	Fashion Inst. of Tech.	Northeast	Joe Plutz (4th)	3
4	Joliet JC	Central	Rich McCarthy (10th)	4
5	Ocean County	East	Ed Baynes (7th)	NR
6	Howard CC (Md.)	East	Steve Musselman (31st)	NR
7	Rowan-Gloucester CC	East	Ryan Hughes (13th)	8
8	Bergen CC	East	Deana Dedovitch	6
9	Brookdale CC	East	Will Alston (2nd)	NR
10	Camden County	East	Wayne Merkh (2nd)	7
Dropped Out: No. 5 Mohawk Valley CC, No. 9 Anne Arundel CC, No. 10 Herkimer County CC

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Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.

Team	Week #1	Week #2	Week #3	Week #4	Week #5	Week #6	Week #7	Week #8	Week #9	Week #10	FINAL
Southern California	2	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Texas A&M	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	1
Arkansas		55	34	7	8	9	9	4	3	3	3
Auburn	50	25	29	12	13	11	10	9	8	6	4
New Mexico	18	9	10	6	7	8	8	8	6	9	5
Oklahoma	7	13	17	16	19	19	20	17	18	17	6
Minnesota	3	2	3	5	6	7	6	10	9	10	7
Ole Miss	33	24	28	17	18	20	21	16	15	11	8
Florida	28	6	8	11	14	14	14	15	16	15	8
Kentucky	58	27	27	37	38	36	38	25	24	23	8
BYU	13	8	9	13	12	6	7	7	10	16	11
Oklahoma State	44	32	26	28	28	40	30	35	41	30	11
Oregon	97	37	43	45	51	55	60	69	54	53	11
South Florida	10	7	7	8	11	13	13	13	14	5	14
Tennessee	8	4	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	7	14
Kansas	17	15	32	38	44	51	42	32	29	28	16
Texas Tech	4	11	6	10	9	10	11	11	11	14	17
North Carolina	35	38	59	90	92	33	35	21	32	37	17
Wisconsin	116	86	30	53	34	23	18	22	20	24	19
Houston	6	23	18	42	35	47	54	39	36	25	19
Texas State	12	34	23	26	33	37	25	38	35	27	21
Baylor	130	162	166	46	26	31	33	28	39	36	21
Alabama	9	16	14	15	10	12	12	12	12	12	23
Mississippi State	21	26	12	18	22	26	23	27	26	20	23
Virginia Tech	51	30	31	29	31	21	22	20	21	26	23
South Carolina	57	19	15	27	27	28	29	26	25	32	23
Louisville	110	36	45	35	39	42	48	34	34	34	23
LSU	15	10	16	14	15	15	15	14	13	18	28
Iowa	20	20	19	23	17	18	19	24	23	22	29
Iowa State	217	52	39	39	40	39	39	40	33	31	30
Washington	54	44	51	20	23	29	32	50	43	45	30
Miami (Fla.)	48	62	76	61	69	58	63	46	46	46	30
Kansas State	201		119	106	64	68	71	64	60	52	30
Texas	5	14	20	19	16	17	17	18	17	13	34
Nebraska	149	18	11	9	5	4	4	6	7	8	35
Duke	52	39	54	32	45	45	53	36	30	33	35
Arizona	39	17	21	30	36	16	16	23	22	19	37
California	22	22	33	47	52	52	51	43	42	38	37
Cal Poly	68	51	67	54	54	59	41	41	38	41	37
Furman	136	143	155	58	58	57	62	66	58	61	37
UC Santa Barbara	75	79	111	126	138	150	68	71	72	67	37
Princeton	63	73	35	62	41	34	37	42	37	29	42
Arkansas State	31	47	49	48	57	63	59	73	70	71	42
Illinois	206	68	81	78	85	72	81	90	93	78	44
Georgia	36	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	45
Florida State	49	12	13	21	21	22	26	19	19	21	46
Villanova	14	28	24	31	29	32	34	33	49	47	46
Harvard	73	40	44	67	68	67	40	47	68	57	46
Missouri	32	76	87	83	83	77	78	82	80	103	46
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	118	154	184	187	175	183	191	118	115	105	46
Air Force	43	49	37	33	42	43	45	45	45	40	51
California Baptist	80	81	85	49	49	49	49	49	74	68	51
UCLA	34	43	41	51	59	61	57	65	61	81	51
Wake Forest	42	59	64	56	56	50	56	68	75	42	54
Washington State	106	46	48	40	37	38	36	44	40	43	54
Virginia	11	33	25	24	25	30	31	37	44	50	54
Tarleton State	78	80	86	25	20	24	24	30	27	56	54
Northern Arizona	152	65	70	43	48	44	47	51	47	35	58
Arizona State	46	56	69	22	24	27	28	31	28	44	58
NC State	100	150	167	85	60	62	64	57	56	63	58
Portland	170	60	65	76	76	79	76	78	86	75	58
DePaul	192	196	192	166	134	140	144	105	109	94	58
Bradley	161	126	142	195	199	201		201	195	140	58
Rutgers	85	109	40	52	50	69	73	81	82	76	64
Wyoming	132	78	62	75	77	75	75	76	65	48	65
Montana State	95	101	118	55	55	60	65	70	67	65	66
Cincinnati	30	42	50	64	71	71	69	62	62	72	66
Cornell	53	48	52	71	66	85	96	96	79	84	66
ULM	45	45	55	72	72	74	70	79	81	91	66
UMass Lowell	82	100	101	96	95	96	100	98	101	98	66
Davidson	176	132	139	155	161	92	94	104	108	108	66
Penn	88	145	57	44	47	46	43	52	50	49	72
Georgetown	103	35	36	34	30	25	27	29	31	39
North Carolina A&T	29	21	22	36	43	48	50	60	71	51
TCU	24	63	47	60	61	70	72	55	51	54
Stanford	196	61	66	77	78	82	85	87	76	55
Wichita State	102	156	115	100	105	103	110	77	77	58
Ohio State	55	98	91	66	74	78	84	80	78	59
Clemson	111	152	162	117	122	101	108	58	53	60
Penn State	25	31	38	41	32	35	44	53	57	62
Utah State	117	83	95	50	53	53	55	54	52	64
Akron	41	54	73	65	65	56	61	56	55	66
Western Illinois	207		72	68	67	65	67	74	73	69
Long Beach State	16	29	42	57	62	66	52	61	63	70
Purdue	65	77	58	59	46	41	46	48	48	73
Tulane	140	207	210	174	193	194	194	172	167	74
Howard	74	95	100	129	153	141	143	124	119	77
Alabama State	184	90	96	125	131	132	131	75	69	79
Navy	99	121	141	151	145	156	147	159	155	80
Northern Colorado	223	123	150	113	125	128	142	120	117	82
Columbia	134	133	140	163	172	179	83	89	90	83
Youngstown State	156	163	175	82	82	84	77	85	83	85
Notre Dame	47	84	89	153	152	144	152	141	132	86
Connecticut	19	41	84	73	84	87	92	83	89	87
Indiana State	167	167	97	101	73	80	80	93	91	88
Eastern Kentucky	23	58	68	88	90	88	89	91	94	89
Michigan	56	105	63	95	93	99	101	122	113	90
Kennesaw State	72	102	114	119	135	133	133	63	59	92
Indiana	77	131	107	74	79	83	79	88	84	93
Southeast Missouri	128	151	168	152	115	114	118	115	116	95
Colorado	26	85	46	70	80	90	99	112	96	96
South Dakota State	209	146	143	94	99	95	95	95	97	97
UTSA	87	130	151	84	88	86	91	99	102	99
Eastern Illinois			205			179	184	164	165	100
Memphis	76	113	129	98	100	97	103	84	85	101
Southern	138	171	147	156	117	115	119	126	128	102
Kent State	66	94	83	93	81	81	82	102	105	104
Pittsburgh	60	75	93	115	110	118	124	72	66	106
Butler	67	110	106	136	139	136	134	147	139	107
Coppin State	98	141	161	165	176	165	169	171	161	109
Southern Miss	139	119	138	144	111	113	88	103	104	110
South Dakota	214	125	112	109	112	117	121	113	114	111
Albany	187	114	135	123	137	147	155	179	166	112
Louisiana Tech	180	178	153	130	126	135	139	145	145	113
Oakland					96	100	104	137	138	114
Louisiana	38	72	78	86	91	89	90	111	112	115
Florida A&M	177	112	125	127	151	149	158	136	135	116
Rice	122	129	158	140	142	111	112	128	120	117
Weber State	219	70	53	114	116	112	113	116	118	118
Northeastern	147	149	103	108	123	129	138	153	153	119
Jackson State	189	214	197	183	187	195	199	135	133	120
High Point	83	50	60	81	94	98	102	107	107	121
Central Connecticut State	94	115	126	122	127	123	123	127	127	122
Syracuse	107	157	156	179	190	191	192	194	170	123
Binghamton	155	147	164	168	168	152	162	148	146	124
Samford	191	96	121	148	75	73	86	86	87	125
Sacramento State	145	174	182	156	165	167	174	173	172	126
Boise State		182	181	192	198		186	130	124	127
Liberty	89	57	79	87	89	91	93	92	88	128
Cal State Fullerton	37	71	77	80	86	94	97	114	110	129
UC Irvine	90	103	113	110	114	125	125	129	122	130
UMBC	105	104	117	121	124	130	130	134	131	131
Manhattan	126	135	132	159	158	160	163	163	158	132
Michigan State	79	137	152	134	147	143	150	140	134	133
Iona	109	177	174	197	200	200	204		192	134
Utah Valley	131	120	122	124	129	121	120	100	92	135
Kansas City	207		124	137	159	164	140	176	168	136
Army West Point	211	164	172	164	174	176	176	165	157	137
North Dakota State	64	66	75	79	87	93	98	117	159	138
Grand Canyon	69	67	80	92	98	76	74	94	95	139
Sam Houston State	101	160	165	158	163	119	117	133	129	141
San Jose State	104	127	157	154	160	173	181	186	175	142
Northwestern State	158	190	154	161	136	139	137	158	156	143
CSUN	61	53	61	63	63	64	66	67	64
Gonzaga		99	98	112	109	105	106	106	98
Stephen F. Austin	92	117	127	104	113	124	129	97	99
Alcorn State	213		159	169	169	181	190	109	100
South Alabama	86	107	109	107	108	106	87	101	103
Middle Tennessee	81	97	74	99	107	116	122	110	106
Georgia Tech	121	124	145	132	143	151	157	108	111
Buffalo	154	168	186	180	184	186	188	121	121
Gardner-Webb	142	136	94	102	104	107	107	123	123
UTEP	159	188	102	105	117	109	115	125	125
Yale	70	87	90	103	106	127	154	146	126
Houston Christian	163	185	104	97	97	102	105	132	130
Colorado State	186	179	134	143	157	138	136	139	136
Western Kentucky	190	153	160	173	186	202	205	144	137
North Dakota		82	92	111	121	122	128	138	140
Bethune-Cookman	91	93	71	91	103	110	111	142	141
North Texas	113	122	123	131	133	145	148	156	142
North Florida	96	91	110	150	148	146	153	157	143
Appalachian State	172	196		147	140	148	149	143	144
Campbell	144	74	82	89	102	108	109	150	147
Troy	204	209					146	155	148
Coastal Carolina	165	217			201		126	149	149
Charlotte	125	111	128	135	119	126	127	152	150
Norfolk State	27	69	88	120	128	131	132	151	151
UMass	119	169	171	201		155	160	154	152
Lamar	108	134	149	138	149	158	161	161	154
UT Arlington	40	89	137	141	144	142	151	162	160
Southern Illinois								168	162
Montana	146	180	189	184	184	163	167	169	163
Maryland	175	88	105	160	156	157	165	175	164
Milwaukee	178	181	195				140	176	168
George Mason	114	118	130	128	132	137	135	178	171
Delaware State	185				165	167	174	173	172
Northern Iowa		158	163	145	150	153	156	169	174
Southern Utah	220					159	168	181	176
Mount St. Mary's	135	165	177	170	170	175	173	182	177
La Salle	137	192	193	191	197	198	198	198	178
New Orleans	222			198	162	162	166	185	179
Xavier	93	138	136	177	183	182	185	184	180
McNeese State	151	184	195	193				182	181
New Hampshire	217	199	207		170	169	178	187	182
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	181	199		171	173	177	180	189	182
Monmouth		159	179	146	164	170	179	191	182
UNC-Wilmington	150	186	199					187	185
Idaho State	174	196		196		178	182	189	186
VCU	127	142	144	139	146	161	164	196	187
Tulsa		203	201						188
Grambling State								197	189
Illinois State	160	193							189
Providence	173	208	204		192	193	195	200	191
Dartmouth	133	191	211	201		188	172	195	193
Lipscomb	62	116	146	188	196	197	201		194
Boston University	59	106	116	181	180	174	183	202	196
Holy Cross	198		190						197
Eastern Michigan	141	183	120	142	155	171	177	202	198
Drake								202	198
CSU Bakersfield	196	204	186	186	194	199	202		198
Brown									198
East Texas A&M	71	64	56	69	70	54	58	59
Loyola-Chicago	171	108	108	118	120	120	116	119
St. Thomas (Minn.)	124	144	194	190	101	104	114	131
Florida International	188	140	148	133	141	154	159	160
Incarnate Word			99	116	130	134	145	166
Abilene Christian	129	170	211					167
Toledo	84	139	131	162	167	172	171	180
Little Rock	115	92	133	149	154	166	170	192
UC San Diego	169	189	202					193
Lehigh	223		185	176	177	185	187	199
Southeastern Louisiana	120	161	169	167	177	183	188
UTRGV	143	172	180	178	182	190	193
Rhode Island	112	128	182	184	189	192	196
UNC Asheville	179	215	173	175	179	189	197
American	123	166	178	189	195	196	200
East Carolina		148	170	172	181	187	202
Eastern Washington		204	207	182	191	203
Central Arkansas	166	211	205	201	188
New Mexico State				194
UC Riverside	162	187	200	198
VMI				198
Boston College	157	175	176
West Georgia	148	173	188
Marshall	153	176	191
Fresno State		155	198
Miami (Ohio)	168	202	202
Chicago State	182	204	207
N.C. Central	193	194
South Carolina State	216	195
Hampton	221	199
UC Davis	214	209
Oral Roberts	193	212
Fairleigh Dickinson		212
Charleston Southern	164	216
William & Mary		217
ETSU	183
George Washington	195
Hofstra	199
Wofford	200
Colgate	202
USC Upstate	202
Saint Francis (Pa.)	205
UMES	209
Alabama A&M	212
Belmont	223

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Weeks	Regional Rankings	National Coaches' Poll
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FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Fri 11/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Sat 11/21 MEN \| WOMEN

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