Quiet Week in the Division I Regional Rankings

September 23, 2013

NEW ORLEANS – With relatively few teams in action this past weekend ahead of the important meets around the country later this week, very few changes took place in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division I Regional Rankings released Monday.

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Last week’s top teams in each of the nine regions on both the men’s and women’s side remained in place for this edition, with only a few significant changes in a small number of regions. However, this week should be considered the calm before the storm as Friday begins the period during which teams can earn head-to-head victories toward potential at-large selections into the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., on November 23.

Fields this coming weekend at Minnesota’s Roy Griak Invitational and Oklahoma State’s Cowboy Jamboree will be loaded with ranked teams, resulting in a potentially very different regional rankings landscape next Monday. The USTFCCCA’s Warm-Up Lap will preview the weekend action on Thursday.

The most significant change in the men’s rankings took place in the Great Lakes Region, where top-ranked Wisconsin was the only stationary team in its top five. Indiana and Michigan both moved up one spot to second and fourth, respectively, while displacing Notre Dame and Michigan State to third and fifth, respectively.

Top-five movement was found only in the Midwest Region in the women’s rankings, as Tulsa improved to fourth in a swap with Northwestern to fifth.

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 #2 — September 23
national poll release: September 24
next regional release: September 30

GREAT LAKES Region
Rank School Location Conference Last Week
1 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. Big Ten 1
2 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Big Ten 3
3 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. ACC 2
4 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Big Ten 5
5 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Big Ten 4
6 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Big Ten 6
7 Butler Indianapolis, Ind. Big East 7
8 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Big Ten 8
9 Indiana State Terre Haute, Ind. Missouri Valley 10
10 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio Mid-American 9
11 Akron Akron, Ohio Mid-American 11
12 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio American 12
13 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mid-American 13
14 Toledo Toledo, Ohio Mid-American 14
15 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. Mid-American 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 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 4
5 Penn State State College, Pa. Big Ten 5
6 Lehigh Bethlehem, Pa. Patriot 6
7 Navy Annapolis, Md. Patriot 7
8 Bucknell Lewisburg, Pa. Patriot 8
9 Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlantic 10 9
10 Penn Philadelphia, Pa. Ivy 10
11 Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia, Pa. Atlantic 10 12
12 American Washington, D.C. Patriot 11
13 UMBC Catonsville, Md. America East 13
14 Monmouth West Long Branch, N.J. Metro Atlantic NR
15 Rider Lawrenceville, N.J. Metro Atlantic 14
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 7
8 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Missouri Valley 8
9 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Big Ten 9
10 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. Big 12 10
11 South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. Summit League 11
12 Iowa State Ames, Iowa Big 12 12
13 Illinois State Normal, Ill. Missouri Valley 13
14 Bradley Peoria, Ill. Missouri Valley 14
15 Wichita State Wichita, Kan. Missouri Valley 15
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 6
7 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. Mountain West 7
8 Montana State Bozeman, Mont. Big Sky 13
9 Weber State Ogden, Utah Big Sky 9
10 Utah State Logan, Utah Mountain West 12
11 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12 11
12 Utah Valley Orem, Utah WAC 8
13 Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah Big Sky 10
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 3
4 Columbia New York, N.Y. Ivy 4
5 Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. Ivy 5
6 Harvard Cambridge, Mass. Ivy 6
7 Cornell Ithaca, N.Y. Ivy 7
8 Yale New Haven, Conn. Ivy 8
9 Connecticut Storrs, Conn. American 10
10 Army West Point, N.Y. Patriot NR
11 Boston University Boston, Mass. Patriot 9
12 Maine Orono, Maine America East 12
13 UMass Amherst, Mass. Atlantic 10 13
14 Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. America East 14
15 Central Connecticut State New Britain, Conn. Northeast 15
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 5
6 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 6
7 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. SEC 7
8 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEC 8
9 ETSU Johnson City, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 10
10 Belmont Nashville, Tenn. Ohio Valley 11
11 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC 12
12 Florida A&M Tallahassee, Fla. MEAC NR
13 Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn. Southern 9
14 Memphis Memphis, Tenn. American 13
15 Samford Birmingham, Ala. Southern 14
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 3
4 Texas A&M College Station, Texas SEC 4
5 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas Southland 5
6 Lamar Beaumont, Texas Southland 6
7 McNeese State Lake Charles, La. Southland 7
8 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Southland 8
9 Ark.-Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. Sun Belt 9
10 Houston Houston, Texas American 10
11 Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. Southland 11
12 ULM Monroe, La. Sun Belt 12
13 UT Arlington Arlington, Texas Sun Belt 13
14 UTSA San Antonio, Texas Conference USA 14
15 North Texas Denton, Texas Conference USA 15
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 4
5 Furman Greenville, S.C. Southern 5
6 Duke Durham, N.C. ACC 6
7 Louisville Louisville, Ky. American 7
8 Liberty Lynchburg, Va. Big South 10
9 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ACC 9
10 High Point High Point, N.C. Big South 8
11 William and Mary Williamsburg, Va. Colonial 13
12 Richmond Richmond, Va. Atlantic 10 11
13 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC 12
14 George Mason Fairfax, Va. Atlantic 10 14
15 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC 15
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 4
5 Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. Pac-12 5
6 Boise State Boise, Idaho Mountain West 6
7 Washington Seattle, Wash. Pac-12 7
8 California Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12 8
9 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. Big West 9
10 Washington State Pullman, Wash. Pac-12 10
11 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Pac-12 11
12 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. West Coast 12
13 Gonzaga Spokane, Wash. West Coast 13
14 UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. Big West 14
15 UC Davis Davis, Calif. Big West 15
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 #2 — September 23
national poll release: September 24
next regional release: September 30

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 7
8 Ohio Athens, Ohio Mid-American 10
9 Miami (Ohio) Oxford, Ohio Mid-American 8
10 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Big Ten 9
11 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio Big East 11
12 Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. Mid-American 12
13 Dayton Dayton, Ohio Atlantic 10 13
14 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Big Ten 14
15 Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. Mid-American 15
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 14
15 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa. ACC 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 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. Conference USA 5
5 Northwestern Evanston, Ill. Big Ten 4
6 North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. Summit League 6
7 Bradley Peoria, Ill. Missouri Valley 7
8 Illinois State Normal, Ill. Missouri Valley 8
9 Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. Big 12 10
10 Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. Missouri Valley 15
11 Loyola-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Missouri Valley 11
12 Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. Atlantic 10 9
13 South Dakota Vermillion, S.D. Summit League 12
14 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Big Ten 13
15 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Big Ten 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 Last Week
1 Colorado Boulder, Colo. Pac-12 1
2 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West 2
3 BYU Provo, Utah West Coast 3
4 Weber State Ogden, Utah Big Sky 4
5 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. Big Sky 5
6 Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah Big Sky 6
7 Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. Mountain West 7
8 Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. Mountain West 8
9 Utah State Logan, Utah Mountain West 11
10 Montana State Bozeman, Mont. Big Sky NR
11 Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Pac-12 9
12 Montana Missoula, Mont. Big Sky NR
13 Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. Mountain West 13
14 Nevada Reno, Nevada Mountain West 14
15 Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Big 12 15
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 4
5 Harvard Cambridge, Mass. Ivy 5
6 Columbia New York, N.Y. Ivy 7
7 Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. Ivy 8
8 Iona New Rochelle, N.Y. Metro Atlantic 6
9 Yale New Haven, Conn. Ivy 9
10 Connecticut Storrs, Conn. American 10
11 Brown Providence, R.I. Ivy 11
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 Albany Albany, N.Y. America East NR
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 3
4 Georgia Athens, Ga. SEC 4
5 Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. Atlantic Sun 5
6 Mississippi Oxford, Miss. SEC 6
7 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC 7
8 UAB Birmingham, Ala. Conference USA 8
9 Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. SEC 9
10 Auburn Auburn, Ala. SEC 10
11 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. SEC 11
12 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. ACC 12
13 Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. Conference USA 13
14 Belmont Nashville, Tenn. Ohio Valley 14
15 USF Tampa, Florida American 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 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 5
6 Rice Houston, Texas Conference USA 6
7 Lamar Beaumont, Texas Southland 7
8 UT Arlington Arlington, Texas Sun Belt 8
9 UTSA San Antonio, Texas Conference USA 9
10 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas Southland 10
11 Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas Southland 11
12 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas Southland 12
13 Tulane New Orleans, La. Conference USA 13
14 Texas State San Marcos, Texas Sun Belt 14
15 LSU Baton Rouge, La. SEC 15
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 5
6 Eastern Kentucky Richmond, Ky. Ohio Valley 6
7 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. SEC 7
8 Louisville Louisville, Ky. American 8
9 Furman Greenville, S.C. Southern 10
10 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. ACC 9
11 Richmond Richmond, Va. Atlantic 10 11
12 Elon Elon, N.C. Southern 12
13 UNCG Greensboro, N.C. Southern 13
14 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. ACC 14
15 East Carolina Greenville, N.C. Conference USA NR
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 2
3 Washington Seattle, Wash. Pac-12 3
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 7
8 Boise State Boise, Idaho Mountain West 8
9 Loyola Marymount Los Angeles, Calif. West Coast 9
10 UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. Pac-12 10
11 Portland Portland, Ore. West Coast 11
12 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Calif. Big West 12
13 California Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12 13
14 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. Pac-12 14
15 Idaho Moscow, Idaho WAC 15
Regional Championship History — Last Five Champions:
2012: Oregon, 2011: Washington, 2010: Washington, 2009: Washington, 2008: Washington




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