USCCA/WICCA NCAA Cross Country Coaches Polls – September 28, 2004
Division I
MONDO Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 28.NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes, MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South. Top two teams in Regional Championships on Nov. 13 automatically qualify for Nationals on Nov. 22. Thirteen other teams qualify based on criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual. Automatic qualifiers indicated by “Q” after Place in Region, “at large” qualifiers by “q”.
Preseason Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Rank 1 Wisconsin (14) GL 420 1 2 Stanford W 404 2 3 Iona College NE 386 3 4 Arkansas SC 384 4 5 Colorado M 343 5 6 Michigan GL 334 6 7 Georgetown MA 333 7 8 North Carolina State SE 313 8 9 BYU M 311 9 10 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo W 282 10 11 Butler GL 271 24 12 Villanova MA 260 13 13 Air Force M 254 11 14 Arizona State W 245 30 15 Indiana GL 231 12 16 Minnesota MW 197 16 17 Providence NE 196 14 18 Central Michigan GL 133 19 19 Miami (Ohio) GL 130 20 20 Colorado State M 119 27 21 Ohio State GL 112 22= 22 Oklahoma State MW 107 18 23= Northern Arizona M 105 15 23= Georgia S 105 22= 25 Oregon W 94 21 26= Washington W 71 25 26= Iowa MW 71 28 28 Florida State S 58 26 29 Montana State M 40 -- 30 Notre Dame GL 32 29 -- Arizona W 17 Also receiving votes: Arizona 23, Florida 17, American 15, Virginia 15, Eastern Michigan 14, Texas 14, Duke 10, Cornell 9, Auburn 8, Kansas 8, Portland 6, New Mexico 1, Stephen F. Austin 1, William & Mary 1.
Sponsored by Mondo. Voting panel consists of members of the executive committee of the United States Cross Country Coaches Association. Men’s DI polls compiled by Don Kopriva, USCCCA Public Relations Director, P.O. Box 3040, Lisle, Ill. 60532. For more information, contact him via e-mail .
Polls also available at the USCCCA Web site
FinishLynx Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 27.NE = Northeast, MA = Mid-Atlantic, SE = Southeast, GL = Great Lakes, MW = Midwest, SC = South Central, MT = Mountain, W = West, S = South. Top two teams in Regional Championships on Nov. 13 automatically qualify for Nationals on Nov. 22. Thirteen other teams qualify based on criteria listed in the NCAA CC Championships Manual.
Rank Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 9/20 1 Stanford (10) W 386 1 2 Providence (2) NE 379 2 3 Brigham Young (1) MT 366 3 4 Notre Dame GL 351 4 5 North Carolina State SE 332 5 6 Michigan GL 317 7 7 Colorado MT 311 6 8 Arizona State W 296 22 9 North Carolina SE 265 11 10 Tennessee S 255 19= 11 Villanova MA 242 10 12 UCLA W 233.5 9 13 Wake Forest SE 232 12 14 UC - Santa Barbara W 227.5 15 Columbia NE 206 13 16 Southern Methodist 202 28 17 Baylor SC 178 -- 18 Duke SE 155 17 19 Arkansas SC 148 16 20 Butler GL 143 21 West Virginia SE 115 30 22 Michigan State GL 83 23 23 Missouri MW 81 14 24 William & Mary SE 77 25 Idaho W 76 19= 26 Georgetown MA 70 15 27 Oklahoma MW 63 29 28 Texas Tech MT 57 24 29 Marquette GL 52 18 30 Boston College NE 36 -- Princeton MA 8 -- Penn State MA 21 -- Washington W 25 -- Colorado State MT 26 -- Yale NE 27 Other Teams Receiving Votes: Penn State 26, Oklahoma State 21, Washington 15, Colorado State 13, Cornell 9, Georgia 8, Virginia 7, Northern Arizona 3, Princeton 3, Buffalo 2, Purdue 2, Indiana 1.
Sponsored by FinishLynx. All polls compiled during the season are available online at the FinishLynx site, along with polls from past years.
Voting panel consists of the nine elected regional representatives and three at large members of the Women’s Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association. Women’s DI polls compiled by Jesse Rosen of 1201 Yale Place, #1001, Minneapolis, MN. For more information, please e-mail or FAX 414/747-2489
Division II
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 28.E = East, GL = Great Lakes, NE = New England, NC = North Central, S = South, SC = South Central, SE = Southeast, W = West.
Regional rankings are posted here.
Rank Rank Rank Team Region 9/21 9/13 1 Adams State (CO) NC 1 1 2 Western State (CO) NC 2 2 3 California State - Chico W 3 3 4 Harding (AR) S 4 4 5 Abilene Christian (TX) SC 5 5 6 Lock Haven (PA) E 11 11 7 Grand Valley State (MI) GL 6 7 8 Univ of Mass. - Lowell NE 7 6 9 Minnesota State - Mankato NC 8 8 10 Hillsdale (MI) GL 12 12 11 Lewis University GL 19 20 12 Univ of South Dakota NC -- -- 13 UC San Diego W 13 13 14 Cal Poly Pomona W 15 16 15 UC - Colorado Springs NC 14 14 16 Stonehill (MA) NE 10 10 17 Shippensburg (PA) E 24 25 18 Edinboro (PA) E 18 19 19 Southern Connecticut NE 16 21 20 Fort Hays State (KS) SC` 23 -- 21 Southern Ill Edwardsville GL 22 -- 22 Kennesaw State (GA) S 21 17 23 Mars Hill (NC) SE -- -- 24 Central Missouri SC 25 22 25 Augustana (SD) NC -- -- -- Univ of Minn - Duluth NC 9 9 -- Southern Indiana GL 17 18 -- Alaska- Anchorage W 20 24 -- Truman State (MO) SC -- 15 -- West Florida S -- 23
Men’s DII polls compiled by Gary Towne, CSU Chico.
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 28.E = East, GL = Great Lakes, NE = New England, NC = North Central, S = South, SC = South Central, SE = Southeast, W = West.
Regional rankings are posted here.
Rank Rank Rank Team Region 9/21 9/13 1 Adams State (CO) NC 1 1 2 Western State (CO) NC 2 2 3 Grand Valley State (MI) GL 3 3 4 California State - Chico W 4 4 5 Northern Michigan GL 5 6 6 Edinboro (PA) E 6 8 7 Truman State SC 8 24 8 Harding (AR) S 11 5 9 Kennesaw State (GA) S -- 19 10 Colorado School of Mines NC 7 7 11 Univ of Tampa (FL) S 13 10 12 Alabama-Huntsville S -- 17 13 Univ of South Dakota NC 20 18 14 Southern Indiana GL 9 13 15 Wayne State (MI) GL 12 16 16 Stonehill (MA) NE 10 11 17 Hillsdale GL 14 -- 18 North Dakota NC 15 9 19 UC San Diego W 16 14 20 Pittsburg State (KS) SC 17 15 21 Univ of North Florida S 18 12 22 Seattle University W 24 -- 23 Missouri Southern SC 19 21 24 Central Missouri SC 23 -- 25 Indiana Univ of PA E 25 23 -- Alaska- Anchorage W 21 -- -- Florida Southern S 22 -- -- Slippery Rock (PA) E -- 20 -- Abilene Christian (TX) SC -- 22 -- BYU Hawaii W -- 25
Women’s DII polls compiled by Raymond Hoffman, Kutztown.
Division III
Men’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 28.A = Atlantic, C = Central, GL = Great Lakes, ME = Mid East, MW = Mid West, NE = New England, S = South/Southeast, W = West.
Rank Rank Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 9/21 9/14 1 Calvin College (MI) (7) GL 175 1 1 2 North Central College (IL) MW 168 2 3 3 Wisconsin-La Crosse MW 161 3 2 4 Wisconsin-Stevens Point MW 149 5 6 5 Wartburg College (IA) C 146 4 4 6 Tufts University (MA) NE 143 7 9= 7 Nebraska Wesleyan C 129 8 8 8 Haverford College (PA) NE 128 9 9= 9 Willamette University (OR) W 113 11 12 10 The College of New Jersey A 111 10 11 11 SUNY Geneseo A 105 6 7 12 Bates College (ME) NE 103 12 17 13 Wisconsin-Oshkosh MW 96 13 5 14 Williams College (MA) NE 84 14 13 15 University of Chicago (IL) MW 79 16 16 16 Carleton College (MN) C 60 18 18 17= Loras College (IA) C 56 19 21 17= DePauw (IN) GL 56 22 19 Pomona Pitzer (CA) W 41 21 19= 20 St. Lawrence University (NY) A 30 -- -- 21 Augustana College (IL) MW 28 24 23 22 Carnegie Mellon (PA) ME 27 -- -- 23 Anderson University (IN) GL 19 -- 25 24 New York University A 15 15 14 25 Widener University (PA) ME 11 -- -- -- Keene State College (NH) NE 17 15 -- Elizabethtown College (PA) ME 20 19= -- Carthage College (WI) MW 23 22 -- Washington University (MO) MW 25 -- -- St. Olaf College (MN) C -- 24 Others Receiving Votes: Centre College (KY) 9, Elizabethtown College (PA) 9, Keene State College (NH) 9, Washington University (MO) 6, Grinell Gollege (IA) 3, Greenville College (IL) 3, St. Olaf College (MN) 2, SUNY Cortland (NY) 1, Christopher Newport University (VA) 1.
Men’s DIII polls compiled by Greg Huffaker, Elmhurst.
Women’s Cross Country Rankings
Poll released Sept. 28.A = Atlantic, C = Central, GL = Great Lakes, ME = Mid East, MW = Mid West, NE = New England, S = South/Southeast, W = West.
Rank Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points 9/21 1 Williams (8) NE 200 2 2 Amherst (MA) NE 192 4 3 UW-Stevens Point MW 184 3 4 UW-Oshkosh MW 175 5 5 Middlebury NE 169 1 6 Luther (IA) C 152 7 7 Willamette (OR) W 147 8 8 Dickinson (PA) ME 147 9 9 SUNY-Geneseo A 137 10 10 Allegheny (PA) ME 124 11 11 UW-LaCrosse MW 118 6 12 Washington University (MO) MW 111 13 13 Wartburg C 106 12 14 DePauw (IN) GL 100 17 15 Tufts (MA) NE 84 16 16 Denison (OH) GL 79 19 17 College of New Jersey A 66 15 18 Carleton (MN) C 63 -- 19 Emory (GA) S 62 18 20 Colby (ME) NE 50 21= 21 Haverford (PA) ME 38 21= 22 University of Chicago MW 30 23 23 St. Thomas (MN) C 28 20 24 St. Lawrence (NY) A 21 24 25 Puget Sound W 8 -- -- Bowdoin (ME) NE 14 -- Gustavus Adolphus C 25 Others Receiving Votes: Moravian 6, St. Olaf 3
Women’s DIII polls compiled by Jeff and Laurie Miller.
