2023 NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country Regional Rankings – Week 5

NEW ORLEANS – You can’t slow them down!

Here is the newest edition of the NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country Regional Rankings for the 2023 season, as released on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Regional Rankings are determined subjectively by a single member coach in each respective region. The regional representative is tasked with weighing returning teams’ strength with current season results (if applicable) in determining a rank-order of squad potential. Only USTFCCCA member programs are eligible to receive a ranking. Teams with provisional status within the region may be ranked.

Regional Championships Saturday is set for November 11.

East Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 MIT

Next in Line: No. 2 Bates

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 WPI, No. 4 Tufts, No. 5 Wellesley

Note: WPI and Tufts swapped spots between Week 4 and Week 5.

Great Lakes Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Calvin

Next in Line: No. 2 Hope

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Centre, No. 4 Wittenberg, No. 5 John Carroll

Note: Hope vaulted three spots to No. 2 following a strong, sixth-place showing at the NCAA DIII Pre-Nationals Invitational this past weekend. The Flying Dutch recorded a head-to-head victory over region rival John Carroll (Hope was sixth; the Blue Streaks ended up tenth).

Metro Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 TCNJ

Next in Line: No. 2 Stockton

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Moravian, No. 4 Widener, No. 5 Rowan

Note: There were no changes to the top-5 teams.

Mid-Atlantic Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Johns Hopkins

Next in Line: No. 2 Carnegie Mellon

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Misericordia, No. 4 Dickinson, No. 5 Gettysburg

Note: There were no changes to the top-5 teams.

Mideast Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Williams

Next in Line: No. 2 Amherst

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Vassar, No. 4 Middlebury, No. 5 Connecticut College

Note: Connecticut College swapped spots with Smith and is back in the top-5.

Midwest Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 UChicago

Next in Line: No. 2 Wartburg

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Washington (Mo.), No. 4 Central (Iowa), No. 5 Simpson

Note: There were no changes to the top-5 teams.

Niagara Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 SUNY Geneseo

Next in Line: No. 2 NYU

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Ithaca, No. 4 RIT, No. 5 Hamilton

Notes: There were no changes to the top-5 teams.

North Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Carleton

Next in Line: No. 2 UW-La Crosse

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 St. Olaf, No. 4 UW-Eau Claire, No. 5 Saint Benedict

Note: There were no changes to the top-5 teams.

South Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Lynchburg

Next in Line: No. 2 Washington & Lee

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Emory, No. 4 Catholic, No. 5 Shenandoah

Note: There were no changes to the top-5 teams.

West Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Next in Line: No. 2 George Fox

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 UC Santa Cruz, No. 4 Colorado College, No. 5 Pomona-Pitzer.

Note: There were no changes to the top-5 teams.