No Changes at the Top in First Regular-Season Division I Regional Rankings

September 16, 2013

NEW ORLEANS – The status quo held firm atop all of the regions in the first Division I Regional Cross Country Rankings of the regular season, released Monday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), but not without some shuffling behind the top-ranked teams.

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While there weren’t any changes at the very top, both the women’s West Region and the men’s Great Lakes Region start the week with new teams at No. 2 in Arizona and Notre Dame, respectively.

The Arizona women swapped spots with Washington — which learned this week of a season-ending injury to top runner Megan Goethals — in a move that will likely be reflected in tomorrow’s National Coaches Poll. Washington was the national preseason No. 5, while Arizona, which earned a team title at NAU last weekend, came in at No. 7.

The Notre Dame men also traded places with Indiana in the Great Lakes Region as part of chain of rankings re-arrangements that saw six of the top eight squads move around.

Elsewhere around the country, the Rice men and Providence men used strong early season showings to jump to No. 3 in their respective South Central and Northeast regions. Rice defeated a number of Regional rivals at its home Rice Invitational this weekend to jump up three spots in the rankings, while Providence emerged victorious in a head-to-head match-up with No. 18 Columbia to vault up two spots and past the Lions to No. 3.

A pair of women’s teams were also able to climb to No. 3 in their regions in BYU (Mountain) and Florida (South). The Cougars edged out conference rival Portland and No. 24 Weber State for the team title at the Autumn Classic in Provo, Utah, this weekend, while Florida was third at its Mountain Dew Invitational this weekend without its full complement of runners.

Regional Championships will be held Friday, November 15. More details can be found at Regional Championships Central.



USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REGIONAL TEAM RANKINGS
2013 Week #1 — September 16
national poll release: September 17
next regional release: September 23

GREAT LAKES Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. Big Ten 1
2 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. ACC 3
3 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Big Ten 2
4 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Big Ten 5
5 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Big Ten 4
6 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Big Ten 8
7 Butler Indianapolis, Ind. Big East 7
8 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Big Ten 6
9 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio Mid-American 9
10 Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. Missouri Valley 10
11 Akron Akron, Ohio Mid-American 11
12 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio American 12
13 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mid-American 14
14 Toledo Toledo, Ohio Mid-American NR
15 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. Mid-American 13
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 Last Week
1 Princeton Princeton, N.J. Ivy 1
2 Georgetown Washington, D.C. Big East 2
3 Villanova Villanova, Pa. Big East 3
4 La Salle Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 6
5 Penn State State College, Pa. Big Ten 5
6 Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa. Patriot 9
7 Navy Annapolis, Md. Patriot 7
8 Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. Patriot 13
9 Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlantic 10 11
10 Penn Philadelphia, Pa. Ivy 10
11 American Washington, D.C. Patriot 4
12 Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 8
13 UMBC Catonsville, Md. America East 14
14 Rider Lawrenceville, N.J. Metro Atlantic 15
15 Temple Philadelphia, Pa. American 12
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Georgetown, 2011: Georgetown, 2010: Princeton, 2009: Georgetown, 2008: Georgetown


MIDWEST Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. Big 12 1
2 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Conference USA 2
3 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Big Ten 3
4 Missouri Columbia, Mo. SEC 4
5 Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Big 12 5
6 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Big Ten 6
7 Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. Missouri Valley 9
8 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Missouri Valley 10
9 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Big Ten 11
10 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. Big 12 7
11 South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. Summit League 12
12 Iowa State Ames, Iowa Big 12 8
13 Illinois State Normal, Ill. Missouri Valley NR
14 Bradley Peoria, Ill. Missouri Valley NR
15 Wichita State Wichita, Kan. Missouri Valley 14
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 Last Week
1 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Big Sky 1
2 Colorado Boulder, Colo. Pac-12 2
3 BYU Provo, Utah West Coast 3
4 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West 4
5 Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. Mountain West 5
6 Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. Mountain West 8
7 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. Mountain West 6
8 Utah Valley Orem, Utah WAC 7
9 Weber State Ogden, Utah Big Sky 9
10 Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah Big Sky 10
11 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12 11
12 Utah State Logan, Utah Mountain West 12
13 Montana State Bozeman, Mont. Big Sky 13
14 UTEP El Paso,Texas Conference USA 14
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 Last Week
1 Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. ACC 1
2 Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. Metro Atlantic 2
3 Providence Providence, R.I. Big East 5
4 Columbia New York, N.Y. Ivy 3
5 Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. Ivy 4
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 Connecticut Storrs, Conn. American NR
11 Brown Providence, R.I. Ivy 14
12 Maine Orono, Maine America East 15
13 UMass Amherst, Mass. Atlantic 10 11
14 Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. America East 12
15 Central Connecticut State New Britain, Conn. Northeast 13
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Iona, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse, 2009: Syracuse, 2008: Iona


SOUTH Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Florida Gainesville, Fla. SEC 1
2 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. ACC 2
3 Georgia Athens, Ga. SEC 3
4 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. ACC 4
5 Auburn Auburn, Ala. SEC 12
6 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 10
7 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. SEC 7
8 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEC 5
9 Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. Southern 6
10 ETSU Johnson City, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 9
11 Belmont Nashville, Tenn. Ohio Valley NR
12 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC 13
13 Memphis Memphis, Tenn. American 11
14 Samford Birmingham, Ala. Southern NR
15 Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn. Conference USA NR
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 Last Week
1 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. SEC 1
2 Texas Austin, Texas Big 12 2
3 Rice Houston, Texas Conference USA 6
4 Texas A&M College Station, Texas SEC 3
5 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas Southland 8
6 Lamar Beaumont, Texas Southland 4
7 McNeese State Lake Charles, La. Southland 5
8 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Southland 7
9 Ark.-Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. Sun Belt 13
10 Houston Houston, Texas American 11
11 Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. Southland 10
12 ULM Monroe, La. Sun Belt NR
13 UT Arlington Arlington, Texas Sun Belt 9
14 UTSA San Antonio, Texas Conference USA 12
15 North Texas Denton, Texas Conference USA 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 Last Week
1 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley 1
2 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ACC 2
3 NC State Raleigh, N.C. ACC 3
4 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. ACC 5
5 Furman Greenville, S.C. Southern 11
6 Duke Durham, N.C. ACC 4
7 Louisville Louisville, Ky. American 6
8 High Point High Point, N.C. Big South NR
9 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ACC 7
10 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. Big South 8
11 Richmond Richmond, Va. Atlantic 10 NR
12 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC 12
13 William and Mary Williamsburg, Va. Colonial 9
14 George Mason Fairfax, Va. Atlantic 10 10
15 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC 13
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 Last Week
1 Portland Portland, Ore. West Coast 1
2 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. Pac-12 2
3 Oregon Eugene, Ore. Pac-12 3
4 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. Pac-12 6
5 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. Pac-12 4
6 Boise State Boise, Idaho Mountain West 9
7 Washington Seattle, Wash. Pac-12 5
8 California Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12 11
9 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. Big West 7
10 Washington State Pullman, Wash. Pac-12 8
11 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Pac-12 10
12 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. West Coast NR
13 Gonzaga Spokane, Wash. West Coast 14
14 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. Big West 12
15 UC Davis Davis, Calif. Big West 13
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 Week #1 — September 16
national poll release: September 17
next regional release: September 23

GREAT LAKES Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Big Ten 1
2 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Big Ten 2
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 6
7 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Big Ten 8
8 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio Mid-American 9
9 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Big Ten 7
10 Ohio Athens, Ohio Mid-American 10
11 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio Big East 13
12 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. Mid-American 11
13 Dayton Dayton, Ohio Atlantic 10 NR
14 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Big Ten 12
15 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mid-American 14
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 Last Week
1 Georgetown Washington, D.C. Big East 1
2 Penn State State College, Pa. Big Ten 2
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 6
7 Penn Philadelphia, Pa. Ivy 7
8 Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlantic 10 8
9 Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. Patriot 9
10 La Salle Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 10
11 Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 11
12 Maryland College Park, Md. ACC 12
13 Delaware Newark, Del. Colonial 13
14 American Washington, D.C. Patriot NR
15 Monmouth West Long Branch, N.J. Metro Atlantic NR
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 Last Week
1 Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. Big Ten 1
2 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. Big 12 2
3 Iowa State Ames, Iowa Big 12 3
4 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. Big Ten 5
5 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Conference USA 4
6 North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. Summit League 6
7 Bradley Peoria, Ill. Missouri Valley 14
8 Illinois State Normal, Ill. Missouri Valley 7
9 Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. Atlantic 10 8
10 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. Big 12 13
11 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Missouri Valley 11
12 South Dakota Vermillion, S.D. Summit League 15
13 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Big Ten 9
14 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Big Ten 10
15 Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. Missouri Valley 12
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 Last Week
1 Colorado Boulder, Colo. Pac-12 1
2 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West 2
3 BYU Provo, Utah West Coast 7
4 Weber State Ogden, Utah Big Sky 3
5 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Big Sky 4
6 Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah Big Sky 5
7 Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. Mountain West 8
8 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. Mountain West 6
9 Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Pac-12 9
10 Utah Valley Orem, Utah WAC 10
11 Utah State Logan, Utah Mountain West 11
12 Idaho State Pocatello, Idaho Big Sky 12
13 Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. Mountain West 15
14 Nevada Reno, Nevada Mountain West 13
15 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12 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 Last Week
1 Providence Providence, R.I. Big East 1
2 Cornell Ithaca, N.Y. Ivy 2
3 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. ACC 3
4 Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. ACC 5
5 Harvard Cambridge, Mass. Ivy 4
6 Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. Metro Atlantic 6
7 Columbia New York, N.Y. Ivy 7
8 Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. Ivy 8
9 Yale New Haven, Conn. Ivy 9
10 Connecticut Storrs, Conn. American 11
11 Brown Providence, R.I. Ivy 10
12 Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. America East 12
13 Vermont Burlington, Vt. America East 13
14 New Hampshire Durham, N.H. America East 14
15 Boston University Boston, Mass. Patriot 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Providence, 2011: Syracuse, 2010: Syracuse, 2009: Syracuse, 2008: Providence


SOUTH Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. ACC 1
2 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. SEC 2
3 Florida Gainesville, Fla. SEC 4
4 Georgia Athens, Ga. SEC 3
5 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 7
6 Mississippi Oxford, Miss. SEC 5
7 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC 6
8 UAB Birmingham, Ala. Conference USA 15
9 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEC 9
10 Auburn Auburn, Ala. SEC NR
11 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. SEC 10
12 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. ACC NR
13 Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. Conference USA 13
14 Belmont Nashville, Tenn. Ohio Valley 14
15 USF Tampa, Florida American NR
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 Last Week
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 Baylor Waco, Texas Big 12 6
6 Rice Houston, Texas Conference USA 9
7 Lamar Beaumont, Texas Southland 7
8 UT Arlington Arlington, Texas Sun Belt NR
9 UTSA San Antonio, Texas Conference USA 5
10 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas Southland 11
11 Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas Southland NR
12 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Southland 14
13 Tulane New Orleans, La. Conference USA 13
14 Texas State San Marcos, Texas Sun Belt NR
15 LSU Baton Rouge, La. SEC 12
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Arkansas, 2011: Arkansas, 2010: Texas, 2009: SMU, 2008: Arkansas


SOUTHEAST Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
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 4
5 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. ACC 6
6 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley 12
7 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC 5
8 Louisville Louisville, Ky. American NR
9 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC 8
10 Furman Greenville, S.C. Southern 14
11 Richmond Richmond, Va. Atlantic 10 10
12 Elon Elon, N.C. Southern 13
13 UNCG Greensboro, N.C. Southern NR
14 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ACC NR
15 Clemson Clemson, S.C. ACC 11
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Duke, 2011: Virginia, 2010: Virginia, 2009: Duke, 2008: Virginia


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




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