Pre-NCAA Championship Division I Coaches’ Poll in Cross Country Revealed

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Pre-NCAA Championship Division I Coaches’ Poll in Cross Country Revealed

NCAA Championships on Monday, November 22



November 16, 2010



NEW ORLEANS –It’s just days before the first champions of the NCAA Division I season are crowned and the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national coaches’ poll for cross country is pulled in two different directions once again. On the women’s side, Villanova remains the unanimous No. 1 and has been unphased on the top perch all season. The men’s team race is much more suspect as Stanford reclaims No. 1, but by just a point over No. 2 and defending national champs, Oklahoma State.



MEN: While Oklahoma State has more first place votes (six) than Stanford (four), the second-place showing in their respective regions by both teams made some voters question the strengths of the previously undisputed top teams, causing some mixing among the top ten. No. 3 Oregon and No. 6 Oklahoma, who topped Stanford and Oklahoma State, respectively, in the NCAA West and Midwest Regions, each earned a first-place vote in this final poll before the national championships.



Oregon was the runner-up to Oklahoma State in the 2009 championships, and a national title for them would be their third in four years. While Stanford, who placed tenth in last year’s national meet, will look to clinch their first national crown since 2003.



No. 4 Wisconsin, who reached their season-high ranking this week, won the NCAA Great Lakes Region easily and could be the ultimate dark horse. The Badgers last won the national crown in 2005, and they are the first team in NCAA history to make a 50th appearance at the national meet. Wisconsin will also make a national-record 39th-straight appearance, and, overall, the Badgers are the all-time leader in runner-up showings (9), trophy finishes (22), and top-10 showings (41). Wisconsin holds the longest active top-10 finish streak, currently at 14, and, with a top-15 finish, the Badgers will break the tie with Arkansas (1978-2006) and become the lone team to finish in top 15 for a 30th-consecutive time.



New Mexico, the winners of the NCAA Mountain Region, enters at No. 5 in the country, their highest ranking in program history. Their eighth-place finish a year ago was the best in school history.



WOMEN: The Wildcats of Villanova will look to claim repeat national titles for the first time since their six-year title run from 1989 to 1994. Villanova has won eight national titles in women’s cross country, the most for a Division I squad. Only Stanford (5) and BYU (4) join Villanova in having won more than two.



No. 2 Florida State, runner-up in 2009, easily won the NCAA South Regional last weekend and will look to challenge Villanova for their first-ever national title. The Seminoles have reached a trophy finishes (top four) in each of the last three years.



Georgetown moved up two spots to No. 3 after they came within 11 points of Villanova in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional. The Hoyas, with four in the top ten, scored just 40 points in their challenge of Villanova’s 29. Georgetown, making their 22nd appearance at the national meet, has three times finished third in the meet, with the last coming in 2001.



No. 4 Washington surged seven spots up the poll after a four-point victory over Oregon. The Huskies were the 2008 national champions and third in 2009.



At No. 5, New Mexico, just as their male counterparts, reached an all-time high in the coaches’ poll. The Lobos, making their fifth NCAA appearance, has an all-time high placing at the national meet of 11th in 1981.



Indiana State will host the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on Monday at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Ind. The women’s race will begin at approximately 12:08 p.m. Eastern, followed by the men’s race at approximately 12:48 p.m.



A live webcast of the championships will be broadcast from noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, November 22, on NCAA.com. In addition, highlights from the championships will be included as part of the CBS NCAA Fall Seasonal Show scheduled to air on Saturday, December 18 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on CBS HD.





USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2010 Week #10, November 16 (final regular season)

next ranking: none, NCAA Championships: November 22


Rank
Institution
Points
Region
Conference
Location
Last

1
Stanford (4)
350
West
Pac-10
Palo Alto, Calif.
2

2
Oklahoma State (6)
349
Midwest
Big 12
Stillwater, Okla.
1

3
Oregon (1)
337
West
Pac-10
Eugene, Ore.
3

4
Wisconsin
322
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Madison, Wis.
5

5
New Mexico
294
Mountain
Mountain West
Albuquerque, N.M.
10

6
Oklahoma (1)
280
Midwest
Big 12
Norman, Okla.
8

7
Colorado
256
Mountain
Big 12
Boulder, Colo.
9

7
Iona
256
Northeast
Metro Atlantic
New Rochelle, N.Y.
4

9
Arkansas
251
South Central
SEC
Fayetteville, Ark.
11

10
Syracuse
250
Northeast
BIG EAST
Syracuse, N.Y.
14

11
Florida State
238
South
ACC
Tallahassee, Fla.
6

12
Alabama
224
South
SEC
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
25

13
Indiana
223
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Bloomington, Ind.
12

14
Northern Arizona
212
Mountain
Big Sky
Flagstaff, Ariz.
7

15
BYU
207
Mountain
Mountain West
Provo, Utah
15

16
William and Mary
192
Southeast
CAA
Williamsburg, Va.
19

17
Princeton
187
Mid-Atlantic
Ivy League
Princeton, N.J.
17

18
California
160
West
Pac-10
Berkeley, Calif.
22

19
Portland
153
West
West Coast
Portland, Ore.
13

20
Duke
146
Southeast
ACC
Durham, N.C.
23

21
NC State
124
Southeast
ACC
Raleigh, N.C.
16

22
Villanova
111
Mid-Atlantic
BIG EAST
Villanova, Pa.
29

23
Minnesota
76
Midwest
Big Ten
Minneapolis, Minn.
24

24
Providence
63
Northeast
BIG EAST
Providence, R.I.
28

25
Georgetown
61
Mid-Atlantic
BIG EAST
Washington, D.C.
RV

26
Notre Dame
54
Great Lakes
BIG EAST
South Bend, Ind.
30

26
Penn State
54
Mid-Atlantic
Big Ten
State College, Pa.
26

28
Richmond
46
Southeast
Atlantic 10
Richmond, Va.
NR

29
Louisville
43
Southeast
BIG EAST
Louisville, Ky.
20

30
Texas
34
South Central
Big 12
Austin, Texas
RV

Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 19, Dartmouth 4, Arizona State 2, Florida 2.


Dropped Out: No. 18 North Carolina, No. 27 Tulsa.

compiled by Don Kopriva



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2010 Week #10, November 16 (final regular season)

next ranking: none, NCAA Championships: November 22


Rank
Institution
Points
Region
Conference
Location
Last

1
Villanova (12)
360
Mid-Atlantic
BIG EAST
Villanova, Pa.
1

2
Florida State
343
South
ACC
Tallahassee, Fla.
2

3
Georgetown
329
Mid-Atlantic
BIG EAST
Washington, D.C.
5

4
Washington
313
West
Pac-10
Seattle, Wash.
11

5
New Mexico
293
Mountain
Mountain West
Albuquerque, N.M.
10

6
Oregon
292
West
Pac-10
Eugene, Ore.
7

7
Stanford
279
West
Pac-10
Palo Alto, Calif.
4

8
Colorado
271
Mountain
Big 12
Boulder, Colo.
8

9
Arizona
264
West
Pac-10
Tucson, Ariz.
6

10
Texas Tech
258
Mountain
Big 12
Lubbock, Texas
3

11
Syracuse
252
Northeast
BIG EAST
Syracuse, N.Y.
9

12
Iowa State
224
Midwest
Big 12
Ames, Iowa
13

13
Virginia
218
Southeast
ACC
Charlottesville, Va.
12

14
Stony Brook
206
Northeast
America East
Stony Brook, N.Y.
15

15
Providence
190
Northeast
BIG EAST
Providence, R.I.
14

16
Michigan State
187
Great Lakes
Big Ten
East Lansing, Mich.
16

17
Michigan
162
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Ann Arbor, Mich.
18

18
North Carolina
138
Southeast
ACC
Chapel Hill, N.C.
21

19
Oklahoma State
122
Midwest
Big 12
Stillwater, Okla.
23

20
Boston College
118
Northeast
ACC
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
22

21
Duke
117
Southeast
ACC
Durham, N.C.
17

22
Minnesota
111
Midwest
Big Ten
Minneapolis, Minn.
20

23
Penn State
108
Mid-Atlantic
Big Ten
State College, Pa.
28

24
Texas
98
South Central
Big 12
Austin, Texas
25

25
Princeton
83
Mid-Atlantic
Ivy League
Princeton, N.J.
19

26
Tulsa
64
Midwest
Conference USA
Tulsa, Okla.
24

27
Toledo
43
Great Lakes
Mid-American
Toledo, Ohio
30

28
NC State
38
Southeast
ACC
Raleigh, N.C.
29

29
Florida
26
South
SEC
Gainesville, Fla.
RV

30
California
24
West
Pac-10
Berkeley, Calif.
26

Others Receiving Votes: Rice 23, UC Santa Barbara 12, Kansas State 10, Arkansas 2, San Francisco 1, BYU 1.


Dropped Out: none

compiled by Jesse Rosen






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