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Division I Cross Country Preseason Regional Rankings Released
August 26, 2013

NEW ORLEANS - With the 2013 collegiate cross country season set to get underway this weekend, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released Monday the preseason regional rankings for NCAA Division I.

Three men’s regional champion teams and five regional champion women’s squads will begin their 2013 campaigns as their respective regions’ preseason favorite. The preseason National Coaches Poll will be revealed Tuesday.

Regional Preseason Rankings PDF | Division I XC Rankings Central

Parity is the predominant preseason rankings trend on the men’s side, as just three teams that won their regions in 2012 remain atop the preseason rankings in 2013: defending champion Oklahoma State (Midwest Region); 2012 national runner-up Wisconsin (Great Lakes); and Northern Arizona (Mountain).

Also selected as preseason regional favorites are Princeton (Mid-Atlantic, third in 2012 at regionals); Syracuse (Northeast, third in 2012); Florida (South, third in 2012); Arkansas (South Central, runner-up in 2012); Eastern Kentucky (Southeast, runner-up in 2012); and Portland (West, runner-up in 2012).

The story is different in the women’s rankings, with five regional champion teams reclaiming the top spot in the preseason. Among those women’s teams are defending champion Oregon (West Region); 2012 national runner-up Providence (Northeast); Florida State (South); Arkansas (South Central); and Duke (Southeast).

Michigan State (Great Lakes, runner-up in 2012 at regionals); Georgetown (Mid-Atlantic, runner-up in 2012); Minnesota (Midwest, third in 2012); and Colorado (Mountain, third in 2012) all usurped their regions’ conference champion for preseason favorite honors.

NCAA Division I Regional Championships will be held around the country Friday, November 15.

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
2013 Preseason — August 26
national poll release: August 27
next regional release: September 16

GREAT LAKES Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. Big Ten 1
2 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Big Ten 3
3 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. ACC 5
4 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Big Ten 2
5 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Big Ten 4
6 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Big Ten 7
7 Butler Indianapolis, Ind. Big East 9
8 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Big Ten 8
9 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio Mid-American 6
10 Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. Missouri Valley 10
11 Akron Akron, Ohio Mid-American 11
12 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio American 13
13 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. Mid-American 13
14 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mid-American 12
15 Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. Big East 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Wisconsin, 2011: Wisconsin, 2010: Wisconsin, 2009: Wisconsin, 2008: Wisconsin
(Wisconsin has won 11-straight Great Lakes Region titles)


MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Princeton Princeton, N.J. Ivy 3
2 Georgetown Washington, D.C. Big East 1
3 Villanova Villanova, Pa. Big East 2
4 American Washington, D.C. Patriot 4
5 Penn State State College, Pa. Big Ten 5
6 La Salle Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 11
7 Navy Annapolis, Md. Patriot 6
8 Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 7
9 Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa. Patriot 8
10 Penn Philadelphia, Pa. Ivy 10
11 Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlantic 10 9
12 Temple Philadelphia, Pa. American 12
13 Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. Patriot 13
14 UMBC Catonsville, Md. America East 14
15 Rider Lawrenceville, N.J. Metro Atlantic 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Georgetown, 2011: Georgetown, 2010: Princeton, 2009: Georgetown, 2008: Georgetown


MIDWEST Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. Big 12 1
2 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Conference USA 3
3 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Big Ten 4
4 Missouri Columbia, Mo. SEC 5
5 Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Big 12 6
6 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Big Ten 7
7 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. Big 12 1
8 Iowa State Ames, Iowa Big 12 8
9 Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. Missouri Valley 9
10 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Missouri Valley 10
11 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Big Ten 13
12 South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. Summit League 11
13 South Dakota Vermillion, S.D. Summit League 12
14 Wichita State Wichita, Kan. Missouri Valley 14
15 Drake Des Moines, Iowa Missouri Valley 16
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Oklahoma/Oklahoma State, 2011: Oklahoma State, 2010: Oklahoma, 2009: Oklahoma State, 2008: Oklahoma State


MOUNTAIN Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Big Sky 1
2 Colorado Boulder, Colo. Pac-12 3
3 BYU Provo, Utah West Coast 2
4 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West 4
5 Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. Mountain West 6
6 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. Mountain West 9
7 Utah Valley Orem, Utah WAC 7
8 Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. Mountain West 13
9 Weber State Ogden, Utah Big Sky 5
10 Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah Big Sky 8
11 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12 11
12 Utah State Logan, Utah Mountain West 14
13 Montana State Bozeman, Mont. Big Sky 12
14 UTEP El Paso,Texas Conference USA 10
15 New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. WAC 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Northern Arizona, 2011: BYU, 2010: New Mexico, 2009: BYU, 2008: Colorado


NORTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. ACC 3
2 Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. Metro Atlantic 1
3 Columbia New York, N.Y. Ivy 2
4 Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. Ivy 4
5 Providence Providence, R.I. Big East 5
6 Harvard Cambridge, Mass. Ivy 6
7 Cornell Ithaca, N.Y. Ivy 7
8 Yale New Haven, Conn. Ivy 8
9 Boston University Boston, Mass. Patriot 9
10 Northeastern Boston, Mass. Colonial 20
11 UMass Amherst, Mass. Atlantic 10 10
12 Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. America East 15
13 Central Connecticut State New Britain, Conn. Northeast 17
14 Brown Providence, R.I. Ivy 11
15 Maine Orono, Maine America East 18
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Iona, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse, 2009: Syracuse, 2008: Iona


SOUTH Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Florida Gainesville, Fla. SEC 3
2 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. ACC 1
3 Georgia Athens, Ga. SEC 2
4 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. ACC 4
5 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEC 5
6 Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. Southern 6
7 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. SEC 8
8 Mississippi Oxford, Miss. SEC 13
9 ETSU Johnson City, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 7
10 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 16
11 Memphis Memphis, Tenn. American 9
12 Auburn Auburn, Ala. SEC 11
13 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC 14
14 Kennesaw State Kennesaw, Ga. Atlantic Sun 10
15 Mercer Macon, Ga. Atlantic Sun 12
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Florida State, 2011: Florida State, 2010: Alabama, 2009: Alabama, 2008: Alabama


SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. SEC 2
2 Texas Austin, Texas Big 12 1
3 Texas A&M College Station, Texas SEC 3
4 Lamar Beaumont, Texas Southland 7
5 McNeese State Lake Charles, La. Southland 4
6 Rice Houston, Texas Conference USA 6
7 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Southland 8
8 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas Southland 5
9 UT Arlington Arlington, Texas Sun Belt 10
10 Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. Southland 12
11 Houston Houston, Texas American 15
12 UTSA San Antonio, Texas Conference USA 11
13 Ark.-Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. Sun Belt 9
14 North Texas Denton, Texas Conference USA 13
15 Baylor Waco, Texas Big 12 14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Texas, 2011: Texas, 2010: Arkansas, 2009: Arkansas, 2008: Texas A&M


SOUTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley 2
2 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ACC 1
3 NC State Raleigh, N.C. ACC 3
4 Duke Durham, N.C. ACC 5
5 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. ACC 11
6 Louisville Louisville, Ky. American 10
7 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ACC 4
8 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. Big South 7
9 William and Mary Williamsburg, Va. Colonial 8
10 George Mason Fairfax, Va. Atlantic 10 6
11 Furman Greenville, S.C. Southern 18
12 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC 9
13 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC 12
14 UNCG Greensboro, N.C. Southern 14
15 Clemson Clemson, S.C. ACC 16
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Virginia, 2011: NC State, 2010: William and Mary, 2009: William and Mary, 2008: William and Mary


WEST Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Portland Portland, Ore. West Coast 2
2 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. Pac-12 3
3 Oregon Eugene, Ore. Pac-12 4
4 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. Pac-12 1
5 Washington Seattle, Wash. Pac-12 5
6 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. Pac-12 6
7 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. Big West 8
8 Washington State Pullman, Wash. Pac-12 7
9 Boise State Boise, Idaho Mountain West 9
10 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Pac-12 10
11 California Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12 13
12 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. Big West 11
13 UC Davis Davis, Calif. Big West 15
14 Gonzaga Spokane, Wash. West Coast 14
15 San Francisco San Francisco, Calif. West Coast 12
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Stanford, 2011: Stanford, 2010: Oregon, 2009: Stanford, 2008: Oregon



USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REGIONAL TEAM RANKINGS
2013 Preseason — August 26
national poll release: August 27
next regional release: September 16

GREAT LAKES Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Big Ten 2
2 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Big Ten 1
3 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. ACC 3
4 Butler Indianapolis, Ind. Big East 4
5 Toledo Toledo, Ohio Mid-American 5
6 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. Big Ten 8
7 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Big Ten 6
8 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Big Ten 7
9 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio Mid-American 10
10 Ohio Athens, Ohio Mid-American 12
11 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. Mid-American 11
12 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Big Ten 9
13 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio Big East 13
14 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mid-American 14
15 Youngstown State Youngstown, Ohio Horizon NR
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Michigan, 2011: Michigan, 2010: Michigan State, 2009: Notre Dame, 2008: Michigan


MID-ATLANTIC Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Georgetown Washington, D.C. Big East 2
2 Penn State State College, Pa. Big Ten 1
3 Villanova Villanova, Pa. Big East 3
4 Princeton Princeton, N.J. Ivy 4
5 West Virginia Morgantown, W. Va. Big 12 5
6 Navy Annapolis, Md. Patriot 7
7 Penn Philadelphia, Pa. Ivy 8
8 Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlantic 10 9
9 Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. Patriot 12
10 La Salle Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 6
11 Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 11
12 Maryland College Park, Md. ACC 13
13 Delaware Newark, Del. Colonial 10
14 Loyola (Md.) Baltimore, Md. Patriot 14
15 Rutgers Piscataway, N.J. American 16
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Penn State, 2011: Georgetown/Villanova, 2010: Villanova, 2009: Villanova, 2008: Princeton/West Virginia


MIDWEST Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Big Ten 3
2 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. Big 12 2
3 Iowa State Ames, Iowa Big 12 1
4 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Conference USA 5
5 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. Big Ten 4
6 North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. Summit League 7
7 Illinois State Normal, Ill. Missouri Valley 8
8 Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. Atlantic 10 10
9 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Big Ten 9
10 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Big Ten 6
11 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Missouri Valley 11
12 Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. Missouri Valley 12
13 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. Big 12 19
14 Bradley Peoria, Ill. Missouri Valley 20
15 South Dakota Vermillion, S.D. Summit League 14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Iowa State, 2011: Iowa State, 2010: Iowa State, 2009: Minnesota, 2008: Minnesota


MOUNTAIN Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Colorado Boulder, Colo. Pac-12 3
2 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West 2
3 Weber State Ogden, Utah Big Sky 1
4 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Big Sky 8
5 Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah Big Sky 4
6 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. Mountain West 5
7 BYU Provo, Utah West Coast 7
8 Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. Mountain West 11
9 Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Pac-12 6
10 Utah Valley Orem, Utah WAC 9
11 Utah State Logan, Utah Mountain West 10
12 Idaho State Pocatello, Idaho Big Sky 12
13 Nevada Reno, Nevada Mountain West 13
14 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12 20
15 Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. Mountain West 14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Weber State, 2011: New Mexico/Colorado, 2010: New Mexico, 2009: Colorado, 2008: Texas Tech


NORTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Providence Providence, R.I. Big East 1
2 Cornell Ithaca, N.Y. Ivy 3
3 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. ACC 4
4 Harvard Cambridge, Mass. Ivy 4
5 Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. ACC 6
6 Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. Metro Atlantic 19
7 Columbia New York, N.Y. Ivy 9
8 Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. Ivy 10
9 Yale New Haven, Conn. Ivy 7
10 Brown Providence, R.I. Ivy 8
11 Connecticut Storrs, Conn. American 2
12 Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. America East 11
13 Vermont Burlington, Vt. America East 12
14 New Hampshire Durham, N.H. America East 13
15 Boston University Boston, Mass. Patriot 18
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Providence, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse, 2009: Syracuse, 2008: Providence


SOUTH Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. ACC 1
2 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. SEC 2
3 Georgia Athens, Ga. SEC 3
4 Florida Gainesville, Fla. SEC 4
5 Mississippi Oxford, Miss. SEC 5
6 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC 6
7 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 7
8 Samford Birmingham, Ala. Southern 8
9 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEC 9
10 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. SEC 10
11 Georgia State Atlanta, Ga. Sun Belt 11
12 North Florida Jacksonville, Fla. Atlantic Sun 12
13 Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. Conference USA 13
14 Belmont Nashville, Tenn. Ohio Valley 14
15 UAB Birmingham, Ala. Conference USA 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Florida State, 2011: Florida State, 2010: Florida State, 2009: Florida, 2008: Florida State


SOUTH CENTRAL Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. SEC 1
2 Texas Austin, Texas Big 12 2
3 Texas A&M College Station, Texas SEC 3
4 SMU University Park, Texas American 4
5 UTSA San Antonio, Texas Conference USA 5
6 Baylor Waco, Texas Big 12 7
7 Lamar Beaumont, Texas Southland 15
8 TCU Fort Worth, Texas Big 12 6
9 Rice Houston, Texas Conference USA 11
10 Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. Sun Belt 9
11 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas Southland 10
12 LSU Baton Rouge, La. SEC 8
13 Tulane New Orleans, La. Conference USA 12
14 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Southland 13
15 UTPA Edinburg, Texas WAC 14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Arkansas, 2011: Arkansas, 2010: Texas, 2009: SMU, 2008: Arkansas


SOUTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Duke Durham, N.C. ACC 1
2 William and Mary Williamsburg, Va. Colonial 2
3 NC State Raleigh, N.C. ACC 3
4 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. ACC 5
5 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC 4
6 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ACC 8
7 East Carolina Greenville, N.C. Conference USA 9
8 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC 12
9 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. SEC 10
10 Richmond Richmond, Va. Atlantic 10 13
11 Clemson Clemson, S.C. ACC 7
12 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley 14
13 Elon Elon, N.C. Southern 16
14 Furman Greenville, S.C. Southern 17
15 Appalachian State Boone, N.C. Southern 11
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Duke, 2011: Virginia, 2010: Virginia, 2009: Duke, 2008: Virginia


WEST Region
Rank School Location Conference 2012 FINAL
1 Oregon Eugene, Ore. Pac-12 1
2 Washington Seattle, Wash. Pac-12 4
3 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Pac-12 2
4 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. Pac-12 2
5 San Francisco San Francisco, Calif. West Coast 5
6 UC Davis Davis, Calif. Big West 6
7 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. Pac-12 7
8 Portland Portland, Ore. West Coast 8
9 Oregon State Corvallis, Ore. Pac-12 15
10 Boise State Boise, Idaho Mountain West 10
11 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. Pac-12 12
12 California Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12 9
13 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. Big West 11
14 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. West Coast 13
15 Gonzaga Spokane, Wash. West Coast 14
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Oregon, 2011: Washington, 2010: Washington, 2009: Washington, 2008: Washington




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