Tuesday, August 21, 2012

NCAA D3 Regional Cross Country Preseason Rankings

On the web ...

http://www.ustfccca.org/2012/08/featured/diii-regional-cross-country-preseason-rankings-complete-for-2012-season



Rankings Central ...

http://www.ustfccca.org/rankings/division-iii-rankings



National Preseason Poll for Division III Announced TOMORROW!



NCAA Division III Regional Championships will be held on Saturday, November 10. NCAA DIII Regional Championships Central.



USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Rankings are determined subjectively by either a single member coach or by polling the region’s coaches (each region varies).







DIII Regional Cross Country Preseason Rankings Complete for 2012 Season



August 21, 2012



NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released preseason regional rankings for the 2012 NCAA Division III season on Tuesday.



Top regional men's teams include SUNY Geneseo (Atlantic), St. Olaf (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Haverford (Mideast), North Central (Ill.) (Midwest), Tufts (New England), Lynchburg (South/Southeast), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (West). No. 1-ranked women's teams in the preseason are SUNY Geneseo (Atlantic), Wartburg (Central), Calvin (Great Lakes), Johns Hopkins (Mideast), Washington (Mo.) (Midwest), Middlebury (New England), Emory (South/Southeast), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (West).



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Men's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings

2012 Preseason -- August 21

national poll release: August 22

next regional release: Tuesday, September 11


ATLANTIC Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
2

2
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
4

3
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
3

4
RPI
Troy, N.Y.
Liberty League
6

5
Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
UAA
5

6
St. Lawrence
Canton, N.Y.
Liberty League
1

7
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
7

8
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, N.Y.
SUNYAC
12

9
Ithaca
Ithaca, N.Y.
Empire 8
10

10
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia, N.Y.
SUNYAC
10



CENTRAL Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
2

2
Loras
Dubuque, Iowa
IIAC
4

3
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
5

4
Bethel (Minn.)
Arden Hills, Minn.
MIAC
8

5
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln, Neb.
Great Plains
1

6
Central (Iowa)
Pella, Iowa
IIAC
9

7
Hamline
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
3

8
Saint John's (Minn.)
Collegeville, Minn.
MIAC
6

9
Carleton
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
12

10
Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa
Midwest
14



GREAT LAKES Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Calvin
Grand Rapids, Mich.
MIAA
1

2
Wabash
Crawfordsville, Ind.
NCAC
2

3
Manchester
North Manchester, Ind.
HCAC
3

4
Albion
Albion, Mich.
MIAA
5

5
Hope
Holland, Mich.
MIAA
6

6
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware, Ohio
NCAC
4

7
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
UAA
7

8
John Carroll
University Heights, Ohio
OAC
8

9
Ohio Northern
Ada, Ohio
OAC
10

10
Oberlin
Oberlin, Ohio
NCAC
9



MIDEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
1

2
Allegheny
Meadville, Pa.
NCAC
3

3
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
4

4
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
2

5
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
6

6
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
5

7
Swarthmore
Swarthmore, Pa.
Centennial
7

8
Gwynedd-Mercy
Gwynedd Valley, Pa.
Colonial States
8

9
York (Pa.)
York, Pa.
CAC
11

10
DeSales
Center Valley, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
14



MIDWEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
North Central (Ill.)
Naperville, Ill.
CCIW
1

2
Wheaton (Ill.)
Wheaton, Ill.
CCIW
5

3
Washington (Mo.)
St. Louis, Mo.
UAA
2

4
UW-La Crosse
La Crosse, Wis.
WIAC
4

5
Augustana (Ill.)
Rock Island, Ill.
CCIW
7

6
UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wis.
WIAC
6

7
UW-Platteville
Platteville, Wis.
WIAC
8

8
Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
UAA
9

9
UW-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wis.
WIAC
11

10
UW-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wis.
WIAC
3



NEW ENGLAND Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Tufts
Medford, Mass.
NESCAC
5

2
Bates
Lewiston, Maine
NESCAC
4

3
Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt.
NESCAC
2

4
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
1

5
Amherst
Amherst, Mass.
NESCAC
8

6
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
3

7
Wesleyan (Conn.)
Middletown, Conn.
NESCAC
10

8
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
6

9
Springfield (Mass.)
Springfield, Mass.
NEWMAC
9

10
Brandeis
Waltham, Mass.
UAA
7



SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Va.
ODAC
1

2
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
3

3
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SAA
2

4
Bridgewater (Va.)
Bridgewater, Va.
ODAC
5

5
UT Tyler
Tyler, Texas
ASC
7

6
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
11

7
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SAA
8

8
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
14

9
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Va.
CAC
9

10
Roanoke
Salem, Va.
ODAC
12



WEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
3

2
Willamette
Salem, Ore.
Northwest
4

3
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
5

4
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
1

5
Whitman
Walla Walla, Wash.
Northwest
8

6
La Verne
La Verne, Calif.
SCIAC
9

7
Pacific (Ore.)
Forest Grove, Ore.
Northwest
10

8
Whittier
Whittier, Calif.
SCIAC
11

9
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCAC
1

10
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent
12






USTFCCCA

NCAA Division III

Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings

2012 Preseason -- August 21

national poll release: August 22

next regional release: Tuesday, September 11


ATLANTIC Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, N.Y.
SUNYAC
2

2
St. Lawrence
Canton, N.Y.
Liberty League
1

3
Rowan
Glassboro, N.J.
NJAC
4

4
TCNJ
Ewing, N.J.
NJAC
7

5
Vassar
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Liberty League
6

6
NYU
New York, N.Y.
UAA
5

7
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, N.Y.
SUNYAC
8

8
Plattsburgh State
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
SUNYAC
3

9
RPI
Troy, N.Y.
Liberty League
11

10
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, N.Y.
SUNYAC
9



CENTRAL Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Wartburg
Waverly, Iowa
IIAC
1

2
St. Olaf
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
3

3
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Saint Paul, Minn.
MIAC
6

4
Luther
Decorah, Iowa
IIAC
5

5
Carleton
Northfield, Minn.
MIAC
2

6
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln, Neb.
Great Plains
4

7
Gustavus Adolphus
St. Peter, Minn.
MIAC
7

8
Grinnell
Grinnell, Iowa
Midwest
10

9
St. Benedict
St. Joseph, Minn.
MIAC
8

10
Loras
Dubuque, Iowa
IIAC
9



GREAT LAKES Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Calvin
Grand Rapids, Mich.
MIAA
1

2
Oberlin
Oberlin, Ohio
NCAC
4

3
Ohio Northern
Ada, Ohio
OAC
2

4
Hope
Holland, Mich.
MIAA
3

5
Case Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
UAA
5

6
Baldwin-Wallace
Berea, Ohio
OAC
7

7
Wittenberg
Springfield, Ohio
NCAC
11

8
Wilmington (Ohio)
Wilmington, Ohio
OAC
13

9
Manchester
North Manchester, Ind.
HCAC
24

10
Saint Mary's (Ind.)
Notre Dame, Ind.
MIAA
22



MIDEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Md.
Centennial
1

2
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Middle Atlantic
3

3
Dickinson
Carlisle, Pa.
Centennial
2

4
Grove City
Grove City, Pa.
PAC
5

5
Haverford
Haverford, Pa.
Centennial
4

6
Muhlenberg
Allentown, Pa.
Centennial
7

7
Carnegie Mellon
Pittsburgh, Pa.
UAA
8

8
Gettysburg
Gettysburg, Pa.
Centennial
6

9
Marywood
Scranton, Pa.
Colonial States
9

10
Allegheny
Meadville, Pa.
NCAC
10

10
Penn State Behrend
Erie, Pa.
AMCC
19



MIDWEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Washington (Mo.)
St. Louis, Mo.
UAA
1

2
UW-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wis.
WIAC
2

3
Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
UAA
3

4
Illinois Wesleyan
Bloomington, Ill.
CCIW
8

5
UW-La Crosse
La Crosse, Wis.
WIAC
6

6
UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wis.
WIAC
5

7
North Central (Ill.)
Naperville, Ill.
CCIW
4

8
Carthage
Kenosha, Wis.
CCIW
17

9
Monmouth (Ill.)
Monmouth, Ill.
Midwest
11

10
St. Norbert
De Pere, Wis.
Midwest
12



NEW ENGLAND Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Middlebury
Middlebury, Vt.
NESCAC
1

2
Williams
Williamstown, Mass.
NESCAC
2

3
MIT
Cambridge, Mass.
NEWMAC
3

4
Amherst
Amherst, Mass.
NESCAC
4

5
Tufts
Medford, Mass.
NESCAC
5

6
Wellesley
Wellesley, Mass.
NEWMAC
6

7
Keene State
Keene, N.H.
Little East
7

8
Bowdoin
Brunswick, Maine
NESCAC
8

9
Colby
Waterville, Maine
NESCAC
9

10
Brandeis
Waltham, Mass.
UAA
10



SOUTH/SOUTHEAST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Emory
Atlanta, Ga.
UAA
1

2
Rhodes
Memphis, Tenn.
SAA
2

3
Trinity (Texas)
San Antonio, Texas
SCAC
4

4
Centre
Danville, Ky.
SAA
3

5
Christopher Newport
Newport News, Va.
USA South
5

6
Bridgewater (Va.)
Bridgewater, Va.
ODAC
6

7
Washington and Lee
Lexington, Va.
ODAC
7

8
Univ. of the South
Sewanee, Tenn.
SAA
10

9
Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Va.
CAC
8

10
Concordia Texas
Austin, Texas
ASC
8



WEST Region

Rank
Institution
Location
Conference
2011 Finish

1
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
1

2
Occidental
Los Angeles, Calif.
SCIAC
4

3
Lewis & Clark
Portland, Ore.
Northwest
7

4
Willamette
Salem, Ore.
Northwest
2

5
Whitman
Walla Walla, Wash.
Northwest
6

6
Linfield
McMinnville, Ore.
Northwest
5

7
Pomona-Pitzer
Claremont, Calif.
SCIAC
10

8
Whittier
Whittier, Calif.
SCIAC
3

9
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Independent
8

10
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCAC
9






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