Regional Cross Country Preseason Rankings in Division III Unveiled

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Tuesday preseason regional cross country rankings for NCAA Division III. Placed in order by a representative in each region, regional rankings are a reflection of a team’s strengths entering the year based on returning and new runners on each squad.

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NCAA Regional Championships will take place on November 13 at eight sites. A complete listing can be found here … /ustfccca-calendar/future-collegiate-championships.

The top-35 teams in the national preseason cross country coaches’ poll in Division III will be released on September 1. The NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships will be held on November 20 in Waverly, Iowa.

The next regional rankings will be released on September 7.

MEN’S RANKINGS

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	3
2	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	2
3	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	5
4	Plattsburgh State	Plattsburgh, N.Y.	SUNYAC	6
5	Rochester	Rochester, N.Y.	UAA	8
6	SUNY Fredonia	Fredonia, N.Y.	SUNYAC	7
7	TCNJ	Ewing, N.J.	NJAC	10
8	SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta, N.Y.	SUNYAC	9
9	RIT	Henrietta, N.Y.	Empire 8	4
10	SUNY Cortland	Cortland, N.Y.	SUNYAC	1

CENTRAL Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	St. Olaf	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	3
2	Grinnell	Grinnell, Iowa	MWC	5
3	Hamline	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	4
4	Nebraska Wesleyan	Lincoln, Neb.	Independent	1
5	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	6
6	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	1
7	Cornell College	Mount Vernon, Iowa	IIAC	9
8	Saint John’s (Minn.)	Collegeville, Minn.	MIAC	8
9	Wartburg	Waverly, Iowa	IIAC	11
10	Coe	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	IIAC	12

GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Mount Union	Alliance, Ohio	OAC	4
3	Heidelberg	Tiffin, Ohio	OAC	2
4	Manchester	North Manchester, Ind.	HCAC	3
5	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	NCAC	14
6	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	5
7	Ohio Wesleyan	Delaware, Ohio	NCAC	6
8	Denison	Granville, Ohio	NCAC	9
9	Wabash	Crawfordsville, Ind.	NCAC	12
10	Anderson (Ind.)	Anderson, Ind.	HCAC	13

MIDEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Allegheny	Meadville, Pa.	NCAC	1
2	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	3
3	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	2
4	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	MAC	5
5	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	4
6	Susquehanna	Selinsgrove, Pa.	Landmark	6
7	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	7
8	DeSales	Center Valley, Pa.	MAC	9
9	Salisbury	Salisbury, Md.	CAC	11
9	Gettysburg	Gettysburg, Pa.	Centennial	8

MIDWEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Washington (Mo.)	St. Louis, Mo.	UAA	3
2	North Central (Ill.)	Naperville, Ill.	CCIW	1
3	UW Platteville	Platteville, Wis.	WIAC	4
4	UW La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	2
5	UW Whitewater	Whitewater, Wis.	WIAC	8
6	UW Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	6
7	UW Oshkosh	Oshkosh, Wis.	WIAC	11
8	Wheaton (Ill.)	Wheaton, Ill.	CCIW	13
9	Augustana (Ill.)	Rock Island, Ill.	CCIW	7
10	Illinois Wesleyan	Bloomington, Ill.	CCIW	12
10	UW Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wis.	WIAC	5
10	Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	UAA	10

NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Brandeis	Waltham, Mass.	UAA	4
2	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	1
3	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	2
4	Keene State	Keene, N.H.	Little East	3
5	Tufts	Medford, Mass.	NESCAC	8
6	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	6
7	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	7
8	Bates	Lewiston, Maine	NESCAC	10
9	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	5
10	Connecticut College	New London, Conn.	NESCAC	15

SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SCAC	6
2	Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Va.	ODAC	2
3	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	3
4	Virginia Wesleyan	Virginia Beach, Va.	ODAC	5
5	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	1
6	Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Va.	CAC	4
7	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SCAC	7
8	Hendrix	Conway, Ark.	SCAC	11
9	Washington and Lee	Lexington, Va.	ODAC	8
10	Southwestern (Texas)	Georgetown, Texas	SCAC	10

WEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	1
2	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	2
3	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colo.	SCAC	3
4	Whitworth	Spokane, Wash.	Northwest	4
5	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	5
6	Occidental	Los Angeles, Calif.	SCIAC	8
7	Redlands	Redlands, Calif.	SCIAC	9
8	Whitman	Walla Walla, Wash.	Northwest	10
9	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.	Northwest	7
10	Lewis & Clark	Portland, Ore.	Northwest	6

WOMEN’S RANKINGS

ATLANTIC Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	St. Lawrence	Canton, N.Y.	Liberty League	1
2	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, N.Y.	SUNYAC	2
3	NYU	New York, N.Y.	UAA	3
4	Plattsburgh State	Plattsburgh, N.Y.	SUNYAC	6
5	Ithaca	Ithaca, N.Y.	Empire 8	4
6	SUNY Cortland	Cortland, N.Y.	SUNYAC	8
7	RPI	Troy, N.Y.	Liberty	5
8	Rowan	Glassboro, N.J.	NJAC	10
9	SUNY Brockport	Brockport, N.Y.	SUNYAC	7
10	Rochester	Rochester, N.Y.	UAA	9

CENTRAL Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Nebraska Wesleyan	Lincoln, Neb.	Independent	2
2	Carleton	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	1
3	St. Thomas (Minn.)	Saint Paul, Minn.	MIAC	4
4	Luther	Decorah, Iowa	IIAC	7
5	St. Olaf	Northfield, Minn.	MIAC	4
6	Gustavus Adolphus	St. Peter, Minn.	MIAC	9
7	Wartburg	Waverly, Iowa	IIAC	3
8	St. Benedict	St. Joseph, Minn.	MIAC	12
9	Concordia Moorhead	Moorhead, Minn.	MIAC	16
10	Bethel (Minn.)	Arden Hills, Minn.	MIAC	8

GREAT LAKES Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Calvin	Grand Rapids, Mich.	MIAA	1
2	Hope	Holland, Mich.	MIAA	6
3	Oberlin	Oberlin, Ohio	NCAC	2
4	Case Western Reserve	Cleveland, Ohio	UAA	3
5	Baldwin-Wallace	Berea, Ohio	OAC	5
6	DePauw	Greencastle, Ind.	SCAC	4
7	Wittenberg	Springfield, Ohio	NCAC	7
8	Ohio Northern	Ada, Ohio	OAC	10
9	Wooster	Wooster, Ohio	NCAC	12
10	Adrian	Adrian, Mich.	MIAA	12

MIDEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, Md.	Centennial	1
2	Haverford	Haverford, Pa.	Centennial	3
3	Dickinson	Carlisle, Pa.	Centennial	2
4	Grove City	Grove City, Pa.	PAC	4
5	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, Pa.	MAC	6
6	Carnegie Mellon	Pittsburgh, Pa.	UAA	7
7	Susquehanna	Selinsgrove, Pa.	Landmark	11
8	Swarthmore	Swarthmore, Pa.	Centennial	9
9	Gettysburg	Gettysburg, Pa.	Centennial	5
10	Lebanon Valley	Annville, Pa.	MAC	27

MIDWEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	UW Eau Claire	Eau Claire, Wis.	WIAC	1
2	Washington (Mo.)	St. Louis, Mo.	UAA	2
3	Chicago	Chicago, Ill.	UAA	6
4	UW Oshkosh	Oshkosh, Wis.	WIAC	4
5	UW Stevens Point	Stevens Point, Wis.	WIAC	10
6	UW La Crosse	La Crosse, Wis.	WIAC	3
7	North Central (Ill.)	Naperville, Ill.	CCIW	5
8	Wheaton (Ill.)	Wheaton, Ill.	CCIW	7
9	Illinois Wesleyan	Bloomington, Ill.	CCIW	8
10	UW Platteville	Platteville, Wis.	WIAC	9

NEW ENGLAND Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Middlebury	Middlebury, Vt.	NESCAC	1
2	MIT	Cambridge, Mass.	NEWMAC	1
3	Williams	Williamstown, Mass.	NESCAC	3
4	Amherst	Amherst, Mass.	NESCAC	4
5	Brandeis	Waltham, Mass.	UAA	6
6	Wesleyan (Conn.)	Middletown, Conn.	NESCAC	5
7	Colby	Waterville, Maine	NESCAC	7
8	Keene State	Keene, N.H.	Little East	8
9	Bowdoin	Brunswick, Maine	NESCAC	9
10	Wellesley	Wellesley, Mass.	NEWMAC	10

SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Rhodes	Memphis, Tenn.	SCAC	1
2	Emory	Atlanta, Ga.	UAA	2
3	Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Va.	ODAC	4
4	Trinity (Texas)	San Antonio, Texas	SCAC	12
5	Roanoke	Salem, Va.	ODAC	7
6	Christopher Newport	Newport News, Va.	USA South	3
7	Shenandoah	Winchester, Va.	USA South	10
8	Washington and Lee	Lexington, Va.	ODAC	5
9	CUA	Washington, D.C.	Landmark	9
10	Centre	Danville, Ky.	SCAC	8

WEST Region
Rank	School	Location	Conference	2009 FINISH
1	Whitworth	Spokane, Wash.	Northwest	1
2	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	3
3	Occidental	Los Angeles, Calif.	SCIAC	5
4	Willamette	Salem, Ore.	Northwest	7
5	Lewis & Clark	Portland, Ore.	Northwest	8
6	Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont, Calif.	SCIAC	4
7	Whittier	Whittier, Calif.	SCIAC	9
8	Redlands	Redlands, Calif.	SCIAC	10
9	Whitman	Walla Walla, Wash.	Northwest	2
10	Linfield	McMinnville, Ore.	Northwest	6

Team	Week #1	Week #2	Week #3	Week #4	Week #5	Week #6	Week #7	FINAL
Southern California	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	1
Georgia	75	58	67	27	27	13	12	2
Auburn	20	25	27	7	7	6	4	3
Arkansas	18	1	2	1	1	1	1	4
Oklahoma State	22	22	25	31	14	14	10	5
Mississippi State	24	34	16	13	15	19	14	6
Virginia	17	27	15	17	8	9	18	6
Texas Tech	3	7	4	3	5	5	6	8
North Carolina	10	8	5	6	3	4	7	8
Texas A&M	1	2	3	5	4	3	3	10
Ole Miss	13	10	13	16	17	18	16	10
Oklahoma	4	6	8	8	9	8	9	12
Nebraska	12	13	11	18	18	22	21	12
BYU	74	52	36	25	28	29	25	14
Oregon	87	36	55	57	54	51	50	15
Georgetown	59	82	49	26	19	25	17	16
Kentucky	31	40	44	33	34	26	23	16
Wisconsin	27	41	34	53	24	27	26	16
Washington	5	4	7	4	6	7	5	19
Villanova	11	15	9	10	11	10	8	19
South Carolina	33	28	32	60	75	46	48	21
South Florida	38	30	30	30	33	42	74	21
Baylor	81	33	24	22	25	24	20	23
Arizona State	15	19	21	32	35	20	19	24
Missouri	35	17	20	19	23	31	28	24
New Mexico	29	20	23	15	16	15	11	26
Purdue	23	31	35	34	39	35	30	26
Texas	7	14	26	37	38	39	37	26
Wyoming	63	44	42	40	44	40	38	26
Duke	45	77	63	43	46	49	51	26
Iowa	34	23	19	23	22	33	33	31
LSU	73	74	73	74	72	38	36	32
CSUN	36	37	33	39	40	43	43	32
Northern Colorado	47	70	74	76	59	67	64	32
Wake Forest	101	66	66	48	32	34	32	35
Cal Poly	132	72	70	61	63	36	40	36
Akron	42	43	41	41	43	44	44	36
Miami (Fla.)	53	84	100	97	99	73	72	36
Boston University	88	87	92	101	94	90	78	36
Illinois	8	9	12	9	10	12	13	40
Virginia Tech	9	12	10	14	20	16	22	41
Cincinnati	79	90	59	21	21	32	27	41
South Alabama		56	54	72	69	48	49	41
Northern Iowa	43	59	69	69	67	75	71	41
Colorado	30	38	51	86	89	93	85	41
Harvard	16	16	22	24	26	21	42	46
Tarleton State	71	91	88	47	49	54	54	46
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	76	64	46	63	61	64	62	46
Utah State	68	55	53	64	62	65	63	46
Iowa State	6	21	17	35	37	41	41	50
Louisville	129	71	86	85	83	57	52	50
Boston College		101	106	68	64	66	56	50
Kent State	49	61	58	59	57	61	58	50
Alabama	37	35	40	49	55	68	65	50
UCLA	61	95	52	56	58	70	67	50
Penn State	14	11	14	20	13	23	15	56
Florida	21	5	6	11	12	11	29	56
Northern Arizona	64	32	38	36	36	30	31	56
Houston	39	46	60	28	31	17	35	56
Texas State	56	63	37	29	30	28	24
California	19	18	18	12	29	37	34
Princeton	26	47	61	65	42	45	39
Washington State	48	42	50	50	45	50	45
Arizona	41	51	39	44	48	47	46
Montana State	146	119	112	72	56	56	47
Clemson	40	26	29	38	50	53	53
Alabama State	83	86	93	99	41	58	55
Kansas	109	83	82	89	87	55	57
Air Force	62	69	77	58	60	62	59
North Carolina A&T	46	48	47	54	52	60	60
Southeastern Louisiana			122	80	82	63	61
Connecticut	32	39	48	75	71	72	66
Florida State	70	67	79	66	66	69	68
High Point	28	45	43	55	53	71	69
Furman	60	73	72	77	74	74	70
Ohio State	82	54	64	67	68	76	73
Tennessee	25	24	28	45	47	59	75
TCU	58	29	31	46	76	84	76
Rutgers	52	53	62	81	79	77	77
Indiana State	84	93	96	83	84	80	79
North Texas	67	68	68	79	80	87	79
Cal State Fullerton	123	121	65	71	70	81	81
Portland	90	105	108	78	77	79	82
Samford	80	94	85	92	90	82	83
Penn	85	112	113	115	113	86	84
Syracuse		150		91	98	96	85
Grand Canyon	72	98	97	62	65	78	87
Norfolk State		102	110		73	97	87
South Dakota	55	62	75	84	78	83	89
DePaul	69	78	83	82	81	89	90
Southeast Missouri	78	80	80	87	91	92	91
East Texas A&M	127	88	94	52	51	52
Stanford	44	49	56	42	86	85
Arkansas State	51	79	81	88	85	88
NC State	96	89	89	104	102	91
Cornell	86	111	114	121	97	94
Eastern Kentucky	94	76	84	94	96	95
Southern Miss	65	57	71	93	92	98
Kansas State	121	114	101	105	107	99
Indiana	112	130		111	100	100
Sacramento State	56	64	76	95	93	101
Louisiana	146	127	139	124	126	102
Eastern Washington	115	132	105	108	108	103
Columbia	120	141	91	96	95	104
Georgia Tech	54	96	99	102	105	105
Notre Dame	98	97	102	109	101	106
Incarnate Word		75	95	90	88	107
Youngstown State	102	85	87	103	104	108
Michigan	92	114	90	100	103	109
Boise State		123	137	133	126	110
Sam Houston State	114	137				111
Wichita State	100	147			109	112
Kennesaw State	128	139	134			113
Holy Cross	76	92	98	106	106	114
Lamar	132	125	130	118	118	115
UTEP	129	141	139			115
ULM	105	147		117	116	117
Louisiana Tech	115	132	134	135		117
Colorado State	91	103	111	114	112	119
Binghamton	137	123	130	130	117	119
Eastern Illinois	104	145	139	111	110	121
UTSA	110	147		111	110	121
George Mason	132	145	119	116	115	121
Bradley		136		120	122	124
Middle Tennessee	93	134	132	132		125
Western Kentucky						125
UNC Asheville						125
Michigan State	97	99	103	107	119	128
Florida A&M	136	144			113	129
Appalachian State	103	107	120	119	121	129
Liberty			129	124	123	129
Little Rock	113	60	57	51		129
Marshall	95	104	107	122	119	133
Idaho			139			133
North Dakota State						133
Rhode Island	106	108	115	127	123
Utah Valley	106	108	115	127	123
UT Arlington		119	128	130	126
Albany	108	117	124	133	126
Long Beach State			134		126
UMBC	118	50	45	70
Pittsburgh	89	81	78	98
Charleston Southern	50	100	104	110
Drake				123
Kansas City	111	126	121	126
San Jose State		141	139	129
Monmouth	66	106	109
Yale	146	110	117
Northeastern	99	113	118
Loyola-Chicago		122	123
Saint Louis		127	124
Houston Christian		116	126
Tulane		129	127
Coppin State		134	132
Charlotte	139	131	138
Lipscomb	132	118	139
Northwestern State	129	138	139
Memphis	117	140
Illinois State	121	151
Queens (N.C.)	118
Dartmouth	124
Maine	125
Navy	126
William & Mary	137
Eastern Michigan	139
North Florida	141
Howard	142
Stephen F. Austin	142
UMES	144
Army West Point	144
Jackson State	146

Weeks	Regional Rankings	National Coaches' Poll
Preseason	Mon 8/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 8/31 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 1	Mon 9/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 9/14 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Mon 9/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 9/21 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Mon 9/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 9/28 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Mon 10/4 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 10/5 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Mon 10/11 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 10/12 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Mon 10/18 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 10/19 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Mon 10/25 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 10/26 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Mon 11/1 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 11/2 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 9	Mon 11/8 MEN \| WOMEN	Tue 11/9 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 10		Tue 11/16 MEN \| WOMEN
FINAL Results (official final ranking)		Mon 11/22 MEN \| WOMEN

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