2021 NCAA DII Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll – Week 6

NEW ORLEANS – The postseason is just getting started!

With conference titles on the line, the results from Conference Championships Weekend could be felt throughout the newest NCAA Division II Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll. The Week 6 installment, released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Wednesday, did not see any changes among the top teams, but Nos. 7-30 were up for grabs.

There will be no National Coaches’ Poll released next week as teams gear up for their respective Regional Championship on Saturday, November 6. The Pre-Championships edition of the National Coaches’ Poll will be released on Wednesday, November 10.

NCAA Division II — Women's Cross Country
This Week's National Top Five
Adams State
Grand Valley State
Augustana (S.D.)
Colo. School of Mines
Lee (Tenn.)
1
Adams State
2
Grand Valley State
3
Augustana (S.D.)
4
Colo. School of Mines
5
Lee (Tenn.)
Cross Country Polls & Rankings

The entire top-5 remained the same following strong outcomes over Conference Championships Weekend: No. 1 Adams State scored 40 points to capture the RMAC title over No. 4 Colorado School of Mines, who finished in second with 71 points; No. 2 Grand Valley State achieved the GLIAC’s first perfect score since 1994 as the Lakers ran away with the team title; No. 3 Augustana (S.D.) scored 20 points and had runners finish 2-3-4-5-6 to claim their first NSIC title since 2014; No. 5 Lee (Tenn.) dominated the Gulf South Conference Championships and scored 21 points en route to their fifth-straight crown.

Elsewhere in the top-10 you will find two programs with season best rankings. Wingate climbed four spots to No. 7 after the Bulldogs topped former No. 8 (now No. 9) Queens (N.C.) for the South Atlantic Conference title, led by individual winner Lara Orrock. Simon Fraser, the GNAC Champion, improved one spot to No. 8. All five runners for SFU finished in the top-10, including individual champion Olivia Willet.

Southern Indiana, Cal State Stanislaus and Cedarville each captured conference titles and were rewarded with an improvement in the National Coaches’ Poll: the Screaming Eagles improved two spots to No. 11 and captured the program’s 14th GLVC title; the Warriors jumped five spots to No. 12 and beat co-No. 15 Chico State, 38-55, for the CCAA crown; the No. 14 Yellow Jackets moved up two spots following their G-MAC title over No. 23 Walsh.

Lewis set another season best ranking and moved into a tie for No. 15 following a three spot bump. The Flyers beat out former No. 14 (now No. 20) Southwest Baptist for runner-up honors at the GLVC Championships.

Minnesota Duluth and West Texas A&M also climbed multiple spots in Week 6 of the National Coaches’ Poll. The Bulldogs improved to No. 18 and ran to a third-place finish at the NSIC Championships. The Lady Buffs are now at No. 25 after finishing second at the Lone Star Conference Championships, led by a 1-2 punch of Florance Uwajeneza and Eleonora Curtabbi.

Three teams are new additions to the top-30 in Week 6: MSU Denver went from NR to No. 19 and finished fifth at the RMAC Championships; Neb.-Kearney went from RV to No. 24 after winning the MIAA title; Academy of Art went from RV to No. 28 following the program’s first PacWest title.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 20, as the 2021 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships will take place at Abbey Golf Course in Tampa, Florida!

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Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2021 Week 6 - October 27th

RANK TEAM & INFOPTSCHANGE
1 adams-state ADAMS STATE
South Central Region (1)
RMAC (1)
Damon Martin (34th)
240
(8 fpv)
◀▶
(LW: 1)
2 grand-valley-state GRAND VALLEY STATE
Midwest Region (1)
GLIAC (1)
Jerry Baltes (23rd)
232 ◀▶
(LW: 2)
3 augustana-s-d AUGUSTANA (S.D.)
Central Region (1)
NSIC (1)
Tracy Hellman (21st)
224 ◀▶
(LW: 3)
4 colo-school-of-mines COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES
South Central Region (2)
RMAC (2)
Chris Siemers (10th)
213 ◀▶
(LW: 4)
5 lee-tenn LEE (TENN.)
South Region (1)
GSC (1)
Caleb Morgan (8th)
210 ◀▶
(LW: 5)
6 uc-colorado-springs UC-COLORADO SPRINGS
South Central Region (3)
RMAC (3)
Corey Kubatzky (7th)
195 ◀▶
(LW: 6)
7 wingate WINGATE
Southeast Region (1)
SAC (1)
Pol Domenech (2nd)
193 ▲ 4
(LW: 11)
8 simon-fraser SIMON FRASER
West Region (1)
GNAC (1)
Brit Townsend (22nd)
180 ▲ 1
(LW: 9)
9 queens-n-c QUEENS (N.C.)
Southeast Region (2)
SAC (2)
Tom Scott (4th)
175 ▼ 1
(LW: 8)
10 csu-pueblo CSU PUEBLO
South Central Region (4)
RMAC (4)
Matt Morris (6th)
174 ▼ 3
(LW: 7)
11 southern-indiana SOUTHERN INDIANA
Midwest Region (2)
GLVC (1)
Mike Hillyard (25th)
161 ▲ 2
(LW: 13)
12 stanislaus-state STANISLAUS STATE
West Region (2)
CCAA (1)
Darren Holman (6th)
148 ▲ 5
(LW: 17)
13 western-colorado WESTERN COLORADO
South Central Region (5)
RMAC (5)
Jennifer Michel (15th)
142 ▼ 3
(LW: 10)
14 cedarville CEDARVILLE
Midwest Region (3)
G-MAC (1)
Jeff Bolender (12th)
141 ▲ 2
(LW: 16)
15 lewis LEWIS
Midwest Region (4)
GLVC (2)
James Kearney (8th)
122 ▲ 3
(LW: 18)
15 chico-state CHICO STATE
West Region (3)
CCAA (2)
Gary Towne (26th)
122 ◀▶
(LW: 15)
17 u-mary U-MARY
Central Region (2)
NSIC (2)
Jamison Dietrich (1st)
106 ▼ 6
(LW: 11)
18 minnesota-duluth MINNESOTA DULUTH
Central Region (3)
NSIC (3)
Karly Brautigam (1st)
94 ▲ 3
(LW: 21)
19 msu-denver MSU DENVER
South Central Region (6)
RMAC (6)
Amanda Rego (1st)
93 NR
20 southwest-baptist SOUTHWEST BAPTIST
Midwest Region (5)
GLVC (3)
Corey McElhaney (14th)
91 ▼ 6
(LW: 14)
21 dallas-baptist DALLAS BAPTIST
South Central Region (7)
Lone Star (1)
Jacob Phillips (17th)
87 ▼ 1
(LW: 20)
22 saginaw-valley-state SAGINAW VALLEY STATE
Midwest Region (6)
GLIAC (2)
Rod Cowan (12th)
69 ▲ 1
(LW: 23)
23 walsh WALSH
Midwest Region (7)
G-MAC (2)
Rob Mizicko (10th)
57 ▲ 1
(LW: 24)
24 neb-kearney NEB.-KEARNEY
Central Region (4)
MIAA (1)
Brady Bonsall (15th)
49
(LW: RV)
25 west-texas-am WEST TEXAS A&M
South Central Region (8)
Lone Star (2)
Jake Krolick (5th)
45 ▲ 2
(LW: 27)
26 colorado-christian COLORADO CHRISTIAN
South Central Region (9)
RMAC (13)
John Poag (8th)
37 ▼ 7
(LW: 19)
26 minnesota-state MINNESOTA STATE
Central Region (5)
NSIC (4)
Jen Blue (22nd)
37 ▼ 4
(LW: 22)
28 academy-of-art ACADEMY OF ART
West Region (4)
PacWest (1)
Bruce Jackson (1st)
22
(LW: RV)
29 wayne-state-mich WAYNE STATE (MICH.)
Midwest Region (8)
GLIAC (3)
Grant Lofdahl (5th)
19 ▼ 2
(LW: 27)
30 biola-calif BIOLA (CALIF.)
West Region (5)
PacWest (2)
Sean Henning (7th)
12 ▼ 4
(LW: 26)

Also Receiving Votes: Central Missouri 7, Mississippi College 5, Lenoir-Rhyne 4, Hillsdale 3, Saint Leo 3, Flagler 3, Pittsburg State 2, American International 2, Cal State San Marcos 1

Dropped Out: No. 25 Pittsburg State, No. 29 Lenoir-Rhyne, No. 29 Winona State



Week-by-Week Ranking

TeamPreseasonWeek #1Week #2Week #3Week #4Week #5Week #6Week #7FINAL
Adams State233311111
Grand Valley State111112222
Augustana (S.D.)344433333
Colo. School of Mines422244454
Wingate201717161211785
Queens (N.C.)1413121188966
UC-Colorado Springs1299766667
Lee (Tenn.)665555548
Western Colorado7RV2927101013119
U-Mary9888911172110
Cedarville181614141716141311
Stanislaus State876111617121212
West Texas A&M25252827252413
Saginaw Valley State1926282623221514
Southern Indiana5510101513111015
Simon Fraser11101191198916
Dallas Baptist242218181920211917
Lewis18151718
Academy of Art17192023RVRV282319
CSU PuebloRV18161777102520
Walsh101115151824232021
Colorado Christian2721212119261622
Hillsdale1615RV2929RVRV2223
Mississippi CollegeRV2930RVRVRV24
Chico State151413131415151425
Minnesota Duluth2122191921181826
Saint LeoRV3027
American InternationalRV2628
Charleston (W.Va.)RVRV29
Anderson (S.C.)RVRVRVRVRV30
StonehillRV31
Seton HillRV32
Roberts WesleyanRV33
Edinboro262827RV2734
Winona State2224RV2928
Southwest Baptist13127613142029
MSU Denver19RV
Biola (Calif.)RVRVRV272630RV
Cal State San Marcos25242021RVRVRV
Neb.-Kearney30RV24
Minnesota StateRVRV22212226
Wayne State (Mich.)23201924242729
Pittsburg State2925RV
Lenoir-RhyneRVRVRV29RV
Central MissouriRVRVRVRV
FlaglerRV
Northwest Missouri232625
Southern New Hampshire3030
Drury28RVRV30RV
CUIRVRV
Tampa25RVRV
Michigan Tech2628RV
Seattle Pacific2122
Northwest NazareneRVRV
Alaska Anchorage27
Western WashingtonRV
Illinois-SpringfieldRV

USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Cross Country

2021 Rankings & Polls Calendar
Weeks Regional RankingsNational Coaches' Poll KEY DATES
PreseasonTue 8/31
MEN | WOMEN
Wed 9/1
MEN | WOMEN
Sep. 2: Earliest Contest
Week 1Tue 9/14
MEN | WOMEN
Wed 9/15
MEN | WOMEN
Sep. 16: At-large Countable Period Begins
Week 2Tue 9/21
MEN | WOMEN
Wed 9/22
MEN | WOMEN
Week 3Tue 9/28
MEN | WOMEN
Wed 9/29
MEN | WOMEN
Oct. 2: Pre-National
Week 4Tue 10/5
MEN | WOMEN
Wed 10/6
MEN | WOMEN
Week 5Tue 10/12
MEN | WOMEN
Wed 10/13
MEN | WOMEN
Oct. 22-24: Conference Champs
Week 6Tue 10/26
MEN | WOMEN
Wed 10/27
MEN | WOMEN
Nov. 6: NCAA Regionals
Week 7Wed 11/10
MEN | WOMEN
Wed 11/10
MEN | WOMEN
Nov. 20: NCAA DII Championships
(Saint Leo, Fla.)
FINAL Results
(official final ranking)
Sat 11/6
MEN | WOMEN
Sat 11/20
MEN | WOMEN