New Poll Shifts Squads in DI, Florida State Top Women’s Team

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New Poll Shifts Squads in DI, Florida State Top Women’s Team



October 2, 2012



NEW ORLEANS – As a result of a hefty weekend of competition, there were many changes made to the latest national coaches’ poll for NCAA Division I cross country. While Wisconsin’s squad is still the top men’s team in the poll, Florida State now has the nation’s No. 1 women’s team according to a members’ panel of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).



The top four men’s teams remained unchanged from the previous week, headed by Wisconsin, with eight first-place votes, and flanked by No. 2 Oklahoma State, with two FPVs, No. 3 BYU, who has two FPVs, and No. 4 Oklahoma. No. 5 Iona, who claimed victory at the Greater Louisville Classic last weekend, joins the national top five for the first time since last October.



Also in the men’s poll, Tulsa moved up 11 spots to No. 9, making their first-ever appearance in the national top ten, after besting the field at the Notre Dame Invitational that featured eight nationally-ranked teams. Columbia’s men at No. 17 reached their all-time best ranking after taking second at the Greater Louisville Classic last weekend. William and Mary at No. 23 is making their first appearance in the national poll since last season while Missouri at No. 30 is ranked for the first time since September 1, 2000. The Tribe of W&M was second only to now-No. 12 Villanova last weekend at Lehigh’s Paul Short Invite while the Tigers of Mizzou finished fourth at Louisville, ahead of then-No. 6 Texas.



It is now a three-way tie among conferences for most spots in the men’s top 30 as the Big East, Big Ten, and Pac-12 each have four in the poll. The SEC and Big 12 follow with three apiece.



In the women’s poll, Florida State took over the top spot with 11 FPVs while No. 4 Oregon, who fell a spot to No. 3, notched a lone FPV. Florida State was last in the top spot in the final regular-season poll of 2011. Arizona vaulted ten spots over the field to land at an all-time best No. 2 on the poll. The Wildcats defeatedthen-No. 1 Washington (now No. 3) for the top spot at the Greater Louisville Classic.



Rewarded for a big victory at the Paul Short Invitational over top ten teams then-No. 4 Georgetown and then-No. 9 Villanova, Cornell returns to the poll and lands at all-time best spot at No. 9. Toledo rocketed to No. 15, up seven spots, for their first-ever trip to the top 15 after finishing a close second to then-No. 11 Michigan at Kansas’ Rim Rock Farm Classic last weekend. William and Mary’s women, at No. 17, are also ranked for the first time this season with this latest poll. W&M’s women are in the top 30 for the first time since 2006 after an “eye-opening” runner-up showing at the Paul Short Invite. Yale’s women, at No. 30, are ranked for the first time since September 27, 2005, after they finished fourth at the Paul Short.



The shifting around the poll puts five teams from the Big Ten and five from the Pac-12 in the poll. The Pac-12 now has three squads ranked in the nation’s top five. The Big East has four ranked women’s squads while the Ivy League and ACC claims three.



As a result of a light weekend of competition in DI this upcoming weekend, there will not be a national poll released next Tuesday. The next poll will be released on Tuesday, October 16.



USTFCCCA

NCAA Division I

Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll

2012 Week #4 -- October 2

next poll: October 16 (next week off)


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

1
Wisconsin (8)
352
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Mick Byrne (5th)
1

2
Oklahoma State (2)
347
Midwest
Big 12
Dave Smith (7th)
2

3
BYU (2)
343
Mountain
West Coast
Ed Eyestone (13th)
3

4
Oklahoma
315
Midwest
Big 12
Martin Smith (8th)
4

5
Iona
301
Northeast
Metro Atlantic
Ricardo Santos (5th)
8

5
Portland
301
West
West Coast
Rob Conner (23rd)
5

7
Colorado
286
Mountain
Pac-12
Mark Wetmore (18th)
7

8
Stanford
263
West
Pac-12
Chris Miltenberg (1st)
9

9
Tulsa
258
Midwest
Conference USA
Steve Gulley (11th)
20

10
Syracuse
242
Northeast
Big East
Chris Fox (8th)
11

11
Princeton
235
Mid-Atlantic
Ivy
Jason Vigilante (1st)
17

12
Villanova
212
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Marcus O'Sullivan (13th)
22

13
Notre Dame
196
Great Lakes
Big East
Joe Piane (38th)
24

14
Florida State
193
South
ACC
Bob Braman (13th)
10

15
Oregon
184
West
Pac-12
Robert Johnson (1st)
23

16
Minnesota
156
Midwest
Big Ten
Steve Plasencia (17th)
16

17
Columbia
148
Northeast
Ivy
Willy Wood (19th)
28

18
Northern Arizona
147
Mountain
Big Sky
Eric Heins (6th)
19

19
Arkansas
136
South Central
SEC
Chris Bucknam (5th)
17

20
Georgetown
125
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Patrick Henner (14th)
15

20
Eastern Kentucky
125
Southeast
Ohio Valley
Rick Erdmann (34th)
25

22
Texas
124
South Central
Big 12
John Hayes (6th)
6

23
William and Mary
121
Southeast
Colonial
Stephen Walsh (3rd)
NR

24
Michigan
68
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Alex Gibby (3rd)
26

24
Georgia
68
South
SEC
Patrick Cunniff (1st)
RV

26
Indiana
57
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Ron Helmer (6th)
11

27
UCLA
54
West
Pac-12
Mike Maynard (4th)
30

28
New Mexico
52
Mountain
Mountain West
Joe Franklin (6th)
21

29
Virginia
45
Southeast
ACC
Peter Watson (1st)
27

30
Missouri
35
Midwest
SEC
Joe Lynn (2nd)
NR

Others Receiving Votes: Kansas 28, Texas A&M 27, NC State 13, Iowa State 7, Arizona 6, Dartmouth 3, Florida 3, Virginia Tech 2, Washington State 2.


Dropped Out: No. 11 NC State, No. 14 Texas A&M, No. 29 Washington State

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 #4 -- October 2

next poll: October 16 (next week off)


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

1
Florida State (11)
359
South
ACC
Karen Harvey (6th)
2

2
Arizona
336
West
Pac-12
James Li (11th)
12

3
Washington
332
West
Pac-12
Greg Metcalf (11th)
1

4
Oregon (1)
327
West
Pac-12
Robert Johnson (1st)
3

5
Iowa State
308
Midwest
Big 12
Corey Ihmels (6th)
5

6
Georgetown
294
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Michael Smith (1st)
4

7
Stanford
275
West
Pac-12
Chris Miltenberg (1st)
6

8
Michigan
267
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Mike McGuire (21st)
11

9
Cornell
246
Northeast
Ivy
Artie Smith (14th)
RV

10
Michigan State
237
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Walt Drenth (9th)
14

11
Arkansas
229
South Central
SEC
Lance Harter (23rd)
10

12
Vanderbilt
202
South
SEC
Steve Keith (7th)
8

13
Weber State
188
Mountain
Big Sky
Paul Pilkington (6th)
16

14
Penn State
177
Mid-Atlantic
Big Ten
Beth Alford-Sullivan (14th)
17

15
Toledo
168
Great Lakes
Mid-American
Kevin Hadsell (15th)
22

16
Notre Dame
163
Great Lakes
Big East
Tim Connelly (25th)
20

17
William and Mary
157
Southeast
Colonial
Stephen Walsh (3rd)
NR

18
Colorado
153
Mountain
Pac-12
Mark Wetmore (18th)
15

19
New Mexico
152
Mountain
Mountain West
Joe Franklin (6th)
19

20
San Francisco
142
West
West Coast
Helen Lehman-Winters (10th)
18

21
Boston College
137
Northeast
ACC
Randy Thomas (21st)
13

22
Oklahoma State
120
Midwest
Big 12
Dave Smith (4th)
23

23
Columbia
105
Northeast
Ivy
Willy Wood (19th)
24

24
Villanova
98
Mid-Atlantic
Big East
Gina Procaccio (13th)
9

25
Butler
83
Great Lakes
Atlantic 10
Matt Roe (6th)
21

26
NC State
74
Southeast
ACC
Laurie Henes (7th)
25

27
Minnesota
59
Midwest
Big Ten
Gary Wilson (28th)
RV

28
Providence
58
Northeast
Big East
Ray Treacy (29th)
7

29
Wisconsin
29
Great Lakes
Big Ten
Jim Stintzi (9th)
29

30
Yale
23
Northeast
Ivy
Amy Gosztyla (2nd)
NR

Others Receiving Votes: Syracuse 21, Virginia 19, Texas 18, Florida 9, Dartmouth 6, Princeton 4, Kentucky 3, North Carolina 2.


Dropped Out: No. 26 Virginia, No. 27 Syracuse, No. 28 Florida, No. 30 Texas

compiled by Jesse Rosen

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












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