November 15, 2011
NEW ORLEANS – The NCAA Regional Championships in Division I did not shift around the nation's top three, but everything else was up-for-grabs in the USTFCCCA's final regular-season National Cross Country Coaches' Poll released Tuesday. Wisconsin's men remain the No. 1 team in the country for the second-straight voting week and will look to knock off two-time defending champion No. 2 Oklahoma State next Monday at the NCAA Championships. Florida State's women are also No. 1 and are looking to unseat two-time defending national champion No. 2 Villanova in a few days.
AROUND THE POLLS
MEN
* No. 1 Wisconsin won their tenth-straight NCAA Great Lakes Regional title on Saturday. The Badgers will make their 40th-straight appearance at the NCAA Championships and remain the only team in history to qualify for every national championship since the process began in 1972. (Previously, teams did not have to qualify and just showed up).
* No. 2 Oklahoma State has won the last two NCAA titles and took the Midwest title this weekend by a slim margin, 42-45 over No. 4 Oklahoma.
* No. 3 BYU was again led by Miles Batty who helped the Cougars to the NCAA Mountain title.
* Reaching season-high rankings in this poll are: No. 9 Texas, No. 12 Syracuse, No. 15 Georgetown, No. 17 Michigan, No. 21 Tulsa, No. 22 Texas A&M, and No. 24 Cal Poly. Texas is ranked in the nation's top ten for the first time since 2007 after winning the South Central region title this past weekend. For Cal Poly, it is their first national ranking of the season.
* Arkansas is not ranked in the nation's top 30 for the first time since at least 1998 (our records currently only go back to 1998). In the previous 99 weeks, since the 1998 preseason poll, Arkansas, Colorado, Stanford, and Wisconsin, were the only teams to have appeared in every ranking. Arkansas had also appeared in 37-straight NCAA Championships -- everyone since 1974 -- but did not qualify this season. Only Wisconsin's current streak is longer (40).
* The Big East and Big Ten leads with five teams in the national top 30, followed by the Big 12 (4) and Pac-12 (3).
WOMEN
* No. 1 Florida State won the South Regional, 34-54, over nearest challenger now-No. 5 Vanderbilt. The Seminoles were second to two-time defending champion Villanova at last year's NCAA Championships.
* No. 2 Villanova tied Georgetown, 57-57, for the Mid-Atlantic region title.
* No. 3 Washington were winners of the West, taking down nearest challenger Arizona, 50-98.
* Achieving season-best rankings this week are: No. 7 Iowa State, No. 9 West Virginia, No. 10 Michigan, No. 24 Toledo, No. 25 San Francisco, and No. 26 San Francisco. For Iowa State, it is the squad's highest ranking since October 2009. Toledo's ranking is the best in archived-poll history (since 1995).
* The Big East and Pac-12 each have six squads in the nation's top 30. The Big Ten (5), ACC (4), Big 12 (3), and SEC (3) follows.
Indiana State will host the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on Monday, November 21, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course located at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute, Ind.
The men’s race will begin at approximately 12:08 p.m. ET, followed by the women’s race at approximately 12:58 p.m. A live webcast of the championships will be broadcast from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET 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. ET on CBS HD.
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #10 -- November 15
next ranking: none, (NCAA Championships, November 21, final)
Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Head Coach (Yr*)
Last Week
1
Wisconsin (8)
356
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Mick Byrne (4th)
1
2
Oklahoma State (4)
351
Midwest
Big 12
Dave Smith (6th)
2
3
BYU
332
Mountain
West Coast
Ed Eyestone (12th)
3
4
Oklahoma
317
Midwest
Big 12
Martin Smith (7th)
5
5
Stanford
301
West
Pac-12
Jason Dunn (5th)
6
6
Colorado
296
Mountain
Pac-12
Mark Wetmore (17th)
4
7
Indiana
287
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Ron Helmer (5th)
7
8
Portland
279
West
West Coast
Rob Conner (22nd)
8
9
Texas
240
South Central
Big 12
Bubba Thornton (17th)
11
10
NC State
227
Southeast
ACC
Rollie Geiger (34th)
14
11
Florida State
226
South
ACC
Bob Braman (12th)
16
12
Syracuse
222
Northeast
Big East
Chris Fox (7th)
29
13
Northern Arizona
218
Mountain
Big Sky
Eric Heins (5th)
12
14
Iona
208
Northeast
Metro Atlantic
Ricardo Santos (4th)
9
15
Georgetown
204
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Patrick Henner (13th)
23
16
Villanova
169
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Marcus O'Sullivan (12th)
13
17
Michigan
153
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Alex Gibby (2nd)
19
17
Princeton
153
Mid-Atlantic
Ivy
Steve Dolan (8th)
9
19
Minnesota
127
Midwest
Big Ten
Steve Plasencia (16th)
18
19
Eastern Kentucky
127
Southeast
Ohio Valley
Rick Erdmann (33rd)
20
21
Tulsa
121
Midwest
Conference USA
Steve Gulley (10th)
27
22
Texas A&M
117
South Central
Big 12
Pat Henry (8th)
24
23
Columbia
105
Northeast
Ivy
Willy Wood (18th)
22
24
Cal Poly
89
West
Big West
Mark Conover (15th)
RV
25
Notre Dame
68
Great Lakes
Big East
Joe Piane (37th)
RV
26
Providence
63
Northeast
Big East
Ray Treacy (28th)
30
27
Washington State
51
West
Pac-12
Pete Julian (2nd)
RV
28
New Mexico
41
Mountain
Mountain West
Joe Franklin (5th)
RV
29
Florida
38
South
SEC
Mike Holloway (5th)
RV
30
Ohio State
30
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Robert Gary (16th)
28
Others Receiving Votes: Penn State 17, Arkansas 9, California 7, Georgia 6, Oregon 5, UCLA 4.
Dropped Out: No. 15 Arkansas, No. 17 Oregon, No. 21 UCLA, No. 25 North Carolina, No. 26 Louisville
compiled by Don Kopriva
(* year as head coach of that team in men's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2011 Week #10 -- November 15
next ranking: none, (NCAA Championships, November 21, final)
Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Head Coach (Yr*)
Last Week
1
Florida State (11)
359
South
ACC
Karen Harvey (5th)
1
2
Villanova
335
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Gina Procaccio (12th)
2
3
Washington
326
West
Pac-12
Greg Metcalf (10th)
6
4
Georgetown
322
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Chris Miltenberg (4th)
7
5
Vanderbilt
313
South
SEC
Steve Keith (6th)
4
6
Colorado (1)
287
Mountain
Pac-12
Mark Wetmore (17th)
3
7
Iowa State
275
Midwest
Big 12
Corey Ihmels (5th)
10
8
Arizona
258
West
Pac-12
Fred Harvey (10th)
16
9
West Virginia
252
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Sean Cleary (5th)
13
10
Michigan
244
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Mike McGuire (22nd)
15
11
New Mexico
242
Mountain
Mountain West
Joe Franklin (5th)
19
12
Syracuse
240
Northeast
Big East
Chris Fox (7th)
9
13
Stanford
218
West
Pac-12
Patti Sue Plumer (1st)
8
14
Arkansas
205
South Central
SEC
Lance Harter (22nd)
17
15
Michigan State
185
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Walt Drenth (8th)
12
16
Oregon
180
West
Pac-12
Vin Lananna (7th)
11
17
Texas
166
South Central
Big 12
Bev Kearney (20th)
14
18
Boston College
162
Northeast
ACC
Randy Thomas (20th)
18
19
Virginia
150
Southeast
ACC
Jason Vigilante (4th)
21
20
NC State
131
Southeast
ACC
Laurie Henes (6th)
20
21
Penn State
117
Mid-Atlantic
Big Ten
Beth Alford-Sullivan (13th)
22
22
Oklahoma State
114
Midwest
Big 12
Dave Smith (3rd)
23
23
California
91
West
Pac-12
Tony Sandoval (30th)
26
24
Toledo
85
Great Lakes
Mid-American
Kevin Hadsell (14th)
RV
25
Wisconsin
59
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Jim Stintzi (8th)
28
26
San Francisco
47
West
West Coast
Helen Lehman-Winters (9th)
27
27
Providence
41
Northeast
Big East
Ray Treacy (28th)
5
28
Minnesota
37
Midwest
Big Ten
Gary Wilson (27th)
30
29
Notre Dame
32
Great Lakes
Big East
Tim Connelly (24th)
24
30
Florida
30
South
SEC
Mike Holloway (5th)
RV
Others Receiving Votes: North Carolina 23, Cornell 18, BYU 13, Weber State 12, Arizona State 7, Columbia 4.
Dropped Out: No. 25 North Carolina, No. 29 Cornell
compiled by Jesse Rosen
(* year as head coach of that team in women's cross country, officially NCAA-recognized coach listed)
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