2023 NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country Regional Rankings – Week 7

NEW ORLEANS – Welcome to the postseason!

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 WPI

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Bates, No. 4 Tufts, No. 5 Colby

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

Great Lakes Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Hope

Next in Line: No. 2 Calvin

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

Note: Hope and Calvin tied for the MIAA title this past weekend with 33 points and by virtue of NCAA tiebreaking procedures, Hope gets the win thanks to owning a 3-2 head-to-head edge (It should be noted that the MIAA named co-champions). Both John Carroll (OAC) and Wittenberg (NCAC) captured team titles at their respective conference meets.

Metro Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 TCNJ

Next in Line: No. 2 Stockton

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

Note: What happened at the NJAC Championships altered the rankings in Week 7. TCNJ captured the team title, leaving it at No. 1, but Stockton topped Rowan by nine points for the runner-up spot, giving it the leg up in the rankings.Widener and Moravian remained unchanged.

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 Grove City

Note: Grove City soared into the top-5 after falling out of the rankings in Week 1. The Wolverines topped the podium at the PAC Championships thanks to seven runners in the top-25. Grove City held off a hard-charging Allegheny (Pa.) by six points.

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 Coast Guard

Note: What happened at the NESCAC Championships shaped the rankings this week. Williams won the team title, while Amherst was second and Middlebury finished third. Vassar took top honors at the Liberty League Championships with a 49-second spread between its scorers.

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 NYU

Next in Line: No. 2 SUNY Geneseo

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

Notes: RIT leapfrogged both Ithaca and SUNY Oneonta between Week 6 and Week 7. The Tigers earned a head-to-head victory over the Bombers at the Liberty League Championships.

North Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Carleton

Next in Line: No. 2 UW-La Crosse

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

Note: Saint Benedict is back in the top-5 after a third-place finish at the MIAC Championships.

South Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Lynchburg

Next in Line: No. 2 Emory

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Washington & Lee, No. 4 Christopher Newport, No. 5 Catholic

Note: Christopher Newport shook up the rankings thanks to its runner-up finish at the C2C Championships. The Captains put four scoring athletes in the top-15 in Sunnyvale, California.

West Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Next in Line: No. 2 Colorado College

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

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