2025 NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll – Week 7
NEW ORLEANS – Conference Championships Weekend was electric.
Here is the newest edition of the NCAA DIII Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, which is presented by AthleticNET. Teams continue to jockey for position in the top ten, as the NCAA postseason gets underway in two weeks at Regional Championships Saturday.
NCAA Division III — Women's Cross Country
This Week's National Top Five
1
Williams
Williams
2
NYU
NYU
3
MIT
MIT
4
Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins
5
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Cross Country Polls & Rankings
Six conference champions hold the top-six spots in the National Coaches’ Poll: NESCAC champion Williams sits unanimous at No. 1 following its commanding performance in Waterford, Connecticut, followed by UAA champion NYU at No. 2, NEWMAC champion MIT at No. 3, Centennial Conference champion Johns Hopkins at No. 4, SCIAC champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at No. 5, and WIAC champion UW-La Crosse at No. 6.
NYU rebounded from a fifth-place finish at the Connecticut College Invitational to dominate the UAA Championships. With a full roster for the first time this season, the Violets put all five scorers in the top ten and scored just 25 points, 29 fewer than No. 7 Carnegie Mellon and 55 fewer than No. 10 UChicago. Ashlyn Pallota led the way as individual champion, while Josephine Dziedzic (third) and Grace Rowley (fourth) also finished in the top five.
Central (Iowa) was the only other team to improve multiple spots. The Dutch jumped three places from No. 27 to No. 24 following its strong effort at the American Rivers Conference Championships. Central (Iowa) was a clear runner-up to No. 20 Wartburg, just 12 points behind the Knights. Peyton Steffen was the Dutch’s top runner for the second straight meet.
No. 25 Hope and No. 29 Coast Guard joined the National Coaches’ Poll.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 22, because that’s when the 2025 NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships will be held at the Roger Millikin Cross Country Course in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
