Heart of Cross Country Regular Season Starts With Wisconsin, Washington Leading DI - USTFCCCA

Published by RunnerSpace.com/College - Sep 18 2012, 02:27 PM

Heart of Cross Country Regular Season Starts With Wisconsin, Washington Leading DI

Courtesy: Tom Lewis, USTFCCCA

September 18, 2012   

NEW ORLEANS – Wisconsin’s men and Washington’s women remain the No. 1 cross country teams in the nation according to the latest national coaches’ poll conducted by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for NCAA Division I. The top four men’s teams stayed the same with No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 3 BYU, and No. 4 Oklahoma holding strong. Portland’s men joined the top five for the first time this season, jumping up a spot to No. 5. On the women’s side, Florida State and Oregon traded positions to land at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. The heart of the regular season begins this upcoming weekend as meets held Friday and after can count towards at-large selection evaluation for the NCAA Championships.

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USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL COACHES’ POLL

2012 Week #2 — September 18
next ranking: September 19
 
Rank Institution (FPV) Points Region Conference Cross Country Coach (Yr*)
Last Week
1 Wisconsin (10) 357 Great Lakes Big Ten Mick Byrne (5th)
1
2 Oklahoma State (1) 346 Midwest Big 12 Dave Smith (7th)
2
3 BYU (1) 341 Mountain West Coast Ed Eyestone (13th)
3
4 Oklahoma 310 Midwest Big 12 Martin Smith (8th)
4
5 Portland 298 West West Coast Rob Conner (23rd)
6
6 Colorado 293 Mountain Pac-12 Mark Wetmore (18th)
5
7 Texas 287 South Central Big 12 John Hayes (6th)
6
8 Iona 272 Northeast Metro Atlantic Ricardo Santos (5th)
8
9 Stanford 264 West Pac-12 Chris Miltenberg (1st)
9
10 Florida State 249 South ACC Bob Braman (13th)
10
11 NC State 242 Southeast ACC Rollie Geiger (35th)
11
12 Indiana 233 Great Lakes Big Ten Ron Helmer (6th)
13
13 Syracuse 224 Northeast Big East Chris Fox (8th)
12
14 Princeton 196 Mid-Atlantic Ivy Jason Vigilante (1st)
15
15 Texas A&M 183 South Central SEC Pat Henry (9th)
14
16 Georgetown 168 Mid-Atlantic Big East Patrick Henner (14th)
16
17 Minnesota 151 Midwest Big Ten Steve Plasencia (17th)
17
18 Northern Arizona 143 Mountain Big Sky Eric Heins (6th)
18
19 Tulsa 129 Midwest Conference USA Steve Gulley (11th)
20
20 Villanova 126 Mid-Atlantic Big East Marcus O’Sullivan (13th)
19
21 Michigan 101 Great Lakes Big Ten Alex Gibby (3rd)
20
22 Arkansas 98 South Central SEC Chris Bucknam (5th)
23
23 Notre Dame 93 Great Lakes Big East Joe Piane (38th)
25
24 New Mexico 91 Mountain Mountain West Joe Franklin (6th)
24
25 Oregon 85 West Pac-12 Robert Johnson (1st)
22
26 Eastern Kentucky 70 Southeast Ohio Valley Rick Erdmann (34th)
27
27 UCLA 54 West Pac-12 Mike Maynard (4th)
29
28 Washington State 42 West Pac-12 Tim Riley (1st)
26
29 Columbia 40 Northeast Ivy Willy Wood (19th)
28
30 Georgia 26 South SEC Patrick Cunniff (1st)
30
Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 12, Providence 11, Virginia Tech 10, North Carolina 9, Ohio State 7, Florida 5, Cal Poly 4, Iowa State 3, California 3, Weber State 3, Michigan State 1.
Dropped Out: none
compiled by Don Kopriva
(* year as effective coach of that team in men’s cross country)

 

USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY NATIONAL COACHES’ POLL

2012 Week #2 — September 18
next ranking: September 19
 
Rank Institution (FPV) Points Region Conference Cross Country Coach (Yr*)
Last Week
1 Washington (10) 357 West Pac-12 Greg Metcalf (11th)
1
2 Florida State (1) 341 South ACC Karen Harvey (6th)
3
3 Oregon (1) 336 West Pac-12 Robert Johnson (1st)
2
4 Georgetown 330 Mid-Atlantic Big East Michael Smith (1st)
4
5 Iowa State 301 Midwest Big 12 Corey Ihmels (6th)
5
6 Stanford 290 West Pac-12 Chris Miltenberg (1st)
8
7 Vanderbilt 287 South SEC Steve Keith (7th)
6
8 Providence 285 Northeast Big East Ray Treacy (29th)
7
9 Arkansas 251 South Central SEC Lance Harter (23rd)
9
10 Villanova 246 Mid-Atlantic Big East Gina Procaccio (13th)
10
11 Michigan 235 Great Lakes Big Ten Mike McGuire (21st)
11
12 Arizona 232 West Pac-12 James Li (11th)
12
13 Michigan State 196 Great Lakes Big Ten Walt Drenth (9th)
13
14 Boston College 189 Northeast ACC Randy Thomas (21st)
14
15 Virginia 182 Southeast ACC Todd Morgan (1st)
15
16 Weber State 168 Mountain Big Sky Paul Pilkington (6th)
17
17 Colorado 162 Mountain Pac-12 Mark Wetmore (18th)
16
18 Toledo 144 Great Lakes Mid-American Kevin Hadsell (15th)
18
19 Penn State 131 Mid-Atlantic Big Ten Beth Alford-Sullivan (14th)
23
20 New Mexico 128 Mountain Mountain West Joe Franklin (6th)
24
21 Notre Dame 125 Great Lakes Big East Tim Connelly (25th)
21
22 Syracuse 115 Northeast Big East Chris Fox (8th)
20
23 San Francisco 100 West West Coast Helen Lehman-Winters (10th)
19
24 Oklahoma State 98 Midwest Big 12 Dave Smith (4th)
22
25 West Virginia 70 Mid-Atlantic Big 12 Sean Cleary (6th)
25
26 NC State 65 Southeast ACC Laurie Henes (7th)
26
27 Texas 52 South Central Big 12 Steve Sisson (7th)
27
28 Florida 48 South SEC Mike Holloway (6th)
29
29 Princeton 37 Mid-Atlantic Ivy Peter Farrell (35th)
28
30 Minnesota 25 Midwest Big Ten Gary Wilson (28th)
30
Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 16, Dartmouth 14, BYU 10, Cornell 9, Portland 2, Iowa 2, Duke 1.
Dropped Out: none
compiled by Jesse Rosen
(* year as effective coach of that team in women’s cross country)
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