USTFCCCA Polls & Rankings
By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA September 24, 2020   

2020 NJCAA DIII Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Ranking – Week 1

NEW ORLEANS – All roads point to the 2020 NJCAA Division III Cross Country Championships on November 14 in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

If the first NJCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Ranking of the season has any indication of what’s to come, then Mineral Area (Mo.) could very well repeat as the team champion in a few months.

NJCAA Division III — Men's Cross Country
This Week's National Top Five
Mineral Area (Mo.)
Joliet (Ill.) JC
Corning (N.Y.) CC
Finger Lakes (N.Y.) CC
St. Charles (Mo.) CC
1
Mineral Area (Mo.)
2
Joliet (Ill.) JC
3
Corning (N.Y.) CC
4
Finger Lakes (N.Y.) CC
5
St. Charles (Mo.) CC
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The Cardinals enter the season as the top-ranked team and return three athletes who finished in the top-10 of last year’s national meet: Donovan Denslow (third), Wyatt Elliott (fourth) and Jacob Arnold (ninth). MAC has already competed twice this season so far and will take to the course again this weekend in Bourbannais, Illinois.

Joliet (Ill.) JC is expected to make a big jump. Last year the Wolves finished seventh at the NJCAA DIII meet, but this year they received the No. 2 ranking in Week 1. Joliet JC recently competed at the Heartland CC Invitational where it finished fourth. National Athlete of the Week Julian Rosenbach led the way in seventh place individually.

Corning (N.Y.) CC checks in at No. 3 to begin the season. The Red Barons have competed twice so far this season, which included a victory back on September 12 at the TC3 Invitational.

Finger Lakes (N.Y.) CC is fourth in Week 1, fresh off a victory this past weekend at the Raider Classic hosted by Fulton-Montgomery (N.Y.) CC. The Lakers put three athletes in the top-15, led by individual champion Hunter Brignall.

St. Charles (Mo.) CC settles in at No. 5 in Week 1 to round out the top-5. The Cougars have been busy this season, competing three times so far. Just this past weekend, SCC finished 10th as a team at the Larry Young Invitational with Ryan Pendergast leading the way.

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USTFCCCA NJCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2020 Week 1 - September 23rd

RANK TEAM & INFOPTSCHANGE
1 mineral-area-mo MINERAL AREA (MO.)
Central Region
Region 16
Steven Davis (3rd) 		◀▶
(LW: 1)
2 joliet-ill-jc JOLIET (ILL.) JC
Central Region
Region 4
Jeffrey DeGraw (15th) 		◀▶
(LW: 2)
3 corning-n-y-cc CORNING (N.Y.) CC
Northeast Region
Region 3
◀▶
(LW: 3)
4 finger-lakes-n-y-cc FINGER LAKES (N.Y.) CC
Northeast Region
Region 3
Jayden Donahue (4th) 		◀▶
(LW: 4)
5 st-charles-mo-cc ST. CHARLES (MO.) CC
Central Region
Region 16
Jacob Sundberg (2nd) 		◀▶
(LW: 5)
6 georgia-military GEORGIA MILITARY
Central Region
Region 17 (2)
Robert Sherwood (5th) 		◀▶
(LW: 6)
7 tompkins-cortland-n-y-cc TOMPKINS CORTLAND (N.Y.) CC
Northeast Region
Region 3
◀▶
(LW: 7)

Dropped Out: No. 2 Howard (Md.) CC, No. 3 Harper (Ill.), No. 4 Suffolk County (N.Y.) CC, No. 5 Bergen (N.J.) CC, No. 6 Ocean County (N.J.), No. 8 Camden County (N.J.), No. 9 Thaddeus Stevens (Pa.), No. 10 SUNY Broome CC, No. 11 Herkimer County (N.Y.) CC, No. 12 RCSJ Gloucester (N.J.), No. 14 Hudson Valley (N.Y.) CC, No. 16 Lorain County (Ohio) CC, No. 17 Sandhills (N.C.) CC, No. 18 Onondaga (N.Y.) CC, No. 19 Middlesex County (N.J.), No. 20 Columbus State (Ohio) CC, No. 21 Northern Essex (Mass.) CC, No. 22 Garrett (Md.), No. 23 Cayuga (N.Y.) CC, No. 24 Anne Arundel (Md.) CC, No. 25 CC of Philadelphia (Pa.), No. 26 Nassau (N.Y.) CC, No. 27 Queensborough (N.Y.) CC, No. 28 Patrick & Henry (Va.) CC

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Week-by-Week Ranking

TeamWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4FINAL
Mineral Area (Mo.)11111
Joliet (Ill.) JC22222
Georgia Military65443
St. Charles (Mo.) CC56674
Finger Lakes (N.Y.) CC4333
Lorain County (Ohio) CC7775
Corning (N.Y.) CC3456
Fulton-Montgomery (N.Y.) CC8888
Tompkins Cortland (N.Y.) CC777

USTFCCCA NJCAA Division III Cross Country

2020 Rankings & Polls Calendar
Weeks National Coaches' Ranking KEY DATES
Week 1Wed 9/23
MEN | WOMEN
Week 2Wed 10/7
MEN | WOMEN
Week 3Wed 10/21
MEN | WOMEN
Week 4Wed 11/4
MEN | WOMEN
FINAL Results
(official final ranking)		Sat 11/14
MEN | WOMEN