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Rankings Central ...
http://www.ustfccca.org/rankings/division-i-rankings
National Preseason Poll Released Tomorrow Morning
(Could be later this evening instead once confirmed. National office trying to get ahead of TS Isaac).
NEW ORLEANS – The 2012 collegiate cross country season begins this weekend and the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) celebrates the occasion with preseason regional rankings for NCAA’s Division I.
The No. 1 men’s teams by region to start the season are Wisconsin (Great Lakes), Georgetown (Mid-Atlantic), Oklahoma State (Midwest), BYU (Mountain), Iona (Northeast), Florida State (South), Texas (South Central), NC State (Southeast), Portland (West). Top women’s teams in the preseason are Michigan (Great Lakes), Georgetown (Mid-Atlantic), Iowa State (Midwest), Weber State (Mountain), Syracuse (Northeast), Florida State (South), Arkansas (South Central), Virginia (Southeast), Oregon (West).
NCAA Division I Regional Championships will be held on Friday, November 9. NCAA DI Regional Championships Central.
USTFCCCA Regional Cross Country Rankings are determined subjectively by a single member coach in each respective region.
The regional representative is tasked with weighing returning team strength with current-season results in determining predicted team finishes at the NCAA Regional Championships.
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Men's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Preseason -- August 27
national poll release: August 28
next regional release: September 10
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Wisconsin
Madison, Wis.
Big Ten
1
2
Indiana
Bloomington, Ind.
Big Ten
2
3
Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Big Ten
3
4
Notre Dame
South Bend, Ind.
Big East
4
5
Michigan State
East Lansing, Mich.
Big Ten
9
6
Ohio State
Columbus, Ohio
Big Ten
5
7
Butler
Indianapolis, Ind.
Atlantic 10
6
8
Marquette
Milwaukee, Wis.
Big East
8
9
Central Michigan
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Mid-American
7
10
Eastern Michigan
Ypsilanti, Mich.
Mid-American
16
11
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Big East
11
12
Indiana State
Terre Haute, Ind.
Missouri Valley
12
13
Purdue
West Lafayette, Ind.
Big Ten
10
14
Akron
Akron, Ohio
Mid-American
13
15
Kent State
Kent, Ohio
Mid-American
14
MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Georgetown
Washington, D.C.
Big East
1
2
Villanova
Villanova, Pa.
Big East
2
3
Princeton
Princeton, N.J.
Ivy
3
4
Penn State
State College, Pa.
Big Ten
4
5
Navy
Annapolis, Md.
Patriot
5
6
La Salle
Philadelphia, Pa.
Atlantic 10
6
7
Saint Joseph's
Philadelphia, Pa.
Atlantic 10
7
8
Duquesne
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Atlantic 10
8
9
Maryland
College Park, Md.
ACC
9
10
Bucknell
Lewisburg, Pa.
Patriot
10
11
Lehigh
Bethlehem, Pa.
Patriot
11
12
Rider
Lawrenceville, N.J.
Metro Atlantic
12
13
Penn
Philadelphia, Pa.
Ivy
13
14
Marshall
Huntington, W. Va.
Conference USA
14
15
NJIT
Newark, N.J.
Great West
15
MIDWEST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Oklahoma State
Stillwater, Okla.
Big 12
1
2
Oklahoma
Norman, Okla.
Big 12
2
3
Tulsa
Tulsa, Okla.
Conference USA
3
4
Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn.
Big Ten
4
5
Iowa State
Ames, Iowa
Big 12
6
6
Missouri
Columbia, Mo.
SEC
7
7
Kansas
Lawrence, Kan.
Big 12
8
8
Illinois
Champaign, Ill.
Big Ten
5
9
Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Big Ten
9
10
Southern Illinois
Carbondale, Ill.
Missouri Valley
10
11
Drake
Des Moines, Iowa
Missouri Valley
12
12
UMKC
Kansas City, Mo.
Summit League
13
13
Wichita State
Wichita, Kan.
Missouri Valley
18
14
North Dakota State
Fargo, N.D.
Summit League
15
15
South Dakota State
Brookings, S.D.
Summit League
17
MOUNTAIN Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
BYU
Provo, Utah
West Coast
1
2
New Mexico
Albuquerque, N.M.
Mountain West
4
3
Colorado
Boulder, Colo.
Pac-12
2
4
Northern Arizona
Flagstaff, Ariz.
Big Sky
3
5
Weber State
Ogden, Utah
Big Sky
6
6
Southern Utah
Cedar City, Utah
Big Sky
5
7
Air Force
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mountain West
8
8
Utah State
Logan, Utah
WAC
7
9
Colorado State
Fort Collins, Colo.
Mountain West
10
10
Wyoming
Laramie, Wyo.
Mountain West
9
11
UTEP
El Paso,Texas
Conference USA
11
12
New Mexico State
Las Cruces, N.M.
WAC
12
13
Montana State
Bozeman, Mont.
Big Sky
13
14
Utah Valley
Orem, Utah
Great West
14
15
Idaho State
Pocatello, Idaho
Big Sky
15
NORTHEAST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Iona
New Rochelle, N.Y.
Metro Atlantic
2
2
Syracuse
Syracuse, N.Y.
Big East
1
3
Columbia
New York, N.Y.
Ivy
3
4
Providence
Providence, R.I.
Big East
4
5
Dartmouth
Hanover, N.H.
Ivy
6
6
Cornell
Ithaca, N.Y.
Ivy
8
7
Brown
Providence, R.I.
Ivy
5
8
Boston University
Boston, Mass.
America East
9
9
Harvard
Cambridge, Mass.
Ivy
15
10
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
ACC
14
11
Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y.
Mid-American
7
12
Connecticut
Storrs, Conn.
Big East
10
13
Fordham
Bronx, N.Y.
Atlantic 10
13
14
Central Connecticut State
New Britain, Conn.
Northeast
17
15
Army
West Point, N.Y.
Patriot
16
SOUTH Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Florida State
Tallahassee, Fla.
ACC
1
2
Georgia
Athens, Ga.
SEC
3
3
Florida
Gainesville, Fla.
SEC
2
4
Middle Tennessee
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Sun Belt
5
5
Auburn
Auburn, Ala.
SEC
4
6
Belmont
Nashville, Tenn.
Ohio Valley
10
7
Mississippi State
Starkville, Miss.
SEC
11
8
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, Ga.
ACC
6
9
Kennesaw State
Kennesaw, Ga.
Atlantic Sun
7
10
Mississippi
Oxford, Miss.
SEC
7
11
Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Southern
9
12
Lipscomb
Nashville, Tenn.
Atlantic Sun
13
13
Memphis
Memphis, Tenn.
Conference USA
14
14
Tennessee
Knoxville, Tenn.
SEC
12
15
Mercer
Macon, Ga.
Atlantic Sun
16
SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Texas
Austin, Texas
Big 12
1
2
Texas A&M
College Station, Texas
SEC
2
3
Arkansas
Fayetteville, Ark.
SEC
3
4
Lamar
Beaumont, Texas
Southland
4
5
Rice
Houston, Texas
Conference USA
6
6
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas
Southland
9
7
McNeese State
Lake Charles, La.
Southland
14
8
UTSA
San Antonio, Texas
WAC
5
9
Stephen F. Austin
Nacogdoches, Texas
Southland
8
10
Houston
Houston, Texas
Conference USA
7
11
Ark.-Little Rock
Little Rock, Ark.
Sun Belt
9
12
UTPA
Edinburg, Texas
Great West
11
13
Baylor
Waco, Texas
Big 12
12
14
LSU
Baton Rouge, La.
SEC
13
15
Houston Baptist
Houston, Texas
Great West
15
SOUTHEAST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
NC State
Raleigh, N.C.
ACC
1
2
Eastern Kentucky
Richmond, Ky.
Ohio Valley
2
3
William and Mary
Williamsburg, Va.
Colonial
3
4
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Va.
ACC
4
5
North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N.C.
ACC
5
6
Louisville
Louisville, Ky.
Big East
6
7
Duke
Durham, N.C.
ACC
7
8
Virginia
Charlottesville, Va.
ACC
9
9
UNCG
Greensboro, N.C.
Southern
8
10
Western Kentucky
Bowling Green, Ky.
Sun Belt
10
11
Davidson
Davidson, N.C.
Southern
14
12
High Point
High Point, N.C.
Big South
15
13
George Mason
Fairfax, Va.
Colonial
12
14
Clemson
Clemson, S.C.
ACC
16
15
Kentucky
Lexington, Ky.
SEC
16
WEST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Portland
Portland, Ore.
West Coast
2
2
Stanford
Palo Alto, Calif.
Pac-12
1
3
UCLA
Los Angeles, Calif.
Pac-12
6
4
Oregon
Eugene, Ore.
Pac-12
6
5
California
Berkeley, Calif.
Pac-12
5
6
Washington State
Pullman, Wash.
Pac-12
4
7
Arizona State
Tempe, Ariz.
Pac-12
8
8
Arizona
Tucson, Ariz.
Pac-12
NR
9
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Big West
3
10
Washington
Seattle, Wash.
Pac-12
11
11
Boise State
Boise, Idaho
Mountain West
14
12
Sacramento State
Sacramento, Calif.
Big Sky
20
13
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Big West
10
14
Long Beach State
Long Beach, Calif.
Big West
9
15
Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
WAC
12
USTFCCCA
NCAA Division I
Women's Cross Country Regional Team Rankings
2012 Preseason -- August 27
national poll release: August 28
next regional release: September 10
GREAT LAKES Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Big Ten
1
2
Michigan State
East Lansing, Mich.
Big Ten
2
3
Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Mid-American
3
4
Notre Dame
South Bend, Ind.
Big East
5
5
Wisconsin
Madison, Wis.
Big Ten
4
6
Indiana
Bloomington, Ind.
Big Ten
7
7
Butler
Indianapolis, Ind.
Atlantic 10
10
8
Ohio State
Columbus, Ohio
Big Ten
6
9
Ohio
Athens, Ohio
Mid-American
12
10
Central Michigan
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Mid-American
8
11
Xavier
Cincinnati, Ohio
Atlantic 10
16
12
Indiana State
Terre Haute, Ind.
Missouri Valley
15
13
Eastern Michigan
Ypsilanti, Mich.
Mid-American
13
14
Miami (Ohio)
Oxford, Ohio
Mid-American
11
15
Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
Atlantic 10
9
MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Georgetown
Washington, D.C.
Big East
1
2
Princeton
Princeton, N.J.
Ivy
5
3
Villanova
Villanova, Pa.
Big East
1
4
West Virginia
Morgantown, W. Va.
Big 12
3
5
La Salle
Philadelphia, Pa.
Atlantic 10
6
6
Penn State
State College, Pa.
Big Ten
4
7
Navy
Annapolis, Md.
Patriot
7
8
Bucknell
Lewisburg, Pa.
Patriot
12
9
Duquesne
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Atlantic 10
8
10
Saint Joseph's
Philadelphia, Pa.
Atlantic 10
13
11
Penn
Philadelphia, Pa.
Ivy
11
12
American
Washington, D.C.
Patriot
NR
13
Maryland
College Park, Md.
ACC
9
14
Loyola (Md.)
Baltimore, Md.
Metro Atlantic
10
15
Monmouth
West Long Branch, N.J.
Northeast
16
MIDWEST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Iowa State
Ames, Iowa
Big 12
1
2
Oklahoma State
Stillwater, Okla.
Big 12
2
3
Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn.
Big Ten
3
4
Northwestern
Evanston, Ill.
Big Ten
5
5
Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Big Ten
4
6
Missouri
Columbia, Mo.
SEC
7
7
Tulsa
Tulsa, Okla.
Conference USA
8
8
Illinois
Champaign, Ill.
Big Ten
15
9
Illinois State
Normal, Ill.
Missouri Valley
11
10
North Dakota State
Fargo, N.D.
Summit League
13
11
Bradley
Peoria, Ill.
Missouri Valley
17
12
Loyola-Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
Horizon
24
13
Wichita State
Wichita, Kan.
Missouri Valley
12
14
Kansas
Lawrence, Kan.
Big 12
9
15
Kansas State
Manhattan, Kan.
Big 12
14
MOUNTAIN Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Weber State
Ogden, Utah
Big Sky
3
2
Colorado
Boulder, Colo.
Pac-12
1
3
BYU
Provo, Utah
West Coast
4
4
Northern Arizona
Flagstaff, Ariz.
Big Sky
7
5
New Mexico
Albuquerque, N.M.
Mountain West
1
6
Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pac-12
8
7
Texas Tech
Lubbock, Texas
Big 12
6
8
Colorado State
Fort Collins, Colo.
Mountain West
5
9
New Mexico State
Las Cruces, N.M.
WAC
10
10
Wyoming
Laramie, Wyo.
Mountain West
12
11
Idaho State
Pocatello, Idaho
Big Sky
9
12
Air Force
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mountain West
13
13
UTEP
El Paso,Texas
Conference USA
14
14
Southern Utah
Cedar City, Utah
Big Sky
11
15
Montana
Missoula, Mont.
Big Sky
16
NORTHEAST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Syracuse
Syracuse, N.Y.
Big East
1
2
Providence
Providence, R.I.
Big East
5
3
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
ACC
2
4
Cornell
Ithaca, N.Y.
Ivy
3
5
Yale
New Haven, Conn.
Ivy
6
6
Connecticut
Storrs, Conn.
Big East
7
7
Dartmouth
Hanover, N.H.
Ivy
10
8
Columbia
New York, N.Y.
Ivy
4
9
Iona
New Rochelle, N.Y.
Metro Atlantic
8
10
Stony Brook
Stony Brook, N.Y.
America East
9
11
Brown
Providence, R.I.
Ivy
11
12
New Hampshire
Durham, N.H.
America East
12
13
Vermont
Burlington, Vt.
America East
13
14
Harvard
Cambridge, Mass.
Ivy
14
15
Boston University
Boston, Mass.
America East
15
SOUTH Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Florida State
Tallahassee, Fla.
ACC
1
2
Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tenn.
SEC
2
3
Florida
Gainesville, Fla.
SEC
3
4
Mississippi
Oxford, Miss.
SEC
4
5
Georgia
Athens, Ga.
SEC
5
6
Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
SEC
6
7
Lipscomb
Nashville, Tenn.
Atlantic Sun
7
8
Mississippi State
Starkville, Miss.
SEC
8
9
North Florida
Jacksonville, Fla.
Atlantic Sun
9
10
Belmont
Nashville, Tenn.
Ohio Valley
10
11
USF
Tampa, Florida
Big East
11
12
UAB
Birmingham, Ala.
Conference USA
12
13
Tennessee
Knoxville, Tenn.
SEC
13
14
Georgia State
Atlanta, Ga.
Colonial
14
15
Auburn
Auburn, Ala.
SEC
15
SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Arkansas
Fayetteville, Ark.
SEC
1
2
Texas
Austin, Texas
Big 12
2
3
Texas A&M
College Station, Texas
SEC
3
4
Baylor
Waco, Texas
Big 12
6
5
TCU
Fort Worth, Texas
Big 12
11
6
UTSA
San Antonio, Texas
WAC
8
7
Rice
Houston, Texas
Conference USA
5
8
SMU
University Park, Texas
Conference USA
4
9
Lamar
Beaumont, Texas
Southland
7
10
Stephen F. Austin
Nacogdoches, Texas
Southland
9
11
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas
Southland
10
12
Arkansas State
Jonesboro, Ark.
Sun Belt
13
13
Texas State
San Marcos, Texas
WAC
NR
14
Ark.-Little Rock
Little Rock, Ark.
Sun Belt
15
15
UTPA
Edinburg, Texas
Great West
16
SOUTHEAST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Virginia
Charlottesville, Va.
ACC
1
2
NC State
Raleigh, N.C.
ACC
2
3
North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N.C.
ACC
3
4
Clemson
Clemson, S.C.
ACC
4
5
Duke
Durham, N.C.
ACC
5
6
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Va.
ACC
6
7
James Madison
Harrisonburg, Va.
Colonial
8
8
William and Mary
Williamsburg, Va.
Colonial
9
9
Kentucky
Lexington, Ky.
SEC
12
10
Richmond
Richmond, Va.
Atlantic 10
14
11
Charlotte
Charlotte, N.C.
Atlantic 10
10
12
Wake Forest
Winston-Salem, N.C.
ACC
13
13
Elon
Elon, N.C.
Southern
21
14
High Point
High Point, N.C.
Big South
18
15
Liberty
Lynchburg, Va.
Big South
22
WEST Region
Rank
School
Location
Conference
2011 Finish
1
Oregon
Eugene, Ore.
Pac-12
4
2
Washington
Seattle, Wash.
Pac-12
1
3
Stanford
Palo Alto, Calif.
Pac-12
3
4
Arizona
Tucson, Ariz.
Pac-12
2
5
San Francisco
San Francisco, Calif.
West Coast
6
6
Portland
Portland, Ore.
West Coast
10
7
Arizona State
Tempe, Ariz.
Pac-12
7
8
UC Davis
Davis, Calif.
Big West
8
9
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Big West
9
10
California
Berkeley, Calif.
Pac-12
5
11
Boise State
Boise, Idaho
Mountain West
12
12
UCLA
Los Angeles, Calif.
Pac-12
18
13
Long Beach State
Long Beach, Calif.
Big West
11
14
Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
WAC
13
15
Gonzaga
Spokane, Wash.
West Coast
15
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U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
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