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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Wednesday the week one results of the national cross country coaches’ poll for NCAA Division III. North Central’s men and Middlebury’s women remain the No. 1 teams in the nation according to the nation’s coaches.
AROUND THE POLLS
MEN
-- New to the top 35 this week is No. 21 Chicago, No. 28 Johns Hopkins, and No. 35 Rowan
– Sixteen conferences are represented in the top 35, but the UAA has the most teams with six followed by the NESCAC (5) and WIAC (4)
– Largest gain of the week goes to No. 25 Rochester who jumped 10 spots from preseason ranking of 35th … Augustana (Ill.) moved eight spots to 12th from 20th and MIT gained six spots in going from 17th to 11th.
WOMEN
– Six schools are new to the top 35 this week, including No. 28 Linfield, No. 29 Rowan, No. 31 Whittier, No. 32 Oberlin, No. 34 Marywood, and tied-No. 35 Rhodes.
– Twenty conferences are represented in the top 35. The NESCAC leads them all with four schools in the top 35.
– St. Olaf gained nine spots as the largest gainer of the week, going from 25th to 16th.
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #1, September 14
next poll: September 21
Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Location
Last Week
1
North Central (Ill.) (8)
280
Midwest
CCIW
Naperville, Ill.
1
2
Haverford
270
Mideast
Centennial
Haverford, Pa.
4
3
St. Lawrence
264
Atlantic
Liberty League
Canton, N.Y.
3
4
Washington (Mo.)
256
Midwest
UAA
St. Louis, Mo.
5
5
Calvin
243
Great Lakes
MIAA
Grand Rapids, Mich.
2
6
Dickinson
238
Mideast
Centennial
Carlisle, Pa.
6
7
Williams
232
New England
NESCAC
Williamstown, Mass.
7
8
SUNY Geneseo
229
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Geneseo, N.Y.
8
9
UW-La Crosse
216
Midwest
WIAC
La Crosse, Wis.
9
10
NYU
195
Atlantic
UAA
New York, N.Y.
11
11
MIT
184
New England
NEWMAC
Cambridge, Mass.
17
12
Augustana (Ill.)
182
Midwest
CCIW
Rock Island, Ill.
20
13
UW-Oshkosh
181
Midwest
WIAC
Oshkosh, Wis.
13
14
Elizabethtown
178
Mideast
Middle Atlantic
Elizabethtown, Pa.
12
15
Middlebury
173
New England
NESCAC
Middlebury, Vt.
10
16
Wabash
165
Great Lakes
NCAC
Crawfordsville, Ind.
14
17
UW-Stevens Point
158
Midwest
WIAC
Stevens Point, Wis.
16
18
Hamline
146
Central
MIAC
Saint Paul, Minn.
18
19
Bates
136
New England
NESCAC
Lewiston, Maine
19
20
Nebraska Wesleyan
118
Central
Great Plains
Lincoln, Neb.
23
21
Chicago
107
Midwest
UAA
Chicago, Ill.
NR
22
Willamette
105
West
Northwest
Salem, Ore.
22
23
Carnegie Mellon
100
Mideast
UAA
Pittsburgh, Pa.
26
24
Tufts
87
New England
NESCAC
Medford, Mass.
27
25
Rochester
82
Atlantic
UAA
Rochester, N.Y.
35
26
Wheaton (Ill.)
76
Midwest
CCIW
Wheaton, Ill.
15
27
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
66
West
SCIAC
Claremont, Calif.
28
28
Johns Hopkins
58
Mideast
Centennial
Baltimore, Md.
RV
29
Bowdoin
53
New England
NESCAC
Brunswick, Maine
31
30
Albion
46
Great Lakes
MIAA
Albion, Mich.
21
31
Saint John's (Minn.)
43
Central
MIAC
Collegeville, Minn.
24
32
UW-Platteville
38
Midwest
WIAC
Platteville, Wis.
25
33
Brandeis
32
New England
UAA
Waltham, Mass.
35
34
Whitworth
22
West
Northwest
Spokane, Wash.
32
35
Rowan
16
Atlantic
NJAC
Glassboro, N.J.
NR
Others Receiving Votes: Allegheny 12, Emory 12, Hope 12, UW-Eau Claire 11, Lynchburg 8, Ohio Wesleyan 6, Saint Vincent 3, St. Thomas (Minn.) 1.
Dropped Out: No. 29 Ohio Wesleyan, No. 30 St. Thomas (Minn.), No. 34 Lynchburg
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division III
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #1, September 14
next poll: September 21
Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Location
Last Week
1
Middlebury (8)
280
New England
NESCAC
Middlebury, Vt.
1
2
Washington (Mo.)
271
Midwest
UAA
St. Louis, Mo.
3
3
UW-Eau Claire
258
Midwest
WIAC
Eau Claire, Wis.
5
4
Williams
257
New England
NESCAC
Williamstown, Mass.
2
5
MIT
249
New England
NEWMAC
Cambridge, Mass.
4
6
SUNY Geneseo
235
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Geneseo, N.Y.
6
7
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
234
West
SCIAC
Claremont, Calif.
8
8
Amherst
229
New England
NESCAC
Amherst, Mass.
7
9
Nebraska Wesleyan
214
Central
Great Plains
Lincoln, Neb.
10
10
Plattsburgh State
203
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
13
11
Johns Hopkins
200
Mideast
Centennial
Baltimore, Md.
11
12
NYU
198
Atlantic
UAA
New York, N.Y.
9
13
Hope
176
Great Lakes
MIAA
Holland, Mich.
15
14
Dickinson
175
Mideast
Centennial
Carlisle, Pa.
17
15
Calvin
164
Great Lakes
MIAA
Grand Rapids, Mich.
16
16
St. Olaf
156
Central
MIAC
Northfield, Minn.
25
17
Luther
151
Central
IIAC
Decorah, Iowa
12
18
Haverford
136
Mideast
Centennial
Haverford, Pa.
19
19
Lewis & Clark
129
West
Northwest
Portland, Ore.
23
19
St. Lawrence
129
Atlantic
Liberty League
Canton, N.Y.
20
21
Colby
115
New England
NESCAC
Waterville, Maine
18
22
Emory
109
South/Southeast
UAA
Atlanta, Ga.
24
23
Elizabethtown
108
Mideast
Middle Atlantic
Elizabethtown, Pa.
14
24
Carleton
91
Central
MIAC
Northfield, Minn.
27
25
UW-La Crosse
81
Midwest
WIAC
La Crosse, Wis.
29
26
SUNY Cortland
80
Atlantic
SUNYAC
Cortland, N.Y.
22
27
Wartburg
68
Central
IIAC
Waverly, Iowa
21
28
Linfield
56
West
Northwest
McMinnville, Ore.
NR
29
Rowan
52
Atlantic
NJAC
Glassboro, N.J.
NR
29
Keene State
52
New England
Little East
Keene, N.H.
30
31
Whittier
37
West
SCIAC
Whittier, Calif.
NR
32
Oberlin
30
Great Lakes
NCAC
Oberlin, Ohio
NR
33
UW-Stevens Point
23
Midwest
WIAC
Stevens Point, Wis.
32
34
Marywood
18
Mideast
Colonial States
Scranton, Pa.
NR
35
Rhodes
15
South/Southeast
SCAC
Memphis, Tenn.
NR
35
Ohio Northern
15
Great Lakes
OAC
Ada, Ohio
33
Others Receiving Votes: Wellesley 13, Swarthmore 10, Vassar 8, Chicago 5, Bowdoin 5, St. Thomas (Minn.) 2, Ohio Wesleyan 2, TCNJ 1
Dropped Out: No. 26 Swarthmore, No. 28 Vassar, No. 31 Bowdoin, No. 34 St. Thomas (Minn.), No. 35 TCNJ
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Tom Lewis
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
Communications Manager
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