Heart of Cross Country Regular Season Starts With Wisconsin, Washington Leading DI

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Heart of Cross Country Regular Season Starts With Wisconsin, Washington Leading DI



September 18, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – Wisconsin’s men and Washington’s women remain the No. 1 cross country teams in the nation according to the latest national coaches’ poll conducted by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for NCAA Division I. The top four men’s teams stayed the same with No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 3 BYU, and No. 4 Oklahoma holding strong. On the women’s side, Florida State and Oregon traded positions to land at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. The heart of the regular season begins this upcoming weekend as meets held Friday and after can count towards at-large selection evaluation for the NCAA Championships.



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Week #2 -- September 18

next ranking: September 19


Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Cross Country Coach (Yr*)
Last Week

1
Wisconsin (10)
357
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Mick Byrne (5th)
1

2
Oklahoma State (1)
346
Midwest
Big 12
Dave Smith (7th)
2

3
BYU (1)
341
Mountain
West Coast
Ed Eyestone (13th)
3

4
Oklahoma
310
Midwest
Big 12
Martin Smith (8th)
4

5
Portland
298
West
West Coast
Rob Conner (23rd)
6

6
Colorado
293
Mountain
Pac-12
Mark Wetmore (18th)
5

7
Texas
287
South Central
Big 12
John Hayes (6th)
6

8
Iona
272
Northeast
Metro Atlantic
Ricardo Santos (5th)
8

9
Stanford
264
West
Pac-12
Chris Miltenberg (1st)
9

10
Florida State
249
South
ACC
Bob Braman (13th)
10

11
NC State
242
Southeast
ACC
Rollie Geiger (35th)
11

12
Indiana
233
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Ron Helmer (6th)
13

13
Syracuse
224
Northeast
Big East
Chris Fox (8th)
12

14
Princeton
196
Mid-Atlantic
Ivy
Jason Vigilante (1st)
15

15
Texas A&M
183
South Central
SEC
Pat Henry (9th)
14

16
Georgetown
168
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Patrick Henner (14th)
16

17
Minnesota
151
Midwest
Big Ten
Steve Plasencia (17th)
17

18
Northern Arizona
143
Mountain
Big Sky
Eric Heins (6th)
18

19
Tulsa
129
Midwest
Conference USA
Steve Gulley (11th)
20

20
Villanova
126
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Marcus O'Sullivan (13th)
19

21
Michigan
101
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Alex Gibby (3rd)
20

22
Arkansas
98
South Central
SEC
Chris Bucknam (5th)
23

23
Notre Dame
93
Great Lakes
Big East
Joe Piane (38th)
25

24
New Mexico
91
Mountain
Mountain West
Joe Franklin (6th)
24

25
Oregon
85
West
Pac-12
Robert Johnson (1st)
22

26
Eastern Kentucky
70
Southeast
Ohio Valley
Rick Erdmann (34th)
27

27
UCLA
54
West
Pac-12
Mike Maynard (4th)
29

28
Washington State
42
West
Pac-12
Tim Riley (1st)
26

29
Columbia
40
Northeast
Ivy
Willy Wood (19th)
28

30
Georgia
26
South
SEC
Patrick Cunniff (1st)
30

Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 12, Providence 11, Virginia Tech 10, North Carolina 9, Ohio State 7, Florida 5, Cal Poly 4, Iowa State 3, California 3, Weber State 3, Michigan State 1.


Dropped Out: none

compiled by Don Kopriva

(* year as effective coach of that team in men's cross country)


USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Women's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Week #2 -- September 18

next ranking: September 19


Rank
Institution (FPV)
Points
Region
Conference
Cross Country Coach (Yr*)
Last Week

1
Washington (10)
357
West
Pac-12
Greg Metcalf (11th)
1

2
Florida State (1)
341
South
ACC
Karen Harvey (6th)
3

3
Oregon (1)
336
West
Pac-12
Robert Johnson (1st)
2

4
Georgetown
330
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Michael Smith (1st)
4

5
Iowa State
301
Midwest
Big 12
Corey Ihmels (6th)
5

6
Stanford
290
West
Pac-12
Chris Miltenberg (1st)
8

7
Vanderbilt
287
South
SEC
Steve Keith (7th)
6

8
Providence
285
Northeast
Big East
Ray Treacy (29th)
7

9
Arkansas
251
South Central
SEC
Lance Harter (23rd)
9

10
Villanova
246
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Gina Procaccio (13th)
10

11
Michigan
235
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Mike McGuire (21st)
11

12
Arizona
232
West
Pac-12
James Li (11th)
12

13
Michigan State
196
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Walt Drenth (9th)
13

14
Boston College
189
Northeast
ACC
Randy Thomas (21st)
14

15
Virginia
182
Southeast
ACC
Todd Morgan (1st)
15

16
Weber State
168
Mountain
Big Sky
Paul Pilkington (6th)
17

17
Colorado
162
Mountain
Pac-12
Mark Wetmore (18th)
16

18
Toledo
144
Great Lakes
Mid-American
Kevin Hadsell (15th)
18

19
Penn State
131
Mid-Atlantic
Big Ten
Beth Alford-Sullivan (14th)
23

20
New Mexico
128
Mountain
Mountain West
Joe Franklin (6th)
24

21
Notre Dame
125
Great Lakes
Big East
Tim Connelly (25th)
21

22
Syracuse
115
Northeast
Big East
Chris Fox (8th)
20

23
San Francisco
100
West
West Coast
Helen Lehman-Winters (10th)
19

24
Oklahoma State
98
Midwest
Big 12
Dave Smith (4th)
22

25
West Virginia
70
Mid-Atlantic
Big 12
Sean Cleary (6th)
25

26
NC State
65
Southeast
ACC
Laurie Henes (7th)
26

27
Texas
52
South Central
Big 12
Steve Sisson (7th)
27

28
Florida
48
South
SEC
Mike Holloway (6th)
29

29
Princeton
37
Mid-Atlantic
Ivy
Peter Farrell (35th)
28

30
Minnesota
25
Midwest
Big Ten
Gary Wilson (28th)
30

Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 16, Dartmouth 14, BYU 10, Cornell 9, Portland 2, Iowa 2, Duke 1.


Dropped Out: none

compiled by Jesse Rosen

(* year as effective coach of that team in women's cross country)






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