2023 NCAA DIII Men’s Cross Country Regional Rankings – Week 2

NEW ORLEANS – They’re just getting warmed up.

Here is the newest edition of the NCAA DIII Men’s Cross Country Regional Rankings for the 2022 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 Tufts

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Bates, No. 4 Bowdoin, No. 5 WPI

Note: Tufts leapfrogged Bates into the No. 2 spot after a head-to-head victory at the Bates Super-XC Invitational. The Jumbos also beat several other programs from the East Region.

Great Lakes Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Mount Union

Next in Line: No. 2 Ohio Northern

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Hope, No. 4 Calvin, No. 5 Otterbein

Notes: There were a host of changes to the top-5 this week, as Ohio Northern jumped two spots to No. 2 and Hope soared six spots to No. 3. The Polar Bears romped to victory at the All-Ohio DIII Championships, winning by 40 points over Otterbein and John Carroll. Hope took third at the Gil Dodds Invitational with an average time of 25:23 and a 1:08 spread.

Metro Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Haverford

Next in Line: No. 2 Rowan

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Moravian, No. 4 Swarthmore, No. 5 TCNJ

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

Mid-Atlantic Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Carnegie Mellon

Next in Line: No. 2 Johns Hopkins

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Messiah, No. 4 Dickinson, No. 5 Salisbury

Note: Salisbury leapfrogged Marywood into the No. 5 position this week.

Mideast Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 RPI

Next in Line: No. 2 Williams

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

Notes: RPI jumped Williams into the No. 1 spot after winning the RPI Harvest Festival this past weekend. The Engineers had a miniscule spread of 11 seconds and averaged 24:33 on a new home course. Williams won the team title at the Little 3 Championship with a 57-second spread.

Midwest Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 North Central (Ill.)

Next in Line: No. 2 Wartburg

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Loras, No. 4 Central (Iowa), No. 5 UChicago

Notes: Loras jumped to No. 3, while former No. 3 Washington (Mo.) tumbled three spots to No. 6. Central (Iowa) and UChicago both improved one spot to move ahead of the Bears. A strong effort at the Notre Dame Catholic Invitational paced the Duhawks to the new ranking.

Niagara Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 SUNY Geneseo

Next in Line: No. 2 NYU

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 SUNY Brockport, No. 4 Rochester (N.Y.), No. 5 SUNY Cortland

Note: NYU leapfrogged SUNY Brockport into the No. 2 spot behind SUNY Geneseo. The Violets ran well at the Jasper Fall Invitational this past weekend against several NCAA DI programs.

North Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 UW-La Crosse

Next in Line: No. 2 UW-Whitewater

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 St. Olaf, No. 4 UW-Oshkosh, No. 5 Carleton

Note: The only change in the top-5 saw Carleton leapfrog both Saint John’s and UW-Eau Claire into the No. 5 spot. The Blugolds are now No. 6 and the Johnnies fell to No. 7.

South Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Lynchburg

Next in Line: No. 2 Emory

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 Berry, No. 4 Washington & Lee, No. 5 Rhodes

Note: Berry is now ranked third, the same spot it finished at the 2022 South Region Championships. The Vikings were ranked fourth in each of the two previous iterations.

West Region

Projected AQ: No. 1 Pomona-Pitzer

Next in Line: No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Also in the Hunt: No. 3 George Fox, No. 4 UC Santa Cruz, No. 5 La Verne

Note: The only change in the top-5 this week was La Verne and Colorado College swapping spots. The Leopards are now ranked No. 5, while the Tigers fell one spot to No. 6.